Hey there everyone, this is VirusElite524. Just a small newsletter to all to inform you on what’s happening here.
First of all, we had a public meeting on Sunday, January 26 at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time which covered future events and post-Animal Kingdom projects and new staff!
Main Server:
Animal Kingdom is 80% completed with Kilimanjaro Safaris, automating some shows, the parking lot, and some back stage is all that is missing. Please thank BroghanTaylor who has been working very hard as she is in charge of the Kilimanjaro Safaris project and the crew who has been working on it.
Good news to those who are seeking a better experience with our Resort hotels, we’re working on a custom plugin which will be better than our current one which has been glitching for a while now and is long overdue for an upgrade.
We’re aware of the main server being very slow, this is mainly due to an unstable version of Bukkit which is causing our TPS (Ticks Per Second) being very low during busy hours which causes all shows and attractions to be very delayed and off. We apologize for the inconvenience but we’re trying our hardest to make your gameplay experience enjoyable as much as possible.
We are starting the refurbishment of Epcot.
–This is going to be taking place in a location away from the main park, so that you can continue to enjoy EPCOT as it currently exists while while we set up an updated one. Illuminations shows will continue in OldCOT.
–We expect that early iterations of new EPCOT will be uploaded to main as we work on them, but all content there is experimental until the new EPCOT officially opens.
We ask that our guests stay off the in-progress rides,
We can’t prevent you from going, if you feel like walking, and we won’t punish you if you go poke around, but be aware that it’s a work in progress and that our ability to help you will be limited.
We will not be assisting guests over until the opening, but we MAY invite donors for sneak-peeks.
–As we looked into developing new EPCOT, we noticed a few problems with Google Earth. In the future, we ask both our CMs and any guests who are building 1:1 to use Google Earth imagery from between 2007 and 2013. You will know if you are looking at the wrong image if the epcot monorail loop looks chopped up.
–Things to look forward to in the new EPCOT:
More accurate paths.
More redstone integration on rides
Complete redesigns for Soarin and Mission Space
MANY More things to see and do in World Showcase
We are working on a few resorts as well, including the Grand Floridian. Grail is working on the main building, JoshtheLego is fixing the pathways and other buildings. mixmaster and a few others are working on getting the parking lots outlined. More news on this in the future.
Creative:
As for creative server, we’re also aware that it will go down every hour or two but due to some reason, the RAM slowly increases to the max and forces the server the restart which can cause to rollback any progress. We are also looking into it hoping to have the resolved as soon as possible. Another note to creative, please do not teleport to plots that are extremely far, this will cause your account to stuck and unplayable but can be saved if you contact with a Cast Member on mumble. We’re also going to fix the “/plotme auto” command.
Website:
Also if you’ve sent a message through the “Contact” form here on the website, I spent about four hours going through 496 forms dating back since July and if you have sent a ban appeal between July-November 2013, majority of you have been unbanned. To those who submitted around December, please fill out the ban appeal section in the forums. Also to those who sent a message concerning their donor status and tag, those will be fixed soon in the upcoming weeks.
If you submitted a staff application before last Thanksgiving, those have been disposed due to being out of date and there is now a new format when submitting an application. I am also handling that and we actually tell you if you have been chosen or not.
Any characters that have been claimed but not yet created yet will be soon unclaimed and will be open to everyone, more details during the meeting on Sunday.
New Staff:
ArgoBargo14- CM
ActualFacts- CM
_AlphaUnit_- CM
Gamingdude88- CM
Splashmandx- CM
SkyNexus- CM
kaderaid- CM
Benhamington- CM
Hello_Spencer- intern
Swine_Monster- intern
punktherocker- intern
xxlostspiritxx- intern
Kooldude70- intern
This is all I have on my end and there was a lot more covered in the meeting. Thank you so much for your appreciation, patience, and dedication to be with us as we’re handling these server issues along with daily real life issues with a lot of us in classes and to those up north dealing the harsh “Frozen” weather.
Enjoy your stay here in Imaginears Club.
-VirusElite524, Manager
