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Happy March, Shotbow! Let's jump right into our updates for this month.

Network Updates
Voting Updates
Due to popular demand, we will be increasing the amount of XP rewards for voting. Previously, a 2,500 XP code would be released for every 2,500 votes. Now, for every 2,500 votes, we will release an XP code equal to the number of total votes. So at 2,500 votes, you will get a 2,500 XP code, but at 5,000 votes, you will get a 5,000 XP code (for a total of 7,500 XP). There is currently no limit to the amount of XP that can be rewarded per code.

Go vote now to get these awesome rewards on vote.shotbow.net!

Team Updates
Ever wanted to join the Shotbow Staff Team? Are you bilingual? Shotbow is looking for new Localizers! Localizers are responsible for translating official Shotbow announcements, guidelines, and even games, into other languages. If you're interested, read more and apply here!

Events
This month, we hosted a special Valentine's Day Weekend event, with a 3x XP multiplier, a limited-edition pet, and more! Read all about it here.

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
Ever wanted to make your mark on Annihilation? We want YOUR feedback: provide your top 3 feature suggestions here, and vote on community polls here and here!

Additionally, we have posted a special sneak peek on our Discord. If you haven't already, join our Discord here.

MineZ Updates
Ever wanted to make your mark on MineZ? We are opening a minor location build contest up to the public! Read all about it here.

New Games
Warband and Emerald Empires have hosted a series of playtests over the last month, and there are more to come! You can learn more by joining our Discord here.

Statistics
Network in General
Staff updates:

• kbsfe and sellejz joined the Jr. Developer team
• IgnisWright joined the MineZ Mini Admin team

Other statistics:

• 2,402 in-game reports were handled in the last month
• There were 928 players banned in the last month
• 92 ban appeals were resolved in the last month
• There were 144 support tickets resolved in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 337 on February 13
• 52,036,527 XP was earned by players this month
• There were 26 Anni Clan Wars hosted in the last month - check out our YouTube channel for some recordings!

That's all for this month. I'm your host, Mistri — thanks for flying Shotbow!

Hello Shotbow and MineZ community members! The first month of 2022 was filled with fun events, streams, videos, votes, new locations and much more! The MineZ team has been busy with putting out content when possible, revamping and creating new locations and adjusting existing ones to keep the game fresh. A focus of ours as of late has been to revitalize areas of the MineZ map that have been void of content, or in need of revamps to bring life to an outdated area. While we continue to work on that, we want you, the community, to have the opportunity to contribute as well! So much of the MineZ map is full of history, just like the community, and as the map changes, we want the community to be part of that.

For that reason, we're opening a Minor Location Build Contest! Anyone can enter, and we're hoping to give you all the opportunity to make a permanent mark on the MineZ map of your own creation. The contest will run for 1 month, and we're excited to see all that you have to submit!

• The MineZ Minor Location Build contest will last for 1 month, ending on March 15th, 2022.
• Builds must be created in 1.12.2
• Builds should be small enough to be considered a Minor Location, around a 32x32 (2 chunk by 2 chunk) area.
• Submissions are welcome to suggest chest/water/crafting table/etc locations, but will ultimately be left up to MineZ staff.
• Do something unique! Minor locations, while small, should not be boring. Think of something that sticks out in the world of MineZ!
• Staff will not be giving out schematics. Please feel free to make terrain for your build. Staff will make adjustments if necessary.
• Submissions/winners are not guaranteed to be added to the map

• Please use this form to make your submission
• Each submission requires an Imgur album of screenshots of the build, taken in vanilla without shaders
• Each submission requires a schematic file or a download link to a world file of the build
• Each person/group is limited to 1 submission

The rules of the contest are as follows:

• Anyone can send in a submission
• Each person/group is limited to 1 submission (Please note, group submissions will only receive one prize amongst the group)
• Builds must be created in 1.12.2
• Submissions, if selected, are subject to edits as necessary by the MineZ team
• Submissions sent in, if selected, will be property of Shotbow
• Submissions sent in after March 15th will not be considered for the contest

Winners will be announced by March 20th! The prizes are as follows:

• 1st Place: 20,000 Shotbow XP + Silver Rank
• 2nd Place: 10,000 Shotbow XP + A Shotbow Lunar Cape
• 3rd Place: 10,000 Shotbow XP
• All winners will additionally receive a special in-game prize

Winners, and ALL submissions, are not guaranteed to be added to the MineZ Map. While we certainly hope to be able to add new things from the community, submissions must meet a certain level of quality to be added to the map. All things will be heavily considered however, and we're looking forward to your submissions! Happy building!

Hello Shotbow!

With the intention of having access to as many languages as possible to reach a wider audience, we are reopening the applications for the Localization Team!

We are currently looking for localizers especially for the following languages, but are also interested in expanding beyond these languages:

• Japanese
• Chinese
• French
• Dutch
• German
• Turkish

If you don't know what "localization" means, localization is the process of translating a text and adapting it to your country or region. In the Localization Team we translate things like forum announcements, updates, rules, reports, staff help and more things that unite us internationally. And that is only possible with your help!

All new localizers start as Jr. Localizer, their main job is to translate official announcements to their language. After a probationary period, you will be promoted to Full Localizer, where you will have access to more confidential information and also a nice ingame tag that will recognize you as a member of our localization team.


If you want to know who is already part of our team, just check out the Shotbow Staff Wiki and you'll see what languages we currently support.


Interested? You can submit an application here. Follow and read it carefully! We will start to go through the applications after around a week. Even if you are not accepted to join the localization team, you will receive a response to your application on the forums, so keep an eye out for that! Replies will come anywhere between 1 week and 2 weeks, so be patient!