2016-06-11 21:08:00 +0000 UTC by EvieAscendant
Hello and welcome all, to the latest Weekly Soon! I’m Evie, and I’ll be flying over the changes and additions to the server for this week.
New Feature!
Have you ever felt that a player on the server deserved recognition for their actions? If so, now you can do something about it. I’m proud to announce the beginning of the Player of the Month contest! The way this will work is as follows:
- Nominate your player of choice. This can be done by emailing writing
avatarmc .com with the player’s name and why you think they should be nominated. - The nominations will be sorted through, and a winner will be chosen by an assembled team of server veterans.
- The deadline for this contest will be on the 25th of each month, with the winner being announced on the 1st.
Furthermore, the part you’ve all been waiting for – the winner’s reward! Aside from massive bragging rights, the player of the month will receive a trophy straight from the admins themselves as thanks for their continued contributions to our beloved community.
Bug Fixes
As you all know, the coding gods do eternal battle with bugs on the server. This week may have been slow, but it is no different.
- Skeleton Horse spawning has now been fixed – no more unpleasant surprises abound in the field!
- Towny Armor Stand permissions have now been fixed, meaning that people can no longer run off with your prized collection of heads!
- Any mention of upkeep has been removed, meaning that you can finally stop hiding from your friendly neighbourhood tax collectors!
- Those pesky plot notifications are moved to your hotbar, meaning that you can finally walk through a town without flooding your chat!
Thanks to you, readers. That’s all for this week’s instalment, make sure you return for next week! This is Evie, signing off.
2016-06-04 18:03:00 +0000 UTC by EngiN33R
Good day to all of our readers, and welcome to another Weekly Soon™! I'm Engi, and this issue looks at the last changes of May and the first changes of June. Let's get into it.
Points of interest
More points of interest have been added around the world for you to discover! Make sure to explore and find them all - especially because you will now get a message whenever you approach a point of interest. Thank you to nanook4219 for taking the initiative to compile a list! Please note that these new points of interest will be gradually introduced over the course of the next week.
Bugs
In insectoid news:
- Red sand no longer produces red sandstone
- Armor stands in cities are now properly protected
Thanks for tuning in, don't forget to come back next week for another Weekly Soon™, and fair winds to you!
2016-05-28 22:49:00 +0000 UTC by IdahoSciGuy
Hello, and welcome to another exciting edition of the Weekly Soon! Proving that the dead really do walk among us, Idaho is here with your weekly dosage of AvatarMC related happenings, changes and additions!
Bending
It's that time again, and that means new moves! Our whipping boys move experts have been hard at work crafting this month's set of moves. Here's the deets:
Gliding
We are now able to turn gliding on and off for specific moves. This is great news, because now we can also enabled gliders for all elements so all benders can benefit from this awesome Minecraft 1.9 feature! Only airbenders are able to use specific moves whilst gliding, however.
Air
Gliderboost
0 CD move that grants airbenders the ability to adjust their speed while flying, only available while flying.
Airscooter
Toggle-able move that will grant airbenders quick movement across the ground. deactivate by double tapping space.
Fire
Flameblast
Cone of effect damage move, targets up to five enemies in the cone's field of view.
FireWall
Places a strip of fire on the ground, only despawns naturally.
Earth
EarthShackle
Requires source block. Binds targets, rendering them immobile and unable to use moves for a short period of time.
EarthShatter
Sends forth a powerful shockwave forward that will damage enemies.
Water
WaterAreaHeal
Requires source block. Pulls water to you before blasting it outwards, healing all nearby players. Heals more the closer you are to the bender who uses the move.
IceCage
Requires ICE source block. Pulls the ice block to you before launching it at an enemy, encases enemy in cage for short period of time.
Chat Mods
As many players have noticed, chat moderators are now on the server, and the position is open to anyone interested! We have had a great response to this position being opened, and by great we mean that we received a veritable TON of applications. As you can probably guess, it's going to take us a bit to sift through them all. Our resident Honorless Knave neighborhood Zukoman who heads up the application review will be on holiday for one and a half weeks, so please have patience. We will be responding to every application, and that just takes a bit of time!
Bug Fixes
As usual, we've also squashed some bugs to help things flow smoothly:
- Fixed chests being read only in player housing (so you can now use chests in your player houses in the Fire Nation Capital).
- Disabled enchanted books.
- Added missing respawn point in The Boiling Rock.
- Armorstands are now properly protected in Towny.
That's all for this edition of the Weekly Soon! Idaho out!
2016-05-21 17:50:00 +0000 UTC by EngiN33R
Hello everyone and welcome to another Weekly Soon! I'm Engi and I will be your guide today.
New maze
The venerable Bwake_ together with Jtox17 have brought you another exciting adventure that will reward you with not one, but two tea leaves. A three-level maze and a parkour course all in one await you!
Gameplay tweaks
We have been listening very carefully to the feedback we've been receiving, which we're very grateful for, and Week 12 is all about fixing bugs and tweaking the gameplay.
As such, we have fixed an annoying bug with the new pressman system, and the NPCs should no longer have any trouble copying long books. Additionally, packed ice and sea lanterns are now statically priced, which means that their prices will stay the same regardless of how many are in stock. This is something of an experiment we're attempting, and more otherwise unobtainable items may become statically priced depending on user feedback.
Other changes include:
- Fixed a crashing problem related to large scoreboards, significantly increasing overall server stability
- Skeleton horses no longer spawn due to lightning
Soundcloud
We are also happy to introduce an AvatarMC Soundcloud for your streaming enjoyment. It currently features all of the tracks that have been originally composed for AvatarMC.
Bending delay
Though normally we would also be releasing a batch of new bending moves, this month the release may be slightly delayed (up to one week). We are sorry for this inconvenience – rest assured that the moves will be delivered.
And that about wraps it up for this week. Join us next week for another dose of new and exciting additions!
2016-05-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC by EngiN33R
Welcome one and all to another installment in the Weekly Soon series! This is Engi, and I'll be telling you all about the new things that have been introduced in the last 7 days.
Book copying NPCs
Further immersing the server in lore, special NPCs have been added that offer book copying services. By handing them a manuscript and paying an agreed upon sum of money, you will receive a number of copies of the book for further distribution. Note that because of this addition, the recipe for copying books has been disabled in the game.
Fixes
No Weekly Soon would be complete without a list of bugs that have been valiantly squashed by the development team, and this one is no exception.
- Fixed banner, firework and other vanilla recipes
- Fixed another tree-related bug (jungle saplings now only grow into jungle trees)
And that about wraps it up for this Weekly Soon. Don't forget to tune in next week! Adios!
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