The Nether city building contest in Muncue is now closed!
The entire city is locked against modifications until our judges have had time to review each entry. This will take a few days. Once that's completed, the city's business will resume and you will be free to work on your lots as you wish!
The Muncie building contest is LIVE folks! From Central, take the Windgrabah line through the nether, and get off at the first and only stop. A clearly marked sign reading MUNCIE will show you the way to a town built on poverty! There's a special map marker in the nether that will show you where to go, here!
Players have from 00:00 EST on 10/05/2013 until 00:00 EST 10/19/2013 to build the most impressive structure they can. Lots are 25x25, and each player is awarded one lot should th ...
First of all, a big thank you to everyone who applied. I believe this is the highest level of interest I've seen yet for new positions, and it's always nice to see that this many people are willing to help their fellow players and work on making the server an even better place.
Obviously, I couldn't promote everyone who submitted an application. After proper consideration, I'm happy to announce that AshaLina, HimochiKouen, inflammo and MediaKlepto have all inherited th ...
The server will be inaccessible for several hours as I perform the map trimming operation and general maintenance. I aim to be done before Events Night starts this evening.
I'll be in the chatroom during this operation if anyone has any questions!
I've made some allusions to this, now it's time to move forward.
We're planning a major map cleaning operation, and we need your help. Old, unused areas will be deleted in two weeks to help the server run smoothly and to prepare for future updates.
More precisely, the goals of this operation are:
- Remove unusued land
- Eliminate old, abandoned buildings
- Decrease the size of the map
- Allow new 1.7 chunks to generate closer to inhabited areas
Minecraft 1.6.4 has been released today (yes, .4, not .3), and it's not compatible with the current server version of 1.6.2. As such, you need to stay at the previous version in order to continue playing with us!
In the launcher, click the "Edit profile" buttton and select "release 1.6.2" as the "Use version" setting. You will then be able to join as usual. A further news post will be made once we update.
I recommend selecting the current version number from the launcher even if w ...
Something that came up several times in the past few weeks has been how to help the server grow further, or how donations work. I thought I'd take some time to clear this up.
There are a variety of ways that you can help this site and server to grow. Most notably, talk about it! The more players we have, the more active the community is, the more attractive it becomes for new players. I've assembled a list of ways that anyone can easily assist with.
By popular request, 50 new achievements have been added tonight, giving players 150 different goals to reach in-game! I have done some improvements to the achievements system, allowing me to create some more complex targets. You can view the list of known achievements here, while some of the new entries will be hidden until the moment they are discovered.
As before, the new achievements will be granted once you login to the server. This me ...
We now have an official Creeper's Lab texture pack!
Designed by our own Sphenicus, this pack aims to improve the default Minecraft experience while personalizing it to better fit the server's community. In order to reach that goal, the standard block and item textures have been kept: the look of the core game is thus preserved... yet several changes have been performed. You can read the full details on the download page. Get it today!
After a few months of teasing, the last missing achievement was found! mormonmoo was the first to piece together the clues given to learn about "Race Master - Craft a stack of carrots on sticks". Both Anonymous_SoFar and WindRider739, who had been fighting for the first place on the leaderboard for a while now, both jumped on the discovery and completed their collection of achievements at the same time. Congratulations!
What now?
Since people keep asking for more, I'm happy to annou ...
This is a quick message to let everyone know that SoratheEliteOne has been added to the staff as Helper. He'll be responsible for greeting new players, helping them find their way around, and assist anyone else who might need it.
The server will be down for a few hours this coming Monday (the 22nd) while I perform some maintenance and updates. While this won't result in upgrading to 1.6 yet, it will give me a chance to ensure that everything keeps running smoothly in the future!
While the server is down, you're free to hang around the chatroom and the forums. I'll most likely be there in case you need to ask something!
Minecraft 1.6 is expected to be officially released tomorrow. This new game version will require all players to get a new launcher. However, the server will most likely not be updated for a few weeks as we wait for the next Bukkit update. As such, in order to keep on playing with us, you will have to stick to the current launcher.
I'd like to remind our players to avoid waiting for too long around mob spawners, commonly called "XP grinders", where enemies pile up waiting to be killed. If you let too many mobs spawn in a given area, it creates slowdown for everyone and can even crash the server if kept out of control. If I notice someone not paying attention to their grinder for a significant period of time (say, a half-hour) and it's starting to have an effect on other players, I will not hesitate to kick th ...
I'd like to remind all players that Saturday nights are Events Nights!
Starting at around 9pm Eastern time and lasting a few hours, this is the time where teleporters are enabled around the server. This allows players to quickly move from one location to another to enjoy the various activities available, and do so without losing their inventories upon death. This is the perfect opportunity for those looking to join in group activities such as PvP battles, or achieve dangerous feats t ...
First things first, thank you everyone who decided to enter our fancy houses contest! With 22 applicants, this event attracted many more players than I expected and is a clear success! Many people took the time to craft original buildings that showed a lot of creative thinking.
Three judges scored all houses from 0 to 10: Dr. Cossack, Sphenicus and WindRider739, based on the criterias outlined in the original announcement.
Without wasting any further time, THE WINNERS:
- First place: ...
First things first, thank you everyone who applied for a position. We had a great turnaround, and it's always good to see that people from the community want to get involved on a deeper level!
Several names were received, many were considered, but we could only accept a few! As such, please welcome iKatze as server op, and AleXxXfry and mormonmoo as helpers! Congratulations! All three of you will be getting shortly a private message on the forums with more detailed information.
Hankapotamus, a player on the server, has decided to take the initiative to launch a pixel art contest with an actual prize! In his own words:
"Come show off your pixel art skills! On the map go to the right of central and look for the mario bros mushroom inside a rectangle, thats Hanks house. The contest will take place in this area and the particiapnts will get prizes!!! Yay! The winner (based on creativity and presentation) will receive a awesome prize if we get enough participants. If ...
I have a very important poll to submit to all players on the server. Something that will influence how things go from now on. One that will change the face of the world forever.
Survey: DC or Marvel?
MaximumRose thanks you in advance for taking the time to answer!
It is possible for any players on the server to have their creations protected against unexpected modifications (or griefs).
With the Home Protection Program, your buildings can be set so that only you, or a list of authorized people, will be able to make any changes within a given area. This means that random people won't be able to place block, plant signs or burrow through your walls to find their way inside. This is used to complement the locked doors mecanism that you already ha ...
If all goes as planned, Minecraft 1.5 will be available from the launcher on Wednesday. However, wait before upgrading if you want to keep playing with us! The server software will take several days, if not a few weeks to be updated, and 1.5 clients won't be able to connect until that happens. Keep an eye on this space for future updates!
Congratulations to WindRider739, who confirmed yesterday his top position on the leaderboard by claiming all 50 achievements! It took almost 6 months for someone to clear all goals, and with 4 people having over 40 of them, competition was tough!
Level up!!
To keep the challenge alive and to ensure that no one gets bored, a new set of 50 goals will be added in about a week. This means that there will be a HUNDRED ACHIEVEMENTS waiting to be claimed! If you want to get a headstart, try to ...
We are now on Facebook and Twitter! Be sure to follow us on both for updates, screenshots and more about the server and it's community! itsthesherf is the one handling both accounts, be sure to send in some messages to keep her busy! ;-)
As a reminder, we're also active on Tumblr and YouTube! You might also want to drop by the forums to exchange with us on Minecraft and other topics!
Minecraft 1.4.6 has been released today to fix some bugs and add a few minor features. Unfortunately, 1.4.5 servers and 1.4.6 clients are NOT compatible. This means that, in order to keep on playing with us, you must wait before upgrading!
The jump to the new version should happen faster than the 1.4 update as fewer changes have been done to the game. Please be patient until then!
As of today, the server has been publicly available for one year! The initial launch was done on 11-11-11 (not even on purpose, mind you), and the community has been expanding ever since!
As a comparison on how things evolved, here's a screenshot of the spawn point taken shortly before the opening and another one taken this morning from a similar angle.
Thanks for being around, and here's to many more years of online Minecrafting! :-)
Existing players, update the IP address for the server and you'll be right where you last left off.
96.8.117.4:25565
New players, go through the quick whitelisting process and we'll greet you in-game!
The map and chatroom are currently unavailable but will be back soon. I'll update this space to confirm when you'll be able to use them once again. Thank you for your patience!
UPDATE: The map is back on a new address! Update your bookma ...
The Minecraft server is currently being moved to a new location and is down as a result. If all goes well, it'll be available again by the end of the day. Note that its IP address will change, so please keep an eye on this space for the new connection information.
We now have two more operators on the Creeper's Lab!
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who applied for the positions. I received more feedback than I expected, and it's great to see that so many of you care enough about the community to help make it better!
Of course, I couldn't promote everyone, which means that Anonymous_SoFar and Kusorai have been appointed as server ops! Congratulations to the both of you!
Joining our fearless YouTube crew is none other than resident op WindRider739! He contributed his first clip, featuring the town of Port Townshend, two days ago and is planning to do special features from time to time.
If you have a YouTube account, make sure to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss anything!
Here we are again, ready to slay creepers and make impressive constructions: the server is back online!
A sudden hardware failure on my host's side caused everything to come crashing down. I was able to restore everything based on a mix of backups, with a few caveats:
- Over 95% of the map made it through, and I restored the missing parts with my local backups. Unfortunately for MaximumRose and Phrogie, Celzibar is the one spot that went back in time. I'm extremely sorry that t ...
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