Come and join us on NuNu to celebrate Halloween with Trick or Treating and a maze game night! There will be a CB from the holiday area near CT.
We will have two event runs for the maze with prizes:
Saturday, October 24th at 9 PM EST/8 PM CST
Sunday, October 25th at 10 AM EST/9 AM CST
Prizes will only be given to those who are brave enough to enter and FINISH the Halloween maze during the event time. After that, if you are willing to enter the belly of the beast on your own, do at your own risk (and with no prize).
For those who finish the maze during the event, you may have your choice of either a Zombie Horse or a Skeleton Horse!
Rules:
1) No jetpacks
2) No mini maps (mods) or maze help of any kind
3) Enter at your own risk! There will be beds available to set your bed spawn
4) Prepare to be scared and wary of false starts
For those that are not brave, there is also a mob museum to check out. Come one, come all and be sure to be dressed in your Halloween costume!
Don’t forget to bring plenty of sticks and emeralds for Trick or Treat villager trading.
I am not quite sure where the month of July went but with August upon us. Thank you to all that participated in our last MiniBuilders challange on NuNu. Congrats to the winners, all that participated and all the judges who helped. August’s challenge brings us to Main (ma.gmmc.me). We have many MiniBuilders’ builds on this server and this challenge will be in MiniCity. MiniCity originated with last summer’s Sandbox Challenge. Feel free to visit and check out the great work from last year.
The car challenge will run from August 10-August 24th. Here are some rules you must follow:
One vehicle plot in the garage per child
Do not tamper with another mini builder’s vehicle, this will disqualify you.
Do not explore past the Mini City’s area.
All materials are not supplied and must be acquired. See note below for more information.
Adults may visit the Mini Builder’s area but they are NOT allowed to help.
As a reminder since we have not had a build challenge on main for quite some time:
We are using the Bank at Mini Builders. There is a CB to and from Mini Builders and Mini City for easy access. If you do not have an assigned vault, you will be assigned one upon signing up below.
All materials used for challenges will be acquired supplies. This means that all materials used for challenges must be obtained from mining, collecting or chosen from the Mini Builders’ Vault. As a reminder, you may not ask for the vault to be filled. Meaning, if someone was kind enough to drop off a chest of cobblestone to the Mini Builders vault, that is wonderful. But if that chest is empty, it is now time to visit the Mini Builders’ mine!
Reminder there is a Mini Builders’ garden, tree farm and animal farm at Mini Builders (not Mini City). This should help fill up those vaults and keep you well fed during the challenge.
So, you may be asking yourself, what do I do now? If you are a mini builder, take note of the following:
Sign up for the Mini Builders’ Car Challenge below and you will be assigned a vault.
Note that the Car Challenge starts on August 10. Do not build yet!
Start gathering supplies for the car challenge.
If you are NOT a mini builder:
Consider donating the supplies you acquired to the Mini City’s storage area, you will TP right into it.
Invite your kids or your friends or your friends’ kids to join us for our car challenge. Send them to the server rules to get them set up and have their kids’ sign up below.
To access the Mini City’ area, take the Mini City’ CB from the community floor (basement). The MB’s CBs are located to the right. Follow the stop light banners until you have arrived at the garage.
What are the prizes for the car challenge?
1st Place: 3 enchanted books of their choosing plus a special set of diamond armor
2nd Place: 2 enchanted book books of their choosing plus a special set of iron armor
3rd Place: 1 enchanted book of their choosing plus a special set of gold armor
Every child will get a prize for participating!
Happy Minecrafting! As a reminder, please sign up with the mini builder’s IGN below, not the adult’s. This is a challenge for the children of the server and we will use the IGN as a sign up for the vault as well so it must be case sensitive. This is a fun challenge, not a speed challenge. The number one goal is to have fun and maybe make a new friend!
Come join us as we open the Wither Summoning Room on the NuNu server!
(A room made of bedrock to minimize the destruction the Wither will cause.)
We will have supplies available for all who attend to summon their own Wither Boss & combat it for the chance to get your Nether Star drop!
Start gearing up & prepare your XP for the chance of death. 😉 Make sure all your achievements are unlocked & caught up to get the Wither Achievements: The Beginning? & The Beginning.
**Reminder: if you are making beacons afterward, please keep them spaced to no less than 100 blocks apart & preferably only 1 active beacon per player.
Time Zone Conversion:
1:30 am GMT (sorry)
9:30 pm EDT
8:30 pm CDT
7:30 pm MDT
6:30 pm PDT
Well it took long enough but I was finally able to drum up a proper combination of compatible plugins to bring the Toad Hut back to life. It’s been too long a wait (and Main could use some traffic).
If you’re unfamiliar with the Toad Hut, that’s too bad, because it’s a grand old time. I’m sure the vets will love to bring you up to speed on its various usage, but in a nutshell here’s the backstory.
In Super Mario Bros 3, the overworld map has a delightful little stop called the “Toad Hut”. In this cozy little mushroom house, your buddy Toad offers you a choice: Pick 1 of 3 chests. In those chests were suits, and in those suits, there was…
These “suits” would allow you to fly, swim fast, jump high, turn into stone, and other amazing 8-bit things as Mario. It was probably my favorite part of SMB3. So, naturally, I stole it and put it into Minecraft.
Now, like Mario, you too can acquire the “suits” that made the game famous:
Fire Flower
Raccoon Suit
Frog Suit
Fire Flower, you were always a disappointment.
Turns Mario into a flying raccoon, because raccoons are known for flying.
Frog Suit, some people used it on land for no reason.
So What Does All This Mean For Me?
You now can, once a month (sometimes more often with special vouchers) choose a chest from the Toad Hut. Just grab an admin to set up the chests for you after you’ve bought your monthly voucher. It costs 50 experience levels to buy a chance to get your superpower (more on this later).
Now I know you’re asking, will the Raccoon Suit REALLY turn me into a raccoon? No, not really, here’s what the powers are interpreted as on the server:
Frog Suit
Despite being the suit that I hear most people groan about when they get it, the Frog Suit is pretty darned handy. With this suit, you can breathe underwater indefinitely and use /sj to turn on SuperJump, which launches you much higher into the air than normal. If you hold it down, you’ll just keep bouncing like a Gummi Bear!
You can use /sj to turn super jump off as well, because sometimes you just want to hop (this is a new feature, you couldn’t do this before).
Fire Flower
Nothing changes with the Fire Flower, it’s still just a million times more awesome than the Mario version. As before, with this suit you:
Are immune to lava damage
Are immune to fire damage
Can launch fireballs
And as before, to avoid needing to type out the entire /fireball command, I’ve created a super efficient shortcut (/l) for rapid fire wizardry!
It’s SO easy! 😉
Raccoon Suit
Now this is where we’re going to both elate and disappoint. I saved this one for last because you’ll either be completely psyched or kinda bummed. If you were here when Toad Hut was previously open, you know that this suit was the one everybody wanted, because it would give you:
THE POWER TO FLY!
And you’d be able to fly, no restriction, for a whole month. It was ridiculous. And obviously people would be super jealous when a player would get it twice in a row, so we’ve made a couple changes to this clearly overpowered…er…power.
If you remember landing this, you know that you had to use a command block to turn it on, usually kept in your vault. The same thing will be true this time, only now, you will get 30 MINUTES of flight time, after which you will have to return to your block and enable it again. Don’t worry, if your time ends while you’re in the air, you won’t get hurt from the fall (not that it matters because it’s Main anyway).
I mean hey, the Raccoon suit didn’t let you fly forever, that was a P-Wing. Duh.
Secondly, to prevent people from getting the same suit twice in a row, we are introducing…A NEW SUIT!
Now I don’t know about you, but my most coveted suit in SMB3 was the Hammer Brother suit. I loved that thing. So now we’ve got one too. What does the Hammer Brother suit do? Nothing actually, but you will receive a pair of powertools (typically, the pick is called a power hammer). I’m sure there will be no complaints, as theoretically, these rewards could last much longer than a month if you treat them right (and /repair is on the agenda for COTW).
And now a few things to know that I’m sure you will ask:
1. Will this be on both servers?
No, this will only be on Main. It’s always been a part of that server’s history and honestly it’s a ghost town these days so I’d like to see some traffic on it. Main needs players, Toad Hut is a relic of Main, so it makes sense.
2. Can I pay more XP or real $$$ to get permanent flying/frog suit/damage protection,etc
Nope, it’s an equal playing field for everyone. You get what you get and you don’t have a fit.
3. How do I turn XP into vouchers?
Our very own CB magician Aurakiel has set up a vending machine for just such an occasion. She can give you more details when we announce the grand re-opening.
4. If I have a voucher and I still have time left on my previous month, can I piggyback powers?
Nope, but you can use vouchers early to take another chance and this guarantees you will not get the same power you just had.
We Can Rebuild You, We Can Make You Better, Faster, Stronger
So that’s it! We’ll be taking vouchers for the Toad Hut starting in the next few days. We’ve got a bit of training and debugging left but I’ll let you know once we’re ready to start powering you up!
Welcome to the Mini Builders Summer 2015! Now that June has begun, we have a fun summer planed out for little ones on the server.
If you are not familiar with Mini Builders, take a look at its history. We are proud of mini builders. It is a great way for the kids to learn more about Minecraft and about each other! These kids are pretty creative.
So welcome to the inaugural Summer 2015 Mini Builders’ Build. A boat challenge. Similar to the previous boat challenge, each builder will pick out a boat lot and make a boat out any materials they choose. The challenge will run from June 22nd-June 30th. Here are some rules you must follow:
One boat plot per child
Do not tamper with another mini builder’s boat, this will disqualify you.
Do not explore past the Mini Builder’s area.
All materials are not supplied and must be acquired. See note below for more information.
Adults may visit the Mini Builder’s area but they are NOT allowed to help.
There will be some changes for Mini Builders moving forward:
There is now a Mini Builder’s vault. This vault is accessible by all. People may donate to this vault as they see fit and all materials can be used by any Mini Builder at any time. At no time should there be requests to fill the Mini Builder vault to anyone in the community.
All materials used for challenges will be acquired supplies. This means that all materials used for challenges must be obtained from mining, collecting or chosen from the Mini Builders’ Vault. As a reminder, you may not ask for the vault to be filled. Meaning, if someone was kind enough to drop off a chest of cobblestone to the Mini Builders vault, that is wonderful. But if that chest is empty, it is now time to visit the Mini Builders’ mine!
Each Mini Builder will be given their own personal vault at the Mini Builders’ Bank, Gringotts! Come on down to the Mini Builder’s area to check out this great build. Ride through the deep and dark vaults to discover the mysteries of Gringotts. You will get a vault assigned to you when you sign up for the Mini Builders’ challenge below.
In addition to Gringotts, there is now a Mini Builders’ garden, tree farm and animal farm. This should help fill up those vaults and keep you well fed during the challenge.
We will be having some mining parties! Join us on June 18th at 6 PM CST and June 20th at 2 PM CST to mine together and for some fun mining challenges!
So, you may be asking yourself, what do I do now? If you are a mini builder, take note of the following:
Sign up for the Mini Builders’ Boat Challenge below and you will be assigned a vault.
Join us for the mining parties on June 18th at 6 PM CST and June 20th at 2 PM CST.
Note that the boat challenge starts on June 22nd.
Start gathering supplies for the boat challenge
If you are NOT a mini builder:
Join us for the mining parties and consider donating the supplies you acquired to the Mini Builder’s Vault.
Consider donating any of your other excess items to the donation area, on the second floor of the Mini Builder’s building.
Invite your kids or your friends or your friends’ kids to join us for our first summer challenge. Send them to the server rules to get them set up and have their kids’ sign up below.
To access the Mini Builders’ area, Take the Mini Builders’ CB from the Mini Builder’s room adjacent to the Community CB room. (It’s the colorful one)
What are the prizes for the boat challenge?
1st Place: 3 enchanted books of their choosing plus a special set of diamond armor
2nd Place: 2 enchanted book books of their choosing plus a special set of iron armor
3rd Place: 1 enchanted book of their choosing plus a special set of gold armor
Every child will get a prize for participating!
Happy Minecrafting! As a reminder, please sign up with the mini builder’s IGN below, not the adult’s. This is a challenge for the children of the server and we will use the IGN as a sign up for the vault as well so it must be case sensitive. This is a fun challenge, not a speed challenge. The number one goal is to have fun and maybe make a new friend!
One of the most important parts are the littlest ones in our community, the kids! With that in mind, Mini Builders was created in late 2013. The first build challenge was a way to make the Mini Builders area on main a place of their own, by building houses on a 20×20 plot.
After working on the outside of houses, the second challenge stepped inside for an interior design challenge. For this new challenge, the kids competed in age groups 5-10 and 11-16 as they decorated hotel rooms in the grand Mini Builder Hotel.
The third challenge ushered in the holiday season with a Holiday challenge. We saw some really creative holiday builds like a snowman, Christmas tree, candy canes and Santa Hat houses.
The fourth challenge was a team challenge. The red team and the blue team competed for a farming challenge. The teams had to build a farm and simply farm as much as the other team to win!
The fifth challenge brought some fun life to the Mini Builders area with the creation of the mini market. Each mini builder built a shop on a 15×15 plot. The kids got really creative and made stone, cake and many other shops. Following the build of the market, the mini builders took on the water with a boat challenge. As usual, there were some really creative builds and lucky for the kids, all the boats float!
As mini builders started warming up, we took a step forward on educating the children on Minecraft and created the Hogwarts School of Mining and Crafting. It is a “must visit” on Main if you have never seen it. Besides being a totally awesome build, it is a central location for everyone on the server, old and young, to visit as a reminder or learning for the first time, all the recipes that make all the things in Minecraft.
Check out this awesome video summing up Mini Builders:
A few fun mini game builds popped up in the Mini Builders area as well as a vault for the kids to store their items. Mini Builders also opened up to everyone on the server. Last summer, we invited the mini builders to a Summer Sandbox Challenge. With limited resources, each child had to be extra creative with what they built and they did not disappoint!
With NuNu, came a new challenge and a new Mini Builders area. Mini Builders 2 was born and the first challenge mirrored Main with a house challenge.
It has been a little while since we have done a Mini Builders and with summer upon us, expect a big announcement soon! We cannot wait to see what these kids can do.
