HOOOSK

what if they start changing one letter of those phrases...to trip us up?

I need some more ideas for August.  What items do you have in abundance?

you mean we had in june, its july now (first line)

Fixed!  Thanks!

YES!

We hope you enjoyed the temporary challenges we had in June (Seamstress, BottleCollector, GoGreen). You voted and chose to resurrect the SandStorm challenge (from April) permanently. It's been slightly changed, but is now a permanent part of the Special challenges on Skyblock.

For July, we have 3 new temporary challenges:

Do you like July's challenges?

Are you happy SandStorm is back?

Have ideas for August's challenges?

Let us know in the comments.

Click here to view the announcement

Thanks, Christmas Pig.

I'm going to leave it there just for you.

It's that time of the month again (even though it's a couple days late!): Time to vote for which challenge you would like to become permanent.

Since NethernLights won last month, it is now a permanent part of the Skyblock Challenges.  All past options have also been put back into the polls.  See below if you need a refresher to remember what those challenges offered.  Warning: challenges can only lose a ballot 3 times.  This means if SandStorm doesn't win, it will be forever gone.

Remember: The winning challenge will be slightly nerfed.  We will be posting July's temporary challenges in a day or two.  Get your votes in now!

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Brobe, I've noticed your awesome building skills!  I'm very impressed!

I'm glad you're having fun here.  We love having you around.

Congrats!

I need to get back to work to stay up there!

ZTolerance IS the best!

Hope you had a good birthday, verti!

With big video game announcements right around the corner, it's the perfect time to show

love for your favorite video games!

Build your favorite level from Mario Bros., create pixel art of your favorite character, or make a Pac-man maze.

It's your choice! Have fun!

Nope.  Both were taken away from the built spawn.  Sorry if I didn't make that clear in the instructions.

Counting only things that were built as the spawn.

Here is my entry for hardcore: 

y:101

It's [member = name] without the spaces.

No compass tool or warps allowed.  Simple parkouring is the key.

Also consider the multiple island areas in Skyblock spawn as different arenas.

Coolpig5342 and I invented a new game that we want to share with you guys.

Let's call it "Y High".

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Goal: Without flying or double-jumping, what's the highest y-level point you can get in the lobby and each of the server spawns?

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Post a screenshot for proof of your highest point.   I'll start adding mine soon.

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Current Leaderboard:

Survival Spawn - Gsdcs @ y:106

Hardcore Spawn - Husker @ y:101

We originally turned it off so people in snow biomes wouldn't get snowed in.  We can take a poll to see if other players are in favor of turning weather back on.  What are your thoughts?

Nick makes me apply for owner each day.  IDK why I allow him that power over me.

How do you build "communist-themed"?

Hallo, it's me!

I should really start these out with "Dear Diary", but that's lame.  Here's an update on my thoughts:

Last time I posted that my main goal with PickAxis atm is growth.  Knowing this doesn't happen on its own, I am becoming more and more dedicated to action towards this goal.

Each night I plan to come home from work and spend 2 hours, uninterrupted, working on server stuff.  Then I will allow myself to socialize.  Don't be alarmed if I don't reply to your messages during that time.  I just want to be able to give as much of myself as I can each day.

What's the first order of business?  I want to tie up loose ends around the server like finishing spawns and build projects I've started.  This should hopefully be finished by the end of this coming weekend.  After that I am going to focus on making more YouTube videos and streaming.  I can't expect our Ambassadors to do something that I am not.

On the side there are a few other projects I would like to take on, but need to prioritize them yet:

• Tutorial Island on Skyblock
• Finish bigger player shop on Survival
• Find better, additional protection plugin for Survival
• Plan out leveling progression for the Skygrid server
• Plan out leveling progression for the Prison server
• Finish building the Prison server
• Make some maps for upcoming mini-games
• Work on the PickAxis wiki
• Build the new lobby
• etc., etc., etc.

If you would like to help with any of those topics, please let me know.  

As you can see, there is a lot to get done and since I don't want to allow failure (see last post), I am doing everything in my power to support the network.  

We're already treading into warm waters with our player count goals.  Summer is a fun time to get your friends on PickAxis.  The more people we have on, the more fun it is.

Anyway, I need to stop rambling.  If you have more things to add to the list or want to help minimize my list, let me know.

I'll be seeing you around.

We hope you enjoyed the temporary challenges we had in May (WhatTheNether, LoudLibrarian, & AprilShowers). You voted and chose to resurrect the NethernLights challenge (from April) permanently. It's been slightly changed, but is now a permanent part of the Special challenges on Skyblock.

For June, we have 3 new temporary challenges:

You also receive a lime wool block with each June challenge you complete.

Do you like June's challenges?

Are you happy NethernLights is back?

Have ideas for July's challenges?

Let us know in the comments.

Click here to view the announcement

Would you like to be staff on PickAxis?

It's easy to apply.  Just click here and fill out the form.

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FAQs:

Did I fill out the form correctly?  I only answered a couple questions.

• Yes, you filled out the form correctly.  There are only a couple questions to fill out: your name and the servers you would like to staff.

Why do you only have a couple questions in the staff application?

• We feel that filling out the staff application is your way of nudging us and saying "Hey!  Keep an eye on me, I'm interested in becoming staff."  We don't want to choose our staff based on how well they can answer 10 questions in paragraph form.

What qualities are you looking for when you selecting someone for a staff position?

• First and foremost, we want someone who plays a lot on PickAxis.  If you play here, you will likely know all the rules and will get to know a lot of the players in the community.  After that we are looking for people who are respectful, helpful, and good leaders.

How often do you select new staff? and How many staff positions do you have?

• We select staff when we see there is a need for more.  We don't have a limited number of staff members.

If I am made staff, would I ever be let go?

• Yes, if you do something detrimental to the network intentionally, we will let you go.  We will also let you go if you aren't playing on the server.

What if I have a talent that could be used by the network, but don't necessarily want to be staff?

• We have a few people in our community who are good at a lot of different things, like building or creating artwork.  They aren't staff but help in different ways.  We still compensate them for their efforts to improve our community.  If you have a skill or talent you'd like to use to help grow PickAxis, feel free to contact the owners here.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask us here.

Don't have those either.

You still can.  If it's something you desire, just start making cool stuff.  I know you're a great artist.  Is there something we can do together?

welp, i dont have any of those. oh well?

"We're flexible on these requirements if you're close to them, or if you create highly exceptional content."