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Today, we're happy to announce that Shotbow is partnering with Lunar Client. Lunar Client is a free modpack for Minecraft 1.7, 1.8, 1.12, 1.15, and 1.16, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Wait... what?

Yep, that's right! Even though we just released an announcement warning you that Lunar Client might be potentially dangerous to use, we're taking that back.

So... what happened?

We have been in touch with the Lunar Client team over the last few weeks. They have been really awesome to work with, and they moved quickly to patch the bugs that we found in Lunar Client which could give its users an unfair advantage.

Now that Lunar Client no longer gives an advantage over the Vanilla client on Shotbow, we are taking the following actions:

1. We are adding Lunar Client to our approved mods list. That means you will not be banned if you use an unmodified version of Lunar Client on Shotbow. It also means we're retracting our previous statement about Lunar Client.
2. We are partnering with Lunar Client. More info on the details of the partnership below.

Starting now, simply click the Shotbow logo in the Lunar Client launcher in order to join Shotbow, now even faster than ever. No more signing in, clicking on "Multiplayer", clicking on "Shotbow", and clicking "Join Server" — now you can join with just one click!

Also, new players may join Shotbow since our server is now in their launcher. If you see any new players around, make sure to be friendly and help them out if they need it!



Ever wanted to show off your support for Shotbow in the form of a cape/cloak? You can now sport a Shotbow Cloak, and all other Lunar Client users will be able to see it! 50% of proceeds will go to Shotbow, allowing us to make a better experience for all of our players.

Be one of the first to purchase this awesome new cloak here!


Thanks for flying Shotbow!

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Hello Shotbow! My name is Mistri, and I'll be your host for this month's edition of Dentril's New Moon, Shotbow's monthly newsletter. This month was full of awesome updates, and I can't wait to share them with you. Without further ado, let's jump right into it!

Updates
Network Updates
We have posted clarifications about our stance on Lunar Client and Cosmic Client. You can read the full statement here. In summary, we have found ways that these clients can be used to gain an unfair advantage, but we are not outright banning people for using these clients. This message was just a warning to let you know that you may be gaining an unfair advantage by using these clients, and we will use the same punishments as we normally do if you are caught cheating with them.

We are currently in talks with the Lunar Client team in hopes to resolve these advantages that we have uncovered. More information may be announced in the future.

Slaughter Updates
This month, we released a brand-new, much-needed re-vamp of Slaughter. It features a ton of bugfixes, mob changes, gameplay features, and more! You can view the announcement and full changelog here.

MineZ Updates
The MineZ Team released a statement in early January about a recap of 2020 and future plans for 2021, which can be found here.

In addition, the PTR for the MineZ Bank is finally here! The long-awaited persistent inventory has been released for public testing. You can read all about it here.

SMASH Updates
SMASH celebrated its 8th anniversary this month, with a special nostalgic celebration, new cosmetics, map changes, and tons more. You can read all about the awesome celebration here.

When in Rogue Updates
Work has resumed on When in Rogue, with a small update around mob and loot scaling based on party size, and other awesome changes in the works. Two of our new Jr. Developers (see staff updates below) have been dilligently working on When in Rogue and have made fantastic progress in their few days here on the Shotbow team.

Annihilation Updates
We have posted multiple Community Clan Wars on our YouTube channel. You can check out the matches at the following links: #26 Part 2, #29, #31, #35.

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
The fall season ends soon, so be sure to climb up the leaderboards for ranked matches! Current standings are:

• 1st - moonbreathing with 1086 ELO
• 2nd - tagain12 with 1082 ELO
• 3rd - Cometcat13 with 1039 ELO

Network in General
Staff updates:

• notswipe was promoted to Full Developer
• Outra was promoted to Full Admin
• EnderMCx was promoted to Full Builder
• ROBBYNATOS and cathKitten joined the team as Jr. Developers
• fin_1892 joined the team as a Mini Builder
• BrendanLeeT and EnderMCx have joined the MineZ Mini Admin Team
• 3swordjack joined the Art Team as a 3D Modeler

Other statistics:

• A total of 93,974,448 XP was earned by players this month
• There were 1,522 players banned in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 384 on January 10
• 103 ban appeals were resolved in the last month
• 4,108 in-game reports were handled in the last month

Closing Words
Thanks for tuning in this month! As always, I'm your host, Mistri — catch you next month, and thanks for flying Shotbow!

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EDIT: this announcement is no longer completely accurate. Please read this update thread for more information.

Lunar Client and Cosmic Client Clarifications

Hello Shotbow players!

This is a message directed to our players that use Lunar Client and Cosmic Client. We are releasing this statement in order to make Shotbow more fair for all players, and to notify you of potentially unwanted behaviors from your client. If you use either of these clients, please read this thread carefully.

While we do not generally permit modified clients, we are aware many users play with certain clients such as Lunar Client and Cosmic Client.

It has recently come to our attention that Lunar Client and Cosmic Client have a few issues impacting our servers and other players. Our staff team (and other teams) have done investigation into these clients, and have deduced that they may give players an unfair advantage over vanilla clients.

While we will not go into detail about the advantages, we want to inform you that our anti-cheat software can detect these abnormalities and can ban based off of them, which might lead to "innocent" players being banned from Shotbow.

While our stance on mods other than those specifically stated are "use at your own risk", bans caused by using Lunar Client and Cosmic Client will be treated like a normal modified client ban (permanent) going forward.

The Shotbow staff team strongly recommends that you only use approved mods with a vanilla client in order to avoid being unintentionally banned by our anti-cheat software going forward.