I'm adding a new toy tonight: a test 1.9 server, called Nena.

This is primarily a place for you to play around the new version while still being linked to the community, while I gradually work my way through addressing all issues related to the upgrade. There are many broken commands and several defective plugins at this point, which will gradually be fixed. On the positive side, you can already enjoy the basic gameplay and cross-server chat!

To access Nena, all you need to do is switch your Minecraft version to 1.9 and join the standard Creeper's Lab entry in your server list: you'll automatically be sent to it. To return to whatever you were doing previously, just set your version back to 1.8.9 and rejoin: you'll reappear where you were!

You might notice some in-game messages about hitting a fallback server. That's normal and caused by the connection point determining which server you need to join depending of your game version.

Please note that nothing in Nena is permanent: this is a temporary server and world, added for the sake of testing, and it will be retired once the entire network is ready to be upgraded. There are no specific rules within, so expect a free-for-all. Enjoy it while it lasts!

UPDATE ON 2015-03-05: Nena now has a DynMap instance!