Polls & Game Update

The results from last week's poll are in!  Here are our favorite ways to travel:

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL?

Walking/Sprinting	1 (8%)
Horseback	5 (41%)
Saddled Pig	2 (16%)
Railroad	4 (33%)

This week's poll is now up:

WHICH MOB KILLS YOU THE MOST?

Last week's Where Am I? is going to be re-flown as there hasn't been a winner.  We're upping the ante with a better prize to see if we can encourage you to look harder.

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

Prize: 

• 20 Glowstone Lamps
• Gold Horse Armor
• A Confused Sheep
• A stack of these babies: 

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Read HERE for more information! 

Wednesday Where Am I? 8/20/14

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

Prize: 

• 2 Minecarts
• 32 Rails
• A stack of these babies: 

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Read HERE for more information! 

Wednesday Where Am I? 8/13/14

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

(Note: Zombies may have been killed after photo.)

Prize: 

• A surprise "Squidward"
• 10 pieces of glass
• A lilypad
• A stack of these babies: 

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.  Winners will be sent a confirmation letter and MUST pick up their prize in Otterun's office at spawn.

Read HERE for more information! 

Wednesday Where Am I? 8/6/14

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

(Note: Sheep may move)

Prize: 

• 10 cocoa beans
• A stack of these babies: 

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Read HERE for more information! 

Wednesday Where Am I? 7/30/14

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

Prize: 

• Iron horse armor
• A saddle
• Two leads
• A stack of these babies: 

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Read HERE for more information! 

Weekend Update

The winner for Wednesday's Where Am I is... Minja! Congratulations!  Here's the answer to this week's puzzle.  The location was just outside of Haven (though there was a bit of confusion as the location was altered after the puzzle was posted -- sorry!  Otter will be more careful next time). 

If you want to see the original puzzle, click here. If you want to get in on the next Wednesday game, you can read the competition rules here.

Greetings everyone! A few updates. We are planning a grand opening on Tuesday (be on around 12pm Pacific Standard Time to catch it!  Here's a time converter).  We hope to see a big turnout of people attending the opening!

Also, for the Weekly Gaze, it has been postponed to next weekend. The same spotlight, water features, and the same prize will be awarded.

Click here for last week's Weekly Gaze.

Wednesday Where Am I? 7/23/14

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

Prize: 

• A magical sheep
• Ten daylight sensors
• A stack of these babies: 

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Read HERE for more information! 

Wednesday Where Am I? 7/16/14

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

Prize: 

• A wolf spawn egg
• A name tag
• Half stack of glowstone lamps
• A stack of these babies: 

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Read HERE for more information! 

Where Am I Wednesday 7/9/14

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

Prize: 

• A slime spawn egg
• A name tag
• A random music disc
• A stack of these babies: 

(I apologize for using a texture pack. I hadn't realized it was on and when I turned it off, I couldn't get a screenshot as good as this.  Fireworks are hard to take pictures of!)

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Read HERE for more information! 

Wednesday Where Am I? Winner Announced!

With Friday being a national holiday in the United States, Z and Otter are running a little behind as we recover from the weekend festivity.  Z will be posting the spotlight tomorrow, but I wanted to reveal the Wednesday winner today!

This week's "Where Am I?" was a great success!  The winner of the very first competition was ThePunisher1028!  Great job, Pun!

The next one is going to be harder -- check in this upcoming Wednesday to play!  You can see the previous contest here and read the competition rules here.

Where Am I Wednesday 7/2/14

It's time for Where Am I? Wednesday! Here is your mystery server screenshot:

Prize: 

• A wolf spawn egg and
• A stack of these babies: 

How to Play and Enter: 

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

The winner will be announced along with the weekend spotlight.

Read HERE for more information! 

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.