17 Oct 2014

Groundhogs-Fawkes Day was a huge success. Thanks to the power of highly-energetic materials, much territory was flattened to prepare for the much-anticipated minecart parking lots of the future. Stately, magnificent canyons became stately, flooded canyons full of whitewater rafting adventures. A new age of peace and prosperity dawned, as standards of living in Third-World Minecraft became similar to that found in First-World Minecraft. Players worked the landscape as if in a dream, with twin pick and shovel, “NEEEEEE-” and “-EEEEEM!” They fought duels with their trusty swords, the “House of Lords,” and exchanged deadly, explosive missiles with skeletons using their bows, the “House of Commons.”

All good things must come to an end—especially when you're nearly out of things to blow up—but we hope you enjoyed the show. Below is a gallery of screenshots taken during the event. If you've got some you'd like to add, just upload them to the :screenshot:ghfw namespace. Or, better yet, you can add things to your wiki page, like Einlund.

Using advanced orbital imaging techniques, and GIS processing, we were able to produce a “before and after” image of the world. Areas of large changes, which many theorize may be caused by human activity, have been highlighted. Each large region is scored with a relative area. We're not really keeping score here, but if we were, then this would be it. Only changes visible from space are counted or shown here.

4 Oct 2014

We're a big fan of crossover holidays here at theparadox.us, and we're going to celebrate Groundhogs-Fawkes Day. “What is this mutant holiday,” you ask? Simple:

• Guy Fawkes day will come early this year. The server will automatically disburse nigh-unlimited amounts of TNT, and various other related paraphernalia, upon request…
• … and a week later, you'll wake up in your bed and find that, like Groundhog's Day, nothing has actually changed or has been destroyed.

On October 5^th, we will load up the World as it was in mid-September. This copy will contain a number of fun temporary mods, coded up by ManaLocke, for your enjoyment:

• Click-for-TNT: The server will automatically emit a special chat message every few minutes. The message will contain a series of links that, when clicked, will /give you various items, including
  • Arrows
  • Dispensers
  • Pistons
  • Redstone dust
  • TNT
• Enhanced Arrows: We're juicing up all of your arrows with some spicy secret ingredients.
  • What kind of enhancement is it? To find out, go outside, notch an arrow, aim at some portion of the ground you don't like, and let fly.
  • Caution: All arrows everywhere will have this enhancement!
• Snowflame Orbs: A secret alchemical process has left snowballs somewhat chemically unstable. It may have been all the extra lithium we dropped. Oops.
  • Warning: This process is highly unstable. Exercise caution around exposed limbs, soft floors, or heavily-wooded areas.
  • Caution: As with arrows, all snowballs will be affected. Craft snow golems at your own risk!

We'll play on this world for one week, until we get tired of it, or until the server fails because the continents have shattered. After that, we'll put the normal world back up and return to your regularly-scheduled Minecraft. The twisted, ruined abomination that is sure to result from Groundhogs-Fawkes Day will be deleted.