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Hey everyone!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer break! I'm your host ImAbbyy. In light of Summerfest, I am excited to announce that the Events Team is bringing you another weekend full of events from some of the best gamemodes.

The Events

MineZ Summerfest Sumo
Hosted by: LangScott

Join us for a fight to be the last man standing in this Beachball Sumo Event. The last three players standing will receive a prize.

For more information click here!

MineZ Rising Lava Parkour
Hosted by: WTDpuddles

Enjoy a unique parkour experience where players will climb to the top of the volcano as lava rises below them. The top three players will receive a prize.

For more information click here!

Annihilation Summer Surge
Hosted by: ImAbbyy

Break out you map-reading skills as we embark on a treasure hunt for this years Annihilation Event. The dolphins may have blessed you, but watch out for enemies lurking in the dark.

For more information click here!

Smash Summer Bash
Hosted by: LangScott

Put your best arm forward as you fight to be the last person standing in this Smash Event.

Control Beta Test
Hosted by: LangScott

Prepare to take out your enemies in this revamped edition of Control.

Shotball Beta Test

Throw some balls at your friends as you enjoy Shotbow's take on your favorite classic game, dodge ball.

Dates & Times


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Hello Shotbow!

I hope you're all chilling in this toasty part of the year! I’m your host LangScott, and I’m stoked to bring you Summerfest so you can splash right in. We've got all the good stuff lined up for you once again: game updates for players of all ages, a head hunt for our anniversary, an event marathon and more!

Get ready! As we slide into everything that's happening during Shotbow's Summerfest 2024. Get ready for some Summer fun that will bring you running back for more!

Network in General
Splash into Summerfest with double XP weekends and events planned just for you!

• We will be having a network-wide 2x XP Multiplier every weekend till the end of August!
• Annihilation is enabling a 2x Rank Points Multiplier from the 4th-7th, then every other weekend till the end of August!

Summer Lobby & Head Hunt
Big shoutout to our incredible builders who’ve created a masterpiece with their bucket and shovel! In celebration of the upcoming anniversary we’ve included a head hunt in the lobby with our brain new trail Coral Mix! If you also decide to decrypt the letters on the heads you will earn an XP code! This head hunt will conclude on July 31st, good luck on your hunt!

Summer Events
Next week we will celebrate the summer and the anniversary with an event marathon! More information can be found here. We will also be hosting numerous Summer Events on Annihilation, Minez & SMASH, make sure to stay alert on the events section in our Discord server.


Memorable Moments
Join the summer competition and share your favourite Shotbow memories for a chance to win amazing prizes! Whether it's conquering hordes of zombies in MineZ or overcoming the odds in Annihilation, your stories, pictures, and videos are welcome!

Here's how to join in:

1. Write down your favorite memory from your time on shotbow, include screenshots or videos if you have any!
2. Reply to this thread with with your story!

You will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win one of these prizes:

• Gold Rank
• 25k Shotbow XP
• 15k Shotbow XP

The contest will end July 31st and the winners will be announced in the August Dentril's New Moon! We will not be granting prizes based off your memory, everyone who enters a memory will be eligible to win!

So grab your pencils and get writing, we can't wait to see what memories you share!

Summerfest Store Bundle
Happy summer, Shotbow! For a limited time only, we are offering a spectacular bundle for Summerfest 2024. This package includes the Gold rank, 25,000 Shotbow XP, THREE particle trails, THREE balloons, TEN shout tokens! Only available through the end of summer 2024.

This Summerfest Bundle offers a ton of cool perks:

• Gold Rank ($24.99 value) - Gold tag in-game + all premium benefits
• 25,000 XP ($4.99 value) - 25,000 XP to spend on all things Shotbow
• 10 shout tokens ($17.49 value) - shout to the whole server to share your summer vibes
• 3 particle trails - Beachballs (NEW), Summer Fun, Sandy Beach
• 3 balloons - Sandcastle (NEW), Orange Square (NEW), Sunny Day

This Spring Bundle special is available for $39.99, at a HUGE discount!


Coming soon
Your favorite game modes are joining in the fun with Annihilation bringing back Anniverstal, MineZ is bringing out Summer exclusive content and SMASH bringing out some Summer maps!

Closing Words
Lastly, thank you to our amazing community, the support from you is what allows us to host these events every year. We really hope you will all enjoy this year's Summerfest. Have fun, I'll see you online!

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