Author: John Geijsman

November Creative Competition – Skyscraper

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

We’ve had another big round of competition entries in October, with some more high quality builds! Let’s start thinking about November – the end of the year is looming closer! In November, we’re asking you to reach for the skies with your best Skyscraper build.

The November Competition world gate – located in the Creative Lobby – will replace the October gate which will close to building at 9pm on Tuesday October 31st.

The gate will open in the Creative Lobby on the morning of November 1st, so get thinking about your build! A massive thanks to crazycollie & Kisney for the gate build this month!

Season 2 Prizes

As you know, each month we give away the following prizes, now with the new inclusion:

  • 1st Prize: 4x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 15 Emerald Points
  • 2nd Prize: 3x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 10 Emerald Points
  • 3rd Prize: 2x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 5 Emerald Points
  • Honourable mention (1 vote): 1 Emerald Point

Each month the Emerald Points are tallied up and can be seen in the Emerald Hall on the Survival Lobby world. At the halfway point of the season (March for Season 1 and September for Season 2) we give away prizes to the current top three Emerald Points winners:

  • 1st Place: 1x $25 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 2nd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher

At the end of the season (June and December), the grand prizes are awarded to the final top three Emerald Points winners from across the 6 months of competition. These are the big ones! This season we’re giving away:

  • 1st Prize: $250 worth of LEGO! It’ll be in the form of a LEGO store voucher, sent online. Nice and easy!
  • 2nd Prize: $100 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Prize: $50 JB HiFi Voucher

Want to build big? Apply for a Project world!

On By John GeijsmanIn Projects

Something that LibraryCraft has done for a while now is Project worlds. There’s an area for Projects in the Creative Lobby, and a book to read all about how to apply, but read on anyway!

Do you have an idea for a big creative project? It can be something you’ll want the download for, or something that could potentially be included in LibraryCraft itself. While you can build it in single player, Project world users get the opportunity to use some basic WorldEdit functions in their maps, if they’ve used it before, as well as a special Projects role during the lifetime of their project.

Project worlds can be made available for you in the Creative Server. There’s space for four. Project worlds are strictly limited to a small project team and the mod team, and you’ll need to either open a General Support ticket in Discord, or submit a written book to Johnsan’s current main Survival base with the following information:

  • What is the project? What’s it for, the name of the world, what it will look like etc.
  • Who will be building it? It’s best to keep the list small, so it’s manageable – we suggest four players maximum.
  • An idea of the size and layout, so we can create a worldborder to fit.
  • What surface you need – void, superflat, water, whatever. We won’t upload custom worlds from players. We can create a world for you instead.
  • If you have Discord we can set up a channel for your team, so the mods can assist and provide advice where needed.
  • A schedule of work – how long it will take, what will happen each week etc.

If a project hasn’t had any progress for a period of time, we may decide to remove the map from the server.

In the past we’ve had a number of projects – new BedWars maps (Christmas and Arena for those of you that remember them), PVP maps like Pirates and Magical Oasis that are still in play now), and a couple more that were downloaded.

At the moment we’ve got three projects on the go!

Hogwarts

Mostly created by crazycollie, with some help from JtripleM, this is the longest and biggest project we’ve got – a full scale rebuild of the entirety of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. This massively detailed monster build includes a full size Quidditch pitch, the Whomping Willow, Hagrid’s hut, and a superbly detailed Great Hall, and that’s just the start. This will eventually be moved into the Minigames server as a bit more of a hub for some minigames.

Click on the images above to see a full screen version.

Sideways PVP

It’s Minecraft, but on it’s side! This is going to be a fun new PVP map created by Meowlicky, with a bit of a twist. The image below is taken from the top of the map, looking straight down!

Sakura BedWars

Lastly, and the newest one to the list is a Japanese style BedWars map by qbio and lielahh – just a teaser image for now!

We’ve got a couple of new ideas that have been submitted as well, so there’s more fun to come! While the maps above are all going to be included in LibraryCraft for people to play and explore, it’s not a guarantee that all projects in the future will be incorporated. It takes a bit of work for Johnsan to get them implemented, and we also don’t have the space to keep adding new maps. That being said, you can always ask for a download, and we can keep a copy of them to rotate through at a later date, if they’re workable!

If you have any questions about Projects or anything else in the server, you can get in touch with the team through Discord, or by using /mail send in the server!

September Waterfront Build Competition Results (and Mid-Season Winners!)

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

It’s results time for the special September Waterfront Build Competition. This was the special competition we ran in partnership with the WA Government’s Future of Fremantle Project, where we asked you to recreate your ideal waterfront and we had some really incredible results.

This was easily the hardest competition we’ve had to judge so far, and it’s also been the closest, with 2nd and 3rd getting equal points, so coming down to a vote count!

The winners of this round of competition also score some extra prizes thanks to our sponsors, for the three most innovative, creative and exciting builds.

1st Prize: $150 JB HiFi Gift card
2nd Prize: $125 JB HiFi Gift card
3rd Prize: $75 JB HiFi Gift Card

On to the results!

1st Place: qbio

A newcomer to both LibraryCraft and the competition, qbio has created an incredibly detailed (and deep) medieval style waterfront. A highly detailed building on the water’s edge, followed by a diving reef underneath. There’s even a deep dark water section, complete with skull of something ancient and very large. Congrats qbio!

2nd Place: Meowlicky

Just getting in by one vote to get second place, Meowlicky has gone a more traditional waterfront look, with a big shipwreck cafe as the main attraction!

3rd Place: YanMan_

Yan also went with a more traditional waterfront option, with a coral reef, ferris wheel and loads of people walking around. It looks like a llama went for a boat ride too!

Well done to our three winners! We also had four honourable mention this rounds, so more points scorers for the leaderboard!

Pepsi_Goat

Smaug12345

lielahh

MegRose

Current Leaderboard

Here’s what the leaderboard looks like after September!

  • Meowlicky – 35 pts
  • Smaug12345 – 26 pts
  • qbio- 15 pts
  • cold_hand – 6 pts
  • YanMan_ – 5 pts
  • Pepsi_Goat – 1 pt
  • sirRubyBird12 – 1 pt
  • strxww – 1 pt
  • Ezrafixpros – 1 pt
  • imaginemode – 1 pt
  • lielahh – 1 pt
  • MegRose – 1 pt

The top three has changed again, and the list has grown! It just shows how important those votes are.

Mid- Season Prize Winners

Lastly, there’s the mid-season winners! After the September competition we give some smaller prizes to the current top three. That means Meowlicky, Smaug12345 and (sneaking in last minute) qbio! Meow gets a $25 JB HiFi voucher, with Smaug and qbio getting a $10 one each.

A huge congratulations to all our winners and honourable mentions! The in game prizes should be ready by the time you read this post, and we’ll reach out to the voucher winners on Discord for next steps.

In Game Prize Collection

A Competition Prize Collection Point has been set up in 120Survival! Instead of prizes being deposited at bases, they’ll all be left at a central prize collection point at John’s Pirate Cove Base. There’s a public pwarp – JohnsanGeezo.PrizePickup120 – that will have protected chests for each player that won a prize – podium OR honourable mention.

Please make sure you collect your items quickly, or you will risk losing them!

Also, the LC Resource Pack has been updated to 1.20, so your trophies will work again. You can download the pack from the Player’s Guide.

October’s Player of the Month is…

On By John GeijsmanIn POTM

It’s been a few months since we’ve had a nomination, but we’ve got someone for October!

If you’d like to nominate someone for Player of the Month, you’ll find the link to the form in the menu option at the top of the site. It can be an act of kindness in the server, politeness, etiquette or something similar. Note that this is only applicable to actions in the server, not in Discord. 

The Player of the Month will get POTM role in both the server and in Discord, plus two Mega Crate keys to use in the server.

On to the winner! The mods also noticed this player being awesome as well…

Congratulations to Evoka!

Here’s the nomination text:

They have been nice to me and all other server members.

Nominations are now open for next month!

October Creative Competition – Throne Rooms

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

We’ve had a really exciting round of competition entries in September, with some very detailed builds. Let’s keep it going with October! This time, we’re wanting to see your best Throne Rooms.

The October Competition world gate – located in the Creative Lobby – will replace the September gate which will close to building at 9pm on Saturday September 30th.

The gate will open in the Creative Lobby on the morning of October 1st, so get thinking about your build! A massive thanks to Kisney for the gate build this month, with a big double throne room to explore!

Season 2 Prizes

As you know, each month we give away the following prizes, now with the new inclusion:

  • 1st Prize: 4x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 15 Emerald Points
  • 2nd Prize: 3x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 10 Emerald Points
  • 3rd Prize: 2x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 5 Emerald Points
  • Honourable mention (1 vote): 1 Emerald Point

Each month the Emerald Points are tallied up and can be seen in the Emerald Hall on the Survival Lobby world. At the halfway point of the season (March for Season 1 and September for Season 2) we give away prizes to the current top three Emerald Points winners:

  • 1st Place: 1x $25 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 2nd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher

At the end of the season (June and December), the grand prizes are awarded to the final top three Emerald Points winners from across the 6 months of competition. These are the big ones! This season we’re giving away:

  • 1st Prize: $250 worth of LEGO! It’ll be in the form of a LEGO store voucher, sent online. Nice and easy!
  • 2nd Prize: $100 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Prize: $50 JB HiFi Voucher

August Minecraft Structures Build Competition Results

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

It’s results time for August’s Minecraft Structures Build Competition. We asked you to recreate your ideal Minecraft Structures and we had some great results!

1st Place: Meowlicky

Meow has scored his second win with this very striking End Portal build. Those big spikes are brilliant!

2nd Place: Smaug12345

Smaug has gone with a revamped village. Although it’s not quite finished, I love the details in here!

3rd Place: cold_hand

Lastly, cold_hand started with a revamped Nether fortress. I love the look of that large tree. It’d be awesome to see more of this one!

Well done to our three winners! We also had one honourable mention this round, so one more points scorer for the leaderboard!

sirRubyBird12

Current Leaderboard

Here’s what the leaderboard looks like after August!

  • Smaug12345 – 25 pts
  • Meowlicky – 25 pts
  • cold_hand – 6 pts
  • strxww – 1 pt
  • imaginemode – 1 pt
  • Ezrafixpros – 1 pt
  • sirRubyBird12 – 1 pt

The top three has changed dramatically! It just shows how important those votes are!

In Game Prize Collection

A brand new Competition Prize Collection Point has been set up in 120Survival! Instead of prizes being deposited at bases, they’ll all be left at a central prize collection point at John’s Pirate Cove Base. There’s a public pwarp – JohnsanGeezo.PrizePickup120 – that will have protected chests for each player that won a prize – podium OR honourable mention.

Please make sure you collect your items quickly, or you will risk losing them! The items will be ready to be collected tomorrow Sunday 10th September.

Also, the LC Resource Pack has been updated to 1.20, so your trophies will work again. You can download the pack from the Player’s Guide.

The Dynmap is back!

On By John GeijsmanIn Survival World

That’s right, the dynmap is back for 1.20 Survival! Now you can have a live overhead map of the Survival maps – that includes 1.20 and 1.19 Survival, Biblos’ Temple, and the Survival Lobby.

It’s also had a bit of a facelift, so it looks much cleaner. One feature we’ve not used as much but can make use of in this version are map markers. Easily findable, these will allow us to pinpoint bases and other key locations on the map as they appear.

If you’d like a marker set at your base, mail JohnsanGeezo in game, or open a ticket in Discord and he’ll set one up. You’ll need to provide your base coordinates and what you want it to be called.

Lastly, the dynmap can be found in your browser of choice at:

http://lcsurvival.apexmc.co:4895

LibraryCraft is now on 1.20.1!

On By John GeijsmanIn New Worlds, Updates

Yep! We’re updated and ready to go!

There’s a couple of little things we’re still waiting on and there’s going to be some teething issues from time to time, so please be patient with us. The most important thing you can do is tell us! If you see something that’s not quite right, please let us know in a Discord ticket, or in game if you don’t have Discord.

A few things to note:

  • The Nether will not be accessible until Monday after school – you’ve got a weekend to chill and explore the map. Find a spot to build and get settled in!
  • The End is also inaccessible for now. We’re not encouraging speedruns, as it tends to annoy people. We don’t have a date for when the End will be open to exploring, but stay tuned.
  • The /tpr command, the Daily and Mega crates are set up and ready to go in 1.20 Survival, but we can only have one world with them, so they will no longer work in 1.19 Survival.
  • There’s also a strange glitch with sleeping in Survival – some random code appears in chat. Sleeping still works as intended, but we’re looking into it. Not a big deal.

Finally, a massive thanks to the build team and mods for creating our new Japanese inspired 120Spawn! Big shout out to Kisney, sirCountDoDo, crazycollie, Backward_Nemo & JohnsanGeezo for getting stuck in. It looks superb.

We’ve got a new Warp Ship!

On By John GeijsmanIn Updates

While we’re officially starting the update process tomorrow, work has already begun on getting us ready for 1.20! As promised, we’ve now finally got a new Warp Ship! During last year, a bunch of players got together to work on a project – to redesign the Survival Spawn area. While it didn’t quite get finished, a new Warp Ship was designed and we loved it so much we said we’d put it in the main lobby. It’s now been done and it looks excellent.

A huge thanks to Meowlicky, Slimecraft47, imaginemode, Jish_Le_Fish, vinemon, qetzi, sirCountDoDo, TYP3D, TheFlamer47, yanabananaa, Lord_Squid and toothless_spy for building this one together!

We’re updating to 1.20.1!

On By John GeijsmanIn New Worlds, Updates

You read that right! Thank you all so very much for waiting so patiently, but we’re practically good to go for updating LibraryCraft to 1.20.1! The plugins are ready, with only one that we’re not sure about, but all things going well, 1.20.1 will be coming to the server next week, ideally being ready for play after school on the 25th August!

To make this work, the server will be unavailable for play for a few days, from Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th August. It’s longer than we’ve had before, but we’ve got some work to do! The actual updates, world uploads and preloads, testing, plugins set up and more testing.

What will change?

  • Obviously, 1.20Survival will be coming! It’s a brand new world, with a brand new inventory. To make use of the new cherry blossom biome, we’ve gone with a Japanese Village style spawn area. You will not be able to transfer items over from 1.19Survival. We’re almost ready to go with the spawn area, thanks to the hard work of the Builder and Mod teams!
  • 1.19Survival will still be available, but play will most likely be all on 1.20Survival.
  • The Warp Ship will be swapped over for the new airship.
  • More a back-end thing, but our Holograms plugin will be swapped out for something better – the one we have been using isn’t supported any more!
  • 1.20Survival won’t appear on Dynmap for a few weeks, to encourage natural exploration.
  • The map will most likely be around 6000×6000 or bigger.
  • Public Nether and End gates will not appear in the spawn area straight away. These will come in the first few weeks.
  • The /gwarp 119Spawn will be removed and replaced with /gwarp 120Spawn. If you want to go to 1.19 Spawn, you’ll need to use the gate at the Warp Ship.
  • Claims will still exist in 119Survival, however if you need more claim blocks, you can either play more, or unclaim some land in 119Survival.
    • As was the rule in all our previous Survival worlds, you are NOT allowed to claim areas of land to reserve resources. Claims are for builds only.
    • You are also not allowed to claim any areas of villages or Ancient Cities. Villages and Cities are for everyone to enjoy.

Remember, if you find yourself unwhitelisted next week, don’t panic! Just be patient, and check the website, and Discord if you have it. Bring on 1.20 and all the new stuff!