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"Wai', t'ey don' 'ave ah public aviareh 'n Mini'z? Tha's terrible! Where am oi supposed ter send t'uh birds too?" says Mimosa Applefoot, a local halfling of Bywater, contemplating sending a bird to an old friend of hers from Minitz through her village's local delivery owl.

[!] You find a flier in your aviary mailbox KNOX Shall Guide Us! The United Knoxist Church of Bywater is now open for mass, private prayers, weddings, and other such religious activities! Within this church we shall worship the perfection of creation, the Great Farmer Billy Bob who grew us from the fields, and Lord Knox, our patron spirit! All are welcome to attend, be they worshippers of the true faith, shamanic or druidic teachings, or pagan religions from abroad, for all are welcome within the Knoxist church. May Knox bless Bywater and all weefolks (Gnomish and halfling alike) and reward the faithful with His blessings. May the potatoes from the creator Billy Bob never stop flowing! ~Mimosa Applefoot, local Knoxist religious leader. ((Knoxist mass event at 5 PM EST, Monday the 26th of December, 2022. Located within Bywater, the home of the halflings: ))

"Oi darn... meh roses 'r lookin' ah bi' s'range t'is season... knew oi shoulda followed t'ah Fiddleberreh gardenin' advice.." comments Mimosa Applefoot, a halfling of Bywater, as she tends to her garden.

Absolutely big-brain staff take wherein plugins that spam users chat and are more confusing for new players are better functioning for some unexplained reason. Can you just admit you want nodes to make the server "feel" different from more vanilla servers? That's the only real advantage to nodes I can think of.

Lol! It's only nicer looking if you use 3rd party mods or clients that completely rework how chat works. Why not just use pits then? Pits are familiar. People understand pits and how they work from their knowledge of vanilla minecraft or other server genres and don't have to be taught "purple sparkles coming from block = click with x tool".

Literally just the Arcas pit system but with nodes instead because staff exist to troll the playerbase and will never listen to us. We will have spent two years with this node system only to convert it into a cruddy resource pit wannabe that spams your chat if you click too fast.

potatoes are a better crop than wheat and you should grow them

[!] A letter is pinned to the Hayhollow notice tree Cloth! ~Hayhollow by night~ After a talk with Taylor, I've noticed we nay have any cloth 'er clothes making facilities set up 'n running here in the village! Of course, that can nay do! Thus, I'm gathering together a few o' us halflings to prepare the first few rolls of cloth from our new home! Hopefully then we'll be able to patch whatever holes arise in our shirts and trousers! ~Mimosa Applefoot, Mayor of Hayhollow. ((4 PM EST, TOMORROW on December 20th, 2022))

((Delayed to 6:30 pm est, apologies!))

[!] Darn, these halfling tavern advertisements just won't end! Why must they fill your aviary every year? T'a 2nd Drinking Night! ~An ol' gathering of people for cooking in Hayhollow~ The Tippen's Tavern opens its doors for ye weary travelers and weefolks alike once more! Free drinks will be provided as usual, and special brews will be brewed just for the occassion. May we drink to our hearts content! Knox bless the tavern, Knox bless the shire, Knox bless Hayhollow! ~Mimosa Applefoot, Mayor of Hayhollow-Bywater. ((6:30 PM EST Tomorrow on Sunday the 18th of December, 2022. Located within Hayhollow-Bywater, the home of the halflings on Almaris: ))

Never did I think someone would make LoTC-specific grindstone lore. Just add a redline that the flywheels can’t store power forever and it should be good.

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[!] Another one of these halfling tabloid 'newspapers' finds its way into your aviary mailbox once again. You really ought to send a formal complaint. T'a Hay Herald: Volume 10 ~Who even reads these?~ Contents: ~GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE!~ ~The Tippens Tavern Opens!~ ~Is that beans & toast I smell?~ ~GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE~ ~The state of the big-folk economy~ The entire biggun economy has COMPLETELY COLLAPSED! The auctioneering guild & associated gnomish and elven merchants have all gone bankrupt, leaving behind thousands of unemployed mine & factory workers who can no longer use their services to sell goods. Homelessness and poverty have skyrocketed worldwide, and many are at risk of famine in arid regions. Thankfully, the shire is completely unaffected thanks to the ingenious economic system of "Bernardist Thought" that originated way back in Dunshire, where all halflings contribute what they can and take what they need from the collective. This has kept things running more or less smoothly in Hayhollow, apart from temporary shortages in rare earth metals such as gold and magic-stone. It will be some time until supply lines are able to recover. While new trade routes for gold and magic-stone are expected to open up with the Dwarves in coming years, our shire is left on its own economically more than ever as even barter is hard to operate when so many potential trade partners languish in poverty. ~The Tippens Root Tavern Opens!~ ~The well stocked shelves of the Hayhollow tavern~ In better news, the Tippens Root Tavern has opened, offering FREE DRINKS on annual Drinking Nights to all of its customers. On normal business days, of course, travelers must barter for their drinks. This tavern will dramatically grow the Hayhollow economy and offer employment for many! I for one am very excited to see this tavern grow with us in these coming years. ~Is that beans & toast I smell?~ ~The Gnomish Oven 2000 roars away!~ In a unique display of our ancient halfling culture, a Bake-off was recently held here in Hayhollow-Bywater, with several halflings and big-folks alike in attendance! All contestants' meals were submitted to none other than the Thain King Cyris himself! As the greatest halfling family to have ever existed, of course, the winners of both categories (sweet and savory) were both Applefoots: me and my daughter Rosebud! This has been the tenth edition of the Hay Herald! Mimosa Applefoot, signing off!

[!] You find a letter floating through the wind. It hits you in the face comically, forcing you to read it! Drinking Night! ~It's quite cozy in here~ My daughter, Rosebud Applefoot, has constructed a WONDERFUL tavern for us here in Hayhollow-Bywater! With a warm hearth, smoking lounge, and splendid bar-counter, this tavern is sure to amuse and guaranteed to fill your mug with beer 'till the cows come home! Thus, I announce a day of FREE DRINKS in the Tippen's Tavern, named after the Tippens Root gifted to us from a kind biggun in the tavern's first ever opening hours. Let us drink until we reach the bottoms of our mugs and them some! ~Mimosa Applefoot, local halfling and Mayor of Hayhollow-Bywater. ((5 PM EST, TOMORROW on Sunday the 11th of December, 12/11/2022 ))

Grohnst the Olog arises from his slumber, a few furs falling off of him "Da tWigGies nUb'hoZh aGin? Nubz newz... nuffin' DifFreN'..." he'd go back to sleep, chewing on his most flavorful bedtime storybook as he counts pebbles in his dreams.

[!] Another note is pinned to the notice tree of Hayhollow. Cooking wi' Mimosa! Lo dere! I'm Mimosa Applefoot, t'a best halfling chef in all of Almaris, and welcome to my kitchen! I'm looking for only the best and bravest chefs in all of Hayhollow to compete in a cook-off of the century! May the best chef, WIN! Categories: -Fish & Meat -Salad -Baked Goods Only the best will win the GRAND APPLEFOOT PIE, the final reward! ~Mimosa Applefoot, local halfling and Mayor of Hayhollow-Bywater. ((8 pm est, TOMORROW on Friday the 9th of December, 12/9/2022. Located within Hayhollow, the home of the gnomes and halflings))

It depends on what you are building. Villages and towns are fine built by hand. Capital cities and huge PvP castles might be a bit trickier. It's funny when you can tell that something was made on a build server just by walking around it. A big sign for me is that creative-paste houses never have conveniently placed crafting tables, a flaw that'd be quickly noticed and corrected if it was made by hand instead. Also depends on what kinda vibe you are going for. Some build styles just shouldn't be made outside of creative mode. In general, when it comes to hand building, simpler is better because it means things get built faster (avoiding the problem of stuff staying under construction for too long), there's less disconnect between stuff made by top-tier builders and newbies, you don't have to grind as many expensive build materials (seriously some building styles are STUPID expensive, I HATE log walls I HATE log walls), etc. If you try to use a creative mode style for hand building it'll be pretty obvious so don't do that. You DON'T build the same when you are building by hand vs in a build server for a paste (or at least you SHOULDN'T!). ~Willow Hollow circa 2016~ Hand building is why old halfling villages look super EPIC! I need to revive old halfling hand-building styles and techniques so bad man..... creative mode has corrupted us

CRP Hacked clients will be a thing in the future

Y’all remember Electrical Evocation? The one that was THE magic meta back in the day?

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