Elindor 666 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hello LordoftheCraft-ians! Apologies for this newsletter that: 1) it is late and 2) it is a bit rushed. Hopefully we can still cover everything and you'll feel all up-to-date. The first thing to get out of the way because it is difficult to ignore: Iblees is back. The halls of Urguan that were opened by five keys collected by the mortals over the last 6 weeks contained more than just a site for exploration. Long story short: Iblees was freed and now the undead will be making a return to destroy us all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=946Ww3cuWRM After last month's trial removal of public Status Updates, the official word is the Status Updates WILL be returning. Currently a solution is being worked on so that the Staff Quick News can still be available that also gives members access to Status Updates. The YOUR VIEW is still open to feedback about that. Your perspective is also called upon about all the plugins that are currently installed on the server. Viper asks us to examine the bigger picture: is simpler better? The VIP rewards have become fully automated. If you have made a donation you can collect a bunch of goodies by typing /vipclaim and the plugin perks should be automatic. If your forum title has not been updated to reflect your donation then post your request right here, and any further questions regarding donations can be directed to the Donations F.A.Q thread. Shiftnative stepped down form the position of Lead Developer, now that the transition to 4.0 is complete. It goes without saying that he is a valuable member of this community, and we have so much in Athera to thank him for. The Event Team have relaunched, with Ouity as the Team Leader, and took on a huge number of new team members that have already been busily at work hosting events both great and small. Managers 501warhead Tsuyose HeeroZero Dizzy771 ski_king3 Frottimer Firespirit44 Event Builders SugaryHobgoblin Cmack CraftedLime Hobolympic Logan Milo Navin Omi Bathrugman MerryMoogle Patu Socks FactCore Sorrow Event Actors Kaydovee Gigarun MrJoshy Juno Escharian Lulu Canadian Merrymoogle Ice Shorty Spike Philip Husky Watyll BoogerBuster Folks have been hard at work learning the ropes of their new jobs, aided by old faces and the managers of the team responsible for keeping members on track. The team is settling in well as members find their footing and the managers fall into their grove, so sometime in the next month a fresh wave of ET applications will be evaluated. Media Team have a bit going on at the moment. Most importantly: We want your MT applications! ski_king3 resigned from his position to pursue a real life. Though his time by my side was brief, it was most enjoyable and made all that much easier for it. Ski has always been a great ally in the the staff and his contributions to the MT on a professional, administrative and personal level are more than highly commendable. Really, there aren't words enough for you Ski. (uncontrollable sobbing) I miss you bae. Between the Admins and myself we agreed to bring in Dizzy771 and 501warhead to keep the Media Team pressing forward. It will be a good time for the Media Team as we move into a new season. First on the agenda is working with leaders from other teams to find how we can best work together to assist their needs and work efficiently together. It isn't just the leadership that is undergoing change though, as the team is about to see some new young faces join the ranks to fill in some rather large holes in our team, and in our hearts. Korvic, Beast720, SgtKipples, PhillyLewis and Melodystar all left us. It is a great injustice that I don't writeup a thanks to them individually, but rest assured that each of them contributed hugely over the time that they were on the team and each will be missed. GraphitesPL joined the crew as a very skilled musician and composer, as well as contributing to social media. We also released that Undead trailer, are about to rollout a new frontpage for the website, posted the last of the MMH as we will now be putting out the staff newsletters, and saw some pretty impressive numbers bouncing to the site. There's also a number of things in the pipeline that you may or may not end up seeing when they are done that should make the experience for new players a bit easier. If you have ever considered joining the media team in some capacity then now is the time to make an application. Creative people with ideas of all sorts are highly sought after. We're not just about making videos or taking pretty stills, so just because you don't have state of the art recording hardware is no reason to be held back. We create content of all kinds and that includes social media and forums. If you have any previous experience with minecraft or gaming forums and can bring some of that knowledge to the table then create an app. The Application Team have been doing solid work on the front lines. Tsuyose has been putting together a new application template that won't be too different from the existing one, but should make the process slightly simpler for all involved. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Silent™ 552 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Why must you guys always post about what your number is rather than something related to the actual OP? These upcoming changes seem interesting, and hopefully we can get Nexus Magic implemented soon :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old-Rattlesnake 1534 Share Posted October 3, 2014 After last month's trial removal of public Status Updates, the official word is the Status Updates WILL be returning. Currently a solution is being worked on so that the Staff Quick News can still be available that also gives members access to Status Updates. The YOUR VIEW is still open to feedback about that. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giga 357 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Nice and informative piece Jerry! Great work! :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Respect 5471 Share Posted October 3, 2014 YEY! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devland99 180 Share Posted October 3, 2014 If Iblees dies is LoTC over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Verigan 21 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Soooo ive played off and on reading updates when i can but if the undead are back then did aegis die for nothing?(other than over crowding issues and out-datedness and...) Oh wait, my Malinor download section of aegis is done BACK TO THE FORT MEN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aedan The Bard 350 Share Posted October 3, 2014 if the undead are back then did aegis die for nothing? That's how most of the veteran/old players feel like, including myself. We thought we'd gotten rid of them for good. I don't see how this makes people want to come back o-o They got "defeated" pretty heroically, plus all those champions who had to PK. I'm just minding my own business and let new, younger lads have a taste of the undead like we did back in our days. It's not fair to ruin the experience for them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fimlin 1997 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Fimlin frowns as it does not show him resigning from AT ;-; Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VN 136 Share Posted October 5, 2014 What about rep? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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