Shotbow

Hey Shotbow!
Welcome to Dentril's New Moon of June 2025! I'm BasicAly, and I'm here to give you updates and go over what's been going on here at Shotbow in the last month!

Team Applications
Ever wanted to join the Shotbow Staff Team? The following teams are accepting applications:

• Development Team
• Annihilation Administrative Team
• MineZ Administrative Team
• Build Team
• Events Team

Network Updates
Events Team Update
The Event Team now has opened their applications up to those interested in organizing fun and unique events across all of our gamemodes! You can read all about Event Staff responsibilities and more information about the team here.

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
The Annihilation Team is hard at work on their next update, but they also recently announced that new Admin applications have opened! They are asking for all interested to apply again regardless if you have done so already in the past. You can read more about what Annihilation Admins do here in their thread or see the link to apply above!

MineZ Updates
The MineZ Team released a patch this month which included an updated MineZ Map, some dungeon changes, some balance changes, and minor build changes. You can read up on all the specifics by checking out the changelog. Additionally, this month, the MineZ Team conducted a player Q&A on the MineZ Community Board Discord to gather feedback on the current state of the game. They've put together their responses to offer insight into the team's current direction, share a bit about upcoming content, and present some interesting data that helps guide their decision-making. You can see the Q&A results and statistics from 2024 here.

GG Updates
As part of ongoing network modernization, we sometimes bring gamemodes to a newer base version. Newer base versions run smoother and require fewer resources. They also allow us to leverage new and modern features brought by the Minecraft version that a gamemode was migrated to. Additionally, newer Shotbow-specific features such as the new cosmetics framework, which allows you to customize your tag among other things, also are only available on newer base versions.

GG was still running on base version 1.12 and was long overdue a base version upgrade. At the start of last month, this version bump was executed, which saw GG bump from 1.12 to 1.20. There may still be some bugs to hash out, feel free to report bugs on the Shotbow discord!

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
The current SMASH Leaders for Season 2 of 2025 are:

• 1. zaco123 - 1303
• 2. naqare - 1265,
• 3. MR_Crismo - 1253

Network in General
Staff updates:

• Selictove was promoted to Full Developer

Other statistics:

• There were 893 players banned in the last month
• There were 105support tickets resolved in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 178on May 3rd
• 42,261,604 XP was earned by players this month

Closing Words
That brings us to the end of June's Dentril's New Moon! Stay tuned for more exciting updates coming to you next month!
Best Wishes,
BasicAly

Annihilation Mini Admin Applications

About
Annihilation has been free to play since 2013 and remains a firm favourite among many Shotbow patrons. However, the game wouldn't be around today if it weren't for our amazing volunteer admin team, who work tirelessly to combat cheating. If you have enjoyed playing Annihilation and would like to give something back, why not apply to join our admin team?

The Position
Here's what you'd be doing as an Anni admin:

• Identifying and banning cheaters
• Upholding Shotbow and Annihilation rules
• Handling player reports
• Interacting with the community

Every admin starts as a "Mini Admin", which is granted after a number of training sessions. However, once you're promoted to "Full Admin", you will have the ability to contribute directly to Annihilation's updates, giving invaluable input on the changes you would like to see.

Applications

Apply Now
Think you have what it takes to be an Annihilation admin? Click here to apply! Make sure you read everything and take your time to answer thoughtfully.

If you have applied previously (before June 2025), please apply again using our new form!

Responses
If you are successful with your application, we will contact you via your Shotbow forum profile, so please check it every so often. We do not respond to unsuccessful applicants. Often we will contact many at once so we can train multiple minis rather than lots of individual training, this means the time from submission to response (if any) can be variable.

Enjoy hosting events?
If you're reading this post because you want to host events for Annihilation, such as OP games, clan wars, and other exciting takes on Anni, please apply instead to the Events Team. Annihilation Mini Admins cannot host events until they reach Full Admin.

Event Staff Applications

About

The Event Team focuses on keeping the games across the network fresh by organizing fun, unique events. If you would like to help us with this endeavor, consider applying to our team!


We are currently only looking for Event Staff members for Annihilation and MineZ, but may expand to other teams in the future.

The Position

As Event Staff, your tasks would include:

• Organizing events
• Hosting private games (Annihilation only)
• Discussing new event ideas with both players and staff and coming up with your own
• Testing new events
• Interacting with the community

You will receive training on how to host events for the game you applied for until you are ready to host independently. Hosting events for more than one game type, such as MineZ and Annihilation, is possible once you have fully grasped the first game mode. Speak to your trainer if this is something you're interested in.

The Application

If this position piqued your interest, do not hesitate to apply here! Please take your time to read through everything and to answer all the questions truthfully and thoughtfully.

If you are successful with your application, we will contact you via your Shotbow forum profile, so please check it every so often. We do not respond to unsuccessful applicants.