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So why have we been so quiet the last few days? Well, cncr04s, sbrough10 and I have been setting up a new server host on a VPS. Cncr04s has the most experience working with a vps, and has really taken the lion's share of getting this all set up. We have it running, and it seems to be ok, but we're squashing one last bug before we switch over to it. (For the technical people...java is allocating 2x as much ram as it should, so we can't use the vps' full potential. We have 2.5GB...we can't go up past 1.75G allocated to the server or it aborts)

When we finalize that, the server address will be mc.teh3l3m3nts.com which brings up another point...we have the .com again! Not sure if you noticed, but the .com and the .net both work now. Which is neato. When we switch over, we'll stop that server, upload the most current version of the map to the new host, and switch her on. I'll leave the server at my house on for a bit with a redirect message pointing people to the new host.

So be on the lookout! One more thing...we need to make an effort to ramp up website traffic, now that we're paying for hosting again (it's like $15 a month cheaper, but still). So do this...send me screenshots with captions and I'll post them here. Also, if you think something in the logs is funny enough to post...type #### which will be easy for me to search for (as opposed to combing 100,000 line logs like we used to.

Can I get a "What, What!" in the comments?!?!?!

So with all the hosting troubles and stuff in the last month or so, it's clear we've needed a new owner. Cncr04s has proven himself to know what's going on in the backend, and knows how to do the tech stuff to run the server. He's level headed and particularly has experience with VPS's, which is the type of host we are moving to. Please help me in welcoming him to the team!

QUEST WORLD IS NOW ACTIVE!

Quest world is a new map that will be our opportunity, as a server, to play the survival version of minecraft as a group. There are some principles for this world:

• Don't bring in items/tools from other worlds.
• No admin powers, and no commands. I am working to disable this technically, but until then, honor system.
• Once we reach the end portal and fight the ender dragon, the world will be reset with a new map.
• Ideally everyone should work together...but the more I think about it, the less offended I get at the idea of a rogue team making it a race, getting there first, and causing a world reset :D

There's some logistical issues...Portals to the nether may not work, and even in that case, there's still only 1 nether, so getting blaze rods is a little broken. Try to go to the nether honestly if you can...I don't wanna make a separate nether for this. But that's the deal...ENJOY!

Sup homies! Now that we're all back from vacations and whatnot, time for getting down to some updates.

Yea, the temporary server is working ok for most people (sorry cncr) but it's not nearly a long term solution. For example...it's running on the system I keep backup PDF's of all my financial documents and such...so I can't give other owners access to it to do things, like, say, fix it when it breaks. Also, my residential internet sucks. We're looking into hosts...we found one I kinda like, I just asked them some ?s and hopefully they'll get back to me soon.

We figgered out the shiz with the .com domain name...should have it back within 5-6 days. The current message about that is at the bottom of the link...it's very boring and the links are removed, but it's proof it's in progress :)

Finally, this week we're gonna enable the 1.0 map for the 1.0 survival challenge. It's a new world where like we talked about, no bringing in resources from other worlds and we play to get to the ender dragon as a team. I want to make it after we move hosts to a permanent deal, but realistically, we just need to do it. My plan is to enable that map Friday evening, so anyone that wants in gets in this weekend to play. I actually think we keep resetting this world each time we beat the dragon, then leave update map as 1.0 map since some people (::cough cough:: kermit) built permanently in update world.