2016-07-11 01:00:00 +0000 UTC by IdahoSciGuy & EvieAscendant
Hello again, and welcome to another Weekly Soon™! There's a ton to discuss this week, so let's dive right in!
The past few days have been a rollercoaster when it comes to collecting tea leaves. First, tea leaves disappear from all major tea shops and popular locations around the world. Then, in a shocking turn of events, Uncle Iroh is kidnapped! Thanks to our trusty police chief Lin Beifong, he was rescued, and the culprits were identified and captured. Players reveled in the 6 tea leaves they were able to collect yesterday. Unbeknownst to them, the best is yet to come.
The Desert Mirage
Bwake has set up one heck of a finale to this week’s tea leaf shenanarama, and coincidentally, this also marks the one year anniversary of Bwake becoming a mod. To celebrate both the retrieval of Iroh and his modship, Bwake has decided to torture us gift us with a maze! But not just any maze. Why, this is the most evil creative one he has ever produced! Located near the Misty Palms oasis, this massive puzzle features not one or two, but four interlocking mazes of varying sizes and structure. On top of that, some of these mazes aren’t traditional. (Hint: I hope you like to swim). There's even a parkour section to boot. Prepare to use all the tricks you can to get these tea leaves, everyone. You may need them!
Massive Update Coming!
It’s been a few months now since our last major update, and since then, we’ve been hard at work planning and testing the new features we have planned for you. We are now happy to announce that next week will see the biggest update we have ever produced. This is a ground-breaking content update that will affect every single player. One of the large projects we have been working on is a complete rework of our bending system into something much cleaner and cooler than before. Every single element has been improved and upgraded, which means more fun for everyone! This is only the beginning of what we have planned, so stay tuned for next week’s post!
Player of the Month
Thank you so much for your nominations so far this month in our Player of the Month contest! Last month we crowned our first winner, and since then we have received a bunch of feedback on how to improve the contest. After reviewing your input, we decided to make a significant change in the selection process: starting with this month's contest, Moderators, Chat Moderators, Admins, and Team Leaders are no longer eligible for Player of the Month. We appreciate your understanding with this change. If you have already nominated someone who holds one of these positions, please feel free to nominate another person you believe is qualified! Remember, the contest still has a few more weeks left, so email us at writing
avatarmc .com with your pick for Player of the Month!
Bug Fixes
There are no bug fixes in Ba Sing Se.
2016-07-07 20:00:00 +0000 UTC by TripleR309 & Bwake_
Over the past few days a string of thefts have been occurring around the world, and the prime suspect is none other than Uncle Iroh!
Daily Tea Leaves, renowned for their role in Tea Making and Bending Mastery alike, have been stolen right under our noses. Disgruntled players have been voicing their concerns louder and louder as Iroh continues to cause mayhem from Republic City to Fire Nation Capital.
Folks I've never seen a currency risk this big since the invention of Bitcoin! Bending Masters are quickly dipping into their stockpile of leaves in order to finance their collapsing economic model, empty Tea Leaf Bushes are littering the cities of the Avatar World, and the full force of the Republic City Police Force are working tirelessly to get to the bottom of this!
What happens to the Tea Leaves that have been stolen? Could there be more to this than meets the eye? Will Iroh ever recover from his crippling Tea Addiction? Stay Tuned....
2016-07-04 02:00:00 +0000 UTC by EvieAscendant
Greetings and salutations, readers! EvieAscendant is here for this week's post, ready to report on the happenings of the last week.
Player of the Month
As you all know by now, the first month of the contest has been wrapped up. After much consideration with the nominations, we are pleased to announce that this month’s award goes to Bwake_! Almost every single person on the server has interacted with the things Bwake_ has accomplished – from his placement of the tea leaves to his musical compositions, he has ensured that he and his works will stand the test of time on the server.
Bwake_ joined the server in the days of its dawning when the map was substantially smaller. After this, he joined AirNomads (now Pantora) and shot up through the ranks. It was not long before he was approached by the admins to begin his composure of the music you all hear in the canon cities today. Examples of this include the Fire Nation Capital and the Western Air Temple. Finally, in July of last year, he was made a mod! Thank you for all of your contributions to the server, Bwake_!
If you want to check out his music on Soundcloud, click here.
As we are approaching Bwake_’s one year anniversary of his time as a mod, he has graciously planned a no-expense spared holiday to hell big tea leaf maze celebration! More details will be released as we get them, so be sure to stay tuned!
Bug Fixes
Those pesky insects are still hiding after the whipping given to them two weeks ago, so there really isn't much to report.
- The banhammer effect has been removed from WaterWhip, meaning that waterbenders can finally use one of their more crucial moves without wiping their opponent from this plane of existence!
- The resource pack has been cleaned up (courtesy of SxyToad), meaning that tea cups will no longer be bigger than your head! In addition, numerous display issues and particle effects have been fixed.
That's all for now, folks. Make sure to catch the next Weekly Soon™!
2016-06-26 19:00:00 +0000 UTC by IdahoSciGuy
Hey there all you Minecraft players! Idaho here for this week's post, albeit much later than I would have hoped! Still, we've got some HELLA cool news for you today!
New Moves
We are happy to introduce Dodge and Armor moves for each element! These moves function very similarly, but offer new mobility and extra protection to each element that will enhance your bending battles at all levels. Here are the crucial details:
Earth
- Earth Armor: Armor which slows caster, but has the highest damage absorption amount. Left click to activate. Duration determined by level.
- Earth Dodge: Leap to either side. Normal click goes right, Shift-Click goes left.
Fire
- Fire Armor: Armor which ignites the caster as well as nearby enemies. Left click to activate. Duration determined by level.
- Fire Dodge: Dodge, leaving fire on the ground in your wake, burning enemies. Normal click goes right, Shift-Click goes left.
Air
- Air Armor: Armor which has the lowest damage absorption, but greatly increases speed. Left click to activate. Duration determined by level.
- Air Dodge: Move almost instantly to either side. Normal click goes right, Shift-Click goes left.
Water
- Water Armor: Armor which slows down enemies by click. Left click to activate. Duration determined by level.
- Water Dodge: Dodge, leaving snow on the ground in your wake, slowing enemies. Normal click goes right, Shift-Click goes left.
These new moves should be live very soon, so make sure to check them out at your respective bending master!
Player of the Month
Thank you to everyone who submitted a candidate for our first ever Player of the Month contest! We received many awesome nominations, and we’ll be giong over each of them during this week. Stay tuned for next week’s post, where we talk with the winner!
In the meantime, you’ll notice that the server announcements about the Player of the Month contest are still running. That’s because we are now accepting nominations for July's contest! The official cutoff for next month's Player of the Month contest is July 22nd, so make sure to send us an email at writingavatarmc .com to make sure your recommendation reaches us!
Bug Fixes
Thanks to the whipping our bug fix taskmasters were able to do last week, there arent that many to report this time around. Still, there are a few to report down below:
- Bending has been disabled in minecarts in major cities!
- Fixed the book vendor NPC that would not accept any books to copy!
Thats all for this week! Stay frosty out there!
2016-06-19 21:00:00 +0000 UTC by IdahoSciGuy & EvieAscendant
Greetings and salutations, Minecraft players! Idaho and Evie are here to rock your socks with some updates from the land of AvatarMC!
Bending Update
Our bending creation team is hard at work crafting the newest moves by hand, and because of their intense dedication, we will be having new moves very soon! A few exclusive tidbits for your perusal this week:
The moves this month will be centered around dodging and dashing for each element. Each move will be slightly different so as to keep each element unique, but will accomplish the same goal.
As you may have noticed, no moves came out this week. The Bending team is hard at work ironing out any last kinks in this month's moves, so they are delaying the release by one week.
At the same time, the wonderful and multi-talented admin SxyToad is documenting every bit of info about every move, and cataloguing them for the website! Everything from values to level information will be transcribed and uploaded as soon as everything is compiled.
On top of that, SxyToad is also working on each move as it is catalogued, which may result in efficiency changes to moves in the future. Stay tuned for more info as his project progresses!
We appreciate your patience this week, and can't wait to introduce the new moves to you!
Player of the Month
Our Player of the Month contest is still going strong, and many of you have already submitted your choice for this distinguished honor. If you haven’t sent us your recommendation yet, Don't worry! Theres still plenty of time left. Our contest will be running for another week, ending on June 25th, 2016, so make sure to email us at writingavatarmc .com with who YOU think is the Player of the Month!
Bug Fixes
As per the usual, our local troop of hogmonkeys trusty neighborhood Killme and Zuko have been hard at work breaking apart some of the tough, stuck-on bugs and exploits that have caused the server some grief. Heres a rundown:
Players can now use /town here, meaning that you can finally find out more about the town you’re walking through!
Towny now protects wooden buttons and daylight sensors in your town, meaning that you can base aesthetics over defenses in your builds!
Any mention of upkeep has been removed from the /towny prices command, finishing off what we started last week!
Chests are now protected in player housing, meaning that your average burglar will have a lot more trouble!
The activation region of the Western Air Temple has been decreased, meaning that you can no longer catch the bison while you’re standing on the bridge!
A sellback exploit with statically priced items has been fixed, meaning that one ‘get rich quick’ scheme is finally busted!
The /pay all exploit has been fixed, meaning that people can no longer demand that you pay them money because of one command!
That's all from us this week! See you next week on the Weekly Soon!
avatarmc .com with your pick for Player of the Month!
