2.0 February 2013
Evolution The Evolution Patch General Overcast P.1 New Plugins P.2
New Plugins
Bug Fixes and Improvements P.3 Donators P.4
With the Evolution Patch comes a wide variety of new and exciting plugins that will greatly improve the Super-Earth experience. Plugins like OnTime or NPCS for
What is the Evolution Patch All About? As many of you know, Super-Earth 2.0 first
But why are we making you read all this text to
resource gathering and trading
started in November of 2012 and has been in
understand the importance of one silly update? Because
takes place in the community and
“Beta Mode” ever since. That is, until this patch.
will offer much broader
The Evolution Patch officially brings the
opportunities for new players as
community into the “Final Release” version and
well as experienced veterans. P.2
we are pleased with the results so far!
example will alter the way
B ugs B ’ G one
Within the Evolution Patch is a wide variety of updates,
Like all patches, the Evolution
additions, fixes, and so much more to bring the
Patch comes with a huge attack
community even further into the future. Things like
on the bugginess that is minecraft
Donation perks, MCMMO glitches, the economy, and
multiplayer. Numerous bugs have now been eliminated thanks to the Development Team so make sure
more have all been worked on and improved to hopefully promote a friendlier environment for the player
to give them a big shoutout when
community to exist in and also to create a lag-free and
you see them! P.3
glitch-free Minecraft Multiplayer community that has never been seen. The Evolution Patch will surely bring Super-Earth into a Golden Age of Minecraft.
it is important and the community as a whole tends to enjoy being fully informed of a situation over having to guess and constantly ask questions. This is by far the biggest patch of Super-Earth 2.0 and one of the largest to ever hit the Super-Earth community past and present.
So What’s So Great About This “Amazing Patch?”
Plugins are a very sneaky race of code that never seems to want to work out well with Minecraft Multiplayer. Luckily, Super-Earth has been spared of this treachery and a few awesome plugins have been added to the server to be used. P.2
Well, the Development team has fixed loads of bugs and glitches as well as improved a ton of different plugins. For a Full list of fixes visit P.3
There has always been the want for more Donator Perks and improvements to be made to the current ones. Well, here you go! Lots of new features and commands to be used by the SE Donators! P.4
The Biggest Plugin Added! Though having been previously part of the community, Heroes
E-Patch! Is here!
(NPCs) has returned to the community with a big bang.
What makes this plugin so big and important though? Well, for one it allows the creation of new stories and quests for the community. This has been a long awaited part of what is Super-Earth 2.0 was and will be. It also allows for different types of events and activities to take place throughout the server.
How does it affect me though? I don’t like events or quests, so I see no use in it? Well, even though not liking those two things detracts from the server community experieince, the additon of NPCs will allow for
What New Plugins Were Added? As stated previously, the
(including enchanted items and
Additionally, a new plugin for LWC
Evolution Patch or E-Patch is
potions), item kits, permission group
Removals has been added to
bringing Super-Earth 2.0
changes, permission grant/denial,
automate certain functions associated
officially out of Beta! With this
command executions, personalized
with LWCs. For example, after X
update comes a bundle of new
messages, and XP to be automatically
amount of days now, protections will
plugins that will greatly enhance
issued to a player when they have
be removed from inactive community
the overall Minecraft experience
achieved a specified amount of daily,
members without the need for an
that is Super-Earth. But how can
weekly, monthly, or total playtime on
Administrator to manually remove it.
one figure out all of these
the server. Rewards can also be
This will surely help out town mayors
plugins? Well, you could start by
issued when players refer other
who constantly need plots cleared out
looking at the change log on the
players to the server, voted for the
of LWCs from past residents. In the
wiki via super-earth.net/wiki or
server, played for a specified number
you can continue reading along!
of different days, or they
“Plugins help me to
planned to create a
Follow us as we go through just
achieve status as a top
swing my epic Ban
custum LWC plugin
a few of the newly added plugins.
player.” This new plugin opens a large number of
certain rewards and abilities to be earned either through speaking with them or just killing them in combat. So there are perks for whatever type of player you personally are.
near future it is also
Hammer on cheaters far more damagingly.”
removal system to make every
One of the new plugins added to the
doors for the community
server is OnTime. As stated on the wiki,
to celebrate the top active users.
“Now every MineCraft server can track
Another plugin added into the server
the playing time (current login, daily,
plugin list is known as “Chairs”. Chairs
There were a few additional plugins
weekly, monthly, and all time) for all
allows for players to actually sit down
added and a full list is available on the
players with this powerful, full function
in Minecraft! This can be done by
wiki. Different Administrative plugins
plugin. With OnTime, a “top 10” list can
sneaking and then right clicking on a
were also added to greatly enhance
be generated in game, current and total
seat. Though seeming to be a useless
our ability to maintain a stable server
playing statistics can be displayed (also
function, Chairs actually can assist in
community as well as prevent
in game), and daily/weekly/monthly
giving Super-Earth a greater roleplay
malicious activity from taking place.
reports of all players can be generated
feel as well as aid those who like to
The Administration and Development
and viewed (off line). Administrators
take fun screenshots with their friends
teams hope you enjoy all the newly
can define OnTime Rewards which will
all throughout Super-Earth. Simply
added features.
result in econ amounts, different items
have a seat and begin your town
-Dakumah
function 100% automated.
meeting or even sit down when you go afk to be safe.
In Other News: PJT0620 Works alongside PR to Make the Hardest SE Maze Ever!
Biggest Bug Officially Fixed! One of the most requested fixes involved a certain spell with certain PVP ability that was far too overpowered.
Pesky Bugs Have Been Eradicated from Eden One of the most important things a
The bugs that were fixed ranged over
team is committed to excellence and
Minecraft community can do is to fix
the course of many plugins and many
will work as hard as possible to
as many bugs as possible. The
permission settings. Bugs with many
promote a quality multiplayer
Development team has done just
of the classes permissions have been
experience. If you are interested in
that.
resolved and a detailed list is available
becoming a Developer or SuperCoder
on the Changelog. There were also
please do not be afraid to discuss it
Thanks to the wonderful community
fixes to some MCMMO abilities as well
with Administration and the head of
that is Super-Earth, dozens of bugs
as the introduction of the long
Development, Pjt0620. Super-Earth
and problems have been reported to
forgotten and broken Integreated
is constantly looking for new talent to
the Development and Administration
circuit permissions.
aid in producing and improving Super-Earth.
teams. With this patch came numerous fixes to those stated bugs
In addition to the bug fixes associated
and plenty more are coming in over
with the Out of Beta patch, this also
the next few patches. Thank you for all
marks the start of a new initiative to
of the help in finding the bugs, without
remove as many bugs as possible
you none of them would have been
from the plugins as well as Minecraft
possible.
multiplayer in general. Though looking like a difficult taslk, the Development
Smite has now officially been nerfed and a much longer cooldown, compared to the past one, has been added. With this fix, PVP will become much more fair at least in regard to not allowing instant smite killing.
World Expansion Towns/Nations Addressed later in this newsletter, the World has officially expanded and with that the limits of towns and nations. Different bugs associated with the regions have been resolved and the new map expansion is officially live and
explored.
Member: Pjt0620
Member: idlehumor
Pjt0620 has been a member of the Super-Earth
Idlehumor has recently jointed the Development Team and is
community’s existence. He has worked on
guess what this was, it was Smite.
ready to be
The Development Team
community since the very early ages of the
For those of you that can not
already making great strides at improving not only the department, but also the community in general. Idle is
the Development Team for over two years
currently a SuperCoder within the community and will
and is actually studying programming in
surely move up in the ranks to a Developer in the near
college. Pj has contributed so much to the
future. We are very grateful for all of the hard work he has
community and we are very thankful for all that
put into this Patch and can not wait to see what he manages
he does around the server, both public and private!
to do within the next few months!
Thank you Pjt0620
Thank you Idlehumor
The Honor Board The Honor Board is meant to commemorate all of the top level
Donation Perks and Abilities Update! What you need to know:
donators over the last two
New Donation Perks and Abilities
Another addition to the list of added
If you thought that was major change,
months Super-Earth 2.0 has
are always being requested by the
Donatior perks and abilities is Donator
Shareholders and Partners are in for
been launched. The board
community to be added into
plots. As with 1.0 in Vesuvius plots, the
a very happy surprise. Shareholder
required a donation amount of
Super-Earth. With the Evolution
new 2.0 plots will be introduced for all
worlds have officially returned! To
$500 or more to have been made
Patch, comes some very much
executive, sponsor, and associate
obtain your world, simply fill out the
since launch. Thank you to all of
anticipated donator abilities.
level donators. These plots will be
application on the forum and an
accessible via the donator world and
Administrator will get to your request as soon as possible.
the active donators and those who may have donated, but did
One of the changes to donation perks
will have a few perks associated with
not make this board. All money
was the additon of logblock to VIP+
them. The first is the use of a private
goes towards server costs and
donators. This will allow donators to
building location on each donators
Other updates for donator perks and
upgrading so we greatly
check block changes in areas to find
individual plot. Secondly, each plot will
abilities can be found by going to the
appreciate your support!
town griefers, gift givers, etc. The best
be able to be used as a storage.
official Super-Earth changelog
part is, you will no longer need an
Finally, the donator plots will allow
located on the wiki. Please note that
Please make sure to watch out
Administrator to check the blocks for
players of the three stated donation
some of the patch updates may still be
for the official production of the
you. With such a fast system for
levels to effectively build structures
taking effect and may not work
board later this month on the
finding griefers, towns and nations will
without fear of a town removing the
properly at this time.
forum!
be able to blacklist malicious users
building or a griefer somehow
much more effectively.
managing to bypass a field.
Message From Dannypent Hope everyone has had a wonderful 2013 so far. The Public Relations Department has a lot planned for this upcoming year and we can not wait to begin getting everyone involved. In other news, I just wanted to take the time to say thank you to all of the community for making it a blast working here. You guys are the best community ever! Thank you also to all the lovely donators who generously gift their money to the server to keep the community going; it means a lot. Finally, I hope you all enjoy this newsletter as I make it out of pure commitment to bringing the community content and diversification. If you ever have comments, questions, or concerns please do not hesitate to ask. I try to talk to everyone who requires it, just be patient! -Dannypent
In Other News: A Super-Earth Bonfire Will Be Held on sunday the 10th at 2:00Pm EST!
New Town Limit Important! With the recent map expansion comes a change in the town limit of 40 towns.
Twenty new town slots have been
But What About The Map Expansion? Since the beginning of the initial
harbor themed town of Eden, this new
new, forsaken landscape. With each
launch for Super-Earth 2.0, there
expanded region will have a completly
piece of land explored, comes greater
has been an excited awaiting for the
different center point and possibly with
understanding of the region and aids
expansion of the map. Is that wait
a much less friendly appeal. Each
in the Elder’s research of creating the
over?
additional expansion will add to this
newtork hub. Will you begin exploring
network of region stories, and allow
and subsequently make history as the
Though rumors have been spread that
for players to really become involved
explorer who started the Mystical
the new map expansion would involve
in the overall experience that is
Network Hub?
over 25,000 new chunks, that is not
becoming Super-Earth. In other news, the new region
exactly the case. With this specific expansion, another name has been
How exactly will these new regions be
contains roughly half of the land from
given to the Patch: Galaxy Patch. But
connected though? Well, the elders
the very first map release. This means
what exactly does that mean? Well, it
from Eden are currently looking into a
a large amount of resouces and land
is not exactly a simple thing to explain
way to safely teleport their residents
are up for grabs to adventurers that
and would require dozens of pages of
into this newly founded territory using
get to this new location first. The best
backstory. But, hopefully this will help
ancient magicks. They have been
way to make sure you stake your claim
at least a little.
tirelessly working on new concepts
is to organize town or nation parties
Since the original announcement of
and ideas for this fast teleportation,
to search for the perfect location to set
2.0 came to be back in October of
and have never been closer to finding
camp. With a greater number of
2012, Super-Earth was set to bring on
a solution. Each elder may have his or
people aiding your search, it is
a much greater focus on roleplay and
her own view on this teleportation
impossible to imagine what you will
questing. With this map expansion,
network, but the general concept of a
find.
comes a string of new content in
mystical island hub is agreed upon.
association with the return of NPCs
The only question is, who has the
that will greatly assist with these
supplies and power to build such a
fundamental hopes.
network?
The Galaxy name comes from the
That is where you, the player
concept of beginning the map
community, comes in. The elders of
expansion connected history. With the
Eden need your assistance in
initial region being based on the small
gathering resouces and taming this
added to be created! All you have to do to create your own is to fill out the short application located on the forum as soon as you can. It is unknown as to when more slots will become available, so get your town today!
New Nations Is Your’s Next? Similar to the increase in town slots available, the number of nations has also increased. Originally maxing out at three nations for all of Super-Earth, this number has been increased to an impressive five nations! These two new nations will sure go quick, so if you are serious about starting a nation make sure to fill your nation application as soon as possible. Nations are one of the most prized things to own on Super-Earth and only a few will ever be available.
Expanding the Community Social Networking is a growing trend that seems to not be going away and because of this, Super-Earth has begun to grow heavily interactive with its community. Through Twitter, Facebook, and the Forum, the community has been able to receive information at a much faster and more effective way than ever before. One of the biggest social media sites that has become a part of the Super-Earth community is Twitter. With Administrators reaching over 100 followeres, the ability to relay quick information has never been as easy and user friendly. Things like events, server downtimes, etc are all possible to relay via Twitter to allow players an easy to use system to keep up on current events. In the future, Twitter will have the possibly to enable “Best Tweet” message competitions, connect hundreds of community members at once, or even allow for charity events to take place. The possibilities are endless.
“
Through networking and advertising, the Super-Earth community can grow both bigger and better than ever before.
”
But what about the other social networking sites
not consider them to be. The Voting Sites for
like Facebook, Youtube, or the forum? No need to
example allow the community to reach to a much
worry, there are still dozens of plans to help
wider variety of Minecraft players than simply
improve these social network communities as well.
Twitter or Facebook do. Complete commitment to
Over the last year, the Public Relations team has
improving the Super-Earth communitiy’s image for
tried to incorporate the community with these
these audiences will greatly aid in growing the
different sites in the hope of promoting a more
community. Remember, one like, comment, or
connected community that can communicate in a
share click can lead to thousands more.
wide variety of ways. There are other types of Social Networking sites as well, though some may
Integrating Social Media Facebook
Super-Earth does have a Facebook page and we love when players actively engage in conversations there on a much more personal level. We encourage all users who feel Super-Earth is home to head on over to the page, like it, and get messaging and sharing whatever they like. Tw i t t e r
As stated, Twitter is the largest growing Social Network site that is currently used by the community. With hundreds of players active on Twitter, it makes a lot of sense for Administrators and Developers to engage with the communinty on such a user-friendly interface. Currently, the top three most followed Administrators consist of @VetyverSE (196*) @dannypent (103*) and @SEpjt0620 (89*). In the near future, the PR team wishes to hold a 200 follower party for Vetyver as well as the other Administraters when they reach the goal. Yo u t u b e
Though having been a major player in the past, Youtube had grown quiet for some time. Lately, things are picking back up and more community members are becoming socially active in the Video making field of Super-Earth. With events like Mob Invasions or Admin Karaoke, there is certainly a wide variety of footage available to those who wish to make a fun and entertaining video for the entire community to enjoy.
Redstone UPDATE
NEW TOOLS FOR ENGINEERS
So far into the snapshots, there have been numerous additions to the available tools redstone creators can use. MORE PREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR
With this new Patch comes a load of updates to
Minecraft Update
the overall functioning and behavioral attributes of Redstone. Things like directional quirks,
The Newest Patch
redstone timing, and signal strength have all been modified in the new patch to give creators more diversified contraption settings and tools. The Redstone Comparator was also added in as well as a new weighted pressure plate and blocks of redstone, which emit constant redstone power.
Can your town keep up? The effects of the upcoming Minecraft Patch.
QUARTZ
Mojang decided it was time for a completly new mineral to be introduced to Minecraft gameplay
With each and every update to the
redstone options, new blocks, and new mob
game known as Minecraft, there are
behaviors. All of the detailed information
be used to create daylight sensors and redstone
always a wide variety of changes that takes place.
regarding these updates can be found either on the
comparators. They may also be used as
The “Redstone Patch� as it is known is said to
minecraft wiki or on the mojang site itself; both
bring new blocks and functions never before seen
are reliable resouces. Another important fact to
in Minecraft.
remember is the affects of the Patch on the server. This means there will be scheduled downtime to
and they chose to introduce Quartz. Quartz can
decorative blocks in the forms of blocks, slabs, or even pillars. ABANDONED MINESHAFTS
Though not the most important update in this
But how does this affect you personally or your
accomodate the new update to Minecraft as well as
Patch, the transition from chests to minecarts with
town on Super-Earth? Well, the first thing to note
a time period where the server will remain on an
chests is a welcomed new addition to Minecraft
is that players will be expecting mayors and
older version of Minecraft so make sure to inform
assistants to be informed on the newly added
town members not to update. More information
features. So make sure to be adept at the new
will be released as the Patch approches.
>> READ THE FULL DETAILS ONLINE AT WWW.MOJANG.COM
players who explore mineshafts. This addition will give mineshafts a much more realistic feel than previously felt when exploring their dark passages.
Public Relations Box Welcome to the Public Relations Box, a new edition to the Newsletter that discusses everything to do with the Public Relations Department on Super-Earth. You will be able to find information on events, department hirings, upcoming public meetings, and a ton of other interesting resources all available at your disposal. In the future, this section of the newsletter will be used as an alternative to community members that are not fond of forum or social media interaction. Though having been rather quiet during the start of the new 2.0 server on Super-Earth, the Public Relations department is beginning to pick up with new ideas and concepts thanks to working with a new “invite-only” team completely dedicated to improving community content and gameplay. Having been a member of Public Relations, formally called the Department of Operations, for roughly a year now, it is incredible to see how rapidly the community changes and how things never remain the same. It has been a fantastic year and I personally can not wait to guide an even better future for the 2013 season as Director of Public Relations.
One of the growing trends throughout January for the Public Relations event department was the Where Dat” Treasure Be events. Consisting of community members needing to solve clues and find a specific location that led to a small maze filled with traps and hidden passages, the WDTBs, as they can be abbreviated into, provide a great way of inviting all community members to explore the World of Super-Earth. Some may criticize the use of donator perks in these types of situations as giving an unfair advantage, but we as a department believe it simply gives the donators another use for their generous donations to the server community. Each event and service produced through the Public Relations Department is designed to accomodate both donator and nondonator members of the community. Though it may be more difficult or slower for nondonators, it is still possible to win. So far into 2013, three WDTBs have been held, each with a prize of over one thousand zenny. Into the future, it is planned to not only increase the prizes of the events, but also increase the difficulty of the mazes and clues that are involved. The third Where Dat’ Treasure Be was held on February 3rd and is the first WDTB that has been built in part by Pjt0620, a Developer of the Super-Earth server community. The maze consists of eight individual levels that are all unique and contain winding passages, drop downs, and staircases. With such a large maze, means a change in the general policy for these types of events. Though normally having a semi difficult clue and location to find, this specific WDTB was fairly obviously placed and did not require much effort to arrive at. And, the prize reward was also increased to more then 10x over to the huge value of 15,000z. That is not a typo; there was a reward of 15,000z to be found through the completion of the largest maze ever produced on Super-Earth, both 1.0 and 2.0. The Public Relations Department had worked extremely hard over the course of a week to create this epic maze and it was guaranteed to provide at least a few hours of search before a possible winner was found and the prize room was successfully gotten to. In the end, the maze took ten hours and 36 minutes to be completed. Congratulations Kilnari for winning! For more information regarding the event, please visit: http://bit.ly/X0kNQP NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVE The Public Relations Department will be holding a photo contest for the best picture of Super-Earth pride. This could include a statue of Super-Earth, a huge community screenshot, or even a hand-drawn picture of your favorite town. Whatever creative idea you have for the photo/image will be acceptable so long as it fits into the idea of Super-Earth pride. Please note that each contestant may submit more than one image, but there is a maximum amount of five images per user. Please do not send links to albums with dozens of images as these will simply be ignored. The prize for this contest will be determined at a later date, but will be somewhere between one to three thousand zenny.
With the Evolution Patch, the Public Relation team has begun working on beginning the Underworld Army aka “Lord Matt” story line. This new set of content will hopefully further the roleplay and questing aspect of Super-Earth 2.0 in an exciting and interactive way. Though the storyline will be pre-layed out, it will be constantly changing based on the actions of the player community. As a simple background, Lord Matt is the ruler of the Underworld Army, an evil and devious group of gruesome creatures, that threatens to destroy the very essence of the realm of Super-Earth and all surface dwellers of Eden. Luckily, the Soldiers of Super-Earth and the citizens of Eden have created a pact to fight off Lord Matt and his minions and defend their homeland from utter destruction. Event wise, this story line will be the basis of and for the many mob invasions that take place on the server. There will no longer be such a thing as a “Random Mob Invasion.” As the story line progresses, invasions will be forseen in advance and clearly marked not only on the super-earth.net/wiki and forum, but also social networking sites to relay the information to as many community members as possible and better the enjoyment received for the active participants of the invasions. What is the deal with singing? Over the last few weeks, it has come to the attention of the Public Relations Department that a large number of community members have become very interested and involved in Karaoke events on ventrilo. Some of the favorite moments from these Karaoke events have included a Call Me Maybe Quartet featuring Admins, doggiepawslm singing Japanese music, and so many other memorable songs. To note, songs like The Duck song, The Llama song, Build Me Up Buttercup, Livin’ on a Prayer, and so many other others have graced the ventrilo stage. Missed the fun times though? No need to worry, there are plans to organize monthly Karaoke sessions as well as prerecorded duets, trios, and quartets to play for the community. Many of the attendees have also recorded different selections and have posted them on youtube and it is very easy to find them. Simply search for super-earth karaoke and then the name of the person who performed the song. Notable Karaokians include: Ollie2220, Wakka9876, Dakumah, Timmyderselts, Bevo00, Dannypent, Doggiepawslm, Ejscotty, NitaVictory, and even Vetyver! So please make sure to keep an eye out on ventrilo and the forum as well as an ear out for the announcement of the next upcoming Karaoke. In conclusion, the Department would like to officially give notice to the newly inducted members of the Public Relation team. These new members include ejscotty, timmyderselts, and stacey0811. Each of these members was formally invited into the department based on skill, past history on the server, and potential to improve the community in regard to community content and overall experience enrichment. Though some of them may not be “Famous” as some may say, they are community figures that are in my opinion of good standing and merit. Though only recently being inducted into the squad of “crazies” as we tend to be called, these three individuals have been very helpful already in contributing to working projects as well as pitching ideas for future events and competitions. One of the most impressive acts of commitment seen so far has come from timmyderselts, who has worked for hours with Administrators of the Public Relations department on the upcoming Where Dat’ Treasure Be. This is the kind of dedication the PR team looks for in choosing new members to join the small group of content creators. Interested in joining the Public Relations team yourself? Don’t hesitate to discuss the idea with dannypent on ventrilo or on the forum! I am (yes this is now 1st person) always open to hearing individuals fight to join the squad and love to bring on “newbies.”
2.0 January 2013
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