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Forum issue

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It seems that some people have an issue to display the forum when they are logged in, but when they log out, it works fine. Please check the following to help me fix this:

  • Check if you CANNOT see the sidebar with the latest forum topics on the right side
  • Tell me if you CANNOT access the forums.
  • Tell me if there is a difference if you are logged in or not
  • Tell me if there is a difference if you are using a different browser/computer.

Thanks!

 

Contest Winners!

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I finally now had the time to close the open contests. So here are the results:

Settlers:

  1. Underbridge  – also overall winner! Wins level upgrade and stack of diamonds & a beacon
  2. stevenanthony – wins stack of diamonds!

Citizen:

  1. oAlb: wins level upgrade and stack of Diamonds!
  2. Kevinpowellaz: wins stack of diamonds!

Architect:

  1. Aerox247: wins level upgrade & stack of diamonds!
  2. Psychodrea: wins stack of diamonds!

Elders:

  1. Azkedar: wins 2 stacks of diamonds!
  2. Sockso: wins stack of diamonds!

Because this was the 2 year anniversary contest, I wanted to give something special as a thanks for everyone who submitted an entry. So everyone on top of this receives 1 pair of the 3 normally unavailable mob heads. Please check your inventory for the rewards!

Regarding the long, long pending parkour contest: I am really sorry that this took that long. It was partly me being busy & lazy, and partly issues with users submitting stuff improperly etc. So as a thanks for the patience I will give each of the participants a stack of diamonds.

Shop Update

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We’ve installed a new shop update, which changes the way a couple of commands work, and introduces a couple of new commands. The idea is to make it easier to get information out of the shop’s history and about current listings. The trading page has been updated with the changes and new commands. But, to summarize:

  • Improved (hopefully) in-game help text for many commands
  • Shop announcements now include the shop-id of the new request or offer, if available Edit: Works all the time now.
  • You can now add the word check to your command when buying, selling, offering or requesting. This will do a “dry run”, showing you what will happen with that command without actually moving any money, items, or announcements. This is useful for “checking” that you have the right command. For example: /buy 21831 check will show you what would happen if you did /buy 21831, so you can be sure your shop-id is right. If everything is okay, just hit up-arrow and delete the “check” to do it for real!
  • The /history command now works on items, e.g. /history glowstone. Note: There is currently a bug with /history sell, looking into that.
  • The /find command is more flexible now. You can now search for specific enchantments, or for items above or below a certain price, and you can use these in combination. For exmaple, /find diamondsword ench:sharp <1000 will find any diamondswords for sale for under 1000 uncs with a Sharpness enchantment.
  • /find @new is now the default, so just do /find r to find requests.Use /find new without an at sign for new items now. Also look for enchantments now with /find ench (without an @ sign). Edit: The ability to find the item in hand was re-added as before.
  • The Shop Data web page now shows the enchantments in the “History” query, so you can see why one diamondpick sold for 2000 and another only 600.
  • New command: /info gives you summary of completed sales with many flexible options. By default, shows you the top 10 items sold in the past week, sorted by total value in uncs. But it can also, for example, do /info sellers diamond 90, which tells you the top 10 players who sold diamond in the past 90 days, sorted by total value of their sales. See the shop page for more details.

    • Note: There is a bug with the buyer: and seller: arguments, looking into that too.

  • New command: /trend gives you information on price trends. Never again have to guess what an item is worth based on current shop listings! This compares the completed sales in past week with the week before to show changes in price, by default showing the 10 items with the most change. This means that if you buy someone out to repost their sales at a higher price, you are driving down the average price, so beware! You can of course ask for the price trend on a specific item, for example /trend diamond. The length of the periods and the amount of sales to require for a trend is also configurable, see the shop page for more details.

I hope these changes are useful. Any bug reports, suggestions, or complaints can be directed to me (azkedar) or to Uncovery himself. Actually, save the complaints for me exclusively. ;)

Hilariousness:

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As you guys know, I normally never publish names of people’s emails – unless they decide to drag the topic into the public themselves. Well, we are again at the point where someone could not leave an issue be where it was but decided to take it to the next level…

So here is the story: I was looking randomly at the console and see a guy spamming /give commands. So I think “If you think you can try to cheat, I can show you that this stuff does not go unnoticed” and ban him. 10 minutes later I get the first email. Here is the whole conversation:

  • MichaelChopsWood: Why have I been banned from your server?
  • Me:because of this:02:26:07 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 1 64 0
    02:26:08 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 1 64 0
    02:26:10 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 80 64 0
    02:26:12 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 266 64 0
    02:26:13 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 265 64 0
    02:26:14 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 264 64 0
    02:26:24 [INFO] MichaelChopsWood issued server command: /give MichaelChopsWood 373 64 8195

    Further questions?

  • MichaelChopsWood:I thought you were aloud, I thought you wernt aloud the x-ray mod?Am I banned for ever?
  • Me: You are allowed what is on the website.
    The system tells you that you are not allowed to use the /give command on top of that.Yes, you are banned forever.
  • MichaelChopsWood: Can I make an appeal?
  • Me: Let me lay it out to you:
    • You chose a survival lot, NOT a creative one. Still you tried to give yourself items with a command. You tried to cheat. That’s why you got banned.
    • If you thought this was allowed, it means you did not read the website. That’s another issue we ban people for.
    • I am the server owner. I banned you and told you that it is forever. There is no one you could appeal to except myself.
    • You also did not read the website regarding bans.

    So here is the answer to your question: http://uncovery.me/bans-appeals-second-chances/

  • MichaelChopsWood:I have just read the webstie regarding bans, and im not aloud to appeal, but I am.
    My plan is to finsh my plan for what i was doing on my plot and send it to you, becuase in my opinoun it was a good plan.I understand if you have to deny my appeal because now I see what I did wrong. But im still going to send you the plan.Furthermore, when i was further into my plan I was going to film a minecraft lets build and put it on my youtube channel which has 212 subscribers
  • Me: I do not care about your plan.
    I do not care about your Youtube Channel.
    Even if you had 10’000 subscribers. Even if you were notch himself.There are however 10’000 other servers out there.
    Go find one for you. Mine is closed for you.
  • MichaelChopsWood: Im still going to send it to you.
  • MichaelChopsWood: [Sends me a pic of some half-finished non-impressive castle]

Then he starts posting on Facebook. Here is the screenshot, just in case:

Just hilarious. This is the reason why I still answer those emails.

Busy days

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Since I am quite busy since some days and since this will be the case until next week, please understand that some stuff will be delayed. I am sure I will be able to keep urgent stuff up, but the contests and some requests that I received per email will have to wait for a bit. Sorry for that.