Despite our recent issues with Obsidian Hosting, we had submitted a ticket to them almost a week ago to have bukkit activated in order to install some griefer protection. We wish to poll you all, the users, about which plugins you'd like to see installed.

There are 2 groups of plugins we're talking about: Essential server-management plugins which don't change the gameplay that much, and fun plugins like minecart mania that change the function of the game. We've split them into 2 separate polls.

Oh Mr. Goldstar, the mistake you made....

For the record, this joke makes much more sense if you have seen his skin:

The structure of the castle at New Gullonia is up...

Now all I need to do is hollow out the moat around it and the structure will be complete. Then...to re-build the outside in obsidian and sandstone.

Notch posted to his blog about some upcoming updates (http://notch.tumblr.com/post/3940195633/the-state-of-minecraft) and not the least significant is TAMEABLE WOLVES!

Notice how they shake water off, and that you can make them do tricks and stuff? I'm so psyched, as an avid dog lover!

So, I sign onto the server after the downtime all day, and there's no obvious file or chunk errors so I assume all is well. I sign out and sign back in and I see...what looks like a white firework. I go investigate...and I see THIS:

It was a sheepocalypse, like 40 of them spawned! I got over 80 wool for killing them. But that shouldn't happen, I've only seen that behavior in bad chunks....I don't see any bad chunks do I????? Turns out I DO!

It's kind of hard to see, but that's a legit "killed but regenerated" chunk right near my castle. Fortunately, it's minor and almost fits the area, but it's an interesting study in errors.