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This month's theme for the building contest is Flowers. Anything which incorporates flowers in some way is allowed to be entered. You could make a giant flower pot, a giant flower, a normal sized flower, a medium size flower, a large medium sized flower, Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men pixel art(loved that show), use your imagination.

Post your screenshots in the replies below.

From the way things looks now we may not be using Bukkit in the future. Any progress on Bukkit has been halted due to legal reasons, this and the majority of the staff leaving has caused a new project called Sponge to gain a lot of popularity. Thousands have already decided that they will be using Sponge over Bukkit once it is complete, and we most likely will be too. This might mean a bit of waiting for the important plugins to be ported over to Sponge which may take a little while, but we will still be running 1.7.5 until that is all done.

Minecraft version 1.8 has officially been released. The server will be updating as soon as it possibly can, which should hopefully be once Bukkit updates to 1.8. There may be some delays, however, as important plugins will need to be updated to use the new UUID system instead of the current name system which they use. This is so you can keep your homes, ranks and so players stay banned once name changing is introduced.

1.8 is a very large update and a large portion of the Bukkit team has resigned. This may mean that Bukkit will take a while to update. The server will remain on 1.7.5 until the plugins are updated and Bukkit is released for 1.8.

When the server is up and running on 1.8 we will expand the borders westward, doubling the current size of the map. A new spawn will be made in the new part of the map as well as a new Spawn Town. We may also have a couple new admins joining the team as our beloved chief won't be able to spend as much time with us any more.

Have fun.

Treasure hunt is back! Get your name on the patented Wall of Froobs by finding the hidden treasure!

You can get to the treasure hunting area by warping to /warp treasure.

This map shows the area in which the treasure is located. The treasure will be on an island and it will be visible without having to dig, it will not be in the water.

It's about time for a new building contest. This month you will be building something round. You could build a round tower, a dome, a sphere, a pickle, as long as it's round it counts.

Post screenshots of what you have built below to enter, the winner will get everything in the donation chest at spawn.

Map from June 2012 - September 2012:
June 2012

Map from September 2012 - March 2013:
September 2012

Map from March 2013 - December 2013:
March 2013


You can post points of interest in the comments if you wish.

Congratulations to Kendra17997 for finding the treasure in the previous treasure hunt. This time the treasure is located in a single biome.

Head to /warp treasure to begin your hunt, good luck!

Here's the map:

A long lost chest has been narrowed down to being in this area:





The chest is said to look like this:
(THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL CHEST, JUST WHAT THE CHEST LOOKS LIKE)





Anyone who can find it may keep the contents and will also have their name put on the Wall of Froobs near spawn

This months theme is Movies, build a scene, prop, character or anything from a movie. Submissions must be in by the end of the month and the winner will be decided in the next couple of days.

Post screenshots of your build below to enter.

This month's theme is pixel art, as always all entries must be submitted by the end of the month and the winner will then be chosen.

Post screenshots below to enter your build.

This month's theme is boats. They can be in water, in the sky or any other crazy place you can think of. The contest will end on the 31st of March and the winner decided on the ~1st of April.

Post screenshots of your build below.

This month's theme will be Dragons, this doesn't mean you have to make a dragon, although you could, but anything dragon related. The contest will end on the 28th of February and the winner decided on the 1st of March.

Post screenshots of your builds below.

This months theme will be steampunk, you can build any type of building as long as it's steampunk styled. The contest will end on the 31st of January and the winner decided on the 1st of February and they'll get to take home what ever is in the donation chest at spawn.

Post screenshots of what you've built below to enter the competition.

[Spawn Town]

Spawn Town

Hey there, Spawn Town is now open! It's located ~100 blocks away from spawn and can be found by going down the bridge and following the signs.

Plot price: There's no price but you can only claim one plot.
Plot size: The plots are 10x10
Warp: Lazy bones, it's 100 blocks from spawn

Screenshots:

I've decided it would be too difficult to create large scale and amazing builds since we have just reset the map.
Since everyone will be building a home to start off with the theme this month will be "best beginning home".

You have a month to create your home and make it as fancy as possible, have fun and good luck.
Post screenshots of your home below to enter the contest.

[Plugins -]

As you may have already noticed we have upgraded the server to 1.7 and have changed quite a few things about the server, some of these things include:

Plugins - We have swapped out and gotten rid of a lot of plugins, most of them have been replaced by custom plugins.
 
Map - We have reset the map, the map has been reset, inventories cleared and enderchests emptied. Nothing remains besides your ranks. There is also now a world border with a 6000 block radius.
   
Homes - Loyalists will now have a maximum of 2 homes, same goes for Veterans, since the horse update of 1.6 it has been a lot easier to travel in a vanilla style so we will try to use that style of travel more often. The reason we didn't do this on the previous map is due to the fact that there were very limited horses.

["*your in game name*'s ban appeal"]

Please use the following layout when appealing a ban:

Name your topic "*your in game name*'s ban appeal"


Ban reason: Why were you banned? (What it says when you attempt to log in)

What actually happened: Your side of the story

Anything else we should know: Anything you think might be helpful (screenshots etc.)



Example:
froobynooby's ban appeal

Ban reason: Griefing

What actually happend: I was playing a friendly prank on my good friend 13chiefcm.

Anything else we should know: 13chiefcm can confirm that it was a prank.

This would be accepted assuming 13chiefcm confirms that it was in fact a prank.

Now, redstone is very complicated but in this guide I'll try my best to explain it in a manner that everyone can understand.

To make a redstone powered door you'll need three things: redstone, a door and a lever/button.

Step 1:
Dig a trench like this, put the torch under where you want your door to be.


Step 2:
Cover up the trench and place the door on the block with the redstone torch under it.


Step 3:
Place a lever.


Step 4:
In the correct spot.


Step 5:
Enjoy your new redstone powered door!

I've been bored recently so I decided to give myself a large project, I'll be creating a cobble hut!

Day 1:
Today I laid out the foundation for the building, it took me a while to perfect the shape, but I got there eventually!


Day 2:
Walls constructed.


Day 3:
Added a door.


Day 4:
Interior design.


Day 5:
Christmas tree!


Day 6:
Amazing redstone door. I had to look up a few tutorials but I did most of it off the top of my head.


Thanks for sticking with my throughout my project! If you'd like to see the finished product you can warp to it at /warp froobs_cobble_hut, just don't break the redstone!

I got a bit bored waiting for Bukkit to update to 1.7 so I decided to plan out a spawn for 1.7, here's a few screenshots:

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As you can see I'm still trying to keep it looking simple to add to the vanilla feel.
Any feedback is appreciated.