Shotbow

Hey Shotbow!
Happy almost-summer! Welcome to Dentril's New Moon of June 2024. I'm BasicAly, and I will be giving some updates about what has been going on over here at Shotbow!

Network Updates
Server Maintenance
You may have ran into some issues recently while trying to play on Shotbow as our development team has been working hard on making our servers up to date with back-end maintenance work. They have been working on overhauling internal systems to make way for infrastructure upgrades and faster development. These changes will also provide support for a better ban appeal system which will be helpful for staff and players alike.

We thank you for your patience with us during our maintenance periods. We are offering a limited time XP code for any troubles endured. You can claim code SBUPGRADES to get 2,500 Shotbow XP until June 20th.

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

• Development Team
• Annihilation Administrative Team
• MineZ Administrative Team
• Warband and Wasted: Control Staff Team
• Localization Team
• Build Team

Springfest Selfie Contest Results
The contest has come to a close and our winners have been given their rewards. The results were as follows:

• 1st Place: rlvae
• 2nd Place: on_gec
• 3rd Place: OptimusFelix

Event Team Recap
The Annihilation Team hosted 6 Practice Clan Wars and 1 OP Game.

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
The Annihilation Team has brought the Semi-Finals of the tournament to a close! They have now moved into the Finals round where we will get to see Rawr v2 and NyRq go head to head for the winning title!

MineZ Updates
The MineZ team released their 5.4.20 patch which brought new balance changes, bug fixes, and a few dungeon changes. You can read all of the details here in the changelog.

Shotball Updates
We had many successful playtests of our newest gamemode! We appreciate those who have came out to try it and we are listening to your feedback. The Shotball team is working on fixing bugs to improve the player experience.

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
Here are the current season standings:

• _BrightDarkness_: 1128
• Cometcat13: 1121
• Acstes: 1097

Network in General
Staff updates:

• ImAbbyy was promoted to Full Admin
• OrcaHedral was promoted to MineZ Full Specialist
• SuperWolfster joined the MineZ team as Jr Specialist

Other statistics:

• There were 356 players banned in the last month
• There were 41 support tickets resolved in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 168 on May 19th
• 48,475,490 XP was earned by players this month

Closing Words
That wraps things up for Dentril's New Moon of June 2024. I hope you all have a happy start to summer! I have heard around that there will be some celebrations coming our way!

Best wishes,
BasicAly

Hey Shotbow!
Welcome to Dentril's New Moon for May! I'm BasicAly, and I'm here to give you an inside look on what's been happening at Shotbow this past month.

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
• Warband and Wasted: Control Staff Team
• Localization Team
• Build Team

Event Team Recap
The events team have been hard at work to bring new and improved events to our gamemodes.

For Annihilation, they hosted: 4 Friendly Clan Wars, 11 Practice Clan Wars, and 4 OP Games.
For MineZ, they hosted a Wave Event.

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
The Annihilation Team has wrapped up the Quarter Finals of the Tournament and have moved on to the Semi-Finals! We wish the teams PoiuYT, giew, rawr-v2 and NyRq the best of luck!

MineZ Updates
The MineZ team rolled out a new small patch, ending their April Fools shenanigans and bringing in some additional wildlife to the world of Valar. There were also a few balance changes regarding supply drop loot. You can find all the changes that come to MineZ in the changelog.

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
Here are the current season standings:

• _BrightDarkness_: 1125
• Cometcat13: 1105
• naqare: 1080

Network in General
Staff updates:

• LangScott was promoted to MineZ Co-Lead

Other statistics:

• There were 397 players banned in the last month
• 74 ban appeals were handled in the last month
• There were 44 support tickets resolved in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 174 on April 20th
• 48,475,490 XP was earned by players this month

Closing Words
Thanks for tuning in to this month’s Dentril’s New Moon, our teams are working hard to provide you with new updates and consistently improving our gamemodes. We appreciate all of your support!

Until next time,
BasicAly

Welcome to Dentril's New Moon of April 2024! Hope you are all doing well and enjoying this lovely time of year. I'm BasicAly, and I will be telling you all the latest news about what's been going on here at Shotbow. Gather around, maybe grab a snack, and let's dive into it:

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
• Warband and Wasted: Control Staff Team
• Localization Team
• Build Team

Spring Festival 2024
Our Spring Festival is still in full swing! Here's a list of some important information about our Festival:

• Network-wide 2x XP Multiplier until the end of April!
• An exciting new Lobby that includes an Egg-Hunt!
• A new Spring Festival Ticket Bundle in our store that includes Gold Rank, Unpainted Easter Eggs (Exclusive Trail), Suspicious Easter Eggs (Exclusive Trail), Easter Balloon Set (Exclusive Balloons) and 25k Shotbow XP.
• An Easter Selfie Contest that can win you a rank and/or XP!
• Testing of our newest Gamemode coming to shotbow called Shotball!

Read all about our Spring Festival in the original post here.

Event Team Recap
Last month, our Event Team had hosted some awesome events!

For MineZ, they hosted: MineZ Floating Island PvP, Barroom Brawl PVP, Helia Sewers Hide and Seek, and an Axis Mundi Wave Event.
For Annihilation, they organized: 2 1v1v1v1 OP Games, 1 Sandbox Game, 23 Friendly and Practice Clan Wars, a "No Way Back" Event, and 2 Meadow Madness events.
For Warband, they hosted: "Bless You" Event
For Smash, they hosted: Easter Bash Event
For GG, they hosted: Blossom Brawl Event

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
The Annihilation Team has introduced a new gamemode with their newest update. "Duel Mode" is a 1v1 style gamemode where two teams go head-on in an action-packed battle! You can read all about this new mode here.

The Annihilation Tournament has also continued this past month. The Annihilation Tournament Groupstage had finished in March and will continue into the quarter finals through April!

You can watch some of the tournament matches on our YouTube channel to get caught up on the current standings!

Click here for the original post to see more information about the Tournament!

MineZ Updates
The MineZ Team released their April Fools update that brought many interesting features for Survivors to check out! From Chaos Blocks and strange creatures to difficult Head Hunts, this update surely was a wild one! Make sure to do some exploring and check out all of the new items you can find! You can read all the MineZ changes here in our changelog!

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
Here are the current season standings:

• #1 - _BrightDarkness_: 1234
• #2 - Cometcat13: 1180
• #3 - naqare: 1164

Network in General
Staff updates:

• lPirlo was promoted to Anni Event Team Lead
• ImAbbyy was promoted to Anni Event Team Co-Lead
• LangScott was promoted to MineZ Event Team Lead
• WTDpuddles was promoted to MineZ Event Team Co-Lead
• _BrightDarkness_ joined the SMASH Mini Admin Team
• Cometcat13 promoted to Full Builder

Other statistics:

• There were 426 players banned in the last month
• There were 19 support tickets handled in the last month
• There were 44 ban appeals handled in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 187 on March 31st
• 54,915,314 XP was earned by players this month

Closing Words
Thanks for reading, and I hope you are all enjoying your time on Shotbow. We look forward to bringing you new updates coming soon!

Happy Spring!
- BasicAly