Gary posted a followup from the Craftyn 2015 Gala that was held on July 18th to celebrate Craftyn's 4th Anniversary. It contains a recap of the winners for both the CCAA (and honourable mentions) in addition to the winners for the Gala raffle.
You may take interest in listening once again to our July 24th Weekly Report for a full recap of the events as witnessed by our newstaff.
Recap of winners
The honourable mentions followed, just as during the actual event:
Also, there are some new things coming to Craftyn:
Additionally he touched up on official Town Arenas
In the past, towns have been able to build an arena and make a request to have it become an official server arena. This was not available for awhile due to some difficulties in getting new arenas set up and the accompanying software. Now, however, we are proud to announce that town arenas are making a comeback! The community has been asked for opinions concerning different aspects of the arenas including: type, price, location, joinability, and prerequisites. The staff team has taken the communities input and put together the following ideas:
And the massive surprise reveal, at least one of the components, was the Sunflowers vs. Fern arena, which attendees played several rounds in. It was build from scratch by Stormy, Zai and sj. According to Gray Phase 2 will include different classes.
Winners of the Gala raffle
The raffle was abandoned by the time the Gala officially ended in the late hours of the night and early hours of the morning, for some.
Winners have 72 hours to respond in the comments below to claim their prize. If someone does not respond within 72 hours of the time this announcement is posted, another name will be announced, and they have 72 hours to respond to claim the prize as well.
You may take interest in listening once again to our July 24th Weekly Report for a full recap of the events as witnessed by our newstaff.
Recap of winners
- Devynbarrie
We would like to honor him for his AM radio station, the 540 news, and his continued production of it. He has shown willingness to be respective of the rules and is always open to suggestions. He continually keeps chat sarcastically, interesting, and buzzing. 540 news is Craftyn’s very first official radio station and we look forward to hearing more from Devyn’s outlandish accusations, amusing weather, and traffic reports in the future. - Holy_shitake
We would like to honor him for his continued production of the Craftyn Capers Comic. He has brought many laughs and we know many look forward to each comic as it comes out. The Craftyn Capers brings something unique and special to the forums. We also recognize his helpfulness he has shown over the years with the community as a whole. - Wolfchild
Not only does he dedicate a lot of his time to the server, he also is an avid enforcer of the rules helping to keep the server a safe and friendly place for all ages, stepping up on the Mirabil times to do the formatting of the threads, also voluntarily helping guests when they need help with how to join a town, and generally offering help to anyone who might need it around spawn or the server as a whole. He often thinks outside the box, such as his obsidian house plot, and tries to help improve the server in any way he can.
The honourable mentions followed, just as during the actual event:
- Press Team
For taking time out of their day and all of their hard work they do to help put out the paper. We couldn’t do it without them! - Jiloacom
For his past creations of Gary’s Craft comic. He brought many laughs to the server, in similar ways to the Craftyn Capers, but in his own humor and style. - Ruffroni
For her outlandish monetary donations and generosity towards her friends who are unable to donate, at various levels, for themselves.
Also, there are some new things coming to Craftyn:
- Craftyn Apparel will be coming: Generic Craftyn branded along with either branded ferns or sunflowers to show which side you're on! We are looking for suggestions on which type of apparel and/or accessories we should focus on.
- Change to the Roamer System (please see this thread for more information)
- Mini games: These will be coming over time, with the possibility of a central place to see information about how to join them all, stats on them all, and other things. Here are a few which we are seriously considered:
- Survival games (hunger games)
- Scheduled UHCs
- Skywars
- Runner
- Dodgeball
- Mirabil Times as an eBook: We are in the process of working on getting the Mirabil Issues out as a published eBook on the iTunes Bookstore, Google Play Bookstore, Nook, and Kindle.
- Exploring/Test World: This will be the test server for the main Craftyn server where new plugins will be tested for bugs, exploits, and features. Not all of the plugins tested will make it, but that's what the server will be about. People using the test server should know that at any moment the server could reset for various reasons. (details in the next week are going to be posted)
- Monthly Podcast
Additionally he touched up on official Town Arenas
In the past, towns have been able to build an arena and make a request to have it become an official server arena. This was not available for awhile due to some difficulties in getting new arenas set up and the accompanying software. Now, however, we are proud to announce that town arenas are making a comeback! The community has been asked for opinions concerning different aspects of the arenas including: type, price, location, joinability, and prerequisites. The staff team has taken the communities input and put together the following ideas:
- Mob arenas and Splegg arenas will be the first to be offered. PvP and Dodgeball may also be a possibility in the future.
- For mob arenas, the requesting town/player must be able to use the provided software to create custom waves, classes, and bosses. This will all be reviewed by the staff before putting into effect.
- Mob arenas will cost 35k mirs, while Splegg arenas will cost 25k mirs. The difference in price is due to the amount of work required to put the arenas into place.
- The requesting town must have a voxelport in their town before they can think about having an arena installed.
And the massive surprise reveal, at least one of the components, was the Sunflowers vs. Fern arena, which attendees played several rounds in. It was build from scratch by Stormy, Zai and sj. According to Gray Phase 2 will include different classes.
Winners of the Gala raffle
The raffle was abandoned by the time the Gala officially ended in the late hours of the night and early hours of the morning, for some.
Winners have 72 hours to respond in the comments below to claim their prize. If someone does not respond within 72 hours of the time this announcement is posted, another name will be announced, and they have 72 hours to respond to claim the prize as well.
- 1 Super Zombie Horse - @SilverStar1022
- 1 Super Skeleton Horse - @Lemony_
- 1 Health Stick - @bobnmax878
- 1 Full Unbreakable Gold Armor Set - @CowOfDestiny
- 1 Mirabil House Plot (pre-selected by staff) - @Tannthekilla
- 15 bonus plots for a town of your choice - @EpicDominator14