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SpitefulBatman

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  1. Website Upgrade & Server Status

    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, The Abyssal Gaming Network Team
  2. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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; You may Hotlink to this page via: http://www.abgn.net/yoursay You may follow this topic for updates on responses by other members by clicking the Follow button in the top right; [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.
  3. Community Vault: New Year Suggestions

    I have posted a set of clarifications in the original post.
  4. Community Vault: New Year Suggestions

    ** 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.
  5. Welcome to the Hardcore Server! This server is dedicated to those who seek a harder play experience with a struggle to conquer the difficulty. Any issues or bugs, or if you feel the difficulty is not hard enough, please let us know. We are constantly looking to tweak to get the best experience. Version 1.1 This is a Minor Update to re-balance difficulty. Restrictions / General: Decreased the range of which mobs are unable to spawn near a player. Was: 6 Blocks | Now: 4 Blocks Increased Light Requirements to prevent hostile mob spawning. Was: Light Level 7 | Now: Light Level 3 Increased Spawn rate by 300% Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue preventing the default home spawnpoint from successfully setting when a user first joins the world. Known Bugs: None It is strongly recommended you read the getting started and survival guides to avoid frustration!
  6. Version 1.0: Server Release

    Welcome to the Hardcore Server! This server is dedicated to those who seek a harder play experience with a struggle to conquer the difficulty. Any issues or bugs, or if you feel the difficulty is not hard enough, please let us know. We are constantly looking to tweak to get the best experience. Version 1.0 Towns cost $10,000 to create. Additional Plots cost $10,000 to Purchase (Mayor Only) Outpost Plots cost $12,500 to Purchase. Upkeep is set at $1000 per day per plot. Maximum 4 Plots per Resident within the town. Plot size is 32 x 32 blocks, from top of the world to bottom. Each player will start with $10,000 when they first join. Restrictions / General: PvP Will ALWAYS drop items for all players. VIP / Premium players will not drop items from Mob Deaths. /back /sethome /home /tpa /tpahere /t spawn etc are all disabled. *Attempts to circumvent/glitch may result in punishment Death will always send you back to your home Your home is set with a bed Chests cannot be protected other than with towny PvP is permitted everywhere outside of server towns Players are UNABLE to transfer money to each other. You may, however, deposit money into a town bank and a Mayor can withdrawl. Item Pricing as of January 2nd, 2015: Diamond Sells for $100 Iron Ingots sell for $25 Gunpowder sells for $20 Sea Lanterns sell for $85 Prismatic Blocks sell for $45 Wither Skulls sell for $150 Nether Stars sell for $525 Established Server Towns: Riverholm Island style town near a large ocean and land mass. » Fast Travel: Dalhurst Dalhurst Desert Town also near a large ocean. » Fast Travel: Riverholm & Woodcrest Woodcrest Town within a secret Jungle area » Fast Travel: Dalhurst & Wolfden Wolfden Snowy/Icy Town established in the snow region. » Fast Travel: Woodcrest & Treemont Treemont Logging camp within a vast forest. » Fast Travel: Wolfden Known Bugs: None It is strongly recommended you read the getting started and survival guides to avoid frustration! *Please note that not all towns will offer purchasing for all items. Items may be added or removed from towns as seen fit. These release notes make no mention of any secret vendors that may or may not pay more for specific items.
  7. Mine Games [9/10]

    Introduction Mine Games is a pretty awesome horror film that requires attention to detail by the audience to fully understand the progression of the story and identify key facts throughout. Film Information Director: Richard Gray Actors (Top Billed): Briana Evigan, Joseph Cross, Julianna Guill Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery Length: 92 Minutes Horror Rating: 9/10 Mystery Rating: 9/10 Overall Rating: 9/10 IMDB Listing The Story Mine Games is a story about a group of teenagers going to the woods for some sort of end of school party. The story itself isn't strong out of the gates, which is probably why it never became very big in the box office. However it is an excellant, although very over used, base to a creepy horror story with a twist. The general rundown of what the story entails is as follows (some spoilers!); A group of teenagers travel out to meet their friends in the woods in what appears to be their vacation home. On their way there, they have a small accident causing their van to run out of gasoline and stop on the side of the road. From there, they choose to walk the rest of the way to the house where their friends are waiting. Upon arrival, they find that their friends aren't there but rather have gone out and will be 'back soon'. They start to settle in and get into the party mood just as things begin to happen. A knock on the door, the lights beginning to fail. The normal stuff. Everything seems to go off without a hitch and everything is just dandy. Following their party night, a couple of guys for a jog and discover a mine. As always happens in these movies, they feel it a good idea to explore, so they head back, grab the gang and head in. A mixture of alcohol and drugs causes some freak outs and shit begins to hit the fan. A practical joke goes wrong, a key to the story, but everything is resolved and they head back to the cabin where one of the 7 friends is having a post-freakout freakout. As the story progresses, she gets sicker and sicker, and things take a major turn for the worse when they discover bodies in the mine. (This is one spoiler I'm not giving you!) This leads to major mistrust within the group causing an implosion before the killer decides to make his or her move. Then the story loops back on itself... You're going to have to watch it! The Mystery This movie leaves a few questions at the end like 'how did the cycle start?' which never get explained. Having said that the story ties itself up nicely explaining most of your questions throughout, although some just never make sense. The writers keep you guessing as to what is going to happen next, is someone going to die, is something going to jump out and try to hunt them down? The true definition of a mystery. Although I classify it as a horror, it certainly doesn't play to the stereotypical horror sequences. The Horror The movie is classified a horror/thriller due to its nature. It definitely holds more Mystery theme than it does horror. Having said that, it stands up as a strong horror, causing jump scares and chilling discoveries along the way. It keeps you on edge wondering what is going to happen, asking yourself if the writers snuck in that stereotypical jump scare or knife to the back/throat just as the music peaks. I must say I strongly recommend this to anyone who enjoys horrors, thrillers or mysteries. Hell you may even enjoy it if you like the touch of crime and paranormal.
  8. Pain and Gain [8/10]

    Introduction Pain & Gain was Directed by Michael Bay, yet it has very few explosions, and none of them are very large. It is also not the traditional 'action packed' action movie. This is a movie I recommend strongly and is based on a true story. Film Information Director: Michael Bay Actors (Top Billed): Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub Genre: Action - Comedy Length: 129 Minutes Action Rating: 5/10 Comedy Rating: 9/10 Overall Rating: 8/10 IMDB Listing The Story Pain & Gain was based off a true story, one that belonged to a man called Marc Schiller. While not entirely accurate, it is chilling to see how close to the real encounters the story was on so many levels. While funny, very funny, during many many scenes, the movie has its own depraved sense of humour that made you question if you should even be laughing. The characters themselves are again not entirely accurate, but are again fairly close. The names of the three 'bad guys' are accuratly portrayed and as the credits roll, their real pictures are shown next to their names. The general rundown of what the story entails is as follows (some spoilers!); A crew of body builders decide it's their turn to become rich and live the comfortable life. To do so they decide to force a man to sign over his entire estate to them, who they were of opinion that he did not deserve while they did. In doing so they make some ... mistakes. These mistakes lead them to having to murder him. Only.. no matter what they do they can't seem to finish the job. The man escapes, with no money or family to his name, and manages to make it alive to hospital. When interviewed by police his story is so whacky that they don't believe him. But a detective does, and works towards taking this crew down. It is only once they get greedy and go after another rich couple that they finally get taken down and their whole scam goes down the tube. The Humour So this is a action-comedy. It means you are supposed to laugh, yet you almost feel guilty when you do. You are laughing at the expense of a man being held captive and tortured, at the expense of a man whos lack of education makes him appear incredibly dumb, yet while feeling bad for them you... don't. In fact at one stage it is almost expected you root for the bad guys because of how stupid they are. It just makes no sense! It's that good. The movie reminds you at one stage that it is in fact a true story, that's how absurd it becomes. And while (as mentioned earlier) it is not 100% accurate, the story follows fairly closely the true to life events that occured. The stupidity of their actions leads to a majority of the laughs to be had in this movie. The Action So obviously you don't get Action-Comedy without the action. While there isn't a massive load of action in this movie, there is a decent amount of violence, hookers, drugs and general rich guy stuff. These guys don't know what they are doing so when the action buildup gets tense, they seem to ruin it with their antics and inability to stay on target. But let's be honest, you're going to watch this for the comedy not the action. If you want an action movie, go watch Die Hard! If you are interested in reading more about this story, here are some articles that may be of interest. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1999-12-23/news/pain-gain/ http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-04-04/news/pain-and-gain-where-the-real-life-sun-gym-gang-characters-are-now/ http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/27/true-story-behind-pain-and-gain
  9. Merry Christmas

    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!
  10. Forum Update

    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
  11. Upcoming Server Updates

    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.
  12. Store Updated

    Yeah but it's designed to work on mobile as well, take a look using your phone or tablet.
  13. Store Updated

    Hello again guys! I have another update for you, this time the store has been upgraded a little bit. The new 'front shop' can be found at the following link and is easier to sort through quickly. As always if you have feedback, suggestions or see an issue, let us know Web Store: http://www.abyssalgaming.com/store
  14. Welcome to the New Website

    Hello and Welcome to the new website! Please be sure to look around and let us know what you think! There are many new sections to explore and a lot to read over. If you find any issues or have feedback, please don't hesitate to let us know! You will notice that the server's status can easily be identified from almost any page within the website! We wanted to make it easy for people to check the status rather than guess if something is going on. All known issues will be posted to the front page of the website where they will remain until rectified. Note that we can't always identify or post them up immediatly. Each server will have its own section on the website. Keep in mind that they may be subject to name change or content change at any time, we will always do our best to keep the pages up to date. Hints, Tricks and Tips will be kept up to date for each as well as any live maps or other features we decide to offer. The Premium & VIP System is undergoing some minor changes. In the past we have simply listed what we offer without regard to what server offers what. No More! We will further describe and associate features and benefits so that you understand what you are receiving. We want to ensure that our supporters don't feel cheated, as has happened in the past. We are changing some policies internally to try to smoothen the process on some servers. The Main change is that on the LDShadowlady Server. Where a grief has occured, moderators may choose to repair and replace broken/stolen items for you. They can't build you houses and give you free stuff though, so please don't ask Features Summary: Cross-System Login: You are now shown as logged in when browsing the new section of the website. Details are the same as forums! (You may need to logout and log back in to get it working the first time)Front Page News Feed: We used to have a very basic front page news feed that never looked or felt right. This is a new custom coded module, so it's all as we want it instead of what we can find to use.Mobile Friendly: The entire new website is Mobile-Friendly, meaning that you can check the status of servers and commands on your Phone or Tablet.SEO Friendly: The Website is fully Search Engine Friendly; That should make finding us a bit easier Full-Featured FAQ: We are trying to keep our FAQ up to date, it will cover all servers as well as the website and general broad questions. If you have a suggestion of something that needs to be listed there, let us know!Full Documentation: All legal documents have been updated to reflect any changes that have occured since their last update as well as clarify on existing documents that were never properly finished.Forum Quick Links: Wherever you are, there are links in the header to the most visited sections of the forums, that way you can always switch through without having to load the index page a hundred times!Advertising Space: We are removing banner ads from everywhere on the website except for the designated advertising space on the bottom of the page. If you see anything you like feel free to click through, it helps us, however don't feel pressured into doing so for our sake.Guides: You will notice that servers have their own guides for getting started or doing specific things. These can be really helpful if you or someone you know needs some help.Issue Tracker: If there is a major issue or outage with the server(s) we will post it on the front page of the website under the issue tracker COMING SOON: The forums will be undergoing an overhaul to match the website, this shouldn't take too much longer to complete!COMING SOON: The HardCore Server will be making a return, more details will follow in coming weeks, we expect it to be a lot more fun in the past and give you something to play for a while. What Next? Please feel free to change your bookmarks to be www.abyssalgaming.com as it will now be a faster source for finding the information you are after.Please read the Legal Documentation and Community Rules (Links are at the top of every page)(ShortURL: abgn.net/legal & abgn.net/rules)Take a look through the FAQ Section (ShortURL: abgn.net/faq)View the Getting Started Guide (ShortURL: abgn.net/startld)Visit the website URL Directory to see all the Short URL's. (ShortURL: abgn.net/directory) I hope you enjoy what I have enjoyed making, it has been a long couple of weeks keeping most of it under wraps and holding off the release, but here it is. We will adapt the website and fill in the blanks as we have more information on certain servers or features. Some features may seem broken or incomplete, this is likely due to design as we are waiting for certain modules before those features can be enabled. Sick of Reading? Start Exploring the new site and please don't forget to leave us feedback! http://www.abyssalgaming.com/home
  15. New Feature: Steam Integration

    Hello again! Just a small feature update, we have added better steam integration to the website. Simply Add your SteamID to your profile and the system will begin to pull your details from steam directly. Edit Profile Details: http://forum.abyssalgaming.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=core If you dont know your SteamID, you can visit the following website to find it easily. Find my SteamID: http://www.steamidfinder.com/ You will notice that it adds a special field next to your posts, and it adds an entire new area on your profile once it updates your details Simple as that, I hope you enjoy this feature making it easier to find and connect with your friends here
  16. Website Update

    ** Major Update Posted **
  17. Website Update

    Hello Again Everyone, I am proud to present a screenshot from the now, under-construction website. It isn't far off being done, I am just finishing some of the core functionality. Please find below a list of features and changes that are a direct result of the website upgrade and changes to our systems. The Downloads System has been terminated and removed. (It wasn't being used much anyway)Some of the current content pages have been removed as they were apart of an old CMS plugin.New Server Listings & Information All Pages will have information like the screenshot, including hints, tips, rules and known issuesIssue Tracker This will allow us to communicate known issues with the players so that if there is an outage or something stops working, you know why when we do.Server Status Indicators You can see it at the top of the current screenshot, and will also be available in the menus, the servers will all show if they are up and online or if they are offline. Basic stats like Users Online are available where supported. These indicators will be available on the forums as well once the integration has been fulfilled.New Ticket System * This is currently under construction * We want to streamline the process and make it as easy as possible to sumbit reports. When live, these reports will include the previously announced 'report-a-mod' so that if you have an issue with a staff member, you don't need to be afraid to let us know.Staff Applications Staff applications have once again been streamlined and re-integrated into the new look. They will be easy to file and be made public to all. This lets you see your competition and allow you to see how many have applied. The same rules apply as in the past regarding multiple applications etc.Rules & Info Pages Rules, Privacy Policy and Terms have all been updated. It is expected that every user read these pages to understand how we use data you submit to our servers as well as the rules we expect you to follow while using our services.A couple of How-To's Need help setting up Push-to-Talk or Teamspeak itself? We have you covered. Hopefully when people start requesting more, we can get some more helpful tutorials up and going for people.FAQ Section We intend on setting up an FAQ section, it will cover everything from Premium Subscriptions to server inquiries.Getting Started & Other Guides Servers will get guides depending on their content, including the aforementioned How-To's as well as getting started on the server and how to use the server mechanics to your advantages (Such as surviving certain mobs etc)Changes to Premium & VIP While no major changes are being made to the program itself, how we present it is. We have come to realize that due to the recent issues in Minecraft causing a lot of mod support to drop, we have been unable to match what we used to offer. We don't like the idea of misleading people into giving up money. Because of that we are going to be more transparent with what each paid membership offers as well as trying to update the specifics on a per-server basis. Paid Memberships will have a dedicated page where they can keep up to date with what their membership does and doesn't include and what the benefits of moving up are.Fully Mobile Friendly The forums may not be able to be fully mobile friendly, but the website will be. If you want to check if there is a server issue that is stopping you for joining on MineChat, you will be able to check the website on your phone or tablet!Without further ado; A screenshot! http://abgn.net/public/newweb/Screenshot1-LDS.jpg (Also attached to this post!) There is a lot more to come but for now I am keeping some stuff under wraps, most of the staff doesn't even know yet - There is much more I'd love to show you but it would ruin some of the upcoming changes and additions. I hope everyone likes the look of the new site as much as I've enjoyed developing it. P.S I would really appreciate feedback! Original Announcement:
  18. Join the Team

    Happy Weekend Everyone! As part of the next stage of our release cycle, we have moved and updated the staff application system. This means if you are staff already, you need to tell me why you think you are good enough to stay - Otherwise for those whom already applied to be staff and have yet to hear back from us, you are now required to re-apply once again in the new database. Please ensure you read all the Guidelines prior to applying and ensure you are eligible. Robots need not apply. Once again thank you to everyone whom is willing to volunteer their time and we look forward to working with some of you. www.becomeamod.com ^ APPLY TODAY ^
  19. MvM Tonight

    Approx. 9 hours from now we are hoping to do 2 teams of MvM meaning we need more people online. If you are interested, be on Teamspeak at this time. =)
  20. Happy Birthday!

  21. The Greek Loan

    A Greek man walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Greece on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a depositor of the bank. The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Greek man handed over the keys to his new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The Greek man produced the title and everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan And apologised for having to charge 12% interest. Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the Greek man for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parked it. Two weeks later, the Greek man returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07 in full. The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a millionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow $5,000 when you are a millionaire?" The Greek man replied, "Malaka, where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?
  22. Using Our Builds & Content

    It has come to our attention that players have been downloading copys of our builds and using them on other servers. While we are honoured that you feel they're awesome enough to have on your server, we also are insulted that you would do so without permission or credit. Any server found to be using our content, especially where it is claimed as your own without credit, we will issue bans to the players who play on that server until proof is submitted that they are removed. If you see something you like on our server and would like to paste it into your world, please contact me via PM for permission and instructions. If you are told no, please accept the answer and move on, our builders put a lot of effort into our builds and they do so without pay, so respecting their wishes is the one thing we can do to show our thanks.
  23. Server Reset - Early 2014

    Please check the full topic for most up to date revision of this Information!!! http://www.ldshadowlady.com/news So lately there has been a lot of discussion about the reset both amongst staff and members of the server. I am glad people could discuss it and really come up with their own opinions and ideas as to the future of the server. We truely hope to one-up ourselves from last time and deliver a fun experience to new and old members regardless of whether you are for or against the server. Converting means winning! As usual, this topic will be used for votes, you will be able to voice a final opinion as long as the following guidelines are all met;This topic is NOT a flame war, posting anything rude or fighting over opinions is strictly forbidden. Doing so will result in a temp ban (not on record) from the server during the restart (if it happens) or on the current server for 1 week. This means you would miss out on all the new stuff.Server Features Rundown:New Spawn - We have heard the requests for a new style of spawn and we have decided to move to a new underground spawn. Spawn protection will be quite large to allow for expansion.Portals - We will attempt to pre-render a larger region and have portals / other methods to travel quickly around to look for somewhere new to build.Custom Biomes - Once again we will have custom biomes, including the new nether we introduced recently.Towny - Towny will return once more and taxes will be further enhanced and worked onStarting Area - As per the old map, the starting 'quiz' with will make a comeback. It will be used to introduce players to the world and rules. While in this area you will not see general chat nor be able to talk. Completion will not be optional.PvP Arenas - We will strive to have PvP arenas setup for launch.Monuments (May be renamed) - Hidden builds of awesome that can be explored and may contain treasure. Keep checking them as they may have new chests randomly throughout time.Enemy Forces - In addition to monuments, we are also hoping to setup small hostile towns and camps around as something for people to come across. These will have tougher than usual mobs that may guard something special but will usually require multiple players to take on. Respawn timers would vary.Activities - Other than PvP Arenas we want to get some other events going on. This will include Mazes and races like on previous maps. We understand that we didn't finalize these events on this map and will strive to have them ready for release rather than later.Themed Cities - The portals/teleport points will lead to themed cities in different areas of the world, acting as your local safe hub with stores.Stores/Shops - All cities will carry the basic stores (Cobble, dirt, etc) and each may have a specialty. Note that some monuments and other hidden towns will carry special vendors for rarer items. Some vendors may compete by paying more than others based on the city wealth (ie a town vs a city). We have yet to decide what plugin we will use to proceed, if you have suggestions, please feel free to let us know!Hidden/Secret Shop - As usual, there will be hidden/secret shops. These shops will usually sell rare items and buy items at great prices. These shops are monitored and the more people who find them, the more expensive the sold items are and the less they buy rare items for. Some may also only be visible or open during certain times.New Rank: VIP+ - This has been suggested a few times and I think its time to seriously consider it. The problem with this rank is the lack of incentives. VIP's already donate so much that if we added new 'paid' benefits, we expect them to get it. It would be unfair otherwise. VIP+ would be for those looking to support us a bit more, you would garner an altered title on the server(s) and this feature is ONLY available as an upgrade from an existing VIP Account. Current estimated cost is $170.00 and will not give you anything but an additional title in-game. This will be a repeatable purchase. Each purchase will also include a TeamSpeak channel. If you have any suggestions for something that would be fair to award to this class of members, let us know below! I must reiterate that this feature will add absolutely NO EXTRA BENEFITS.Rare Loot - Ever Played Diablo? If you have you know how the randomly generated loot works. Different stats and names along with rarities. With a current potential of 28billion unique items, these will drop off of specific mobs. You WILL have to search for mobs that drop these items, normal mobs will not have a chance at dropping these items.Blazing Mobs - A new type of mob that is randomly spawned amongst normal ones that is significantly harder to beat. Can be identified by the fire surrounding them.Mercenaries - Ever wanted a bodyguard to help during PvP or hunting at night? Now you can! Major cities will have mercs for hire. First come first serve, until they die, they are unique! - Keep in mind these guys dont come cheap! (Subject to change based on testing results)Hidden Treasure Chests will be spawned at random with some of the more basic loots. In what manner they spawn is yet to be finalized (tbf)Automated Muting will be enforced. If you swear, the server will warn you several times before kicking you. If you continue to break the rule, the server will mute you and advise a moderator who will then submit that information as a report on your account file. (Thanks to Mickket for this custom script!)Report-a-Mod - If you legitimately believe a moderator has broken a rule, been rude to you or has harassed you/picked on you, you will be able to report the moderator. All reports will be posted via the forums upon the new server going live. These reports go to the management team and are handled carefully. All Moderator Reports are REQUIRED to have screenshot evidence. We are hopefully going to create a way to have the server timestamp on your screen for screenshots to allow you to better prove it. We don't want members feeling they are being picked on and we don't want moderators being picked on by griefers who don't like that they got caught.SurvivalWe want to place more focus on survival, we understand that it is a matter of time before any server is full of rich players who dont need to worry about going out with 20 creepers around. For this reason we want to make it harder so that the suspense feeling of mobs around the corner lasts longer.As you can see in the features section, there will be a lot more difficult mobs meaning you will NEED friends to help you to beat them.Part of this will obviously have to be difficulty, as the last map, it will be on the hardest setting from day 1.Creeper explosions add to the difficulty, but also ruin landscapes and buildings, so we are still not sure if we want to turn creeper explosions on or not.We will be restricting teleportation via the following methods; - Removing Teleportation to towns and other players. - /spawn allowed once per hour (tbd) - /home allowed once per hour (tbd) - /back allowed once per hour (tbd) - /unstuck will be an emergancy command if you are stuck somewhere and can be used once an hour. This command has a 1 hour cooldown, will cost ($tbd) and may cause odd side effects. (Feature tbf)Towns & EconomyStart a New Town: $650.00Purchase a Plot: $150.00Purchase a Outpost: $170.00Tax Per Plot: $00.00/dailyStarting Money: $825.00Price of Death: $00.00Price to Teleport (if Enabled): $00.00 each As an example of what your income would be to afford the above pricing: (Subject to Adjusment)Sell Piece of Dirt: $1.00 | Stack of Dirt: $64.00Sell Piece of Cobble: $1.10 | Stack of Cobble: $70.40Sell a Diamond: $100.00 | Stack of Diamonds: $6,400.00Towny Taxes will be disabled for either 7 or 14 days (TBD) While users adjust to the new map and get started. Towny Rollback: [NEW 27/11]We have yet to decide on whether to offer towny rollback or not. At this stage we have decided to remove the towny rollback feature as it has caused havoc, however we feel that this removes some of the fear that not having a town creates and therefore the difficulty that it brings forth.Please let us know in the comments your opinion Because of taxes being off, rollback is being DISABLED and will not occur on town unclaim. Tokens:In addition to the typical currency, we are hoping to integrate an item based currency called tokens (Subject to renaming) which will be able to be handed in to a special vendor for a large amount of money. Because the vendor amounts may change, either because the economy is inflated or another vendor offers more money, it is then up to the player to choose when/if to trade it in for the current value. Think of it like gold in real life.Why not just have the value of items fluctuate? There is a significant amount of time and effort to do this for each item, in addition it is obvious that people turn to using farms to collect too much iron or other items. For this reason we are either going to make these items worthless or not vendor-able at all. Purchase of Currency via AbyssalGaming.com Store:Now: $10.00 Currency for $3.00USD ($1.00USD per $3.33currency) After: $100.00 Currency for $3.00USD ($1.00USD per $33.33currency)Now: $20.00 Currency for $5.00USD ($1.00USD per $4.00currency) After: $200.00 Currency for $5.00USD ($1.00USD per $40.00currency)Now: $40.00 Currency for $10.00USD ($1.00USD per $4.00currency) After: $400.00 Currency for $9.00USD ($1.00USD per $44.44currency)Now: $50.00 Currency for $12.50USD ($1.00USD per $4.00currency) After: $1000.00 Currency for $19.00USD ($1.00USD per $52.63currency)Now: $100.00 Currency for $25.00USD ($1.00USD per $4.00currency) After: $2000.00 Currency for $35.00USD ($1.00USD per $57.14currency)Now: $200.00 Currency for $50.00USD ($1.00USD per $4.00currency) After: $4000.00 Currency for $69.00USD ($1.00USD per $57.97currency)Premium & VIP: (Yet to be Finalized)Pricing Changes as follows: Monthly: $6.00 -> $6.00 Quarterly: $18.00 -> $17.00 Semi-Annually: $36.00 -> $30.00 Annually: $72.00 -> $60.00 VIP: $170.00 -> $185.00 VIP+: N/A -> $170.00 (New!) (VIP Addon, See above!)Premium receive 10% off Currency PurchasesVIP receive 15% off Currency PurchasesServer Transfers: (Yet to be Finalized)In the past we offered a server transfer feature for your home/build. Please keep in mind we are considering this, but at this stage have yet to decide on how to proceed.Opening Competition: (Dates to be Decided based on votes) We will hold a small competition to have a chance to have some of your artwork on show on the new server. The requirements are as follows;Contains No SignsMust look good on the default texture packMust be based on LDShadowLady!No mentions of your own username nor Abyssal Gaming nor Staff names.It may be a statue of LD, if so please be very creative! Statues have been proven to become outdated fast!You may submit up to 2 entrants into the competition, double your chances of winning!You may NOT use water or lava if it is not fully contained Reward(s):Your build will be featured on the new server either in spawn or a major capitalA token worth $3000.00 to one of the secret shops How to Submit:You can send us a schematic file via PM or reply to the competition thread (To be posted, you may begin making it now though!)Build it on creative and tell a member of the Staff TeamBuild it on the current server and tell a member of the Staff Team (This will hold higher value due to the fact you need to collect materials and deal with mobs in order to build it. We recommend this for a chance at a higher score)Plugins Overview: (Subject to Change) For Obvious reasons we don't disclose all our plugins information however for the basic functionality, the following information is relevant;Towny for self-claiming protection and permissions.LWC for chest protection and door protection.Feature Screenshots: (Subject to Change) Inferno Mob: http://abgn.net/img/Inferno_Mob.png Legendary Item: http://abgn.net/img/Legendary_Item.png Rare Item: http://abgn.net/img/Rare_Item.png Mercenary: http://abgn.net/img/Mercenary.png / http://abgn.net/img/Mercenary2.png Towny Assistant: http://abgn.net/img/TownyAssistant.png Travel Point NPC's: http://abgn.net/img/...elPoint-NPC.png / http://abgn.net/img/...lPoint-NPC2.png Something I missed? Have a suggestion? Let us know in a reply below! Changelog 18/11/2013 - Initial Writeup 21/11/2013 - Updated Towny (Added No-Tax period), Added VIP+, Added Opening Competition 22/11/2013 - Xbox One Released 23/11/2013 - Updated Token information, Updated Teleportation restrictions, Store Pricing, Premium & VIP Changes 24/12/2013 - Updated New Rare Loot, Blazing Mobs, Mercenaries 26/11/2013 - Posted Public Copy of Thread. (This Topic) 26/11/2013 - Added 'Server Transfer' Section 27/11/2013 - Updated Towny section with rollback rules 29/11/2013 - Added Screenshots 01/12/2013 - Updated Survival, added 2 features, Taxes are confirmed to be switched OFF. With taxes switched off, revised economy section *tbd = To Be Decided *tbf = To Be Finalized Click here to view the article
  24. Yugioh Zexal

    OH GOD YUGIOH!!!