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Shotbow
May
24
Scheduled Events
Weekly Developer Stream
Every week we plan to stream Shotbow Network Development - whether it's a gamemode, the website, or something else. The stream will start, as always, at 6pm CDT on Wednesday. If you'd like to be reminded, you can watch our twitter or RSVP on your favorite social network:
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
US/NA Annihilation Map Testing
The Annihilation Team plans to test out maps on the US servers every week on Tuesday! These map tests will run from midnight-1am BST. I recommend RSVPing so that your calendar automatically translates that time to your local:
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
EU Annihilation Map Testing
Much like on US, The Annihilation Team plans to test out maps on the EU servers every week on Tuesday! These map tests will run from 5-6pm BST. I recommend RSVPing so that your calendar automatically translates that time to your local:
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
So far this weekend we've hit a weekly peak of 2089. Did you forget to tell your friends to come and play?
XP Code Goalposts
Facebook: 4,000 likes - Like us on Facebook!
Twitter: 16,000 followers - Follow us on Twitter!
Google+: 1,000 followers - Follow us on Google+!
Twitch.tv: 1,500 followers - Follow us on Twitch.tv!
YouTube: 6,000 subscribers - Subscribe to us on YouTube!
Player.me: 500 followers - Follow us on Player.me!
Instagram: 500 followers - Follow us on Instagram!
Note: Goal progress images will not update throughout the week
For XP right now, be sure to Vote for The Shotbow Network at PlanetMinecraft!
Team Updates
- DemiPixel joined the Web Development Team as a Jr. Web Developer
- Viraxy joined the MineZ Classic Team as a Mini Admin
- Andrew_64_MC, BrendanLeeT, Gnjoejoe, Davidss1001, Bionic_Prodigy, WickedSkipper, and Wayvernia have joined the GG team with JACOBSMILE as Lead and Laura as Co-Lead.
- roel_LP is now a co-lead for Annihilation
- Make sure your favorite map isn't removed from rotation! Participate in the Annihilation Map Vote for May!
- Want to get your favorite map added to Annihilation? Find its thread in Build Submissions and make sure to like it! Maps with the most likes are selected to be tested and potentially added to Annihilation. If you don't like your favorite map, it won't get in!
- roel_LP is now a co-lead for Annihilation
- The Development Team made some changes that should increase the reliability of starting matches
- LazerTester's Developer Stream from May 13th, showcasing work on Assault polish went live
- A pre-release version of Assault was opened for testing.
- Bugfix: An issue preventing stats from saving during server shutdown was resolved.
- Andrew_64_MC, BrendanLeeT, Gnjoejoe, Davidss1001, Bionic_Prodigy, WickedSkipper, and Wayvernia have joined the GG team with JACOBSMILE as Lead and Laura as Co-Lead.
Lightbikes
- Bugfix: An issue with resource packs not download properly has been fixed.
- Majicou continues work on his secret project
- Viraxy joined the MineZ Classic Team as a Mini Admin
- The MineZ Classic click-to-join has been modified into a two-layer option dialog.
- The MineZ 2 quick-launch no longer sends players to MineZ Classic
- SMASH Matchmaking timeout has been removed
- Tobytyy, TweenieChomper, and 4thewar were promoted to Moderator
- Skelkey and Echto were promoted to Vadact Builder
- Bugfix: Groups for the Independents now work as intended
- Bugfix: An issue with resource packs not download properly has been fixed.
- Bugfix: XP Multipliers are now operating as expected.
- Bugfix: XP Multipliers are now operating as expected.
- Game count boxes have been moved from below the news posts to a new sidebar
- News posts are no longer truncated on the homepage
- The last three announcements are now visible on the homepage
- The Play Now banner has been recentered
- If you have a hefty need for it, The Shotbow Network now has a Chrome Application.
- Forums were added for GG and Assault.
- Admin and player tags in the lobbies have gotten a fresh new look
- The MineZ 2 quick-launch no longer sends players to MineZ Classic
- The development team has continued work on Shotbow's upcoming new games
- The build team continued their work on a top secret project
- The PR Team continued their work across multiple social media sites, and wrote up The Weekly Arrow
- The MineZ Classic click-to-join has been modified into a two-layer option dialog.
(Last Week's Arrow)
This week's banner showcases a preview game of Assault
Mountain Graphic in the Player Peak image designed by Cromagna
May
17
With Saturday came the end of HCF's kit map - but that doesn't mean the fun has to end there. For years our players have had one simple request: A way to play MineZ or HCF PvP without losing their gear or damaging their faction. After two years, Shotbow is proud to announce gg!
Choose an arena, Choose a Kit, Team Up or go Free for All - and once you've had your casual fun prepare yourself for King of the Duel - an intense gamemode where all participants are spectators waiting to fight the king. Once the current battle is over, the next person is given their gear and teleported to spawn to fight the king - overthrow him or her and become the star of the show yourself!
If you like PvP combat, you're going to love this. Casual or Intense - the fight is waiting for you! Just remember to finish it by saying - gg.
Scheduled Events
Weekly Developer Stream
Every week we plan to stream Shotbow Network Development - whether it's a gamemode, the website, or something else. The stream will start, as always, at 6pm CDT on Wednesday. If you'd like to be reminded, you can watch our twitter or RSVP on your favorite social network:
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
US/NA Annihilation Map Testing
The Annihilation Team plans to test out maps on the US servers every week on Tuesday! These map tests will run from midnight-1am BST. I recommend RSVPing so that your calendar automatically translates that time to your local:
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
EU Annihilation Map Testing
Much like on US, The Annihilation Team plans to test out maps on the EU servers every week on Tuesday! These map tests will run from 7-8pm BST. I recommend RSVPing so that your calendar automatically translates that time to your local:
PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE. These events used to start at 5pm but have moved to 7pm.
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
Still not yet, though higher than the other weeks. Our weekly peak is 2388 - occuring Saturday at 1:28pm CDT.
XP Code Goalposts
Numbers barely incremented this week - are you even trying, Shotbow? You broke your streak! Such a shame...
Better luck this week!
Facebook: 4,000 likes - Like us on Facebook!
Twitter: 16,000 followers - Follow us on Twitter!
Google+: 1,000 followers - Follow us on Google+!
Twitch.tv: 1,500 followers - Follow us on Twitch.tv!
YouTube: 6,000 subscribers - Subscribe to us on YouTube!
Player.me: 500 followers - Follow us on Player.me!
Instagram: 500 followers - Follow us on Instagram!
Note: Goal progress images will not update throughout the week
For XP right now, be sure to Vote for The Shotbow Network at PlanetMinecraft!
Team Updates
- FallingDutchman has joined the SMASH Team.
- DoubleTheQ, Asitron (known as Squally), and Purfector have joined the PR Team as Graphic Artists.
- GreyWolf64 has joined the Player Report Patrol
- Darth_Bachious has joined the Annihilation Team.
- BrendanLeeT has joined the MineZ Team
- The classes Alchemist, Bard, Dasher, Mercenary, Sniper, Spider, and Wizard have been reduced to 25,000 xp for lifetime use.
- Darth_Bachious has joined the Annihilation Team.
- Changes have been made to the way anni admins operate to increase productivity
- Enhancement: Andorra now has 10 iron set at mid
- Enhancement: Andorra Enchantment tables now give level 1 every time, as well as a level 30 upstairs
- Enhancement: Canyon now has 5 extra iron ores in each mine
- Enhancement: Villages now has 9 iron blocks at mid
- Released gg
- Changelog will be available later today
- Majicou continues work on his secret project
- BrendanLeeT has joined the MineZ Team
- FallingDutchman has joined the SMASH Team.
- An issue delaying reviews and rankups on Vadact Creative has been resolved
- The development team has continued work on Shotbow's upcoming new games
- The development team improved Shotbow Administrative tools for catching and banning cheaters
- The build team continued their work on a top secret project
- The PR Team's Graphic Artists created two logos and renders for hyping up gg.
- The PR Team continued their work across multiple social media sites, and wrote up The Weekly Arrow
This week's banner depicts the spawn of the HCF Plains map on Shotbow's new game - gg
Mountain Graphic in the Player Peak image designed by Cromagna
May
10
Important Notice Regarding Tapatalk
Due to a series of events, some unfortunate, players who have been using Tapatalk to access The Shotbow Network forums will have recently discovered that it is unable to properly connect. While this is unfortunate, it is easily rectified by unfollowing The Shotbow Network on tapatalk, and following it again by finding The Shotbow Network in the tapatalk forum search, or by clicking the Tapatalk banner when viewing The Shotbow Network website on a mobile device. You will recognize that it is the newer, fixed version as it will be an icon of the shotbow.
Scheduled Events
HCF DRAFT: Map 26 Start of the World
After last Saturday's DRAFT Pick on the Shotbow Teamspeak, This Saturday marks the Start of the World for HCF's Draft Map (Map 26). Those who were not part of the draft are free to join as normal, but special rules may apply. Please check the HCFactions subreddit for more information.
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
Weekly Developer Stream
Every week we plan to stream Shotbow Network Development - whether it's a gamemode, the website, or something else. The stream will start, as always, at 6pm CDT on Wednesday. If you'd like to be reminded, you can watch our twitter or RSVP on your favorite social network:
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
US/NA Annihilation Map Testing
The Annihilation Team plans to test out maps on the US servers every week on Tuesday! These map tests will run from midnight-1am BST. I recommend RSVPing so that your calendar automatically translates that time to your local:
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
EU Annihilation Map Testing
Much like on US, The Annihilation Team plans to test out maps on the EU servers every week on Tuesday! These map tests will run from 5-6pm BST. I recommend RSVPing so that your calendar automatically translates that time to your local:
RSVP on Google+
RSVP on Facebook
This weekend we hit a weekend peak of around 2200. We're getting closer, and we hope to see the player peak easily toppled as we get closer and closer to the summer months!
XP Code Goalposts
That's a whole month in a row of hitting a goal! This week will be quite a challenge though... can you keep up the streak? Easiest one to hit would be Google+ which needs only about 250 more followers in order to unlock the next goal. Comeon, team!
As previously discussed, this week you hit the goal on Twitch.tv! Your XP code is TWITCH1K!
Facebook: 4,000 likes - Like us on Facebook!
Twitter: 16,000 followers - Follow us on Twitter!
Google+: 1,000 followers - Follow us on Google+!
Twitch.tv: 1,500 followers - Follow us on Twitch.tv!
YouTube: 6,000 subscribers - Subscribe to us on YouTube!
Player.me: 500 followers - Follow us on Player.me!
Instagram: 500 followers - Follow us on Instagram!
Note: Goal progress images will not update throughout the week
For XP right now, be sure to Vote for The Shotbow Network at PlanetMinecraft!
Team Updates
- Wayvernia has joined the Annihilation Team.
- Aviira and Fusion_ have joined the PR Team as Graphic Artists!
- Sad and demon_peanut have stepped down from their responsibilities. We are thankful for their immense help and service to our wonderful community.
- Wayvernia has joined the Annihilation Team.
- The map Alpine by Team Chaos was added to the rotation.
- The new version of the Annihilation class Hunter has been completed and is now available in-game
- Bugfix: Class abilities in Annihilation no longer get stuck displaying NOT_READY
- Bugfix: Ranks no longer reset after some matches
- Bugfix: A bug preventing Riftwalker from using it's ability was resolved
- During the Weekly Development Stream, lazertester streamed his work on the Assault lobby!
- Changelog will be available later today
- Majicou continues work on his secret project
- CreeperNate resigned as a Jr. Mod
- 0215 has joined as a Jr. Mod and will undergo a three week trial.
- Skelkey joined the Vadact Buildteam as a Trial Builder
- Bugfix: Doodads should no longer block room exits.
- Shotbow has fully moved to HTTPS on the website. If you notice a little lock symbol in your browser, that's what it means. Please file bug reports for any page that displays warnings about "unsafe scripts". Examples:
- Unsafe Script Dialog in Google Chrome
- Unsafe Script Dialog in Firefox
- Unsafe Script Dialog in Internet Explorer
These dialogs may vary based on device, browser, and browser version. Please file bugs for any page in which you see these dialogs. Except for the HCF Map page. We already know about that one. Please do not file bug reports about the HCF Map page not working on SSL. - The "Play Now!" page has received a much needed update.
- The internal deployment page has received some ease-of-use updates.
- Bugfix: SMASH Ranked reports now properly appear to the administration. The Web Development Team is deeply sorry for any inconveniences caused by SMASHRANKED reports being lost in the ether.
- Bugfix: Some issues preventing use of the forums through Tapatalk were resolved with assistance from the Tapatalk team
- > 12,200 reports
- The lobby quickjoin system added an icon for GunGame and short descriptions for all games
- The team is hard at work improving the quick-join menu in the lobby
- The development team has continued work on Shotbow's upcoming new games
- The build team continued their work on a top secret project
- The PR Team continued their work across multiple social media sites, and wrote up The Weekly Arrow
This week's banner is an image of mid in the new Annihilation map "Alpine" by Team Chaos.
Mountain Graphic in the Player Peak image designed by Cromagna
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