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Howdy! As some of y'all may have noticed, we have had a big influx in new clans and teams on the forums recently. With that being said, we decided now is the perfect time to clean up the section, as it's hard to tell which clans are still active and which ones are not.

A few days ago I sent every clan leader (pre-June 2020) a message asking whether they still want their post up. If the poster is no longer active for your clan and you still want to keep your post up, please send me a message on the forums! I'll start deleting posts from clans I have not received a response from in 1 week.

Thanks for flying Shotbow!

Map Building Contest - Voting

As our dedicated SMASH players know, we've been holding a map building contest to add in 3 new maps, there were a total of 7 great submissions posted, and we look forward to seeing what the community picks! Voting will be held on-site, at the top of this post.

A player may only vote once. Please refrain from using alts to submit multiple votes to the contests. If we find out a player has used alts, we will invalidate all votes by that player, and that player will no longer be able to participate in the contest. And if this player had submitted a map, that map will no longer be considered for placement.

Voting Period
Now until August 22, 13:19 UTC

Rewards
The top 3 winners will all have their maps added into SMASH after the voting period is over, additionally the top 3 winners will receive the following;
・1st Place: 1 Month Shotbow Subscription + 50,000 Shotbow XP
・2nd Place: 50,000 Shotbow XP
・3rd Place: 25,000 Shotbow XP
If you build a map with partners and place 1st, everyone in the group will receive the reward. 2nd and 3rd places, however, will split the reward.

Contestants
Pac-Man
Builders: Cuube, Axyy
Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/gfO47q2
Submission Link: https://shotbow.net/forum/threads/smash-pac-man.402799/

Castle Upon Alun
Builders: LeFunny
Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/kuDLz0z
Submission Link: https://shotbow.net/forum/threads/map-submission-castle-upon-alun.404284/

Coastal
Builders: Cocopontokawwwww
Pictures: https://gyazo.com/5823db195547ec2d9c758454f6f41495
https://gyazo.com/76a6d17a82c4b3e0138eecc386649a1c
https://gyazo.com/d57a05259f8282faf8d773aeaf12e2ac

Warped
Builders: Cometcat13
Pictures: https://imgur.com/gallery/hVeMNBH
Submission Link: https://shotbow.net/forum/threads/smash-map-contest-entry-warped.404662/#post-3061921

Freezeflame Cavern
Builders: ChickenMac7, + 1 unlisted builder
Pictures: https://app.mediafire.com/o2vkq0ytc7pd1
Submission Link: https://shotbow.net/forum/threads/freezeflame-cavern.404692/

Olympian Heights
Builders: EnderMCx
Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/1j9K5ng

Endgame
Builders: jckrawling and LordGarmadon2006
Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/RnnJvuY
Submission Link: https://shotbow.net/forum/threads/smash-endgame-map-submission.404992/#post-3062875

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1.12 to 1.16 Support
It's finally here! Shotbow now supports all connections from 1.12.2 to 1.16.1.

Please note:

• The same rules for modified clients apply, as always. If you are installing new mods, please ensure they abide by our rules.
• With the advent of the 1.13 update, swimming is much faster on the client-side. We were faced with the option of trying to block this on the server-side, but we realized it would be a tough task. Instead, we are allowing the 1.13+ swimming mechanics to be used on Shotbow, alongside 1.12. If you would like to take advantage of these new mechanics, you can upgrade to 1.13 or above.

Annihilation Base Update
The Annihilation 1.12 base update is out! While there is not much new content in this update, it has prepared Annihilation for faster & cleaner updates in the future.

General

• Tidied chat
• Added space to tab between team and name
• Added game start information to the boss bar area
• Boss bar depletes when the Nexus is bleeding
• Game ending countdown moved to the boss bar
• Altered the team and phase chat logos/images to the proper size
• Fixed class descriptions in the in-game class selector and in the XP Shop
• Swords now deal more damage than axes
• Overall damage has been increased slightly to better replicate 1.7
• The price of one Cobweb in the Weapon shop has been reduced from five to one Gold

Bug Fixes

• Game stats not saving at the end of the game
• Defender/Mercenary chain armour not auto-equipping
• Scorpio suffocation trap
• Regenerating blocks' permanent removal
• Scout's fall damage avoidance when 'bungee jumping' over the void
• Scout's grapple not working on vertical surfaces
• Acrobat's jump not working over the void
• Spy and Assassin retaining armour on respawn if they died while their abilities were active
• Spy and Assassin having their armour deleted when their abilities' end if they put on different armour during the ability action
• Clan tags not displaying with your first message
• 'Invalid item!' displaying when hovering over a player's name in chat. It will now display their current Annihilation rank
• Spider's webs could be harvested using shears for infinite webs
• Spider's 'Web' ability creating webs over the void
• Buying from a shop with a full inventory removes gold but does not award the item purchased
• The ability to make gravel fall and thus remove it from the world
• Hunter's trap not showing for team-mates when the trap owner is greater than 20 blocks away
• Scorpio targets being teleported back to the Scorpio after the target has died
• Anvils making a noise when placed in the Nexus region

Other
The following are major code changes which should not affect you, but a great deal of work went into and will help the server:

• We have implemented a more efficient map loading system which will considerably reduce the time it takes for a map to load once selected.
• Scouts grapple has been refactored and is now standard across both Annihilation and MineZ; although configured differently for the respective game-mode.
• Improved cheat detection and discouragement

Next Steps
Once the 1.12.2 release has been established and any emergency bugs have been fixed, the Annihilation development team will begin work on our next update, code-named: Nifty Boron. This content update will bring some much-needed balance to the game.

Then, we will begin work on an interactive tutorial for the game which new players can use to get a jump-start into the intricate world that is Annihilation mechanics.

Finally, a long term goal is to refactor Annihilations' entire code base, some of which is as old as 2014! This will allow us to add new features to Annihilation more easily.

MineZ: The Adventurer's Update
Earlier today, MineZ posted a brand new update. You can read all about it here.