Shotbow

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

Hey Shotbow! It's that time again – the annual Shotbow Spring Festival is back, and it's better than ever! Get ready for a blast of spring vibes with colorful fun and exciting events. We're bringing you a festival full of surprises that'll have you hopping with joy! So, join us, bring your friends, and let's make this Spring Festival a celebration to remember!

I'm your guide Axyy and will take you through everything that's happening during Shotbow's Spring Festival 2024. Get ready for some Easter fun like you've never seen before!

Egg-citing Network Updates
Guess what? Exciting things are happening on the server! Rumor has it, there are some egg-citing changes coming our way that'll give everyone a delightful surprise!

• We will be having a network-wide 2x XP Multiplier until the end of April.
• Annihilation is enabling a 2x Rank Points Multiplier during the first week.
• Use code EASTERFESTIVAL for 15,000 Shotbow XP.

Easter Beats Concert
A big shoutout to our amazing builders who've crafted this egg-citing Easter Lobby masterpiece! It's not just about the fun, though – we've hidden some seriously cool eggs for you to find. Grab 'em, and you'll score some fantastic cosmetic rewards!

Please note, this cosmetical reward will only be obtainable during this year's edition of Springfest!


Shotball Beta Testing
We're excited to announce that during this edition of Springfest we will frequently be running test games of our newest game, Shotball! Please keep an eye on our Discord server for updates on times and dates. Stay tuned for more information, it's coming your way soon!

Event Marathon
Come join us on March 23rd and 24th for an awesome Event Marathon hosted by The Events Team. Get ready for a blast with lots of cool prizes, special XP codes, and tons of fun!

Saturday
Warband: Saturday, March 23, 2024 12:00 PM EST
MineZ: Saturday, March 23, 2024 16:00 PM EST
Annihilation: Saturday, March 23, 2024 23:00 AM EST


Sunday
Annihilation: Sunday, March 24, 2024 01:00 AM EST
Smash: Sunday, March 24, 2024 10:00 PM EST
GG: Sunday, March 24, 2024 14:00 PM EST
MineZ: Sunday, March 24, 2024 16:00 PM EST

More information regarding event information and prizes can be found in the Event Section on our Discord server.
(TImes & dates on Discord are automatically converted to your timezone)

Easter Bunny Gives Gold
Hop on over to the Shotbow Discord because it seems like the Easter Bunny has paid us a visit! Get ready to join in on the fun with a special Gold Rank giveaway, ending on April 1st. All you have to do is hop on over to the announcement channel and react to the giveaway message to enter!

Goodluck!

Spring Festival Ticket (Store Bundle)
Join the festivities with our Spring Festival Ticket (Store Bundle)! This exclusive pass grants you entry to our spring celebration for only $34.99, featuring:

• Gold Rank
• Unpainted Easter Eggs (Exclusive Trail)
• Suspicious Easter Eggs (Exclusive Trail)
• Easter Balloon Set (Exclusive Balloons)
• 25k Shotbow XP

Secure your ticket now in The Shotbow Store and let the festivities begin!

Easter Selfie Contest
Spring is in the air, and it's time to show off your festive spirit with our Spring Selfie Contest!

Here's how to join in on the fun:

1. Take a Spring and/or Easter-themed screenshot/selfie on the Shotbow server.
2. Upload your masterpiece to this thread for everyone to admire.

The prizes are as follows:

• 1st Place: Gold Rank & 15K Shotbow XP
• 2nd Place: 1 month Shotbow+ & 15K Shotbow XP
• 3rd Place: 15K Shotbow XP

The contest closes on April 30th, and winners will be will be chosen by our amazing staff team through a voting process be announced at the start of May.

So grab your camera, get creative, and let's see those Spring selfies!

Annihilation Update - Duel Mode (3.3.0)

Hi everyone!

We are thrilled to announce our latest update Duel Mode!

This is a no content update. That means there were no class or mechanic changes. Instead, this update introduces Duel Mode and brings a much needed refactor to lots of core internal code.

What is Duel Mode?
Duel Mode is exactly like normal Annihilation, except only teams Red and Blue will be joinable and only maps that support two teams will be available to vote on. We will be expanding our selection of duel compatible maps in the future. Duel Mode will not follow the map rotation for now because an informal vote was conducted on Discord, and having no rotation was the most popular choice. This may change in the future.

When will Duel Mode be active?
Duel Mode will activate automatically when there are fewer players on Annihilation. We're currently experimenting with the logic that determines when Duel Mode will activate so we can deliver the best experience.

Why Duel Mode?
Duel Mode only requires 10 players to start a match, meaning they will start quicker. Only have two teams means that you will be less spread out, and more likely to have an action packed game.

Why only Red and Blue?
Maps in Annihilation are like normal Minecraft worlds, and they usually contain coloured blocks for each team (like wool and glass in bases). Annihilation doesn't currently support switching these coloured blocks automatically, so it was more efficient to stick with two teams that will work with all of our maps.


If you find a bug in Annihilation and want to have a chance of owning a special Bug Finder cosmetic, you can report it on our official Discord by using this command: !support bug <IGN>.

Thanks for playing Annihilation!