Imaginears Club August Update
Legobuilder0813, Manager
Hey, everyone! Summer’s almost over, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop having some fun! There have been so many changes since the last update (which can be found here).
Lets start off with the New Staff Members announced at the Meeting on Saturday:
Intern:
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__Tyler__
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Uniphication
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Sealands
Cast Members:
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NolotheRolo
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jedder
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The_Bloodhound
Make sure you congratulate them when you see them on our servers! Also, applications are now open to become a Staff Member! The application can be found here! They will be open for 5 days, so be sure to get yours in!
The Big Update
During the month of July, we released a lot of new changes to the server that we’ve been working on for a very long time! For starters, we migrated our servers to a different data center. Instead of being hosted on the West Coast, we’re now hosted on the East Coast. This increases everyone’s connection, even our friends on the other side of the Atlantic! During the transfer, connection was difficult for a bit while we fixed all of the issues with the transfer, but it’s all up and running now. But we’ve had more things to show off than the better connection. Here’s a full list of everything we changed in the past few months:
Everywhere:
- Coins and Credits have now become Money and Tokens, and all values have been reset to default. Everyone starts with $250 and 0 Tokens. DVC Members and Shareholders should receive their proper amount of Tokens which will be used later this year.
- Inventories have been reset with this update so everyone starts fresh.
- Introduction of the [Shareholder] Rank to provide recognition for those who are able to donate $20 or more. Shareholder does not come with any more perks than a DVC Membership does.
In the Parks:
- Inventories have been reset with this update so everyone starts fresh.
- Auto-Resource Pack system has been added, choose a Resource Pack and it will always download to you automagically every time you join the server. You do not have to use this feature, just choose “None” in the Resource Pack Menu.
- Guests are now able to customize their MagicBand’s Name Color and the Color of the MagicBand, however, Special Edition MagicBands are only for DVC Members.
- All Special Edition MagicBands are free. (This is still for DVC Members and Shareholders only)
- Players can now rent out Hotel Rooms on the Resorts Server! (/join Resorts) We are currently working on some new Hotels that will be available in the future as well!
- The cross-server inventories no longer lose player’s inventories. If you experience such an issue, please notify a staff member immediately.
- Guests are no longer able to sign autograph books. To sign, you must be a character or special guest.
- You’re no longer allowed to drop items on the ground. Some users were using this to spam unwanted items in another player’s inventory.
- There is a new [Queue] System that all rides have been updated to. This system will ensure everyone will get on the ride they want to and the ride will not breakdown from too many guests. This system is explained more in-depth later in the update.
- Removed the “Create a Report” option in the MagicBand, that is no longer going to be a feature. Instead, the Resource Pack Menu has been moved from My Profile to the Main Menu.
- A new feature, Player Settings, has been created in the My Profile menu. It can be used to disable unwanted features and also block flash/strobe effects for users who may need it.
- Stitch’s Great Escape is back up and running!
- Toy Story Mania has the shooting parts of the game working!
- Shows now have some cool new features to play with!
- Shops are now custom, items will be found in many locations with some of those items only found in special areas. (ex. Elsa doll will only be found in Norway)
On Creative:
- Plots have been reset, schematics are available for those who claimed them at this link: https://goo.gl/aaupTU
- New Creative Menu (/menu) which has all you need like a Banner Creator, Head Shop, and more!
- DVC Members no longer get a second free plot, everyone starts out with one. We realized we were in violation of Mojang’s EULA (https://goo.gl/2WqHZ6) by giving out a second plot to DVC Members.
- Using money, which can be earned from riding rides, participating in events or playing Arcade Games, you can purchase a second plot! The price hasn’t been determined yet.
- You cannot purchase more than one extra plot, no one is permitted to own more than two at any time.
That’s the entire list! If you see something on there that doesn’t exist right now, we’re probably working on releasing it very soon.
Briefly mentioned in the above list was the new [Queue] System every ride has been updated to, this is how it works. All you have to do is walk up to the ride and go through the queue, click on the [Queue] Sign, wait until you’re next in line and you’re teleported into the ride and the carts spawn for you. This system ensures everyone gets a fair chance to get on their favorite ride without having to deal with crowds or broken rides. Since you no longer spawn the cart, the system takes care of it. Unless there is some catastrophic system failure, rides won’t break down anymore. And incase they do (because accidents do happen) just call a CM over and they’ll be happy to fix the ride for you.
New Epcot
The wait is over, New Epcot has finally been released! It can be accessed at either /join Epcot or /warp Epcot, exactly where old Epcot was. There’s no need to create a list of what’s new in New Epcot, it’s all new! Since the New Epcot is open, we’re going to start to run a newer version of IROE instead of the older one. This one has been improved in so many ways, it’s amazing! (Special Credit for Steven_Davison and MixMasterJacob, they were the main people working on New IROE).
Our 4th Anniversary!
2015 marks Imaginears Club’s 4th complete year! That’s amazing, can you believe that? We’ve also grown so much and improved over our years from experience! We’re celebrating the entire month on our Seasonal Server which can be accessed by typing /join Seasonal anywhere on our server. The theme is Four Parks One Dream where we celebrate the four Disney Parks around the world. We also have an island called Nautica Cays built by the amazing team at NauticalCraft who created our Disney Cruise Line Ships. What would a celebration lasting an entire month be without a custom Imaginears Club Show? Every day for the whole month we will be showing our Fireworks Spectacular Dreams Come True. We also made a video on our YouTube Channel to celebrate our Anniversary! Click here for the link to the video.
The Arcade Update
That’s right, we’re bringing the Arcade back and it’ll be better than ever! We’re starting fresh with some completely new Arcade Games! Unfortunately, that does mean we have to remove the current ones. I think you’ll like the new games, though! As of right now we have two Arcade Games planned and have already started working on them. However, we’ve only released info on one of them. The other will be a surprise to come later!
Capture the Flag
Remember when we first mentioned this Arcade Game back in January? Yeah, it’s been sitting on the back burner for a while now while we updated the Parks with a whole bunch of new things. Now we’re going to pick it up again! Here’s a brief summary about Capture the Flag:
This game has 4 teams of 10 players, 40 players in total. Only 16 players are required to start a game. The teams are Red, Yellow, Green and Blue. Each has a “base” in a corner of the map. There are barriers between the teams, this prevents them from interacting until the barriers fall. Players will have 10 minutes to gather resources, craft, enchant, etc. After those 10 minutes, the barriers will fall and the fun will begin. There are 5 flags players will capture: One for each team and one in the Center. The goal for each team is to capture every other flag on the map before another team does. If a team captures all flags before another team captures their flag, they will receive bonus Money. The exact amounts of Money a player will receive has not been decided yet. Players will also be able to select from five kits at the start of each game. They will be able to make upgrades to these kits in the Arcade Lobby. There’s one last thing about this game. Since we’ve removed the Imagination Games, the Nightmares from there have nowhere to go. They’ve invaded this game! Throughout the game Nightmares will spawn in at random places, that should be fun!
This game has not been finished yet and a release date has not been determined. When we have one, you will know. Be sure to follow us on our Social Media Accounts for the latest information!
That’s all we have for now! We have some really cool things in store for you guys in the coming months. I can’t wait to release it all! Please remember if you ever have any questions, comments or concerns with anything just contact a Staff Member on the server or fill out a form here on our website. Have a great day!
