Just a few quick bits of information.
Staff Announcements
CyberDrifter is now co-owner to Pearl. He has shown himself to be dedicated to Pearl at least as much as myself, and certainly more publicly active. <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f61b.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=":p">:p</object>
Additionally, xXMasterJackXx was promoted to scout last week. He has been active on Pearl, acts with personal responsibility, and has shown himself willing to answer the questions of other members as best he can.
I have updated the Pearl wiki page to show the current staff. There may be additional promotions coming soon. <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f609.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=";-)">;-)</object>
World Regeneration
The regenerations of Essalo and Ateph were done last night. (sorry this ended up later in the day)
Essalo is pretty much a cleaned up version of before.
Ateph has completely new land generation and dallashilgers donated the design of it's spawn pavilion.
Ateph now has different challenge settings from the other worlds, including a trial of a build limitation aspect (requires being on solid ground to place blocks). These will be balanced as needed.
New Features
Craftbook's version of mob head drops has been enabled on Pearl globally. Most mobs are supported, just have to keep hunting until you get the drop.
A few extra things are in store for later in the week.
Current Pearl Event
If you haven't already, please check out the information on the Pearl Halloween build event. There's a lot of fun and rewards afoot, with a week still to go.
http://www.minetown.net/forum/m/672632/viewthread/9169164-pearl-haunted-creepy-halloween-contest
Upcoming 1.7 Update
A pre-release for 1.7 was made available today and Mojang has stated they plan to push the full 1.7 update out on Friday. Be aware that you will need to keep your launcher profile at version 1.6.4 until the entire Minetown cluster can update if you wish to keep playing on Pearl, or any other Minetown server.
Bukkit itself has gotten faster at providing unstable builds for new versions, but there are also other projects we must wait on. So it may be a few days before the servers can properly be updated.
Try to stay safe as the crazy Halloween holiday approaches, and have lots of fun. <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f600.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=":d">:d</object>
Staff Announcements
CyberDrifter is now co-owner to Pearl. He has shown himself to be dedicated to Pearl at least as much as myself, and certainly more publicly active. <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f61b.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=":p">:p</object>
Additionally, xXMasterJackXx was promoted to scout last week. He has been active on Pearl, acts with personal responsibility, and has shown himself willing to answer the questions of other members as best he can.
I have updated the Pearl wiki page to show the current staff. There may be additional promotions coming soon. <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f609.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=";-)">;-)</object>
World Regeneration
The regenerations of Essalo and Ateph were done last night. (sorry this ended up later in the day)
Essalo is pretty much a cleaned up version of before.
Ateph has completely new land generation and dallashilgers donated the design of it's spawn pavilion.
Ateph now has different challenge settings from the other worlds, including a trial of a build limitation aspect (requires being on solid ground to place blocks). These will be balanced as needed.
New Features
Craftbook's version of mob head drops has been enabled on Pearl globally. Most mobs are supported, just have to keep hunting until you get the drop.
A few extra things are in store for later in the week.
Current Pearl Event
If you haven't already, please check out the information on the Pearl Halloween build event. There's a lot of fun and rewards afoot, with a week still to go.
http://www.minetown.net/forum/m/672632/viewthread/9169164-pearl-haunted-creepy-halloween-contest
Upcoming 1.7 Update
A pre-release for 1.7 was made available today and Mojang has stated they plan to push the full 1.7 update out on Friday. Be aware that you will need to keep your launcher profile at version 1.6.4 until the entire Minetown cluster can update if you wish to keep playing on Pearl, or any other Minetown server.
Bukkit itself has gotten faster at providing unstable builds for new versions, but there are also other projects we must wait on. So it may be a few days before the servers can properly be updated.
Try to stay safe as the crazy Halloween holiday approaches, and have lots of fun. <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f600.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=":d">:d</object>