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PWU (PickAxis Weekly Update) - 11/20/14
 
What's New?
Tokens! You can now earn 50 tokens a day from voting and in the near future even more from winning minigames and/or contests. Do /tokens to see your balance and /shop to spend your tokens on each server.  Need help?  Ask below or find a staff member. Double jump & Glider in the lobby: <3 This glider plugin was made especially for PickAxis.  Let portalBlock know how much you love it...and try not to just hang out in the lobby and jump all night (like I tend to do).  Voting: We are now listed on 5 different MC server lists.  Voting for our server makes us more visible to those looking for a new MC home.  Please help us rise in the lists to attract the MC-homeless.  We can and will show them a loving home.  Remember to vote every 24 hours! Forum trophies: By now you will have seen little icons under your name on forum posts. These are trophies that represent events you participate in, contests you win, or any other little reason we see to reward trophies.  How many can you collect?  
What's Coming?
Heroes vs. Villains Build Contest!: helios8385 is in charge of getting our next build contest up and running.  Building should start this weekend sometime.  Good luck to everyone! Surprise server: There is a server that, if we start getting enough players on, we will launch in the next few weeks.  Who's excited?  This girl is!

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I really like this idea.  BnJbirds is our prison server consultant.  I'll make sure he reads over these while he's planning.

Not everyone is a crazy forum person like we apparently are.
 
Me? I sit around and wait all day long for people to post so I don't end up just talking to myself.

Done!

These 2 both get stuck in my head all the time. I'm happy Smooth McGroove vocalized both for my listening pleasure!
 

 
 
 

 
 
I KNOW THEY'RE OLD!  THEY ARE STILL CATCHY! <3

Heroes and villains battle it out in our streets. At the end of the day, they're all exhausted. PickAxis is more than happy to give our resident Heroes and villains a place to build their fortresses and lairs. Take a break from battling your arch nemesis to build your hideout, and try your hand at winning some of the many prizes PickAxis City is giving out.

What kind of super-being will you show yourself to be with your new home; a legendary hero or an infamous villain? As an added bonus, at the conclusion of the contest, we'll reveal the total heroes and villains living among the civilians of PickAxis City! Here are the rules:

How to Enter
Anyone wishing to enter as a contestant should claim a plot in the Supers' Hideout Build Contest Server, accessible from the PickAxis Hub. Players can build in groups, but if the build wins a prize, contributing players must split the prize.

When to Build
Contestants will have from now until November 30 at 11:59 PM EST. After that, PickAxis City will close the doors to new Supers' homes and let loose the PickAxis home inspectors to judge the hideouts of our city's heroes and villains.

What to Win
Judges will choose three top builds and award the following prizes:
First Place Prize - $50 PickAxis credit
Second Place Prize - $30 PickAxis credit
Third Place Prize - $20 PickAxis credit

Announcing the Winners
The winners will be announced here on PickAxis the week of December 1.

Click here to read the official rules and instructions.  
With great power comes great responsibility.

Official Rules Builds may not contain offensive content. All builds must be something heroes or villains would conduct their super business in. What you build, i.e. castle, cave, underground lair, sky fortress, high-tech lab, etc., is up to you. Your build should illustrate your side, good or evil. Please leave a sign explicitly stating your intended side, good or evil. All builds, to be considered as an official entry, must be marked completed using the command /plot done. Any builds not identified as such by the close of the contest on November 30 at 11:59 PM EST, will not be judged as an entry. Criteria for judging, based on a 10 point scale, are as follows: Creativity, Originality, Hideout Theme, and Design. Point totals will not be made public. Have fun!
Tips for Entries To get started and find your plot, perform the command /plot auto. If your entry requires elements not set as the default environment in the contest world, instructions should be placed on a sign at the border of your entry plot, facing towards the path. Elements can include a day/night element or weather. Any questions on other possible element capabilities should be messaged to helios8385 Admin here on the forums. If there is a component of interaction involved with your entry, this must be EXPLICITLY and OBVIOUSLY noted on your contest plot. A sign along the outside edge of the plot, facing outwards towards the path will suffice. All features of a creative server are enabled, including WorldEdit, redstone functionality, and gravel/sand block physics. Any questions on how to use WorldEdit should be searched. Please don't bother the staff about your build.

Click here to view the announcement

ermahguuud!  it's here!

Hey Lucky!
 
Welcome to PickAxis!  Can't wait to meet you in-game.  If you have thoughts on any prison stuff, I'd love to talk. 

Did you enter your name correctly on the voting sites?

Ben, good questions.  I will be making a Token/Voting FAQ post later today, but I will answer your questions right here.
 
If your tokens don't show up immediately when you vote, try switching to another server, then try /tokens again.
It's something that should be fixed soon. Until then, use this method to see your large balance.

In skyblock (and other servers) we will be removing the ability to use any commands that you can buy in the token shop. Get good use of these commands while you still can.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO YAY!!!!!

lol!  I LOVE THIS THING!

Of course!
 

That's right! PickAxis is finally in beta! What does that mean for you? There are some fun new features that we're excited to tell you about as part of our beta launch, and we'll have more to announce over the next few weeks.
Voting
We are listed on 5 server list websites. Please vote for PickAxis on each of them every 24 hours. When you vote, it will bring PickAxis up in the rankings and bring more players to the server. As a thank you from us, you'll be rewarded with 10 tokens each time you vote.
Tokens
Each day you can get 50 tokens for voting (10 tokens x 5 sites). On each server you can access the token shop by using the /shop command. You can buy some awesome perks with your tokens, like fly in Survival and SkyBlock, and extra plots in creative. The coolest part of tokens is that you can earn almost everything that's available in our real-money store. Stay on the lookout because we'll be hosting events and mini-games where you can earn more tokens each day.
What else?
We've been working tirelessly to add some really cool things to make the future of PickAxis epic. We've also fixed various bugs and cleaned up some things on our journey from alpha to beta. On top of that, we will be adding the ability to purchase paid packages from our store shortly, in case saving up tokens isn't your thing or if you're simply feeling generous.
It's now time to start inviting all your friends to come play with you on PickAxis! Please be welcoming and helpful to any new players you see. They will look to you for advice.
Keep an eye out for more new features coming soon! We look forward to seeing you in-game!
 

Click here to view the announcement

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