NickG365

On 6/5/2016 at 0:51 PM, TheLavaMobGuy said:

It would be cool if you could buy CASH with tokens. it will make people want to vote even MORE! (But i know thiis wont happen so :P)

This was actually in the plans at one point.  I'm not sure if it's something we would still want to do though, as we highly value (no pun intended) keeping the economy as healthy as we reasonably can.  It's possible we would consider a small amount -- I'd be interested in hearing how much money you guys would expect to get from tokens.  Ultimately, it provides something that you can always use if you've already purchased all the other token perks.

On 5/23/2016 at 6:15 PM, TheDUDE said:

it sounds like a great idea! i would love to have it so they could hold items and the mini-game battle idea sounds cool. only question would be how will it affect the wolves in game?

We don't have any plans to add any sort of storage to pets at this time.  Pet battles would be an awesome addition later on!

The results are in! April's top voters are...

In 1st place, Seansbar 30 Coins & 1000 tokens

In 2nd place, WolfLover1015 20 Coins & 800 tokens

In 3rd place, JasonPrimate 10 Coins & 600 tokens

Rank	Player	Reward
4th	_SammyBaer	500 tokens
5th	Reizvolles1234	400 tokens
6th	IntenseMoose	400 tokens
7th	VertiMiniGolf	400 tokens
8th	ApTV	200 tokens
9th	LettieT	200 tokens
10th	C_rex101	200 tokens

Congratulations, and thanks to everyone who supported PickAxis by voting! Who will be next month's top voters?

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After showering off all of that dirt, the judges have finally chosen winners for the Dirt Build Contest!

1st Place Benpenguin2 40 Coins

2nd Place LettieT 30 Coins

3rd Place (Tie) PlatinumWolf 20 Coins

3rd Place (Tie) IntenseMoose 20 Coins

Honorable Mention Best Use of Redstone Demoneyes2013 300 tokens

Honorable Mention Best Dirt Blending JasonPrimate 300 tokens

Honorable Mention Made Us LOL C_rex101 300 tokens

We had a hard time deciding who the winners would be for this contest, there were actually quite a few creative uses of dirt and fun builds, even beyond our winners and honorable mentions listed here. In addition to the prizes above, all participants who finalized their plots with /plot done will receive 100 tokens.

Thanks to everyone who took part in finding new and interesting ways to use dirt and creating some cool builds for this contest!

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3 hours ago, SheTolerance said:

The black market, on both survival and skyblock

I have no idea what you're talking about.  There is no "black market."

8 hours ago, Vovik said:

Chests are fine the way they are now (protected), but there is no reason for a chest to stay protected months after in an abondend town in the middle of nowhere. No one else can now use that land or build onto that town that was abandoned because those chest and doors can't be destroyed.

We actually do accept requests to take over land and unlock chests if a player has been offline for an extended period of time (generally at least a few months), which are all evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

As for PvP in the world, it's something that we've considered before, including the idea of not having players drop their items on death.  Additionally, I've seen in practice that world PvP generally isn't popular in this style of survival server, aside from a few short-lived bursts here and there, and is often only abused to harass players (since there isn't much to be gained with no drops), even with specific rules in place.  Ultimately, we're not looking to be like other survival servers, and would rather provide an experience that our community finds enjoyable.  It's possible that we would make changes to how PvP works on survival in the future if there is more interest, but most players seem to enjoy the more peaceful style at the moment, as supported by the less than occasional use of the PvP arena.

Hardcore is definitely something we'd like to see more interest in, as we feel that it has the potential to be really fun and enjoyable for those seeking an adventure with more risks involved.  I feel that it complements survival quite well by providing a lot of the gameplay points that you mentioned; it's just that there aren't a lot of people interested in the PvP aspect at the moment.  We do have additional plans for improving hardcore in the future, so hopefully we can draw more attention to it after we've had a chance to add some cool new features and objectives to it.

We have no plans to add item rewards to the ranks, as we feel that it would create an unfair economic advantage.

Sorry for the delay!  The winners will be announced by the end of this week.  There were a lot of cool entries -- it's awesome seeing the interesting ways everyone worked mass quantities of dirt into their builds!

https://www.fiverr.com/toboein/turn-your-minecraft-skin-into-a-cute-digital-cartoon-avatar

1 minute ago, r4ans0m said:

can we use other things than dirt... say a little stone?

Yep!  It just needs to look like it's made of at least 75% dirt -- the other 25% is up to you!

The latest and greatest PickAxis build contest has arrived!  Get ready to build the most awe-inspiring and magnificent creation of your life... with tons of dirt!  That's right, it's the Dirt Build Contest!

Now through the end of the day on April 7th, let your creativity run wild!  Just jump onto the build contest server (/server buildcontest), claim a plot (/plot auto), build something awesome, and submit it (/plot done) before building ends on April 7th!  We'll announce the winners a few days after that.

Speaking of winners, check out the prizes for this contest:

And of course, don't forget the bragging rights to having the awesomest* and most marvelous dirt creation!  Sometimes it's more fun to build as a team, so we've got you covered!  Teams can split the prize and glory!**

So, let's talk rules.  Yeah, we've gotta.  I know, I know... I'll make this quick.  First, don't go off and build anything offensive!  I don't want to end up having to disqualify dirt-y builds.  Second, make sure that your build looks like it's made of at least 75% dirt.  This can be any kind of dirt, whatever your heart desires!  Be sure to submit your plot with /plot done when you're finished, so that we can find it for judging!  Oh, and we'll be judging based on creativity, originality, design, and adherence to the use-a-lot-of-dirt rule.

So what are you waiting for?!  Get out there and build something awesome!

* "Awesomest" isn't a real word, but if it were, that would be pretty awesome!  It's totally the kind of word we'd use to describe really cool things made of dirt.
** We're not sure how splitting glory works, but we've been assured it can be done without even needing any power tools (we typically use a saw to split the coin rewards).

April Fools'! But hey, this is an actual contest, so get to building!

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The results are in! March's top voters are...

In 1st place, _SammyBaer 30 Coins & 1000 tokens

In 2nd place, C_rex101 20 Coins & 800 tokens

In 3rd place, IntenseMoose 10 Coins & 600 tokens

Rank	Player	Reward
4th	LettieT	400 tokens
5th	southparkboy13	400 tokens
6th	Seansbar	400 tokens
7th	mpclass3	400 tokens
8th	r4ans0m	200 tokens
9th	VertiMiniGolf	200 tokens
10th	JasonPrimate	200 tokens

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Toboein created a lot of them around the holidays in 2014.

On 3/17/2016 at 8:05 PM, m00s3 said:

@NickG365 @HuskerGirl

Perhaps some build contest ideas?

I think you'll be happy to hear that we're planning on announcing another build contest very soon.  There's quite an interesting theme to this one, and hopefully we'll be able to hold them more often again afterwards.

Hey there r4ans0m,

Next time you experience this lag, can you type /lag in-game and then report back here so I can take a closer look.  If you experience it more than once when you next play, use /lag once each time.

Thanks!

18 minutes ago, r4ans0m said:

I am scared that the entire server will reset and we will all lose our stuff... is this true?

Not at all!  We won't be resetting any servers for the 1.9 update.  Additionally, we would never reset a server without providing advance warning.

We discussed this idea when we were developing the coin system for PickAxis.  Ultimately, we decided against it for a few reasons.  We felt that the conversion rate would have to be too high for such a system.  As you mentioned, 500 tokens for 1 coin would mean 100 days of consistent voting just for the iron rank.  That's over 3 whole months, even longer if you bought anything else from the token shop during that time.  We'd much rather you get something in a shorter time frame -- it shouldn't feel like a long grind!  This is why you see some individual elements from the coin ranks in the token shop, as well as some other unique upgrades.

Additionally, we hope to add other ways to earn tokens in the future.  Because of this, we're not sure how the token economy could change.  Maybe you'll eventually be able to earn 100 tokens per day.  With this in mind, we don't want there to be any exchange between the token and coin systems -- we want the token system to remain very flexible for changes in the future.

We would, however, like to add more items to the token shop.  If you have any ideas for what those items should be, we'd love to hear them!  Ultimately, you should be able to build your own rank from the token shop, getting individual perks over time.  Of course, some perks will be exclusively available from coins, and others exclusive to the token shop.

The results are in! February's top voters are...

In 1st place, LettieT 30 coins & 1000 tokens

In 2nd place, _SammyBaer 20 coins & 800 tokens

In 3rd place, mpclass3 10 coins & 600 tokens

In 4th place, angell1988 400 tokens

In 5th place, r4ans0m 400 tokens

And, in this month's double-feature, January's top voters are...

In 1st place, _SammyBaer 30 coins & 1000 tokens

In 2nd place, killaboymol 20 coins & 800 tokens

In 3rd place, EnderMist_123 10 coins & 600 tokens

In 4th place, joncraft92 400 tokens

In 5th place, mpclass3 400 tokens

Also, the following lucky players won some coins from the recent drop parties hosted by SheTolerance and ZTolerance!

Congratulations, and thanks to everyone who supported PickAxis by voting, as well as everyone who made the recent drop parties a huge success! Who will be next month's top voters?

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This is something that we've discussed before and would like to do in the future, but we have other (hopefully more exciting) things that we'd like to do first.

On 1/27/2016 at 11:36 PM, benpenguin2 said:

Where did the friends list go? did followers replace it?

Yes, followers replaced the friends list.  We opted not to convert friends to followers, because then you'd start getting notifications and emails whenever they post that you may not have wanted.

We've just completed an overhaul of the PickAxis community site.  You'll find that we've modernized quite a few features and the look of the site.  In particular, you might find the new activity streams worth checking out.  Activity streams can show you what's new on the site, or content that you haven't seen yet.

Let us know what you think of the update in the comments!

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The results are in! December's top voters are...

In 1st place, Adensem911 30 Coins & 1000 tokens

In 2nd place, RoryTheRoman94 20 Coins & 800 tokens

In 3rd place, _SammyBaer 10 Coins & 600 tokens

In 4th place, mpclass3 500 tokens

In 5th place, skarzs 400 tokens

Most time spent playing in December _SammyBaer 1000 tokens

Congratulations, and thanks to everyone who supported PickAxis by voting! Who will be next month's top voters?

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We hope you're having a very merry and enjoyable holiday season with your friends and family! We're glad to have you here at PickAxis, and we're looking forward to a new and exciting year with everyone in 2016!

Log in any time between now and the end of the day on the 27th and you'll be on our list to receive a holiday gift! Also, let us know in the comments what's made your holiday season special this year!

Wishing you the best,

Husker, Nick, and the PickAxis Staff Team

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The results are in! November's top voters are...

In 1st place, mpclass3 30 Coins & 1000 tokens

In 2nd place, RoryTheRoman94 20 Coins & 800 tokens

In 3rd place, Adensem911 10 Coins & 600 tokens

Most time spent playing in November mpclass3 1000 tokens

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We would like to add pets in the future, but most likely without the combat aspect. It might be possible for pets to battle each other, but probably not to help you fight out in the wild.

What are your thoughts on us implementing it this way?