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Saturday, 7 September 2013

September Challenge

As you probably know already Pixel Art was chosen in the poll for the September challenge, however we've decided to move that challenge to October.

Instead we'll be running a different kind of challenge this month, based around the Halloween world being worked on. I don't want to ruin the surprise but what I will say given this challenge is that it will be in a similar style to marble end, but darker, with puzzles to solve and very 'Halloweeny'.

So on to the details of the challenge...

The challenge is to build something for the Halloween world, it could be a statue, fountain, graveyard, crypt, furniture, garden, maze, or anything else you think would add to the Halloween theme!

Rules / guide:

For inside items (furniture etc) assume a room size of 12x12, 6 blocks high.

For outside items (fountain, statue etc) keep it to no bigger than about 25x25 blocks.

Keep builds above ground and at least 2 blocks from any surrounding buildings, so they can be easily copied and pasted using WorldEdit.

To submit your build...

You need to send your name/s, coordinates, and a brief description of the build. This information can be sent either by skype (DiggyWig or DigginChickin) or e-mail (admin@diggyminecraft.co.uk) but must be received by midnight on Friday 4th October so we have time to get them into the world etc before Halloween!

Players will get credit for any builds used in the world and will receive a special gift at Halloween! 

I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!

Friday, 6 September 2013

Nether Reset

The Nether has been reset this morning as it was running low on some ores and glowstone within a reasonable distance of the spawn building. All chunks have been pre-generated within the world border again to reduce lag for anyone exploring.

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Two New Player Portals

Two New Player Portals were activated today!

International Trade HQ (001GameFreak) - available to all ranks.

Madsurfers Newbie Town (madsurfer) - restricted to New Builder rank only.

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Protection Stones

Some of you already noticed but as of our anniversary Member+ players can place 4 protection stones instead of 3, this also applies to higher ranks including VIPs (so it's now VIP region + 3 stones). Information on the website and in the Admin Store at the Mall have already been updated.

Enjoy!

Monday, 2 September 2013

A Great Anniversary

Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun yesterday, in total we had 204 unique logins, most of which were regular players, in the end almost 6 stacks of HV Arrays were given away as well as various other prizes. We saw a record number of players in Marble End, 16+ for over 2 hours, and the server was full for a few hours at the peak times, apologies if you were one of the unlucky ones that couldn't get on at any point!



The new Player Mall is now open and the stores are filling fast with players doing a fantastic job of decorating their stores, I've included a few screenshots below for  the sake of posterity:



This group shot didn't exactly go to plan.... XD


Some of the first stalls to be set up...





Free Unclaimed Loot chests are back... 


We couldn't leave out the Free Cake stall...
(and yes someone ate a piece as I was taking the screenshot!)


 stabbyelf took this screenshot of himself,  m4ttyboi7393, tatankore and... 
someone who's name we aren't sure of exploring the new market.
(if you're the fourth person and want your name added let us know!)


This one was submitted anonymously, I'm told this is captainmine3
and decbagels, looking for supplies in Marble End!


Sunday, 1 September 2013

August WaterSlide Challenge - Results!

Votes have been cast and the results are in, thanks to TinkerinWithToys, stabbyelf & redkid1 for being the additional judges!

Here's the results...

1st Place: LogicalOre - The Bone Vault
2nd Place: rensdertje - Volcano Rush
3rd Place: xXMan123Xx - The Minecraft World Slide

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone that entered, we'll be arranging the prize for 1st place asap!

Here's some screenshots of the winning entries...

LogicalOre - The Bone Vault (1st Place & Most Interesting Use Of Materials):


 

 rensdertje - Volcano Rush (2nd Place, Best Name & Most Impressive Feature):



xXMan123Xx - The Minecraft World Slide (Most Unique Build):