So, we’ve added a few new things to VIP+.

/glow now has a GUI and allows you to select a colour!
/balloons has been added, which allows you to have “Particle Balloons”

We hope you enjoy the new features,
Although sadly Animated Frames (AF) has had to be removed from VIP+, for good reason. We’re sorry to take this away, but the plugin was a large contributor to server lag. It may return eventually, but for right now we unfortunately cannot offer it.

As always, if you have any ideas for things we could add to the server, please do post them in the suggestions category on our forums!

~Clowner

As mentioned previously, we’ve been working on a new Token Exchange System for a little while.

It’s finally here!

The new system is GUI based, and can be accessed from anywhere on the server. The tokens are now taken directly from the token “bank” (/tokens) so theres no need to take sponges anywhere. You can deposit the old items into the bank using /deposit [amount].

The shop is split into categories, each of which have sub categories, so you should be able to easily find the item you want.

Along with the new system, we also have a much wider range of resources you can get – and don’t forget, you can always suggest more by posting here on our forums.
Click Here to view the forum thread for this news post.

Well, from the title of this you can probably guess that we’re announcing things. New things. Things only the staff know about (I think… we may have a leak idk).

A huge thank you to everyone that filled out our survey! Your feedback has really helped us work on improving the services we provide. If you haven’t already done the survey, you still can – just click here.

The following plans and changes are mainly a direct result of the responses we were given.

I want to note though – there are no dates set for these to be completed/opened yet. They are planned or in progress, and should be available soon™.

First things first: Spawn.
The first area of the server you see when you join. We’re likely long overdue for a new one by now. We’ve been hard at work over the past few months making something truly special. That’s literally all the details I’m going to give for now… apart from this: The first 50 VIP+ members will be featured in the spawn. Once these are placed they’re not changing, so if you wanna be there in spawn, either be a staff member, or buy VIP+ before there are 50 people with it.

Second things second: The Shop
Our shop has been under some criticism in the past. Mainly because it’s almost impossible to find your way around. Even I get lost and I built the thing. So we are building a new shop, with a far simpler layout – and even a map.

As you can see, that is in fact a map.

The new shop will contain everything the current shop has, with some additional items in the server shop. We’re also keeping the rentable shops, only we’re numbering them properly so you can tell people exactly which shop is yours! Be excited people.

Oh, and it’s only two floors this time…

Tokens
Tokens are cool aren’t they? Well, we’re planning more ways to use them. Including an overhaul of the token exchange to allow us to do some other cool things.

Also Potatoes. #PotatoesLivesMatter

We have some other things planned, but we’re going to keep those under wraps for a while 😛

Thanks for all the support,

~Clowner and The Team

Discussion Thread for this post: Click Here

Got a minute to give us some feedback on the server?

Please fill out this quick survey: https://form.jotformeu.com/61275624065354

Many Thanks,
~Clowner and the Staff Team

The Western Build Contest has come to an end. There were many great builds but there were 3 that stood out more than the others. Thank you to all of those who participated in the contest. We look forward to seeing you again in the next one.

Now for the winners!

In First Place we have _PianoKeys_ in plot 24! This build had tons of detail and followed the theme very well. Congrats _PianoKeys_!

In Second Place is sadmax1515 in plot 30! This build has good detail and follows the theme well. Congrats sadmax1515!

In Third Place is Alonzo910 in plot 8. The build follows the theme very well and has good detail. Congrats Alonzo910!

Congrats to our winners and thank you to all of those who participated! Prizes can be picked up at /warp prize!

We’ve changed the rewards for voting. There are two types of reward, those that are per-vote and those that are cumulative.

For each vote:
– $1000
– 2 Prize tokens

Plus:
1 in 3 get 5 tokens
1 in 50 get 16 tokens
1 in 250 get 64 tokens
1 in 300 get the “Plant Head Pack”
1 in 400 get the “Computer/TV head Pack”
1 in 500 get the “Portal Head Pack”
1 in 600 get the “Interior Design Head Pack”

Cumulative
After a total of 10 votes, you receive an additional $10,000
After a total of 30 votes, you receive 10 diamonds
After a total of 50 votes, you receive 20 emeralds
After a total of 100 votes, you receive an Elytra
After a total of 500 Votes, you receive $500,000, and 64 diamonds.

If you have already passed one of the cumulative thresholds, please speak to a member of staff to claim the prize (if you pass them from now on they are given automatically)

clownercraft.net/vote <-- Go! Click here for the forum thread.

Quite a while ago now, a lot of drama appeared surrounding the minecraft End User License Agreement (EULA). This came after mojang pointed out that technically, servers were breaking the terms by selling items. (Note “selling” not “donating” – a donation has always been fine, but you cannot call it a donation when you give someone something in return.)

Well, theres been some drama in the past couple of days. I thought I’d share my two cents on this.

What’s happened is that people have discovered Mojang will be blacklisting some servers in 1.9.3, meaning any player in 1.9.3 is unable to join these servers. All the servers that are black listed are ones which are not EULA compliant.

Many server owners, and other members of the community, have lashed out at this, claiming it will “Kill minecraft”. Just as they did when the EULA issue first presented itself. Most servers that refuse to comply are claiming that they wont make enough money by following the rules.

Unlike most of the servers out there it seems, I’m siding with Mojang. They had valid reasons to introduce the rules, and when you run a server you are required to accept the license terms. There is no reason why they shouldn’t be moving to deal with servers that do not comply.

Multiplayer minecraft does appear “Pay-to-win” on most servers now. Especially the larger networks, and I strongly feel that pay-to-win games are bad. I don’t like them, I don’t play them. Hence, I don’t want a game that is “pay to play” to become pay to win because of servers. I’ve always been keen to try and make sure that everyone has their chance at ranks and other such things on the server – I’m not running this to make money, I only need enough to cover our costs and then anything extra can be re-invested back into the server.

ClownerCraft was meant to be different, I wanted to show that servers don’t have to be the way they are. And I think this whole pay-to-win aspect is one of the things we need to change in the server community.

I’d love to see other people’s opinions on this issue, so please do leave a reply on the forum topic found here.

The prizes for the scavenger hunt are now available from /warp prize

Please note that only items from the TOP chest were counted, as clearly stated in the instructions.

If you did not put your items in the right chest you will not have the prizes for them.

Thanks for taking part, and enjoy your prizes.

(Your balances have been updated with the money you won already.)

Forum post: Click Here

The top voters over march will be given prizes!

Top voters this month:
Minecraft-mp: Skelebone2000 with 31 votes
Minecraftservers.org: Skelebone2000 with 29 votes
Mineservers.com: Juice_BoxHero with 28 votes

Second place:
Minecraft-mp: Juice_BoxHero
Minecraftservers.org: Juice_BoxHero
Mineservers.com: Bainidhe

Your tokens have been awarded (use /tokens and /withdraw to access them).

Forum thread: click here

I never like having to write about this sort of thing, although thankfully until this point I haven’t needed to.

The server has been sustaining itself through player-funding through our webstore for nearly three years, and that is amazing for me to consider!
However, the costs of running a server are not a one off thing. We have bills to pay every month, and sadly we’re just not earning enough each month to cover this.
Every month, we have to pay for the hosting of our server, a few licenses (Plesk, MultiCraft, Buycraft) all to keep the server running. These amount to around $100/month.

We cannot keep going if we don’t make enough money to cover our costs. I don’t want you to think that my reasons for running the server are in any way money related, I think I’ve shared my reasoning before – but thanks to all of you the server has grown tremendously and now I cannot afford to cover it’s costs for a long time.

If you enjoy playing our server, I urge you to consider sending a bit of money in, which will help us to continue with the server. If you really can’t afford it (or parent’s won’t let you) you can also help by just promoting the server, voting and all that. You’d be surprised how much it helps.

You can visit our store at shop.clownercraft.net

Thanks for all the support.
~Clowner

Click here to see the original forum post.