Hello everyone!
We have a few things to announce and I thought to use this post to also recap what Skycade’s plans are for the future.
KitPvP
I hear your feedback about the servers being laggy, and I am actively working on the situation. I think I have identified the cause of the problem but that will require me to change three or four plugins at the same time to fix it definitively. I have already pushed a fix on our proxies that has made things a bit better, but there are still a couple things to do. Expect all this to be done by Monday/Tuesday.
YouTube
We're looking for YouTubers, small or big, to record on Skycade to showcase our network to a wider audience! In return, the YouTubers will receive some perks based on their audience:
If you'd like to be a YouTuber for Skycade, please contact @MarvelDC with a link to your channel.
Gamemode Managers
Starting from the beginning of this month, we have new Managers! Each manager is assigned to one or more gamemodes and is responsible for the design and maintenance of the current and future seasons of those gamemodes.
Factions: @TrySimple - Assistant: @Lenora
Factions seasons normally last for around two months. However, for this season we’ve heard your discontent and decided to anticipate the end of it by a couple weeks. Therefore, Factions Season 19 is set to start Saturday, December 5th! You can read all about it here: https://skycade.net/threads/factions-season-19-annoucement.51451/
Prisons
Skycade started as a prisons server and the game mode has been added and removed a lot from the network. Due to a low need for prisons and the high bug count making it hard to justify it staying, we've decided to close the gamemode soon. This doesn't mean it won't come back in the future.
The formal closure date will be announced later on. On that day, we will host a special event, so stay tuned for that. We'd like to thank the prisons representatives and players who have stuck around by playing the game mode every now and then.
Player referrals
Introducing player referrals on our store! Invite new people to play on the server, and you will receive 3 redeemable referral keys upon their first purchase on the store, for a maximum of 15 keys per day. You can convert these keys in any of the main crate keys of the gamemode of your choosing. Tell the player you’re inviting to give your name on the ‘Did someone refer you?’ question at checkout.
Conclusions
I’d like to thank everybody who stayed and will continue to stick around during these days of trouble for us due to valuable members of our team leaving and a general decline in interest from the players. We hear that and we’d like to change it for the better by listening to your feedback and creating an enjoyable experience for everyone. In particular, huge thanks to the donators who are literally keeping the whole network running. I hope to get back to you with the lag fixes as soon as possible; in the meantime, give a warm welcome to the new managers!
Cheers,
Ricky
We have a few things to announce and I thought to use this post to also recap what Skycade’s plans are for the future.
KitPvP
I hear your feedback about the servers being laggy, and I am actively working on the situation. I think I have identified the cause of the problem but that will require me to change three or four plugins at the same time to fix it definitively. I have already pushed a fix on our proxies that has made things a bit better, but there are still a couple things to do. Expect all this to be done by Monday/Tuesday.
YouTube
We're looking for YouTubers, small or big, to record on Skycade to showcase our network to a wider audience! In return, the YouTubers will receive some perks based on their audience:
- command permissions to help record videos (of course, no abusing!);
- a special rank prefix to stand out;
- a monetary return based on factors discussed privately.
If you'd like to be a YouTuber for Skycade, please contact @MarvelDC with a link to your channel.
Gamemode Managers
Starting from the beginning of this month, we have new Managers! Each manager is assigned to one or more gamemodes and is responsible for the design and maintenance of the current and future seasons of those gamemodes.
- KitPvP: @NegativeKB
- KitPvP just reset! You can read all about it here: https://skycade.net/threads/skycade-kitpvp-season-5-announcement.51342/
- Intro:
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Hi, if you play KitPvP, you probably know me. If not, I'm Negative, some people call me Eric, I really don't care. But I am the new gamemode manager for KitPvP, replacing erhip because of his new Staff Manager position. And as of very recent, I am a new Developer at Skycade, mainly for maintaining KitPvP and doing other small things around the server. I used to be known as a KitPvP sweat over a year ago, becoming the #1 killer from day 1 of the season until the end. I also became staff and was very good
These days I'm trying to take more of a management type role and do the best I can from the power I have to make the server a better place for all, with my main focus on KitPvP. If you played the recent beta that happened on Saturday, you could see I put a lot of work into the gamemode to make it better overall. I could say a lot more probably but I'll save that for another time.
Factions: @TrySimple - Assistant: @Lenora
Factions seasons normally last for around two months. However, for this season we’ve heard your discontent and decided to anticipate the end of it by a couple weeks. Therefore, Factions Season 19 is set to start Saturday, December 5th! You can read all about it here: https://skycade.net/threads/factions-season-19-annoucement.51451/
- Intro (@TrySimple):
Intro (@Lenoraa):
- Skyblock: @MarvelDC
- Skyblock was reset relatively recently, therefore we are not expecting to reset anytime before next year. Marvel will be in charge of gathering the feedback from the players and the reps, and will fill me up with bugs to fix or new features to implement for the current season.
- Intro:
- Creative & SMP: @nocookies4me
- Like Skyblock, SMP has been reset very recently, so the main job will be to maintain it and solve this season’s bugs (no, I haven’t forgotten about the custom enchants!).
- As for Creative, let us know if you guys want a reset on there and we’ll make it happen! Also give us some feedback on features you would like to see on there.
- Intro:
Prisons
Skycade started as a prisons server and the game mode has been added and removed a lot from the network. Due to a low need for prisons and the high bug count making it hard to justify it staying, we've decided to close the gamemode soon. This doesn't mean it won't come back in the future.
The formal closure date will be announced later on. On that day, we will host a special event, so stay tuned for that. We'd like to thank the prisons representatives and players who have stuck around by playing the game mode every now and then.
Player referrals
Introducing player referrals on our store! Invite new people to play on the server, and you will receive 3 redeemable referral keys upon their first purchase on the store, for a maximum of 15 keys per day. You can convert these keys in any of the main crate keys of the gamemode of your choosing. Tell the player you’re inviting to give your name on the ‘Did someone refer you?’ question at checkout.
Conclusions
I’d like to thank everybody who stayed and will continue to stick around during these days of trouble for us due to valuable members of our team leaving and a general decline in interest from the players. We hear that and we’d like to change it for the better by listening to your feedback and creating an enjoyable experience for everyone. In particular, huge thanks to the donators who are literally keeping the whole network running. I hope to get back to you with the lag fixes as soon as possible; in the meantime, give a warm welcome to the new managers!
Cheers,
Ricky
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