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SpitefulBatman
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Please post bugs in the correct area to permit us to get to it at an appropriate time.
http://forum.abyssalgaming.com/feedback/bugs/ldshadowlady-server-bugsRegarding your glitch - you said it was in your house - it sounds like it is not a glitch but maybe a grief by a friend or nearby neighbor.
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As everyone knows, there was a recent topic that we allowed everyone to submit their votes for who they wanted to be the Community Helper rank.
@ohpuddle hereby retains Community Helper.
Congratulations Puddle, we look forward to working with you for the next 1-3 months.Congratulations once more to ohpuddle.
Finally, thank you all for voting for your fellow members. It is great to see everyone having their say and we look forward to the next election in 1-3 months. Watch this forum and the server to ensure you don't miss your opportunity to have your say!!!
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Please post your appeal here;
www.abgn.net/appeal
You are welcome to copy and paste what you have written already in to that form.
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She is nice and stuff? Iunno. Where is the dislike topic?
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As everyone knows, there was a recent topic that we allowed everyone to submit their votes for who they wanted to be the Community Helper rank.
The vote ended in a double tie, resulting in a tough situation. In much deliberation it has been decided that the following will occur;@ohpuddle is hereby declared the winner for Community Helper.
Congratulations Puddle, we look forward to working with you for the next 1-3 months. Your rank will be issued within the next week.After several years of knowing him, and months of ongoing deliberation, This vote has proven to us that is in fact right for a job within our moderation team. As such it is my honor and pleasure to announce that @XxSED1xX is now a part of our Moderation Team.
We are also proud to announce that @Hellefleur will be returning to our Moderation Team aswell.
A huge welcome back for our wonderful Helle!!!Congratulations to both of you. Ranks will be issued as per the staff's timetables. You will be contacted for relevant training and education.
Finally, thank you all for voting for your fellow members. It is great to see everyone having their say and we look forward to the next election in 1-3 months. Watch this forum and the server to ensure you don't miss your opportunity to have your say!!!
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Upgraded Website
Today I am posting to officially announce that the website has undergone some fairly major upgrades, as you can probably see.
As of this post, we are still waiting for the upgrade of our own look and feel to be completed for the new software, however most of the functionality has been restored already.In addition we have some nice new features such as the Member Map and new Support System. All punishment appeals will now be run through the support system to better streamline the responsiveness of moderators and other team members. We hope this will ensure faster and more efficient responses from the team overall. In addition you will ALSO see that suggestions and bugs can be posted through here too. We prefer them posted there but if you want community input, you are welcome to use the existing forum to nut out your idea before posting it officially via the Suggestion Submission system.
Hopefully we will all notice some performance improvements with this upgrade as well as a much much higher compatibility with Mobile and Tablet Devices!
Server Status
We are currently finished the prep work required to reset the server. There is a temporary Ancient World that has been put up to allow users to play around during this time. We expect the entire process to be completed before the end of this weekend.As far as towns and emeralds are concerned, we HAVE calculated how much each town Mayor will be given. All recorded town mayors will be receiving a partial refund to allow them to establish towns of reasonable size after the reset. The number was built upon how many users each town had at the time our original announcement was made... NOT how many plots or outposts the town had.
Why can't we just get a full refund?
Villagers spawned at huge rates due to the way that towns were spawning. This resulted in a massive influx of ill-gotten emeralds that should not have existed. As mentioned in the previous topic there were towns with hundreds upon hundreds of emeralds and even a few with thousands... all within 2 weeks. As such we felt it unfair to take them all away as at least some would have been obtained legitimatly. Partial refund calculations have been saved and will be issued within the next week to mayors.For all other members: look to your mayor for a re-invitiation or to otherwise negotiate your share of the refund. The Mayor has discretion at this time and we will not be stepping in to divvy up the spoils.
Premium Users
Over the coming weeks I will be organising 2 week passes for Premium users to reimburse for the past 2 weeks.We sincerly apologize that the plugin failure has caused such a mess. We hope to rectify it and leave it be after this final set of fixes rolls out. We hope that you can all understand the reasons behind the reset (Even though the members voted for it)
Web Store
Along with the server and website upgrades, the webstore has been updated to reflect both sets of changes. This includes the new currency and new discounts offered for Premium and VIP members. View the new store here.We are still accepting suggestions for new items and even entire kits via the new suggestion system. While we try to take every suggestion seriously, we certainly can't guarantee that your idea will make it to live. You may suggest names, text colours, item stats and even the price we sell them at. If sold, you will be given the first created one (free of charge) and your name will be displayed in the store as 'Designed By: '
SIDENOTE: The TeamSpeak server has also received a minor codec upgrade which should improve the voice quality. Please let us know if there is anything wrong and we can rollback to the previous config.
Thank you for reading my Text-Wall. We sincerly welcome feedback and are thankful that you are all here to enjoy the new features with us.
Kind Regards,
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I have posted a set of clarifications in the original post.
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** I have updated the post with a new subsection called '2B'. You may click on 'Delete my Vote' to re cast your votes if you choose to.
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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today I am posting the first update and 'suggestion box' of 2016. This might get a little confusing so if you have any questions please feel free to ask. As always your opinions and feedback/suggestions are always welcome, however we do not welcome or permit harassment or arguing in these topics.
Topic 1: Ancient Reset
First and foremost, we would like to discuss the new server world 'Ancient'.
Due to some unforseen glitches in the world generation protocols, a vast amount of overly-rich veins of diamond, redstone, iron and coal ores have generated into the world. In addition some large and some HUGE towns generated which included large quantities of flags, chests full of items, pistons, beacons etc.
Because these have all generated in, we have found many people settling into these 'towns' and areas, and many have even given up as everything has been handed to them. Why would you want to go on a massive mining adventure when you can find stacks of diamonds within 5 minutes?
We would like to reset the Ancient world with the corrected generation systems. Anybody who has started a town will be awarded with 16 Bonus Emeralds to ensure you can re-found your town after the reset.
** We may be able to offer a transfer service for large builds that players have been working on where they do not include a pre-existing town or structure, the chests and other storage units within the build would not be removed and you are in fact the builder/owner of the area in question. Please also note that inventories and Ender Chests will be reset to keep with maintaining an even playing field.
Topic 2: Mod Elections
It has been a belief for a long time that the moderators would serve to pick the new moderators with the administrators making the final decision. However we think its time that the members get a little bit of power back for this process.
We would like to do a series of elections to select a 'Member Representative' who would be apart of the moderation team for a 'term'. This term could last between 1 to 3 months at a time (This hasnt been decided) and would be from 5 randomly or voted upon (Not yet determined) runners.
The member with the most votes at the end of the 'election' will be appointed moderator and be given the same powers and responsibilities as a moderator including being apart of the moderators closed group discussion during their term. Elected moderators who abuse their powers are subject to immediatly being removed and possibly being banned from the network.
This rank is in addition to the existing moderators and will not prevent permanant mods from being chosen in the future. The current elected moderator will always be automatically added to the next election to be given the opportunity to 'defend their title'
Let us know what you think of this or if you have an alternative suggestion to the process.
Topic 2B: Helpers Instead of Moderators
Many say there is a large concern about popularity contests and abuse of power, these are the reason this hasnt been introduced to this day and proves the maturity of the community as a whole when considering such changes. An alternative would be a helper rank with only certain powers. If you preferred this option, please submit your ideas for what powers and responsibilities these users should get.
Topic 3: Financial Stability
As everyone knows, it costs a good amount of money to run the server. Most of the features we operate are free for all players, however we need to incentivise users to 'sponsor' the server financially.
If you were going to donate, what would you want in return?
Please post your ideas on items or features you want offered in the shop as well as pricing that you think is reasonable. While all suggestions are welcomes, silly suggestions will be ignored or perhaps even removed. We honestly want the players to have their say and would prefer to avoid small groups from ruining it for the larger groups.
Some Suggestions by others:
- /fly - $100
- 1 x Spawner (Actual Spawner, Not Egg) - $50.00
- New Kits
- New Custom Items
- New shops where emeralds can be traded for items
Some Confirmed Changes:
- Classes that are currently for Premium/VIP will be made available PERMANANTLY for $5.00ea
- A new world exclusivly for Premium/VIP Members
- Server Currency will be fixed in the next update to reflect the change to emeralds from virtual dollars.
Changes in Discussion:
- New ranking structure expanding to up to 6 different ranks including the current 3 (Prem/VIP/VIP+)
- Player Shops where players can setup unattended shops to trade goods with other players
Topic 4: Difficulty
As commented in the first topic, difficulty is an issue that plagues survival servers. As they exist for longer on a single map, they become easier, and as such more boring. What are your suggestions as a community as to increasing the difficulty to prolong the current map? This may be suggesting plugins (We are wary when considering new mods, dont be offended if we dont do it) or changes to features such as delays on teleports etc.
Topic 5: Bugs
Please ensure all bugs are reported in the necessary topic.This allows us to keep track of them all. Note that once your bug is picked up, your response may be deleted to make room for more. This is intended. If the issue you refer to is in fact a feature, your post will be editted with a comment to say as such.
Please Report Bugs Here: http://www.abgn.net/bugs
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Thank you for reading along. We certainly hope you can provide your input and help us to improve the server in a way that keeps it fun for you guys.
When responding please include [Topic 1] or [Topic 2] or [Topic 3] or [Topic 4] depending on what you are replying to. If replying to multiple please divide your post into headings that read like above so we know what your comments refer to like so;
Quote[Topic 2]
I Like this Idea because....
[Topic 1]
Well I must say that I would like to....
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[Clarification Posted January 13th]
Topic 1:
We have realised that players are fleeing to the Epic World with their items, as such both worlds are now up for reset due to this bug. However the offer to move builds minus a select few* items still remains and if enacted, will be followed through. Town Mayors will receive a calculated refund based on their town size at the time of the original post (It will not be 100%)
Many are saying that they got the emeralds legitimately and that they didn’t mine them in a huge mine. I would like to remind everyone that the *majority* of villagers spawned in the premade towns and allowed people to easily and quickly trade for emeralds. Many towns have hundreds upon hundreds of spare emeralds as we speak (2 weeks after the reset!?) and several have over 1000.
This is all because the server glitched in the world generation and did not give us an expected output. We clearly feel bad about the situation and want to resolve it amicably, but handing it all back after the reset defeats the purpose.
Topic 2:
I was not clear enough, my error in writing has caused a lot of votes based on misinformation.
'Candidates' will be selected by the moderation team under this scheme. The vote will pick from the candidates. The candidate who wins will always be apart of the next 'election' and have the chance to maintain their spot if they have earned it in the eyes of the server. This applies for either the Moderation or Helper ranks.
Topic 3:
We want to sell meaningful items that add value to your experience. If we sell a kit with 100 Mob eggs for example, yeah that might be fun but then you will never explore for that/those animals again. You will become bored of that aspect of the game. Even selling 2 at a time ensures the same halt in gameplay. That is why we sell mob eggs one at a time.
The example goes for all, we do not want to give you such powerful armor that it never breaks and you become content with beating everything and everyone. There is no challenge or continuity in that. It simply leaves a stale and boring game in its midst and you will likely go back to playing Mini Games.
True suggestions that are fair to the experience of survival and fun gameplay will honestly be considered and you may see it go live. If your idea is good enough, we will even give you a sample of the product
Quick Tip:
If for any reason you wish to change your votes, you are able to do so by clicking the 'remove vote' button and re-casting your votes.
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This issue should be rectified Thank you for considering Premium!
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Note that punishments for this type of behavior carry an unlimited time frame. If we don't find it immediately, it doesn't mean you avoided punishment. It is our responsibility to ensure that our players aren't playing in fear of being griefed on this server.
If you want to grief, choose the hardcore server, otherwise I strongly recommend you reconsider any griefing in the future. You were NOT jailed or banned for this offense due to its age.
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I would like to point out that this issue has extended itself to enchants and we are working on a fix.
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Unfortunatly a lot of programmers abandoned minecraft recently due to some decision Mojang made which led to issues with Bukkit. Because of this, multiple plugins have broken due to 1.8 upgrades and Mickket has worked tirelessly to custom code some work arounds in its place.
The Inventory saving methods are one of these functions. Our workaround currently saves your inventory and restores it, however it is limited and as of yet is unable to sort it (It is not a standalone plugin, it is not as powerful)
We hope that you prefer to keep your inventory in disorder than not to keep it at all.
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I would like to wish each and every member of the community a very happy christmas and holiday season and wish you the best with the new year and what 2015 has to offer.
It has not been a good year for the world, with many unnecessary deaths and tragedies that occured worldwide and even in this community. For that we look to 2015 as a nice fresh start, a clean slate, allowing us, everyone to move forward and enjoy what life has to offer.
Thank you for your continued support, especially those who have offered and continue to offer financial support. If it wasn't for you, I guarantee we wouldn't be here today - I cant pay the bills alone.
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. - From the bottom of my heart thank you.
Once more, and on behalf of the entire staff, have a wonderful 2014 Christmas and 2015 Year. FOR GLORY!
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Me Likey.
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Hello AGAIN guys, today is the final stage to finishing the grand web update. The forums have now had the theme applied to them after much work to achieve a consistant feel between the site and forums.
There may be issues, and if you do come across them please let us know. We will give you a general run down of the changes and known issues below, unfortunatly many of them cannot be fixed as they are simply a limitation.
Before I list the changes/bugs I first want to explain what responsive is. Responsive means that the page reacts to the browser window being resized. This means that it can be viewed on Mobile Devices and desktops without looking too bad or breaking.
Unfortunatly the software we run is a little dated and are just beginning to delve into the responsive web. As such the existing software which is soon to be replaced, does not natively support responsiveness.Why did I tell you all that? Because it is relevant to some bugs you might experience that won't stop functionality but might look a little weird. So without further ado here is a list of changes and known issues;
- Changes:
- The sidebar on the main index page will hide itself when on a smaller screen, this is to prevent ugly wrapping of text and breaking of the layout. Don't worry it comes back when it detects there is room.
- The header will show a small menu when you are logged in on a small device, that way it doesnt break the navigation. Otherwise a full menu that is identical to the website now with the changes.
- All pages are now quickly accessible whilst within the forum. This includes the server status under the server menu at the top.
- Known Issues:
- Some text boxes are statically set by the software to be a certain width. As such if you shrink your screen too far they won't shrink with it.
- The Banner for 'similiar topics' is not formatting correctly (This is being looked into)
Don't forget, if you find a bug, big or small, please let us know so we can look into it. We will list and update known issues here as we get them and eliminate them.
Thank you all for your continued support, we are so lucky to have you as a part of this amazing community and we look forward to offering you more fun servers and interactions in the future. We truely hope you enjoy the website and forums update.
- Abyssal Gaming Management
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As many already know, we recently hid an announcement for a new Hardcore Server within the website and its new release. Here are some details that may or may not be available at the official server page;
http://www.abyssalgaming.com/servers/hardcore/info
First and foremost we have just added 5 additional screenshots of the biome generation algorithms to the server page so go check that out. Like now.
The Creative Server is another that will be revamped, although it may be a little bit after the Hardcore - The release schedule is not yet finalized. We are more than likely simply going to restart it from scratch, slap a new spawn on it and let you guys go nuts. Following suggestions from members, we are going to increase the MEMBER plot count to 2 instead of 1 and as such modify every rank above it by adding an additional plot to each.
SkyBlock has been forgotten for a while, it sees little traffic but will be restored to functional shortly after Creative is back up and running.
We are looking at releasing a Mini-Games and PvP Server where we will segregate the PvP Aspects from LDShadowlady and move them to their own server with their own resources. As much as we'd like to, we don't have any plans on making any major PvP match-types or the like in the future. We simply don't have the finance and network to maintain and design games to the standard of HyPixel and Mineplex.
On the other hand we are seeking to stay as traditional as possible in many ways. Our focus has always been on a hard game experience instead of an easy one, and a traditional experience where possible. That is without weird and funky mechanics like elevators and self building houses and those thingy-ma-jiggys.
As many know I constantly call out for suggestions, they are helping us shape how we change and design in the future. While we don't expect to become as large as HyPixel and other companies, we do want to treat our users more personally. Our decisions in the last LDShadowlady Update were fully backed by the majority of users playing on the server, as we treat all servers. We want the stakeholders to be the players and visa versa. Please post your suggestions in the suggestions forum, no matter how big or small. While we don't reply to or accept them all, we read them in detail and discuss them behind the scenes. Please don't be afraid to post!
The LDShadowlady Server... This has been a discussion recently amongst everyone. Something the staff has taken particular notice to.
We have seen chatter of a lot of people discussing potentially resetting the server. This is not something I have considered for a few reasons;- We originally wanted at least a year out of the current server
- There is still much of the map that has yet to be fully explored, secrets that haven't been found and discovered
- We know a lot of dedicated players don't want to lose their build yet again
- A full restart will require us fully looking at our plugins and perhaps removing some that are holding us back from proper 1.8 Operation.
Having said that, it seems a lot of members have raised good points as to why a reset would be a good idea. The following is a general list brought to our attention by players;
- The server is almost 8 months old and does not have any of the new blocks or functionality that the major 1.8 Release introduced to the game.
- After so much time, the map has become boring as most people have finished building what they wanted and feel too tied down to start again.
- In addition they would have too much money and blocks to start again in proper 'hardmode' as was originally intended.
- It would give us a chance to create new set of rules/plugins etc. that can be decided and discussed by the members of the server.
In summary we are looking for a lot of feedback here, please have your say whether it be an opinion about the LDS reset or ideas and suggestions for the other servers and changes. We hope to have more information in coming weeks and look forward to hearing from you guys, the players.
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