Poll Results & Game Tomorrow!

Last week, we asked what type of town theme you thought would be coolest and the results came pouring in for underwater bubbles!

Treetop Homes

2 (14%)

Underwater Bubbles

7 (50%)

Sandcastle City

2 (14%)

Glass Dome

0 (0%)

Modern Skyscrapers

0 (0%)

Emerald City

3 (21%)

Floating Islands

0 (0%)

This week's poll is about biomes! With 1.8 will come an expanded server border and a newly generated area to explore! What biome are you most excited about finding?  Cast your vote in the upper right!

The Weekly Gaze

The Weekly Gaze

Town Halls, here we come!

First up, Arendelle with their charming town hall.

Next, the frozen Zotterdale, with their equally frozen town hall. 

That's it for this Weekly Gaze, rolling up to the plate are recent promotions!

A new settlement has been discovered!  

Rock Bottom (900, -1100)

It's called "Rock Bottom" and it is currently inhabited by the ever-friendly RivalCat and GoNumber4.  Don't be fooled by the name -- it's actually a very quaint, little swamp colony!  If you're in the market for slimeballs, be sure to talk to one of the denizens; they've got plenty to trade!  

A settlement has upgraded to a village!

Olympus (150, -2000)

The long awaited settlement of "Olympus" has joined the rank of villages!  While the village boasts a greco-roman name, it's style and town theme is a little bit more free-form and open.  If you want updates on this up-and-coming group, you should follow their Facebook page HERE. If a godly life-style among the elite interests you, you should check it out! 

New Game!

To conclude this weekend's update, Otter will be hosting a new game called "Where Am I? Wednesdays!" As the name implies, it will take place each Wednesday.  Otter will post a screenshot of a location on the server and the first person to write her a letter correctly identifying her coordinates will win a prize!  See HERE for details on how to play. 

Next weekends Weekly Gaze will feature horses! Every player can send in a note to z2liion of their favorite horse and what you would wish her to say about the horse!

To send in your submission: Either coordinate with your town leader and send in your horse submissions in the WBU via your town leader (recommended) or you can send in a letter to z2liion yourself with your name, your horses name, and anything else you wish to say such as why you named the horse such, his personality, why you like that particular horse, if it is fast or can jump better than other horses. 

To write a letter type /letter (message)

To send a letter to z2liion, while holding letter type /post z2liion

Remember that this next weekend is the 4th of July. I am going on vacation and won't be able to do the Weekly Gaze until monday or later. Also, joy of joys, I have 10 hour shifts the week after the 4th. A five day weekend though, w00t!

New Game! Where Am I? Wednesday!

Each Wednesday Otter will be posting a screenshot taken somewhere on the server on this website.  The first person to correctly identify the place by telling Otter the X, Y, and Z coordinates will with the prize for that week!

How to play: 

1. Search the server for the place in the screenshot!
2. Once you think you've found it, hit F3 on your keyboard to bring up the coordinates.  
3. Jot down the coordinates for X, Y, and Z on a piece of scrap paper (make sure you correctly identify if they're negative coordinates!).
4. Write a letter to Otter by typing the following command:
• /letter Coordinates (XX, YY, ZZ) <YourUsername>
• (Please replace XX with the X coords, YY with the Y coords and ZZ with the Z coords)
• Please sign the letter with your full username.
5. With your written letter in your hand, send it to Otter with the following command:
• /post Otterun
6. The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Game Information:

• You will be able to find the place in regular survival.  
• Otter will not add or remove blocks to an existing place in order to take a screenshot.  
• Otter will be reasonable when accepting coordinate submissions.  If you were only a couple numbers off in your coordinates and you were first to get your answer in, odds are she'll still consider you the winner.
• You MUST send a letter in order to be considered.  Entries through in-game chat or Skype will not be counted.

Winner Information:

• The contest will run from Wednesday to Sunday.  Winners will be announced in Z's weekend spotlight post on the website.  
• Only one winner will be chosen.  The first person to correctly identify the place and send a letter with the correct coordinates to Otter will win.
• The winner will receive their prize by Sunday (possibly sooner, depending on how quickly the place is correctly guessed).  Otter will attempt to find you in game to give you your prize or she will leave your prize in a locked chest in your house on Sunday if she can't get ahold of you.  

New Poll & Promotion Information

Z is busy with work and school while Otter is down to part time work for the summer.  For the time being, Otter will temporarily be taking over town promotions.  If your town is ready for a promotion, please contact her!  You can get her in Skype (Otterun), in game chat (also Otterun), or you can send her a letter (again, in game, '/letter' and then '/post Otterun').  Check these links for information and requirements.

Settlement Information

Village Information

Town Information

City Information

Metropolis Information

We also have a new poll!  Just for fun, what would be a wacky town you'd like to live in?  Answer on the right!

The Weekly Gaze

The Weekly Gaze

This week we are featuring farms for our spotlight!

First up, the Town of Zotterdale!

A set of public farms available to everyone, as long as they replant! 

Next up we have the village Arendelle, with their quaint little public farm.

This concludes the Weekly Gaze! I thought for a while on what to feature this weekend. And I thought, why not town halls? I am aware that all might not have town halls, so I will feature any town building if you DO NOT have a town hall. Also, when you are submitting a Gazer End entry, please remember to add in the build you are featuring that week or I may not add your entry in. 

Server Down for Maintenance

We are up and running again!  Unfortunately during the downtime MyHorse and chat titles/colors got reset.

Fixing horses is easy enough. Simply mount your horse, enter the command "/mh claim" and then "/mh name DesiredHorseNameHere".  Problem solved!

Chat colors and titles will be a little trickier.  Otter will fix the issues as she sees them, but a reminder wouldn't hurt!  You can either flag her down if you see her online in game or you can use the letter command to drop her a note.

1. Enter the command "/letter AndStartWritingYourLetterHere".  
2. You can add more to your letter by holding the letter in your hand and doing the "/letter" command again. 
3. Do "/post Otterun" while holding the letter and it will be sent to her. 

Let Otter know what your title was and what town you were a part of and she'll fix you write up.

Thank you for sticking with us!  We're sorry for the downtime!

Those who logged on early this morning may have witnessed some of the server's wonky behavior.  It's 7am my time and I've submitted support tickets to our host to ask for help and I've been attempting to call their office, but they don't open until 9am.

I tried fighting off the bugs myself but to no avail!

The plugins weren't loading correctly and the whitelist apparently turned off as non-whitelisted people were getting in.  I'm going to keep the server offline temporarily so we don't unintentionally cause damage to player files and so griefers can't get in.

I'm really sorry for the inconvenience. :( I'll update this post as soon as I find out anything more and I'll be in touch with you guys via the skype group.  If you haven't added me already, my skype name is Otterun.

Gazer-ends!

I need a name for every weekend blog update, I picked Gazer-ends. Might change it. Any suggestions?

This week we have a few new settlements. First up, Steamtown! (-1300, -1400) This place literally raises the roof!

Next, Sanctuary! (-200, -100) Not quite finished, but on such a scale that its few halls and partially completed tower qualified it for a settlement. 

Now for our Spotlight! 

First up we have Arendelle! Featuring Malachismomma's Netherbrick brewery! 

The ground floor features a contrasting floor plan, an enchanting table, furnaces, brewing stands, and a cohesive theme that will catch any eye.

Here comes Zotterdale with another almost-living build. A giant snowman right in the middle of, well, the side of the town. Inside is a snow/pumpkin farm for zottermites to collect theme materials for their builds. Built by our very own ltaggz3. 

Stoneheart grinds up to the plate with a farm built by the esteemed robertej09. The farm was created so players could mass-produce animals and not lag up their homes. Ask rob about its location in order to make use of the space!

For next Gazer-end I will be focusing on farms! The coolest, biggest, well-builtest, ugliest, something-est, farms in Gazercraft! Can be animal or plant farms. (Decorative gardens may also be submitted) 

GUESS WHAT I GOT 100%, 90%, 100% ON MY FIRST THREE SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS IN THAT ORDER I AM SO SMART I SCARE MYSELF. Sorry for my inactivity everyone. Skyrim *.* 

Happy Father's Day!

New Moderator!

Tana (Malachismomma) has recently joined the ranks of Gazer Staff!  She will be acting as our newest (and only) moderator, charged with whitelisting as well as making sure users are abiding by the chat rules.

 Her maturity, honesty, and dedication to the game make her a fine candidate and Z and I are confident that she will do an excellent job. :)

Colossal Builds!

Featured this week are colossal builds! We have two entries, our very own Stoneheart and the frozen, though warm, Zotterdale.

First to the plate is Stoneheart. With their featured build being . . . Mama Chicken?

*slowly slides away* Stoneheart is a large, spread out village with inconceivably more to offer than   . . . Mama Chicken . . . Though she is impressive, and a mite bit scary, I do admit. 

Moving on, we have our frozen kingdom, Zotterdale! Their Colossal build is . . . well, a hole in the ground. It has several levels of mining clear down to bedrock. No safety rails, though, so be careful. This mine is available to Zottermites and their invited guests to mine to their hearts' content.

Next week we will focus on town leader's -or second's- builds. *note that they need to have a finished section of the build to feature, but the whole build in itself doesn't have to be complete.*

Also, to all those seeking upgrades, I know I haven't been quite reliable. I started school and also have a full time job. And Skyrim *.*   Aaaaanyway, I am planning on *trying* to get promotions moving forward this week and during next weekend. Good luck everyone and have fun! 

Gazercrafters!

Gazercrafters, be aware that I very much want to post a weekend blog update! I will be focusing on colossal builds! Your tallest tower, largest floor plan, anything considered above the normal. I wouldn't mind a hole in the ground even, if it is a big one. So be on the prowl town leaders and find your next item to feature in the weekend blog update!

Wake up, Gazer!

WAKE UP, GAZERCRAFT!!! 

This server has been quiet too long and it's time to get CRAZY! 

Minecraft version 1.8 is on the way and we need to get pumped!  For this week, and this week only, active members will be rewarded with a daily prize.  How does one claim this prize?  Well, log in every day this week and see!

Whether 1.8 is released or not, we will be expanding the world border by 300 blocks this Friday, June 6th!  Put some junk in that trunk and get your asses ready to explore!

The End has also been reset!