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We are glad to announce that our network's very first contest called ‘Build an Empire” is now officially open on our brand new Contest World! The contest takes place form June 22, 2015 - July 6, 2015, so hurry and claim your plot to get started!

To enter in the contest:

• Open the server menu by right clicking with the compass, then choose the contest world which is a gold block.
• Claim a plot to build on: /plot claim
• Add your team /plot trust <player>
• Start building
• Download the plot as a world file at any time to share it: /plot web download world

Check out our previous post for more information regarding the contest such as rules, prizes, etc.
http://www.athion.net/community/threads/athion-contest-build-an-empire.991/

We are glad to announce the opening of our Contest World on our Network with our very first contest called ‘Build an Empire”.

Our contest world has some additional features added on top of our plot plugin the main feature being the ability to DOWNLOAD YOUR PLOT at any time in the contest. This gives you a world file of your build that you can place for download on websites, render for images and make videos on. If you do this, it would be great to have a shout out to our network and link our ip in your posts :D

Now onto contest specifics…

You will be tasked to “Build an Empire” that a civilization would be proud to live in. You can work by yourself or in groups of up to 6 players per plot on our massive contest plots that are just over 1000 x 1000 in size.

You dont have to worry about terrain as we have custom preloaded terrain onto each plot so you all have the same land to work with to produce a quality project.

Contest Information:


Limitations:

• Winning plots would need to be mostly finished, since you have 2 weeks to complete your entries we advise you work on...

New Plugins & Features:


Plugin Updates:


Permission Updates:

• Added /kit tools for all ranks that will give you the tools for w.e, voxelsniper and palette plugins. We have named these and added some lore to them!
• Added Biome generation too Apprentice: /plot generatebiome <biome> OR WITH WORLDEDIT //biomegen <biome> [height] [seed]
• Added misc essentials commands some are noted below;
  • /seen
  • /afk
  • /god
  • /ping
  • /unstuck
• Added /plot kick
• Added...

Hey guys, the server is back online! The issue was found and solved, pretty quickly. You can come on and enjoy Athion again!

Thanks again for your patience and understanding,

Athion Devleopment Team

Hey guys, just a little update here. Unfortunately the server is completely down for tonight, and we will have it back up tomorrow morning. Edit: The server is online again. Don't worry though, your builds and everything are safe. We are just experiencing some minor back-end issues. We will keep you updated as much and as quickly as we can!

Thanks for your patience and understanding,

Athion Development Team

We are glad to announce our OPEN BETA is now live for our Build Battle Plugin.

You can now join our Build Battle world where you can fight it out among yourselves for the glory of beating a fellow builder in a Battle of Blocks! Anyone is able to join via the sponge in your compasses, to battle against any rank on the server!

Once you've teleported to the Build Battle world, make your way through the building, and over to the Play building and click on a sign with 'play' written on it. The current minimum number of people required to start the battle is 4, however this may be changed.

You can find out information on the arena(s) with /bb info <arena> which states how long you have to build, vote, and the themes, as well as those currently waiting for, or participating in, the battle.

At the end of the battle, you'll all be teleported to one another's plot to vote. The voting is done by scrolling through the wool in your inventory, and selecting the number (slot) you want to vote with. The plugin will then average these scores out, and the winner will be shown!

The Build Battles are currently in beta, so features may be made, edited or removed dependant on how they run. So watch this forum to make sure you're keeping up with them!

This also means that if you find any bugs or have suggestions, please let a staff member know so we can get it fixed and put ideas towards our developers

Thanks, and happy battling!

Some Notable Features:

• PLOT GUI can set plot floor, biome, weather, time and music
• PLOT GUI Clear option

Some Future Features:

• World Edit + Voxel Sniper Support
• Team Battles

Our PMC Server Listing is finally live head over to PMC to give us a vote and diamond and maybe a comment.

http://www.planetminecraft.com/server/athion-network/

Community Update #1 - What's been happening in the community (changes made off the server)

Website Updates:

• Main Website Template and Content rework has been made to turn the front end of the site into a portfolio more than the place to gain up-to-date information. Please report any broken links coming into the website to @sycoinc
• New Imagery created for banners and advertising the server (not including the logo)
• Improved Performance

Forum Updates:

• Creation of News section for all latest updates and news
• Merging and deletion of some forum threads and posts to cut down on spam and junk / unused areas.
• Unban & Ban requests moved to a form submission so all records kept private with the Athion Staff / Admin team.
• Improved performance by removing outdated or un-used plugins.

Donation Store Updates:

• store.athion.net redirection to forums (link may be broken) until we finish the store update
• new design for store
• packages being reworked for store to improve perks for package donations
• more coming soon once store re-opened.

General Updates & Additions:

• Addition of Server Spawn on Planet Minecraft that can be found here
• Preparation for Server to be submitted on Planet Minecraft
• Advertising imagery preparation for users & staff forum signatures or for use on social media.
• Misc server guide creation underway

Plugin Updates:

• Migration from AthionPlots to Plot Squared.
• Added New Review System called Byte Review, this will soon phase out Athion Review.

Permission Updates:

• Added Lite Sniper to Apprentice Rank.

General Updates:

• Added Proper cross server Teleportation.
• World Trimming of all plot worlds to improve performance and free up space (no plots deleted).
• Preparation for NEW Donation Store Plugin.

Misc Fixes:

• Permissions clean up for un-used or duplicated permissions on ranks.
• Minor sizing fixes to Plot Squared Popup text when entering a plot.
• Minor interaction changes for Plot Squared when on a plot that's not your own.
• Tweaks to Mod / Admin commands and processes for Byte Review.

As some of you may have heard zero byte development team consisting of several familiar faces including myself have been handed the reigns of Athion.

So with this new era we will be slowly updating the website and the forums, starting with a restructure of the threads you can post in and a new way to submit your ban and unban requests along with a few little additions and changes along the way.

The forums will now be the focus of our website and will have all news posted on it unlike our current method where it's posted on the main website. The main website will be simplified and cut down for the basic information, images and links for ease of use.

Both will get a rework of their visual look with time and new features that connect to the server will come later after we get the server up and running.

A y suggestions let us know as these changes will be starting to happen in the start of June 2015.