For a limited time only, we are offering a new Sponsor rank on the server and, while it's not for everyone, a few people have asked for something like this.

You will get a new title in game, [Sponsor], that will be the same color as the old yellow VIP rank. For $100, you will get lifetime Royalty, or if we come out with a higher rank with more Minecraft perks in the future, it will auto-upgrade to that. So basically for a lifetime, you get all of the Minecraft perks we ever offer from now on. You also get all available kits we offer in Minecraft.


Also, our Founder has returned - please welcome SneakyPie back to the server. SneakyPie posted over here And There Was Much Rejoicing.

Artist's Depiction of SneakyPie's Arrival:


One last thing, don't forget about our Big Nautical Build going on right now. Go join in on the fun for a chance to win a free month of Royalty!

So, do you think you got what it takes to be the ultimate excavator? On February 25th you can get your chance to prove it!

Inspired by the work at the Imperial City Dig Site, The Clearing Challenge will pit contestants against each other in a test of speed and guts as they race to clear a predetermined set of blocks the fastest with only blocks of logs provided to make tools with. The winner will be whoever clears their area entirely first and will win a free month of Royalty VIP rank!

Here are the complete rules:

• Teams are NOT allowed
• You must have knowledge of how to make tools and other crafting devices in order to participate and win.
• God mode will NOT be on!
• If you die for whatever reason, you will have run back to your area from the spawn and if you lose any items, you will NOT be reimbursed.
• If you manage to mess up the materials provided (eg. burning all your wood) you will NOT be reimbursed.
• The blocks to clear will not all be stone, there WILL be some surprises inside it, both helpful and not-so-helpful
• Each contestants area of blocks to clear is 100% identical to ensure fairness.
• In the event of random lag, we will NOT be responsible for anything that happens so do not complain about lag.
• In order to be finished in your area, ALL blocks in your area must be cleared. This includes the logs, melon blocks, crafting blocks, furnaces, or anything else you might have made and placed down. Loose collectible entity blocks laying around however are okay.
• When you are done as mentioned above, you MUST type in chat and say "CLEAR" in all caps in order to get the judge's attention. We will then disable the ability to dig and build for everyone while we check. If you are indeed finished you win! If however you actually were NOT finished you will be DISQUALIFIED and then we will give everyone a chance to resume the competition.
• The winner will be determined by watching judge(s) Infesord, and in the event of a possible tie due to close finishes there may be a review or a separate and smaller tie-breaker challenge to determine a winner.

If you wish to participate, make a post here that you wish to play and I will assign one of the areas for you to join (currently a max of 50) in advance to make the event smoother and list which number you will be assigned below. Even if you forget to sign up here we can still assign you to an area to play as long as you show up to the event, the signing up is merely more of a convenience for the staff.


Participant Area Assignments

Today sees the launch of the Achievements and Stats Website!

The Achievements and Stats website improves upon the commands offered ingame (/ach and /stats), providing complete access to all your statistics and unlocked achievements, as well as new features such as:

• Stats breakdown, how long you've been playing, how much you've mined, how many times you got sniped by a skeleton records collected and deaths by fire.
• Top 20's, who's on the server All the time, who keeps falling to their deaths, who is out to just kill every living creature on escapecraft.com and many more!
• See who else has unlocked achievements.
• Discover how many achievements you have left to collect.
• And, Fancy signature images that reflect your stats and latest achievements

Images of the new website

Personalised signature images


Look at what people have said about this:
Iron_Fang:

Lovely art design capped by some beautiful touches

"lovely banner to show other's your progress!"

"very easy to use!"

XxGhostxReconxX:

Wow! This plugin is great! It's so awesome to see all my stats and achievements!

It's fun to compare my stats to my friends stats!

I like being able to show my stats and achievements on my signatures!

Credits:

Tehbeard : Coding the Stats and achievements plugins
Furdabip: Coding the site and banner.
haxxorzd00d : Drawing pretty pictures to use as icons

Goto the Achievements site
Goto the Stats site



Congratulations to Modocam for winning this the Tower Spleef event! He won his month of Royalty Rank but kindly gave it to ClanZt!

The Final Match consisted of: LS13, ClanZt and Truc.

Favorite part of the match was when the Sudden Death Lava was released from the top, and all the players instantly raced to the bottom.

Thank you to all who participated!

Remember our next event, the Nautical Big Build begins on February 18, 2012. Keep checking the event subheading on the main discussion page of the forums for detail regarding future events and the information and announcements page for other important posts.

ANNOUNCING! Rock's Nautical Big Build!

The best entry wins Royalty Rank for a month on Escapecraft.com Minecraft Server!

Rock Beefchest and the Events Team will be hosting A Nautical Themed Big Build Event, from February 18, 12:00 AM (server time, for timezone conversions, see below) to February 25, 11:59 PM in the Event Arena!

To Sign Up: Leave a post in this thread detailing who will be on your team (maximum 2 players), and go to the event arena and grab yourself a plot.

To get to the event arena: From Hub (/groupspawn) go up the red brick staircase and look for the "Events Portal" - choose an empty plot and click its sign to claim!

More Details and Rules!

• One plot per contestant or team of contestants allowed. Do not claim multiple plots!
• Build something that fits the theme.
• The Event Arena will open February 18, (see below for timezones) and closes on February 25 for judging.
  Build early!
• Entries can be anything from Ships, Submarines, Ports of call, Anything Nautical (even airships).
• Judges will pick the best entry, as well as two runners-up and up to three "honorable mentions".
• Claiming more than one plot will result in disqualification from the contest and possibly a suspension!
• Teams: up to 2 players, or build alone - and players may join in anytime during "Build Week" after the event starts. The player who claims the plot needs to add the team-mates to it, instructions are in the signs.
• Judges for this event are Rock Beefchest, Neonraven, DarkTaint

Notice: The Events Arena will be closed for judging at the end of the week, on February 25, 2012 - You have ONE WEEK to build your entry!

When the Event Starts: