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Hey Shotbow! It's that time again – the holiday season is upon us, and it's better than ever! Grab your hot chocolate and get ready for some holiday cheer. We're bringing you a festival full of surprises that'll have you feeling jolly! So, join us, bring your friends, and let's make this Winter Festival a celebration to remember!

I'm your host LangScott and will take you through everything that's happening during Shotbow's Winterfest Festival 2024. Get ready for some Holiday Cheer!

Joyful Network Updates
Guess what? Exciting things are happening on the server! Rumor has it, there are some chilling changes coming our way that'll give everyone a joyful surprise!

• We will be having a network-wide 3x XP Multiplier until January 2nd.
• Annihilation is enabling a 2x Rank Points Multiplier from the 20th to the 29th of Decemeber.
• Use code WINTERFEST2024 for 15,000 Shotbow XP.

Winter Blast From the Past
A blizzard has brought in a classic lobby! Join us in the nostalgic feeling of our old lobby while we introduce a new lobby mechanic! Santa's sleigh seems to have dropped some presents in the wrong location! Help Santa get these presents to their rightful owners and you will be rewarded with an exclusive trail!

Please note, this cosmetic reward will only be obtainable during this year's edition of Winterfest!
Santa Gives Gold
Hop on over to the Shotbow Discord because it seems like Santa has paid us a visit! Get ready to join in on the fun with a special Gold Rank giveaway, ending on January 1st. All you have to do is sleigh on over to the announcement channel and react to the giveaway message to enter!

Goodluck!


SUPER Winter Bundle (Store Bundle)
Join the festivities with our Spring Festival Ticket (Store Bundle)! This exclusive pass grants you entry to our spring celebration for only $34.99, featuring:

• Gold Rank
• 5 Particle Trails - Festive Cheer (NEW), Candy Cane Swirl(NEW), Light Chain(NEW), Golden Bell(NEW), Christmas Tree(NEW)
• 4 Balloons - Golden Star(NEW), Silver Star(NEW), Full Stocking(NEW), Little Snowman(NEW)
• 1 Annihilation Kill Effect - Winter Slay(NEW)
• 1 Annihilation Nexus Break Effect - Blizzard(NEW)
• 25k Shotbow XP

Check it out on The Shotbow Store and let the festivities begin!

Winter Screenshot Contest
A chill is in the air, and it's time to show off your festive spirit with our Winter Screenshot Contest!

Here's how to join in on the fun:

1. Take a Winter and/or Christmas-themed screenshot on the Shotbow server.
2. Upload your masterpiece to this thread for everyone to admire.

The prizes are as follows:

• 1st Place: Gold Rank, 3 Life time MineZ kit Items & 3 Life Time Annihilation Classes*
• 2nd Place: Silver, 2 Life time MineZ kit Items & 2 Life Time Annihilation Classes*
• 3rd Place: 1 Life time MineZ kit Items & 1 Life Time Annihilation Classes*

*Only for currently available classes/kits
The contest closes on December 31st, and winners will be will be chosen by our amazing staff team through a voting process be announced at the start of January.

So grab your camera, get creative, and let's see those frosty screenshots!

Hey Shotbow!
Welcome to the start of our journey together in 2025! This is Dentril's New Moon of January 2025, the first of the year! I hope you all had a happy new year! I'm BasicAly, and I'm here to give you updates about what's been going on here at Shotbow!

Network Updates
Store Updates
Recently, we released a special package on our store called "The SUPER Winter Bundle" where you would receive:
Gold Rank - Gold tag in-game + all premium benefits
25,000 XP - 25,000 XP to spend on all things Shotbow
5 Particle Trails - Festive Cheer, Candy Cane Swirl, Light Chain, Golden Bell, Christmas Tree
4 Balloons - Golden Star, Silver Star, Full Stocking, Little Snowman
1 Annihilation Kill Effect - Winter Slay
1 Annihilation Nexus Break Effect - Blizzard

The original release had some issues with granting players the cosmetics, however this has been remedied and players should no longer have any problems receiving them upon purchase.
Team Applications
Ever wanted to join the Shotbow Staff Team? The following teams are accepting applications:

• Development Team
• Annihilation Administrative Team
• MineZ Administrative Team
• Localization Team
• Build Team

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
The Annihilation Team is hard at work for their next update and are still looking for suggestions which can be posted in our suggestion section of our discord. They have also been hosting playtests of a new map that is in development, Fortress!

MineZ Updates
The MineZ team has continued their winter celebrations with new updates bringing holiday-themed dungeons, a new legendary, community-made builds and balance changes. Stay tuned with the changes in the current changelog here.

Community Winter Build Competition Winners:

• 1st Place: Tannatron and Frostie_
• 2nd Place: Azkiria and Alqddin
• 3rd Place: SmiteSword

To claim your prizes, please follow the instructions on the bottom of the competition post here.

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
The current SMASH Leaders of season 1 of 2025 are:

• 1. Cometcat13 - 1000
• 2. Grinch1768 - 1000

Network in General
Staff updates:

• BasicAly has joined the BAC Team and the PR Team
• ProBreezer joined the Development Team as a Jr. Developer
• Ganzatron has joined the Annihilation Team as a Mini-Admin
• SanderZ_ has joined the Annihilation Team as a Mini-Admin
• Zyong has joined the Annihilation Team as a Mini-Admin

Other statistics:

• There were 593 players banned in the last month
• There were 54 support tickets resolved in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 161 on December 31st
• 63,235,079 XP was earned by players this month

Closing Words
That brings us to the end of January's Dentril's New Moon! We hope you have a happy and healthy 2025!
Best Wishes,
BasicAly

Hey Shotbow!
Hope you are all decking the halls and getting into the "snow-mazing" spirit of the upcoming holiday season! Welcome to Dentril's New Moon of December 2024, the final post before we wrap up the year and tinsel our way into 2025! I'm BasicAly, and I'm here to give you the scoop about what's been going on at Shotbow - let's sleigh through it together!

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

• Development Team
• Annihilation Administrative Team
• MineZ Administrative Team
• Localization Team
• Build Team

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
This month the Annihilation Team released a small update revealing a seasonal boss, "Wendell", that will only show up from the 1st of December, to the 31st, he's got a number of vicious and powerful attacks to watch out for! They have also refreshed the map rotation and lobby to help spread some holiday cheer! Rumor has it, there is even a hidden XP code to find in the lobby (note: you must be on Minecraft version 1.20+ to find it!). The team is also at hard work for their next update and want suggestions from you! You can post any suggestions you have in our Discord server by creating a thread about it in the #game-suggestions section!


MineZ Updates
The MineZ team has ended their fall celebration Spookfest update and are preparing to bring you an exciting Christmas update! Stay tuned with the changes in the current changelog here.

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
The current SMASH Leaders of season 4 of 2024 are:

• _BrightDarkness_ - 1129
• Daggez - 1125
• Cometcat13 - 1111

Network in General
Staff updates:

• 10chrisrulz has joined the MineZ Team as a Mini-Builder

Other statistics:

• There were 500 players banned in the last month
• There were 38 support tickets resolved in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 182 on November 24th
• 49,738,234 XP XP was earned by players this month

Closing Words
That brings us to a close for December's Dentril's New Moon, it's been a "tree-mendous" year! We thank you for spending an amazing 2024 with us and we can't wait to spend 2025 with you! Stay tuned for "yule" be seeing some exciting updates about our holiday festivities—it’s going to be snow much fun!
See you next year,
BasicAly