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Oct
25
Scheduled Events
Note: The links below are in US Central time by default. Check the Events page for a full list of events. The timezone of that list is then displayed on the lower left of the page, and should be the same timezone you've set for use on the forums.
Be aware! Scheduled Events are not our only events! Staff hold events constantly. The best way to be aware of current events? Keep an eye on our twitter account for in-game broadcasts starting with the string [Broadcast]!
MineZ Spook-Tacular Scavenger Hunt
A very special scavenger hunt is active this October! Please see either the Event Details or the original announcement for specific requirements. All prizes have been claimed, but don't let that stop you from finishing the hunt!
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MineZ Halloween Treat Chest
Every day some really sweet treat chests will be spawned into the world (Daily at 5pm CST on US, Daily at 8pm GMT+2 on EU)! View the event details for specifics and times!
(EU - Enchanted Sunday) View Details
(US - Enchanted Sunday) View Details
(US - Monday) View Details
(US - Tuesday) View Details
(US - Wednesday) View Details
(US - Thursday) View Details
(US - Friday) View Details
(EU - Saturday) View Details
(US - Saturday) View Details
Mine Theft Auto Load Test
This monday, please come join us on the Mine Theft Auto server and help us CRASH IT! On the EU server at 4pm London-time (UTC) we will be running a load test of Mine Theft Auto. We will probably crash servers a whole bunch of times. Please join us!
(EU - Monday) View Details
MineZ Haunted Event
Every Friday in October a special Halloween-themed event will take place on the MineZ Event Server at 6:00pm CDT. Show up! If you dare...
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Weekly Staff Stream
Every Saturday you can join a staff member as the stream through our fantastically fun games and host random events throughout the network. The stream starts at 2pm CDT on Saturdays and will be hosted on our twitch channel
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Annihilation All Classes Unlocked Match
Every Saturday the Annihilation Team will be running a completely free-to-play match, where you can test out classes you don't have and find out what you might want - while enjoying some time with the Network Staff. Games will begin at 3pm Central Time. (US Central for us.shotbow.net and EU Central for eu.shotbow.net)
(EU) View Details
(US/NA) View Details
XP Code Goalposts
This week, Instagram hit it's goal post with 500 followers! Congratulations! We'e super excited to be one of the first networks to make good use of Instagram as a social media platform - and now you get some XP for joining us on the journey. Just enter XP code "INSTA500" for - you guessed it
Facebook: 4,500 likes - Like us on Facebook!
Twitter: 17,000 followers - Follow us on Twitter!
Google+: 1,500 followers - Follow us on Google+!
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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
- Davids10001 and Andrew_64_MC were promoted to Administrator
- Brontalo has joined the SMASH Team as a Mini Admin.
- 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!
- Reminder: Ghostal will disappear from rotation on November 1st.
- Development on Gold Rush continued
- Staff held internal tests of MTA - Development is nearing completion
- A load test was planned for this monday (please see the Events section)
- The MineZ Spook-Fest Began on October 1st and runs throughout this month.
- Event: The Halloween Dungeon's location has been revealed! It's located below Lorfaul Mines!
- Bugfix: A sign in the Halloween Dungeon stating that loot isn't spawning has been removed
- Bugfix: A highly trained team of butchers cleaned out some Pigmen spawners
- Improvement: Some performance issues have been resolved
- Bugfix: An issue with /spawn not working properly has been fixed
- Bugfix: An issue with /compass not working properly has been fixed
Fall 2015 Season Update
On the US leaderboards we see nix_ and OwOb swapping places - OwOb keeping the same amount of points as the end of last week - perhaps he didn't participate this week? Quite a shame - because if so it's cost him the #1 position! acoo maintains his 3rd place score but at a higher score (1191 compared to last week's 1172). Looking at the leaderboard we can see why it's so important that he keeps increasing his points, with Noba_ (1182) and _X3 (1173) both exceeding his points on last week's board. It's entirely possible the whole top 3 will be upset later on in the season. We're only 1/3rd of the way through after all (not yet even) - so keep an eye out on that leaderboard for shifts!
Here on the EU leaderboard we see that JiruukiNightmare (previously 1203) has been completely wiped from the top 20 - SteveNightmare and AsiatusxX remaining the top leaders with newcomer TheProPlays joining the fray. SMASH is most popular with our EU server crowd so I expect to see a lot more upsets on that leaderboard before the end of this season.
- US: nix_ @ 1211, OwOb @ 1205, acoo398 @ 1191
- EU: SteveNightmare @ 1224, AsiatusxX @ 1202, TheProPlays @ 1195
- Congratulations, folks! Keep fighting for more glory - who will be on the leaderboard next week? Who will win the Fall 2015 Season? Stay tuned to both the SMASH Update & the SMASH Leaderboards to find out!
- Wasted: Control continued to progress with on-going pre-release testing.
- An internal team is gearing up to make the experience of one of our coming games extraordinary
- An older game is getting a few eyeballs on it to improve the experience
- Two more internal projects focused on having easy, fast fun with your friends around the world are in progress
- An older arcade game has a new pair of eyes on it
- Staff Teams have begun gearing up new staff for the coming holiday spikes
- Functionality was added to the staff's new communication platform to enable easier updates to the arrow
- The PR Team continued their work across multiple social media sites, and wrote up The Weekly Arrow
- The PR Team updated the Shotbow Wallpaper Pack
This week's banner showcases the amazingly beautiful world of Mine Theft Auto!
Oct
18
Scheduled Events
Note: The links below are in US Central time by default. Check the Events page for a full list of events. The timezone of that list is then displayed on the lower left of the page, and should be the same timezone you've set for use on the forums.
Be aware! Scheduled Events are not our only events! Staff hold events constantly. The best way to be aware of current events? Keep an eye on our twitter account for in-game broadcasts starting with the string [Broadcast]!
MineZ Spook-Tacular Scavenger Hunt
A very special scavenger hunt is active this October! Please see either the Event Details or the original announcement for specific requirements. All prizes have been claimed, but don't let that stop you from finishing the hunt!
View Details
MineZ Halloween Treat Chest
Every day some really sweet treat chests will be spawned into the world (Daily at 5pm CST on US, Daily at 8pm GMT+2 on EU)! View the event details for specifics and times!
(EU - Enchanted Sunday) View Details
(US - Enchanted Sunday) View Details
(US - Monday) View Details
(US - Tuesday) View Details
(US - Wednesday) View Details
(US - Thursday) View Details
(US - Friday) View Details
(EU - Saturday) View Details
(US - Saturday) View Details
(EU - Enchanted Sunday) View Details
(US - Enchanted Sunday) View Details
MineZ Haunted Event
Every Friday in October a special Halloween-themed event will take place on the MineZ Event Server at 6:00pm CDT. Show up! If you dare...
View Details
Weekly Staff Stream
Every Saturday you can join a staff member as the stream through our fantastically fun games and host random events throughout the network. The stream starts at 2pm CDT on Saturdays and will be hosted on our twitch channel
View Details
Annihilation All Classes Unlocked Match
Every Saturday the Annihilation Team will be running a completely free-to-play match, where you can test out classes you don't have and find out what you might want - while enjoying some time with the Network Staff. Games will begin at 3pm Central Time. (US Central for us.shotbow.net and EU Central for eu.shotbow.net)
(EU) View Details
(US/NA) View Details
XP Code Goalposts
Facebook: 4,500 likes - Like us on Facebook!
Twitter: 17,000 followers - Follow us on Twitter!
Google+: 1,500 followers - Follow us on Google+!
Twitch.tv: 1,500 followers - Follow us on Twitch.tv!
YouTube: 6,500 subscribers - Subscribe to us on YouTube!
Player.me: 500 followers - Follow us on Player.me!
Instagram: 500 followers - Follow us on Instagram!
Tumblr: 500 followers - Follow us on Tumblr!
Note: Goal progress images will not update throughout the week
For XP right now, be sure to Vote for The Shotbow Network at PlanetMinecraft!
Annihilation
- 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!
- Development on Gold Rush continued
- Staff held internal tests of MTA - Development is nearing completion
- Staff did a staff test while streaming MTA
Qubion
- The /seen command was removed due to suspicion of causing lag
- The team performed lots of evaluations into Qubion in an attempt to discover what is causing world-lag
- Bugfix: Resolved an issue where players with similar names did not properly die.
This week on the US leaderboards we can see OwOb retaking his "rightful" place as #1 quickly followed by nix_ and acoo398. I feel like we're going to see a lot of these three in the weekly update this season. It probably helps that the time these numbers are set in stone is about midday Japan on Sunday, no doubt.
We see on the EU Leaderboard both SteveNightmare and JiruukiNightmare - whether or not their last names are a coincidence is unknown to me. SteveNightmare being the new username of last week's "St3V3HJ0." We also see AsiatusxX still on the board. It's likely these are our strong players on the EU side this season.
- US: OwOb @ 1205, nix_ @ 1192, acoo398 @ 1172.
- EU: SteveNightmare @ 1207, JiruukiNightmare @ 1203, AsiatusxX @ 1191.
- Congratulations, folks! Keep fighting for more glory - who will be on the leaderboard next week? Who will win the Fall 2015 Season? Stay tuned to both the SMASH Update & the SMASH Leaderboards to find out!
- Wasted: Control continued to progress with on-going pre-release testing.
- An internal team is gearing up to make the experience of one of our coming games extraordinary
- An older game is getting a few eyeballs on it to improve the experience
- Two more internal projects focused on having easy, fast fun with your friends around the world are in progress
- Staff Teams have begun gearing up new staff for the coming holiday spikes
- Event: The Lobby has turned Spooky! Check out the all new Halloween Theme!
- The PR Team continued their work across multiple social media sites, and wrote up The Weekly Arrow
- The PR Team updated the Shotbow Wallpaper Pack
This week's banner showcases the GG spooky lobby!
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