UPDATE: Surf here, still on vacation in Orlando, just checked on bukkit, still not updated. I'll be home late Saturday night, hopefully it'll be updated soon!

TODAY IS THE DAY! Minecraft 1.0!

Alpha and beta players will get the game for free of course.

We won't be updating the server to 1.0 until bukkit is out. Make sure to back up your 1.8.1 files (Windows and Linux) to play on the server until we update...you can switch back-and-forth between versions. Here's how to find the files that need to be backed up:

• In Linux: ~/.minecraft
• In Windows XP: C:/Documents and Settings/[USERNAME]/Application Data/.minecraft
• In Windows 7: C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft
• In OSX: Mac Version of 1.8.1--> /Users/[USERNAME]/Library/Application Support/minecraft

Per the vote...main world will be unchanged, update world will be reset (as well as that shithole noob world), and 1.0 world will be created as a permanent world at the official game release state.

As always, we are at the mercy of Bukkit. Here's their development status (red dot = unstable build, blue dot = stable build, green star = recommended build...we're only allowed to install recommended builds). Here's Bukkit's 1.0 Discussion. Finally, we'll need to make sure all our plugins work...that may take some time because there's a lot and will be tons of changes. Just keep checking here :)

UPDATE: Unbroken! GO PLAY!

Server is broken, ticket submitted, dunno why, check here for updates.

Dammit. The megagrinder is working wonderfully. Too wonderfully. The rate of mob spawning is off the chain, and all items are getting where they need to go. Carefully. In masterfully designed channels. Which endermen hate.

So when the endermen take out a block at the bottom of a channel, it makes a waterfall that cascades down. When this happens, the mob drop channels get stuck and the mobs don't die. Thousands of them. Causing unfixable lag.

That's happening on every floor, in all of the 9 holes. By my count, there's roughly 1600 mobs stuck in the grinder right now. I will continue to use creative mode to repair it...until endermen are nerfed per notch's design. SORRY!

MINECRAFT 1.0 IS COMING OUT THIS WEEK! Can you believe it? Personally, I've been with this server since September 2010, and some people have been here longer :o.

First, let me say this. No matter what, the current main map will still be around. I've personally spent almost a year building there, it's not gonna POOF go away. However, we have an opportunity with 1.0...We could move Main world to another world (like Legacy_2.0_Map) ans make Main World fresh, or continue on the path we have with Update World and keep new chunks there. Also, we could create a more permanant Update world called like 1.0 World, which is like update world but we won't reset it (so, in theory, since update world will still be there, there would be 2 Minecraft 1.0 Maps). Vote on that below.

EVEN THOUGH this is 1.0...we're still following the normal update procedures. We won't be updating the server until bukkit is ready to go. I think this won't be an issue...most people will play single player for a while (I actually expect multiplayer attendance to DROP while ppl play single player, then shoot up when veterans come back after beating single player and being interested in the game again.) Make sure to back up your game files so you can go between versions.

LAST THING: No matter what, update world will be reset. Get your stuff out of there. THIS IS YOUR DUE WARNING! Spread the word about that.

MOTHERFUCKER. A month ago, I bent my left index finger all the way back diving for a tennis ball under a couch with my dog. I ignored it, thinking not much of it, but when it wasn't healing I went to the doc...torn ligament. It's got to be buddy taped for 4-6 weeks.

This is my damn WASD hand! Right when full minecraft is about to come out! Realistically, this means I won't be able to talk as much and run around as much. I'll likely be slower to respond to stuff. It sucks the balls.

However, there is still good news. I got into a verbal fight with an Enderman. Look:

I killed that bitch by pushing his ass into a lake.