I'm introducing today a new layout for the frontpage, with better visuals and more information right at your fingertips!

Each news item now has a larger title to grab your attention while all or part of the text follows. For longer articles, like the monthly rotation of challenges, the details will be offered below a cut. The end result is something that makes it easier at a glance to see all the recent updates. Additionally, from now on, news items written by someone else will have their name displayed instead of mine (or the posting staff).

On the right (or below on phone screens), you get a direct preview of all ongoing happenings. For some, like monthly Kenorland challenges, the data will update automatically. No more worries about someone passing you in a race!

Plants vs Zombies, or stores? This is the decision you had to face when it came to building! Several of you benefited from the time extension to get a good set of entries together. Keeping the best score from each player, and excluding entries that weren't signed, here is our final list of contestants!

1st place: Rebbica007
2nd place: Coneva
3rd place: GingeKoda
4rd place: AndrewDowning
5th place: SoraThePumpking
6th place: BioZombieActive

Congratulations to everyone! The full list of entries along with screenshots and judges comments are now available on the contest results page. Go see them in-game if you haven't had the chance yet!

Rewards will be on your way soon. Thanks to AlexTheTrain for running a fun event with an original theme!

After a delay caused by technical issues, the Creeper's Lab has been updated to properly run Minecraft 1.19.2. This means that the latest gameplay features introduced on .1 and .2 are now available to everyone. I suggest that you update to benefit from the latest bug fixes and improvements.

With the multiple layers we have on the network, including many servers and the support for both Java and Bedrock, the chat validation and reporting system isn't working properly. Until this happens, I've forced the removal of the chat warning popup. Players who often change worlds will quickly notice that something is gone, and good riddance too!

This Saturday at 10pm Eastern time, an hour after the start of Events Night, Groovy invites you to a tournament of Bedrock Runner!

This minigame, available directly in the Minigames wing of the lobby, consists of an arena where bedrock falls from the ceiling while lava rises from below. Your simple goal: survive as long as you can! It's very simple to pickup-and-play, so you're welcome to join us even if you've never played it before. See you then!

We've previously discussed the upcoming reset of Cimmeria. The date for this has been set: October 1st. If you have any supplies or builds in Cimmeria that you want to save, consider this your last warning!

The area that will be saved is now marked as an orange rectangle on the map. In-game, you can see it marked with four corners set in orange and white. This covers the newly expanded spawn town of Aditus and public resources like the tutorial and the tree farm. Everything outside this area will be removed and reset with a new seed, giving new players easily found building grounds while allowing others to gather resources without being too worried about the landscape.

From here on, the world will be reset on a semi-regular basis as needed. This should last at least three months between wipes.

Do you love Moosemart but hate bulk trading in large quantities? Now available are the Box of Twix® Vending Machines, which will allow you to trade for a whole shulker at a time! You can access it from the new kiosk at Moosemart.

Simply bring along an empty Shulker, select the item you want, deposit your emeralds, and your Shulker will be filled with the item you chose! There are also a couple of special mixed supply bundles, as well as the highly exclusive Box of Twix® T-Shirt! Forgot your Shulker? We'll sell you one for the low, low price of 11 Emeralds.

Back to school? Back to work? Who cares, time for more Minecraft! Read on for the return of the Hunter's Lodge and an extension to AlexTheTrain's building contest, among other things.