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05Jul

SAMC Banking

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Welcome to Featured Builds, a new segment where we will feature a different build on one or both servers. This edition will feature the SAMC Banks and their amenities.

You may have seen our extravagant bank on Main, but if you haven’t visited it recently you’re in for a surprise! It’s had a bit of a remodel and a few new added features.

Do you have too many iron ingots but what you really need are diamonds? Visit the Bank Teller ToRiMiLi who will be happy to assist you with ore exchanges. Dancingn27 will be delighted to assist you with your emerald needs, and Akumo will gladly trade you for some rare blocks including sponges!

Serverus has some unique trades for you requiring special tokens that you can only acquire from our XP shops. Through him you can buy rare items such as the Elytra, the Dragon Head, Dragon’s breath, and a new one…Dragon Eggs!

Rare Tokens: 25 XP levels
Treasure Tokens: 50 XP Levels

Note: You will also need Purpur blocks for trades with Serverus

You will also notice that the vault has been reopened. Inside you will find the new XP shop where you my purchase the tokens needed for Serverus. No more unnecessary travel to three different locations in order to complete your transaction. Enchanted books will still be available at the original XP Shop, but Rare Item and Treasure Tokens can now be bought inside the bank as well. You’re welcome!

Now those are all features we’ve already seen in the bank on Main, but what we haven’t had here until now are our Armor and Tools exchanges. We had such a positive reaction from this feature on NuNu so we’ve brought it over to the bank on Main as well. Visit one of our four new bank staff members, Elyntia, WickedCake, _Ayana_, and JP_Zilla who will be happy to trade in all those mob armor drops and old tools that have been building up that you have no idea what to do with. If you can hold out for /repair you get even more value for your trade-ins as all trades must be at 100% durability.

The bank on NuNu features the armor and tool trades only since ores aren’t nearly as rare over there. It is located in the Market down the East road. Just go through the village and over the bridge to find it. Rare and Treasure Tokens may also be purchased in the bank there on the lower level. Just take the stairs located next to Serverus. You will also find that he has added Dragon Eggs to his list of purchasable items on NuNu as well.

Rare Tokens: 25 XP levels
Treasure Tokens: 50 XP Levels

Note: You will also need Purpur blocks for trades with Serverus

Please enjoy, and by all means take advantage of this wonderful feature available to you on the servers.

If you have any suggestions for useful features or builds, feel free to submit them to us through our contact form.

01Jul

Happy Independence Day!

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You know we love holidays on the server, but honestly, summer is kicking our butts! Between admins moving, kids being home from school, and various summer activities, we are exhausted. So let’s celebrate the last holiday of the summer with a BANG! Literally! If your town is seriously lacking in a decent fireworks display (like mine is) come watch the firework show with us!

(Note: I know there’s Labor Day but we’ve never done anything on the server for it)

The holiday areas are all decorated for the 4th of July complete with villagers giving away sparklers (don’t forget your sticks to trade).

There are lots of other goodies for you too, check out the custom holiday banners made by IrishPippin

and stop by the food truck for some real American BBQ! (Minecraft style of course)

Firework displays will be held at various days and times over the weekend with official ones on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, at 8:00pm EDT on NuNu and 8:15pm EDT on Main. If you’ve never seen our Main Fourth of July event area you MUST come see it! There are lots of fireworks and goodies to give away, a beautiful and interactive rollercoaster, and fireworks display. You’ll definitely want to pop over for that.

And of course you’ll want to grab your Holiday Collector’s Map made special by _Ayana_ of the Crazy Map Ladies. She has done an outstanding job. Her skills amaze us all!

Let us not forget,

It’s CANADA DAY!

Happy birthday Canada! We didn’t want to leave you guys out of the holiday weekend so “Elyntia” will be giving away special “Canada Day” sparklers and Canadian flags.

Happy holidays everyone. We hope you have lots of fun, friends, family, and fireworks this weekend. Remember kids, SAFETY FIRST! Fireworks can be dangerous, and It’s hard to use those WASD keys with no fingers!

18Jun

Happy Father’s Day!

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Happy Father’s Day to all the Awesome dads who play with us! You guys totally rock and we just want you to know how much we appreciate you, not just today, but everyday!

Stop by the holiday area for your Father’s Day souvenirs, and special Holiday Collector’s Map donated by our incredible Crazy Map Ladies!

available on NuNu

and grab your custon made banners from one of our favorite server friends IrishPippin

available on Main and NuNu

Whether you celebrate Father’s Day with your dads, your kids, or enjoy Father’s Day off, have a great holiday everyone!

The holiday area will be open until Wednesday, June 22nd

27May

Memorial Day 2016

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This Monday is Memorial Day so we wanted to pay special tribute to our of the veterans who play with us on the server, and to also thank all of the brave men and women who have given their lives for our country. Thank you.

While you’re out enjoying this long weekend with friends and family, remember to take a moment to appreciate the people who continue to fight for our freedoms.

The holiday areas are open on both servers and as usual we have some goodies for you.

“We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies.”

Combat Boots

Home of the Brave

Have a great weekend everyone!

27May

New Partners!

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If there’s one thing we love here it’s Minecraft, and the best part about playing on a server is all the new people you meet while online. One of my favorite things is when we get people who are new to Minecraft or kids learning to play in multiplayer community. I love experiencing it for the first time with them, and remembering how exciting the game is from the start.

What this group has been lacking is a way to meet these new players so we’ve decided to team up with our friends Elyntia (Jennifer Tame) and Sarindre (Trey Randall) who run the page Geeks and Geeklets for parents, gamers, and geeks just like us! Check them out, and don’t forget to give their FACEBOOK page a LIKE. Let them know we sent you.

With that, Elyntia will be joining us as our newest admin! Be sure to welcome her to the team, and show all of our new friends from Geeks & Geeklets how truly awesome our servers are!

25May

Builders Wanted – CLOSED

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Community builds are the best and always the most fun! We need Builders to help with a new project that promises to be a lot of fun not only during the build, but for future game nights as well.

We’re looking for people who love to build and take a lot of pride in their work to help with an underground city on Main. We need a few big buildings (ex: a hospital, police station, schools) but also stores, office buildings, corner shops, and houses for the residential area. Anything you can think of that belongs in a major city, we want it! We need them all and we need a lot!

Tools and materials will be provided in our supply “shed” so don’t worry about bringing or gathering anything (except maybe food and your armor because there are mobs down there). Players will be in survival but will have the ability to fly while in the area.

Once the city is done the area will then be used as a PvP arena! Not a fan of PvP? That’s okay, you can still help us build.

When creating your buildings remember that it’s okay for them to be dark (mob griefing is off on Main so no damage can be done by mobs) and to create hiding places too. Lincoln and I just tried it out in one of the buildings and had a lot of fun hiding in closets and basements.

It’s looking good but it can be great and we need YOUR help! To become a Master Builder just sign up below with your name, IGN, and what building you think you’d like to build. Like I said we need them all, but if we do get too many of one type we may ask if you could build something different.

The build site will open this weekend starting May 28th and remain open for building until the site is done. The command block leading to the area will be team specific so you must sign up to become a builder.

Can’t wait to see what we come up with!