Shotbow

Hey Shotbow!
Hope you are enjoying the end of summer! Welcome to Dentril's New Moon of September 2024. I'm BasicAly, and I'm here to keep you in the loop about what's been going on here at Shotbow!

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

Event Team Recap
The Annihilation Event Team hosted a "Good Aim" event, a "Speedy" event, and a Friendly Clan War.
The MineZ Event Team hosted a "Puddles' Party Dungeon" event.

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
The Annihilation Team is now testing their 1.20.4 (version 4.0.0) base update! This update does not contain any content changes. However, some things may be different due to the version change. They have made every effort to ensure that the same feel is maintained, although you will notice some small changes and quality-of-life fixes. You may notice that your stats aren't correct on the event server, this is due to an overhaul of the stats system and they will be transferring your old stats once Anni 1.20.4 is live.

MineZ Updates
The MineZ team has released changes to supply drop loot tables and ended their Summerfest celebrations. Ghost Ship has also set sail! You can read all the current updates in the changelog here.

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
The current SMASH Leaders of season 3 of 2024 are:

• _BrightDarkness_ - 1134
• Daggez - 1131
• Cometcat13 - 1102

Network in General
Staff updates:

• WTDpuddles was promoted to Full Builder
• DJ_Pedro was promoted to BAC Lead
• Roquel remains on the BAC Team as a Co-Lead
• SuperWolfster was promoted to Event-Staff

Other statistics:

• There were 499 players banned in the last month
• There were 34 support tickets resolved in the last month
• There were 54 ban appeals resolved in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 256 on August 18th
• 38,602,633 XP was earned by players this month

Closing Words
That brings us to a close for our September Dentril's New Moon! Stay tuned for upcoming announcements about our fall festivities! Things are about to get spooky!
Best wishes,
BasicAly

Hello Shotbow and MineZ community members! With MineZ Summerfest ending soon, we are hard at work planning MineZ’s next holiday event which will take place in October.

Unlike past years where players have been asked to build or rebuild a town or location, this year we have something different in mind. While you will still be building and decorating for Halloween/Spookfest, you will be building a specific type of build. Participants in this contest will be asked to build and decorate a crypt.

Anyone is allowed to enter this contest and we are hoping to add many of the builds into the game during the Spookfest event. This crypt building contest will last three weeks and all submissions will be due Sunday, September 1st by 11:59pm EST.

• This MineZ Build Contest will last for 21 days, ending on September 1st at 11:59pm EST.
• For these crypts, we ask that you keep the size between 11x11x11 blocks and 25x25x25 blocks, but we understand if you need a little more or less room.
• You may add anvils, crafting tables, or furnaces to your builds if you feel it necessary, but they may be removed if your build is added to the game based on decisions by the MineZ staff.
• Multiple winners are expected. We will add winning builds to the Spookfest map, so long as they meet a certain standard.

• Please submit your build here as a comment. Make sure to list the usernames of those who worked on it.
• Each submission requires an Imgur album of build screenshots, taken in vanilla without shaders!
• Each submission requires a schematic file of the build.
• Each person/group is limited to 3 submissions.

The rules of the contest are as follows:

• Anyone can send in a submission
• Each person/group is limited to 3 submissions (Please note, group submissions will only receive one prize amongst the group. Each person/group can only win one prize.
• 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 September 1st will not be considered for the contest.

Winners will be announced by September 15th! Special prizes will be given to the top 3 builds:

• 1st Place: 50,000 Shotbow XP + Gold Rank
• 2nd Place: 25,000 Shotbow XP + Silver Rank
• 3rd Place: 25,000 Shotbow XP + 3 Shout Tokens

All winners will additionally receive a special in-game prize. There will likely be more than 3 builds added, and those who did not place in the top 3 will also receive a special in-game prize.



It is our hope that as many of you as possible get in on the fun of building crypts for this contest, however big or small! While it is unlikely, we must say that winners and ALL submissions are not guaranteed to be added to the Spookfest MineZ Map. To avoid this scenario you can follow some of these tips:

• Find inspiration on the web for fun decoration tips for the holidays.
• Use custom Minecraft heads, though don’t go too crazy!
• You can always ask for feedback on your builds. Don’t shy away from getting an opinion on your build.

Happy building and good luck!

Hey Shotbow!
Hope you are all enjoying the summer! Welcome to Dentril's New Moon of August 2024. I'm BasicAly, and I'm here to give you the scoop on what's been going on over here at Shotbow!

Network Updates
Memorable Moments Contest
The "Memorable Moments" writing contest has ended and the winners are as follows:
1st Place: Gold - MutedMute
2nd Place: 25k - QuADconM
3rd Place: 15k - DogsOP

Please reach out to @LangScott to claim your prizes to ensure we grant them to the correct IGN.

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

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

Event Team Recap
The Annihilation Event Team hosted a "No Mobility" event, a "Sabotage" event, a "Summer Surge" event and 3 "No Way Back" events.
The MineZ Event Team hosted a Sumo event and a "Rising Lava" timed parkour event.
The Smash team hosted a "Smash Summer Blast" event.
There were also Beta test events for Control and Shotball.

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
The Annihilation Team continues their bi-weekly double rank point weekends for Summerfest through the end of August!

MineZ Updates
The MineZ team has released a few balance changes and bug fixes to ensure smooth gameplay for all survivors! You can read all the current updates in the changelog here.

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
The current SMASH Leaders of season 3 of 2024 are:

• BigGiantKing - 1087
• Cometcat13 - 1078
• ChibbyGamer - 1073

Network in General
Other statistics:

• There were 563 players banned in the last month
• There were 51 support tickets resolved in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 210 on July 14th
• 40,506,188 XP was earned by players this month

Closing Words
That closes things off now, thanks for tuning in to Dentril's New Moon of August 2024. Hope you all continue to have a great summer, we appreciate all of your support!

Best wishes,
BasicAly