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Just a quick note now that 1.11 is in the pipes: There will be NO map reset for the release of 1.11. There are no major changes to how terrain generation works that would require resetting, so we'll be keeping what we have. You might need to travel into unexplored territory to find a town with a cartographer or see a llama, but that's not a big problem.

In other news, chickens in 1.11 will now have neck textures.

Wat.

Map icons are broken once again. Turns out the previous fix didn't resolve the whole issue and the method we use to get them from Mojang needs to be changed up a bit. I'll probably work on this next week. Until then, the face icons will be outdated if you change your name or your face.

Mojang has officially unleashed version 1.10, the Frostburn Update! I'm stunned at how quickly this update came out considering the length of time in between 1.8 and 1.9 was the longest in between versions in Minecraft history.

With the slow pace of updates over the past few years I've been making it policy to refresh the world for every major version. That's not going to happen this time, obviously. This update came out so quick, the world is still pretty new!

Enjoy!

Minecraft 1.9 has been formally released! The server has been wiped as per usual to give us a fresh start with the new major version of Minecraft.

The map has been pointed to the new world, but it may take some time to start working as the software we use to create it has not been updated to 1.9 yet. I'm hoping it'll be fixed and working within the next few days.
Update: Map is up and working!

Enjoy!

Video showing much of the changes for 1.9 in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8wmJxTYxws

Incoming!
https://mojang.com/2016/02/minecraft-19-pre-release-1/

With 1.9 on the horizon I want to remind folks that we'll be performing our usual server reset so that we're able to take full advantage of all the new things! I will provide more details as 1.9 gets closer, but since it seems like it will probably drop within the next month or so I wanted to give everyone a gentle reminder.

Here's an overview of what we can expect in 1.9: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/1.9

Edit: Jeb has stated that Minecraft 1.9 will not be released until 2016. The stay of execution for our current world continues.... https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/669179961790607361

I lost internet connectivity over the weekend. The router that Verizon forces me to use (I've tried to remove it but it uses spanning tree or something to sync with the system in use in my building, I eventually just gave up) went bust and needed to be replaced. Unfortunately I didn't have any internet access at the time to make anyone aware. Sorry =/

I don't know if you all are aware, but I can't connect to the server at the moment.  I didn't see any announcements to explain it.

Let me be clear about this:

THERE IS NEVER A REASON TO COMPLETELY DESTROY ANOTHER PLAYER'S THINGS.

The rules on this server are pretty lax. Some players like to play tricks on other people they know. I'm fine with that as long as it's in the spirit of good fun and that folks understand that the people they poke fun at might poke back.

That being said, I can't think of ANY reasonable explanation as to why players would travel halfway across the map to rig another player's hard work with TNT and level it. This is completely unacceptable. I have restored the things that were destroyed and banned the players responsible. I have not decided if they will be allowed back yet.

If somebody has destroyed your stuff let me or an OP know. We can take care of it and restore things to how they were. Do NOT take matters into your own hands. If you retaliate I won't hesitate to take action against you too.

This server has been without these sorts of problems for 4 years. The community here has been great and I'd like to keep it that way. If folks really want some type of PvP server we can probably get one set up, otherwise please be considerate of other people.