28Feb

On The March

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Serverus Catches Us All Up At The Last Moment, now on NBC Thursdays directly following Two and a Half Men

It’s been a month, but a short one, and in some ways that is good for us, and in others…not so much.

I feel like I complain about every month at the end of every month. Pretty soon I will be shooing whippersnappers off my lawn. Anyway, let’s get to the stuff.

Build Wars 5 Continued

I admit, I messed up on the messaging for Build Wars 5, therefore we ended up having a lot of people who forgot about it after the poll, so we’re going to have another one this month, for anyone who didn’t participate in the first one. Same prizes will be available for this one as well. I’ll be putting up a poll this weekend to ask for best availability again.

Also it’s a great excuse for me to use this map again. Hey it’s my first challenge map give me a break ?

But hark! you say…what about the one we just had?!? No worries young Spartan, for your creations will be added to an album and thus made into a Sponsored Post on Facebook, where the public will judge ye. That happens this weekend as well.

To remind everyone how that works, it’s pretty simple.

MOST LIKES: $30 Amazon Gift Card
2ND MOST LIKES: 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com
3RD MOST LIKES: 30 Levels of XP on AquaNu

RUSH MAP UPDATES!

We’re on 19w09a now. That’s the update. More pillaging villaging killaging things in this one. Also it seems a little more stable than the last and if I believe what my trick knee is telling me, that means a pre-release is right around the corner!

Trash Can. Remember, a trash can…

And also remember that today is the last day you can change your Patreon pledge, which will be processed tomorrow. Secret Beta folks should have received their items in their backpacks, if you can’t find yours please let me know, some of you guys have messy backpacks, I did what I could ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We are still working towards moving away from Patreon, and will have more news on that this month. All current patrons will be able to retain their tiers moving from one platform to the other so no worries about that.

COMMAND OF THE WEEK

SmoothSleep is on if you haven’t noticed already (it’s kind of hard not to) and Marriage Master is ending today, so get those smooches in while you can. There are new Kitz in the Serverus Shack as well.

  • Powaz Kitz: Increases your strength for 24 hours
  • Featherz Kitz: Adds slow falling + no fall damage to you for 24 hours
  • Affleck: I’m not going to explain this one

All $500 SAMCoin apiece with a short cooldown, as per usual.

March is typically notorious for special plugins so you are sure to expect some unorthodox weeks ahead ?

Upcoming Events

Yes there are more events than even Build Wars 5 Part 2: Electric Boogaloo lined up for March. The area around CT will be home to our Pot O Gold Hunt, featuring a special chest that disappears and reappears each time it is found by a lucky player, each time with different loot!

During the entire month of March, the Lottery will run twice a day, so you can get double lucky!

And with any luck, we’ll finally get 1.14 and Spigot will update quickly!

Any questions, you know where to find me.
~Serverus 

23Feb

Build Wars 5 is Today

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Though we didn’t get a lot of signups for today (and you can still sign up for Monday if you want) Build Wars is still on, starting at 3pm EST. We’ll see you then!

(if you’re reading this and it’s Monday, then tonight we start at 9:30pm EST)

Wait! What is Build Wars?

I know, I haven’t had much opportunity to explain this to the folks who are new to this, luckily the premise is pretty simple:

Everyone who participates gets assigned an area (this time it is 64×64 blocks) in which they will build their entry. Typically there is a theme to each build, and this time is no different.

Inside of each participant’s area, they are given Creative, which also means they can fly. Just be careful that you aren’t too high up in the air and leave the area, or you could end up like me…

Of course, even if you die, there’s no real consequence, other than having to rearrange your items again, but you know, every second counts.

Players are given 2 hours to complete their build. During this two hours, players must build as much of their concept out as they can. Once the time is up, players are kicked for a short time while we remove build permissions from all the areas. Then the players are allowed to come back on to take pictures of their build to submit for voting. You can take multiple pictures and pick one later, but all pictures must be in the Default texture pack with no shaders. We don’t want to give an edge to players with faster rigs that can render prettier graphics 😉

The Voting Phase

Once we have both days completed for the event, we will give a few days for everyone to get their pictures in order, and then we will post all of the images online for the public to vote on. Whoever gets the most likes on their picture of their build, wins first place, which is a $30 Amazon Gift Card.

Second place gets 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com (or just 30,000 SAMCoin if you are going to just transfer it over anyway, but let me know if that is the case) and third place gets 30 Levels of XP on the server.

Everyone who competes will receive 5,000 SAMCoin after the event is done for them on whichever day they picked.

I Feel Like I’m Missing Something…

You are! We haven’t told you what the theme is going to be yet. While we had considered snowmen, it’s kind of old hat at this point (see what I did there?) and I thought about a Valentine’s Day type of deal, but not everyone is into V-Day, so I met in the middle.

So yes, while the theme of the event is indeed about love, it’s more about the dark, obsessive side of love…namely, what are you obsessed about?

Do you own everything Harry Potter? Do you have the hots for Bruce Willis maybe? Why stop there, put both your obsessions together in one crazy shrine. Yippee Ki-Yay Hermione, that’s what I’m talking about.

Build a shrine to everything you obsess over, but remember, balance is key. Add too many pop culture references, and no one will understand what you’re going for. A solid mash-up is clever, so let your imagination run wild.

Oh Hey BTW the Rush Map is down

Yes that’s right, while we run the Build Wars event, we’ve taken the Rush Map offline, but after the competition is finished on Monday night, we’ll put it back up, with the new 19w08b snapshot ready for you to test your pillage-defenses.

Build Wars starts at 3pm EST today and runs until roughly 5pm (of course we wait a bit for stragglers so 2 hours from whatever time we start). We’ll see you there!

BUILD WARS SERVER ADDRESS: bw.smaws.me

 

14Feb

Happy Valentine’s Day

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Happy love day everyone! We’ve got such a wonderful group and family here among us, we just wanted to show you all how much we love you. Come visit our very special LOVE inspired holiday area, built by our beloved blackbird_cloud. Take a ride down our river of love, just watch out for Cupid’s arrows 😉

Visit our holiday villager for some holiday souvenirs (don’t forget your bottles of XP).

Take a moment to leave a love note for your special someone on our Dedication Wall.

Just our little way to show you how much we love and appreciate all of you! Thank you for all the years of support and encouragement. We love our Minecraft family!

09Feb

Patreon, Rush Maps & Build Wars OH MY! – February Week One Update

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OK lots to talk about this week so let’s just jump into it!

So far, for us, 2019 is shaping up to be better than AT LEAST the last quarter of 2018. So that’s a good thing. Not a terribly high bar to break I know, but it’s something.

There’s a lot lined up for February and as per usual, not much of it is going to plan just yet but we’re trying to wrangle it in, so my personal apologies for delays on information. There’s just a whole bunch of stuff to go over so here we go.

RUSH MAP! RUSH MAP! RUSH MAP!

You’re supposed to say the above just like the Rock Facts intro from Sifl & Olly. If you don’t know who Sifl & Olly is, please educate yourself now.

The image up there is from February 2014. Five flippin’ years ago we did the Rush Map, and I’m not sure if we’ve done one since then. I am old, and therefore can’t remember good.

But the Rush Map is back, and you can get to our current snapshot by updating your launcher to use the snapshot we’re using (19w06 at the moment) and use rush.smaws.me as the server address.

First you must enable snapshots (1) on the launcher options, then add a new profile (2) with the snapshot. Then save it, go back to the News tab and select the profile (3) and once it is selected, hit PLAY (4). It takes a while to download the snapshot so you should go eat a sandwich or something.

The Rush Map parameters are simple. This is a completely Vanilla server (and due to that you will get lots of lag until we can get a stable Spigot snapshot build). Gather what you can from here, and once we update AquaNu to 1.14, you will be able to transfer all of your inventory over from the Rush Map.

Difficulty is on hard, Keep Inventory is not on, and there are lots of glitches. Unfortunately, I can’t do much to help you with those.

Once we have a stable legit non-snapshot 1.14 Spigot build ready, we will put the Rush Map on hardcore, with Keep Inventory on. Once you die, you can let me know and I will transfer the stuff in your inventory over to AquaNu.

Pretty simple right? I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but it’s something we haven’t done for a while so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Last years’ Valentines Day holiday area

Valentine’s Day

It’s coming soon, and we will have a very special day for it!

Expect a player-featured area this year, with fun prizes to boot as always! There will be some server magic happening as well, so if you’re ready to get ultra-cheesy (like we do) then be assured that we’ve got the cheese in…very big wheels, or something. That analogy got away from me. Sorry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Patreon. It Sucks.

I spent a lot of last week wrestling with Patreon’s latest idiotic fail. They couldn’t process payments properly and that is literally their whole shtick. I’ve been seeing big names everywhere drop the platform entirely, and I think it’s time for us to do the same.

There’s a lot of good reasons to move it away from it now, including but certainly not limited to:

  • Constant processing / payout problems
  • Support is practically non-existent
  • Exorbitant fees (12% is pretty high for a company that only does this one thing)
  • Plug-n-play functionality is less flexible than if we just ran it through our site
  • Just one more thing for people to have to remember

We’re not planning on dropping it right away obviously. I’m aiming at April being the last month, and then we’ll onboard you guys to the new thing, whatever that is, but I can assure you it will be more intuitive and less janky than Patreon.

People on certain tiers will be able to keep those tiers, so no worries about that, but everyone will have to re-enter their payment info again, which I know is annoying, so I’m working on some sort of bonus thingamabob for that.

1.13.2 Update Sunday, February 10th

Tomorrow we will be updating the server and all its plugins to the 1.13.2 stable version of Spigot. From what I understand, this is a safe upgrade for world issues, but I’ll be making a backup just in case.

With this update, I am hoping to rectify some plugin issues that have been hindering the Secret Beta program, so if you’re waiting for your loot box and beta info (for Awesome Tier patrons), we’re hoping to get those out to you once this update is complete.

Facebook Group is going to “Secret” privacy status

I’ve thought about this one a lot, and one of the reasons behind my thinking here is that I am quite happy with the caliber and disposition of the player base we currently have. Opening this group up to the public, by way of allowing it to be publicly visible via search on Facebook, has rarely resulted in a member who stands up the quality of our existing crew.

And yet, I have to get SomeAwesome.com on the radar, by making it as publicly accessible as possible, so this solution is a “best of both worlds” scenario for us.

Starting on 2/13, the group will go to Secret privacy level, however if you are currently in the group, you will still be able to invite people to it. This ensures, when the publicity firestorm (I hope) eventually hits for the main site, that our little neck of the woods doesn’t get overrun with trolls and griefers. We will see I suppose.

In other words, the growth of the group is controlled by you fine folks! And honestly I am happy knowing that.

One Nunu-on-a-Stick Left!

We’ll be ordering more flash drives soon, but in case you want to get in before the next batch, here’s your last chance to grab it!

Build Wars 5 Registration

Here’s a form for signup, please pick a day to participate. This will have its own article soon but best to get your signups done early so we know how many plots to make.

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More Info to Come!

We have more to talk about this month, including more on the Valentine’s Day area, Build Wars article, and upcoming Command Zone additions, but for now, I think that’s the important stuff so I’ll leave you with all this!

As always, you got questions, we’ve got answers. Or at least more questions. Who can know really?!? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks,
~Serverus

 

27Jan

January 2019 Roundup

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Hey everyone! WordPress has this new drop cap thing so I’m totally abusing it, but that’s not what we’re here to talk about. It’s almost the end of the month and so it is time to discuss what we built and how we built it.

Steam Run

We had an amazing Steam Run at the beginning of January, we certainly overdid it a little bit! With a 200×200 area filled to the teeth with diamond blocks, hoppers, droppers and of course, Floor Cake™, we ushered folks through a veritable smorgasbord of loot, including 115 steam keys, split between two nights. Click the button below to see a recap of the event.

Upcoming Game Nights

Since we had a good experience with splitting our Steam Run event into two parts, we will be doing the same for other game nights and competitions going forward, unless otherwise noted. This will allow as many people as possible to attend the event.

As before, Awesome Tier members will be able to participate in both days of the event, since one of their perks is guaranteed game night entry.

For February, we will be bringing back the Build Wars challenge. This time you will be tasked with building the biggest and best snowman that you can. Prizes will include a $30 Amazon gift card, SAMCoin, and more!

Build Wars 5: A New Beginning

The Banner Saga

Have you seen our fancy new banner? Well it gets even better, as we’re letting YOU take control of the MOTD! Just go to http://smaws.me/motd and if you have access to Mineconnect on SomeAwesome.com, you can spend 2000 points for a guaranteed 24 hours of your personal custom message. Just keep in mind that I know how you guys think so I DID put tracking in there that tells me who changed it, so no funny business!

1.14 Preparation

We all know it’s coming, so now is a good time as any to remind people how we do transitions to new versions of the game.

It’s worth noting that we won’t be moving over to 1.14 the day that it releases, for a couple of reasons: Day-One versions of Minecraft are always notoriously buggy. Spigot will need to catch up, this will take a few days at least. Other plugins we use will also need to update  Luckily all of these things shouldn’t take nearly as long as they did with 1.13, which was a huge change from 1.12, so even though we will have to wait just a little longer, it shouldn’t be too bad.

Once we are ready to update, we will clone the server, at which point I will ask everyone to play on the cloned server for a bit and make sure their stuff is in order. We will give everyone a week to get on and check their stuff. Once this week is up, if you haven’t been able to get on, we’re sorry but we will have to proceed anyway (you should be fine though).

We’re really looking forward to pandas!

Region Commands

Have you ever found a nice plot of land to claim but can’t remember if you’re in another person’s property? Just use /region info and find out who owns the spot you’re standing on, and additional info on that region. Never go uninformed again!

But the really great thing (for us admins anyway) is that now you can add your own members to your owned claims. That’s right, just use the following command to add as many members as you want without the help of an admin. Worldguard is helpful again YAAAAAAAY!

/region addmember <your region name> <player name>

And yes, just in case someone has overstayed their welcome, you have the removemember version as well… 

New Nunu News

We’ve ordered more flash drives for Nunu so if you missed the first round, click the button below and grab yours now! 

Patreon Updates

Just a friendly reminder that Patreon will be charged here on the 1st of February, so if you need to hop off for a month, or you want to upgrade your tier, then it needs to be done by the 31st.

In case you forgot, here’s the current list of rewards for being on each tier:

If you’ve been looking to upgrade to the Awesome Tier, now’s the time to do so, we’ve just opened up 4 more spots by popular demand, so hurry while you can because it’s first come, first served!

Standard Tier

Silver Tier

  • Our undying gratitude
  • Monthly Newsletter
  • 300 points on SomeAwesome.com
  • Your player head will be on the wall in our Patreon Room
  • Full Backpack Rows
  • Access to Command Zone
  • 1500 additional points on SomeAwesome.com
  • Access to the Patreon-only Discord Channel

Gold Tier

Awesome Tier

  • 2500 Additional Points on SomeAwesome.com
  • Exempt from AFK Kick
  • Permanent /repair (including /repair all)
  • Monthly Loot Box
  • 5000 additional points on SomeAwesome.com
  • Access to the Secret Beta program
  • Guaranteed Game Night Entry

If you have any questions, as per usual you know where to find us, thanks again and we’ll see you on the stream tomorrow!

02Nov

Extra Life 2018 Challenge

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Welcome to Extra Life 2018! We’ve got a brand new challenge map for you, courtesy of admin dancingn27 *applause*

But first, let me tell you why we do this…

What is Extra Life?
Extra Life is a 24 hour gaming charity event that raises money for the children’s hospitals within the Children’s Miracle Network. We will be playing in dedication of our dear friend Jackson_Wilson whom we lost back in 2015 after his battle with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that mostly affects children between the ages of 10 to 20. Jackson was an amazing friend to everyone on the server. He was always so helpful to everyone, and very welcoming to new players. He often organized group projects that had to do with reusing and recycling in-game materials, and helping others. He was also our group historian, and had been in the process of chronicling our group’s history before he became too ill to continue.

Losing Jackson was very hard on us as a group. It was our first experience with the loss of one of our players turned friend, and proved just how close a group of internet friends can become despite the distance between us. Jackson’s presence can still be felt even on our newest map, AquaNu where the Jackson Memorial Highway runs through the nether network. Little things like that continue to keep his spirit alive and with us. We remember him the most this time of year as autumn was his favorite season, and Halloween the holiday he loved best of all. We’re proud to dedicate this year’s event to him by donating to the hospital he spoke so highly of while receiving treatment.

2018 Challenge Map: Waterworld

After stripping the planet bare of valuable resources and the melting of the polar ice caps, most of the globe is underwater. Some humans have survived, and even fewer still have adapted to the ocean by creating their own land.  You have been granted a plot of the ocean and a bit of land to start. Can you survive? Welcome to WaterWorld!

How it works:
You will spawn at the Command center where you will have access to your plot. You must follow the following rules and complete the following tasks to conquer WaterWorld.

Game rules in effect are the following:

  • mobGriefing = false
  • Difficulty = normal
  • Pvp = disabled
  • keepInventory = false *Be careful when you die!

Teams:
There are only 20 personal plots in the complex. Each plot can hold a team of 1-3 players. If all 20 plots are occupied and we still have people wanting to join the challenge we may ask teams that have not reached the 3 person maximum to offer a spot to any additional challengers. This way everyone gets a chance to play and contribute.

From your command block at the command center you will spawn on an unlit island that contains exactly one stack of grass/dirt.  You will find no more dirt or grass available in your plot so be careful!

The only CB you will find in your plot will give you access to your own personal Extra Life villager.  No other player will be able to access your plot or your villager hut. Anything within your plot is free game for you until you hit bedrock. You will not be able to access any blocks outside of your plot.
Do not climb over or through side walls to other player plots. Doing so will result in immediate disqualification.

Throughout your designated plot, there will be hidden chests filled with items you will need to fulfill your requirements. You will not be able to find items anywhere else on the map. There are no additional ores or stones hidden beneath the sand so use your precious few resources wisely.
Hint: they are NOT underground below the water table.

 

Did you know that you can create air bubbles using signs?

Extra Life Vendor:
As mentioned above, each plot of land has it’s very own villager. This villager is special indeed as he will not be accepting your stack of cobblestone. Instead he only accepts a very special “Life Crystal” that can only be obtained through experience OR (this is the best part) in the spirit of the charity we are doing this all for, by donating to the Some Awesome Minecraft’s Extra Life donation page! For every $1 dollar donation you pledge you will receive 1 precious Life Crystal to trade with your villager. Did you lose your bucket? Step on a seedling? Your tree didn’t drop a sapling? Dug up all your grass? Your villager has them and more, but they won’t be cheap. The Some Awesome team is trying to raise $1,000 this year and every dollar you donate to the group donation page goes straight towards the team goal, and 100% of that goes to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. There can not be a better way to turn a day of fun and a few bucks into a good cause.

Challenge Goals:
The challenge goals are broken up into building challenges, and an extra credit challenge.

  • Building Challenge
    • A house with the following requirements. Your house must include a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and one bedroom per team member.  Each bedroom must have ONE bed.
    • Cobblestone Generator
    • Mob Box or Mob Dropper. No automated collection of ANY KIND.
    • An above ground aquarium with at least 6 fish
  • Farms/Crops Collection. No automated farms of ANY KIND.
      • Melons: Collect 64 Melon Slices
      • Pumpkin: Collect 64 pumpkins
      • Sugarcane: Collect 64 Sugarcanes
      • Wheat: Collect 64 Wheat
      • Carrot: Collect 64 Carrots
      • Potato: Collect 64 potatoes
      • Beets: Collect 64 Beets
      • Cocoa Beans: Collect 64 Cocoa Beans
      • Netherwart: Collect 64 Netherwart
      • Cactus: Collect 64 Cactus
      • Chorus Fruit: Collect 64 Chorus Fruit
      • Mushrooms: Collect 16 of the two different kinds
    • Food
      • Make 32 bread
      • Make 10 mushroom stew
      • Make 1 cake
      • Make 32 baked potatoes
      • Cook 32 chicken
      • Cook 32 steak
      • Cook 32 fish
      • Make 16 Dried Kelp Blocks
    • Wood:
      • Collect 64 of each wood type: Birch, Spruce, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak and Oak
    • Animals/Animal Drop:  (*Notice* Animals are limited to 2 of each type in your plot unless you are actively breeding them for food or resources.  When you log off the challenge map be sure to keep your numbers to 2 of each type. That doesn’t mean you can have 2 sheep of each color. 2 sheep.)
      • Have 2 Cows
      • Have 2 Chickens
      • Have 2 Pigs
      • Have 2 Sheep (of one color)
      • Have 2 Llamas
      • Have 2 Turtles
      • Have 2 Rabbits
      • Collect 32 leather
      • Collect 32 feathers
      • Collect 16 eggs
      • Collect 16 wool in EACH of the following colors: white, black, gray, light gray, lime, red, yellow, pink, magenta,  green, blue, and orange.
      • Collect 16 scutes
      • Collect 16 Rabbit hides
      • Collect 1 Rabbit foot
    • Crafting
      • Craft a white bed – (*Notice* If you have multiple people in your group each must have their own bed)
        Note: players are given a red bed to start. This bed does not count towards the challenge 
      • Craft 32 torches
      • Craft a furnace
      • Craft a crafting table
      • Craft 16 jack ‘o’ lanterns
      • Craft 16 paintings
      • Craft 16 stone buttons
      • Craft 64 stone bricks
      • Craft 64 stone slabs
      • Craft 16 stone pressure plates
      • Craft 16 signs
      • Craft 32 ladders
      • Craft 32 fences
      • Craft 16 fence gates
      • Craft 16 wooden pressure plates
      • Craft 16 trap doors
      • Craft 16 levers
      • Craft 16 bookcases
      • Craft 4 leads
      • Craft 32 glass
      • Craft 32 glass panes
      • Craft 8 of EACH stained glass in the following colors: white, black, gray, light gray, lime, red, yellow, pink, magenta,  green, blue, and orange.
      • Craft 32 purpur blocks
      • Craft 16 purpur stairs
      • Craft 16 purpur slabs
      • Craft 16 purpur pillars
    • Mob Collection/Challenge:
      • Collect 32 spider eyes
      • Collect 32 string
      • Collect 16 ender pearls
      • Collect 32 rotten flesh
      • Collect 5 iron ingots
      • Collect 32 bones
      • Collect 64 arrows
      • Collect 32 gun powder
      • Collect 32 glowstone dust
      • Collect a bow
      • Collect 32 redstone dust
      • Collect 16 phantom membranes
    • Potion Brewing: You have access to materials to make extended, thick, and splash potions. Any version of the following potions will count.
      • Brew 3 potions of speed
      • Brew 3 potions of instant health
      • Brew 3 potions of water breathing
      • Brew 3 potions of night vision
      • Brew 3 potions of poison
      • Brew 3 potions of weakness
      • Brew 3 potions of harming
      • Brew 3 potions of slowness
    • Redstone/Machinery:
      • 16 redstone torches
      • 4 dispensers
      • 4 redstone repeaters
      • 4 pistons
    • Fireworks Collection: Total of 32 Fireworks with a minimum of 8 different types (different colors, fade colors, shapes, and effects; will create different types)
      • At least 4 fireworks in a star shape
      • At least 4 fireworks in a burst shape
      • ‘At least 4 fireworks that crackle
    • Have a house containing 5 Snow Golems
    • Capture 1 zombie villager and cure him. (DO NOT cure more than 1 villager on your personal plot.)
    • BONUS CHALLENGE:
      • Acquire 3 Sponges and a Trident

REWARDS: (rewards will be divided evenly between members of their team)
1st: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu, 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com, and a $30 Amazon Gift Card
2nd: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu, and 30,000 points on SomeAwesome.com
3rd: 90 levels of XP on AquaNu

all participants get $2000 SAMCoin on top of what they get from donations

HOW TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE:
We have a poll up in our Facebook Group where you can add your desired Team Name. Have the members of your team vote on that poll item as your team members. We will do the rest. Remember there is a maximum of 3 players allowed per team. If you do not have a full team and another member would like to play but we are out of space, we may ask that they join yours.
If you are on a solo mission you may say no to additional members.