Hey everyone, looks like the hosting provider is having some issues. We can log into the admin panel, but the server version is back to 1.4, we can't update it to 1.5_02, and we can't get it to start. The error we're getting is that their host is under heavy load, meaning it's nothing wrong on our end.

We'll keep checking in every so often to see if we can't get it started, and you should do the same. Rest assured, I downloaded the latest backup, so EVERYTHING will still be there for you, your precious cubes are safe. For the time being, you'll just have to suffer through playing some Portal 2 :D

-Surf

If it isn't already clear, 1.5 came out, and as with every update, we're vanilla for a while. Check out the feature list here. There's a bunch of cool features in 1.5, though a bunch of bugs too.

Bukkit is saying they're having some issues with compatibility, read about that here.

Finally, veterans, just know that because Noobs was the default group, noobspawn is now the default spawn. If you die, you'll be going to noobspawn. I think this is a good thing, seeing as we've had a FLOOD of new members and have less tools to control them in case they're griefers.

The dig is complete...here's a layer by layer snapshot of the map, from above. I like how it shows the double-helix-intertwined-cart system, which leads to the Y=6 Railroad.

As soon as he was here...WHOOOSH he was gone. Banned for griefing.

Ok, this has gotten ridiculous. Every week someone asks me to spawn them items because they were robbed and every week I find one more structure demolished or partially destroyed because of a griefer. I have no problem helping people out when this happens but it is so frequent and we hardly ban enough griefers to make up for it. Obviously there is one or multiple griefers on our server rippen shit up and pissin people off. People get mad about it and complain but they forget and it seems like nobody really cares. I get that this is just a video-game but, at the same time, you guys want to ENJOY the game, right? You know, I hate to keep bringing it up, but we never found out that Audr was a cereal arsonist until I looked into it. He had been doing this since the server went up in December and nobody paid any mind. But isn't it nice not having to worry about 1 more griefer trying to obliterate your creations? I have appointed myself the Chief Investigator (CI) of the griefings but all I really need is for more people to report the crimes to me as soon as they realize it and try and give me a rough time frame between when they knew that, for example, their stuff was in their chest and when they found out it was gone. Even if it could have happened in a WHOLE DAY the information is helpful. And you guys think I'm going a little bit crazy about this then think of it this way, i don't want this griefer, who we've already identified to exist, to steal my shit so I want to find out who it is and ban them. How ever you want to look at this, we should take action to actually AVOID the griefings rather than cope with them. We shouldn't have to adjust our enjoyment of the game to fit with the stealing and burning.