Tythus

Welp…that’s it. 10 years. Ten years of Lord of the Craft. A decade ago LotC was little more than a ragtag bunch with a lukewarm idea about roleplay. We didn’t have the most amazing and unique lore in the world or world-class plugins…but we had our own dream. I had no idea it would grow to become what it is today. None of us did…just think about it. In 2012, the literal founders of LotC bailed. We took what scraps we had left and cobbled together a buggy, but working server. Over the years we’ve painstakingly built back our plugins from zero and faced rollbacks and crashes and our own fair share of drama and conflicts. Some months we survived from payment to payment. Some would say we have no right and no reason to still be online. Against all odds. Here we stand today. As sappy as this is going to sound…LotC stands today because of you. That's the only reason. You are its community and you are its backbone. Every year LotC changes because we do. When we’re bored, we find ways to make fun together. When times are hard, we prop each other up. When the storytelling, organizing, writing, drawing and building grows challenging we rise to help our friends. We make the occasion bigger than ourselves. LotC is a fabric woven together by the friendships we make…and the kindness, support, and joy that we bring to each other are by far the greatest reasons for our success than any one person, story, plugin, or campaign. So here’s a toast to an incredible ten years and an incredible community. It’s really phenomenal and I can’t wait for us to turn our first page in this next chapter. Happy anniversary Lord of the Craft, have an amazing weekend. Thank you for keeping it real, - Tythus Also, I will be chatting with@marimbamonk this weekend on Sunday! Be there for the interview (12pm EST) p.s. If you’d like to hear more about the history of the server, and what is to come down the road, make sure to check out the ‘Past and Present Admin Panel’ Q&A tomorrow at 12 noon EST in the Lord of the Craft Discord: discord.gg/lotc. If you need to be verified, type /Freja discord in-game to link your account. Check out out full list of events here. p.p.s. It’s my cake day :D p.p.p.s quack. Crowns Sale! To kick off the celebrations, we’ll be launching our Ten Day Ten Year Anniversary sale, which is active right now on our webstore, store.lordofthecraft.net. We’ll be offering a third (33%) off on all Crown Packages, use the coupon code AEGIS at checkout (minimum basket size of $20 after using the coupon). This coupon code will be active until 23:59 EST / 20:59 PST on July 4th. Enjoy!

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Quack

Hi Guys, Seems someone has forgotten to post this perhaps it scared them off but until next Saturday we have a 15% discount running on the store for Halloween. Check out our VIP perks and Crown packages here: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/store/ Visit our store here: http://store.lordofthecraft.net And enter coupon code: 2spooky4tythus at checkout for 15% off Regards, Tythus

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Edit: April fools! Sorry that this joke wasn't great, but we hope you had some fun! The lobby server was not a joke and will be remaining, but the main IP will connect you to the main server, and the lobby will only be used for restarts and maintenance. - Dev Team Lobby Server Lord of the Craft's main address will still connect you to the main server, but for restarts and maintenance you will be moved to a lobby server. There are portals here to each of the two major servers, plus many exciting features such as jump-pads, parkour, a trampoline, and /fly for Aether VIPs. If you have any suggestions for VIP features for the lobby, let us know! You can visit the lobby anytime with /lobby Navigate to the main server via the portal, or with the compass. Changes to Defender Default We are getting rid of the much-despised ‘Defender Default’ and replacing it with a creative solution that we hope you will enjoy! Lord of the Craft will now take place on two parallel servers, featuring the same base map and storyline, though each having unique rules and plugins. Items will not be synced between servers. Items gained or lost on one server will not be gained/lost on the other. Roleplay Default Server This server will become home to those who prefer a combat-free experience. It will be a safe-server, so we ask you to please be mindful of others. This server will have the following unique features: No PVP is permitted anywhere. All combat must be RP. Death will not be permitted. Raiding and warclaims will be permitted, though they must take place in Roleplay. Raid cooldowns will remain the same. Players will be reminded when equipping weapons that they can not PVP. The whitelist will remain active. PVP Default Server This server will become home to those who prefer a the pixel-centric experience. It will be fast-paced, and exciting for all! This server will have the following unique features: RP combat is entirely disallowed. Things such as ‘halt’, ‘minas or die’ or simply ‘you’re looking at me funny’ are sufficient to start a PVP countdown. Weapons can track kills by doing /stattrak on the item. Note this will remove the lore, but who needs that anyways. Death messages will be displayed, showing your weapon as well! There will be a leaderboard for kills, viewable with /ladder. You will be ranked via ‘fame’ which can be seen with /fame. Note that farming kills is a bannable offence. The dreaded new player protection has been removed. Useless roleplay channels such as /shout, /quiet and /whisper have been removed. To compensate, the radius for /talk has been increased to 75 blocks. There will be no whitelist. Villainy and combat may take place at the Cloud Temple. There will be no raid cooldowns or raid limits. Killing non-statuses citizens during a raid is permitted for realism, but please be aware this is a war crime. You can use /tpa and /tpahere Roleplaying magic of any sort will not be permitted. Knockout has been removed. Note to Nations Nations will be moved exclusively to one of the two realms at the end of next week based on player-counts of your citizens. It would be impossible to have nations operate on two realms simultaneously. We hope you enjoy these changes. Cheers, Administration and Development Teams