Newsletter #47 for May 23rd, 2023

Howdy folks!

It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!

Forgive me for not getting this newsletter out to you sooner, I had an internet outage yesterday and didn’t get wifi back until about 3:40pm eastern. Such is life, but it worked out for the better this way, as now I get to report DS9 petitions to you as well!

Let’s not get too far ahead  in this intro, here’s the news!

Minecraft Servers

One week before Deep Slate Nine server downtime!

As a reminder to folks, the DS9 server has expected downtime from May 30th-31st. This is so Joe can upgrade the hardware and thus give the players a better experience.

Joe will also be utilizing that time to reset B’hala, so players will have that to look forward to. If you have any major projects or tasks you were working on, you have the next week to finish or get them in a stable state! Thanks!

DS9 May Petitions

We held asynchronous petitions for DS9 on the 22nd! Folks submitted their requests in writing and had them reviewed live on stream!

You can find the VOD and minutes from the petition here.

DS9 event schedule

  • DS9 Server downtime
    • Tuesday May 30th to Wednesday May 31st.
  • Pride Parade, hosted by Team Gaymers
    • Sunday, June 11th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, June 17th, 1pm US Central Time
  • Summer Solstice Parade, hosted by Team SCP
    • Saturday, June 17th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Map Art Build Contest
    • Ongoing until judging on Saturday, July 15th

Everstorm obituaries

No obituaries to report, phew!

Modded SMP

An update has come in from server operator ToxxicGlitter! The modded server’s restart is aimed to be on June 13th! It will run for about 3(ish) months, and will be a more serious modpack, specifics still to be determined.

You can make suggestions over in SMP: Modded 1.19 by ToxxicGlitter > #modded-feature-request

Vanillish

Petitions for Vanillish happened on May 16th! Server operator Yirggzmb has two updates! The full details can be found in SMP: Vanillish by Yirggzmb > #vanillish-petitions. I will provide a summary for you here:

  • Request for voice mod for the server
    • The request has been green lit and given to Joe, this change will not be immediate, and will require the server to stay on one specific game version as opposed to updating to the newest version, as DS9 does.
  • Other Stuff
    • Now that we are on 1.19.4, Yirggzmb has added chairs to Vanillish!
      • Name a minecart “chair” (all lowercase, no quotes) and hold it in your main hand. This will transform into a special item you can place down to create a “seat”. It is an invisible item you can see by turning on hitboxes (f3+b). You sit with right click and break it with a left click. These are entities, so caution is advised in terms of lag.

Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament

Oops! Firstly, let me apologize for me dropping the ball and not noticing this slip up. We have been off with the count of the pinball tournament weeks! This week’s tournament is actually Week 20, sorry for the confusion!

I’d also like to apologize to Mr. Hardluck. I falsely announced last week that he had won 4 weeks in a row, but this was not correct! My count was off by one.

Week 19: The Party Zone

Congratulations to Mr. Hardluck for winning this week as well, as that means his win streak is now, accurately, 6 wins in a row! Be sure to celebrate!

1st: Mr_Hardluck. 2nd: DarkHorseAsh. 3rd: JoeHills. 4th: Laxmi13. 5th: fgluckman.

Week 20: High Speed II, the Getaway

Race to win this week’s tournament!

If you’re interested in joining the pinball tournaments you can find information under activity-sign-ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges.

Streams

Upcoming Streams

Due to the chaotic end of school year events and Joe’s lack of confidence in predicting his availability we are unable to present a stream schedule to you at this time, sorry!

With the holiday next week there will be no newsletter, so you can expect a stream schedule on June 5th!

If it will provide any benefit, here is a list of streams that are CANCELLED. There will NOT be any streams on these dates:

  • Evening of Friday, May 26th.
  • All times on Memorial day, Monday, May 29th.
  • Evening of Thursday, June 1st.
  • Morning of Friday, June 2nd.

Notable streams

Though this VOD starts with the DS9 petitions, Joe says there’s an intense TCG match worth viewing, check it out!

Upcoming conventions

Music City Multi Con tickets sales have still not opened. In the meantime, keep your calendar clear, we have tentative dates for Fall and Spring TGD! Again, the dates are NOT final, as the hotel contract has not yet been signed!

So long for now…

Thanks as always for reading the newsletter! Your support helps keep this going, and I appreciate you for taking the time to read! Thank you!

This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.

See you around!

Petitions May 2023

  • 1st ruling: centuritron, no magic shulker eggs, should be community effort to gather live ones
  • 2nd ruling: Void, no hoglin or zoglin eggs, should be community effort to gather live ones
  • 3rd ruling: Ellas, no sheep eggs, should be community effort to gather live ones
  • 4th ruling: Tommy requests set B’hala reset date for next reset. Joe agrees to roll that into server update on May 30-31st.
  • 5th ruling: Mantuamaker, you can gather wither skeletons as a community activity.
  • 6th ruling: Mantuamaker requests cod heads and player heads (steve) in time for June Pride Parade. Joe agrees to add those to b’hala loot.
  • 7th ruling: Chefnutmeg requests Phantom egg, but has since rescinded it. No action taken.
  • 8th ruling: Kindalas requests enchanted button. Joe agrees to add those to B’hala loot table.
  • 9th ruling: Centuritron requests custom golden swords
    • Joe agrees to add the following to B’hala loot table: golden_sword{Unbreakable:1,Enchantments:[{id:sharpness,lvl:13},{id:knockback,lvl:2},{id:fire_aspect,lvl:2},{id:looting,lvl:3},{id:sweeping,lvl:3},{id:unbreaking,lvl:3},{id:mending,lvl:1}]}
  • 10th: MagentaAvocado requests a haiku about base at given coords
    • The sun is shining
      Teletubbies would live here
      If only they could
  • 11th ruling: StellarSpider requests special fortune enchanted stone picks for iron mining, Joe agrees to load up B’hala loot tables with stacks of 9-iron blocks.

Newsletter #46 for May 15th, 2023

Howdy folks!

It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!

We’ve got some updates for you, let’s begin right away!

Minecraft Servers

The DS9 petition date has changed!!

Due to scheduling conflicts, Joe will need to cancel the upcoming DS9 petitions. But worry not! We’re just gonna do things a little bit differently this time!

We will be doing asynchronous petitions reviewed live on Joe’s stream! Folks can submit their petition request in our new channel, S9 Vanilla SMP: Deep Slate Nine > #ds9-asyncronous-may-petitions.

Then, on Monday, May 22nd at 8:30pm US Central Time, Joe will review the requests live on stream! Folks can still attend the petition of course, this method just ensures folks who can’t attend on a weekday can still submit items.

If you have any questions, please let us know in the channel!

DS9 event schedule

  • DS9 Petitions
    • Monday, May 22nd, 8:30pm US Central
  • DS9 Server downtime
    • Tuesday May 30th to Wednesday May 31st.
  • Pride Parade, hosted by Team Gaymers
    • Sunday, June 11th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, June 17th, 1pm US Central Time
  • Summer Solstice Parade, hosted by Team SCP
    • Saturday, June 17th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Map Art Build Contest
    • Ongoing until judging on Saturday, July 15th

April Everstorm closes

The survivors of last month’s Everstorm share these final reports:

  • Void killed four withers, one dragon, and then flew out to explore all corners of the world before retiring
  • Kindalas joined the world to ride on Void’s coat tails.

May Everstorm opens

Does anybody else hear maniacal laughter? Oh, it’s just our server operator ToxxicGlitter! How have our players fared so far with his Everstorm this month?

  • ChefNutmeg started to chop a tree, a Skelly fell when leaves decayed and shot her in the face. Total time on server before death <2 minutes.
  • fancytoy drowned in an attempt to make an underwater staircase

Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament

We have 4 weeks left of our Pinball FX3 tournaments, cause Pinball FX has released! We will be switching over to Pinball FX to open the tournament to more folks, as now Mac support is available, awesome!

The launch of the next tournament, utilizing Pinball FX,  will be on June 18th. We will also be using a new scoring system! Joe is working on the fine details, but it will feature weekly winners as well as a long standing rankings for the tournaments as a whole!

Week 17: Funhouse

Congrats again to Mr.Hardluck for the win! That makes 4 in a row, incredible!

1stL Mr_Hardluck, 2nd: @JoeHills, 3rd: Laxmi13, 4th: Parker, 5th: DarkHorseAsh

Week 18: The Party Zone

Come join our pinball party ptournament!

If you’re interested in joining the pinball tournaments you can find information under activity-sign-ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges.

Streams

Upcoming Streams

All times are in US Central

  • Monday, May 15th
    • 1pm: HHH stream
    • 8:30pm: HermitCraft 9 Live!
  • Tuesday, May 16th
    • 8:30am: HermitCraft coffee stream
  • Wednesday, May 17th
    • 8:30am: Crafts with Cleo
  • Thursday, May 18th
  • Friday, May 19th
    • 8:30am Hermitcraft 9 Live! (special early show)
  • Saturday, May 20th
    • Off due to family commitments
  • Sunday, May 21st
    • 8:30pm: HermitCraft 9 Live!
  • Monday, May 22nd
    • 8:30am: Coffee and Correspondence on HermitCraft 9
    • 1pm: HHH Stream
    • 8:30pm: DS9 petitions and HermitCraft 9 Live!

Notable streams

Want to see Joe and Quinn play Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Have I got the VOD for you! It features my favorite, the pizza cam!

And as always, the fantastic crafts with Cleo stream VOD!

Upcoming conventions

Music City Multi Con has been announced! You can expect to see Joe there, though tickets are not yet available. Stay tuned for that!

So long for now…

I hope you found this newsletter fun and informative! Funformative? Either way, have a wonderful week!

This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.

See you around!

Newsletter #45 for May 8th, 2023

Howdy folks!

It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!

It’s time to get into some news, I hope you’re ready, cause here we go!

Hermitcraft TCG

There’s only one week left for you to pre-order the HermitCraft trading card game! You check out the game over here.

Pre-orders close May 15th, so be sure to get them while you still can!

Minecraft Servers

DS9 event schedule

  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, May 20th, 1pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Server downtime
    • Tuesday May 30th to Wednesday May 31st.
  • Pride Parade, hosted by Team Gaymers
    • Sunday, June 11th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, June 17th, 1pm US Central Time
  • Summer Solstice Parade, hosted by Team SCP
    • Saturday, June 17th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Map Art Build Contest
    • Ongoing until judging on Saturday, July 15th

Everstorm obituaries

No obituaries to report, phew!

The next reset is tomorrow, Tuesday May 9th. Tragically I can’t share all the details I’ve seen from server operator ToxxicGlitter but I can share this!

When describing this iteration, Toxxic said “Laughs maniacally
Get ready for some datapack nonsense fun.”

There will be modified world generation as well as crafting. To see it all you’ll have to join tomorrow and find out! Who will live, and who will die in a Toxxic world?!

In the meantime, enjoy the last day of the current version, try to get a cool death for the obituary, or you can submit a survivor’s message if you make it to the end! I hope to include yours!

Vanillish

Server operator Yirggzmb has overseen the update, and all seems well! The Vanillish server is now on 1.19.4!

If you’ve yet to join us on our minecraft servers and feel like it is too late to join our flagship server, Deep Slate Nine, Vanillish may be the one for you! No need to install any mods, though the vanilla tweaks datapacks give it a fresh spin on that classic minecraft SMP feel!

Petitions for Vanillish will be on Tuesday, May 16th, These are asynchronous, so just drop your petition request in #vanillish-petitions before the 16th and Yirggzmb will review it!

Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament

Week 16: Dr Dude and his Excellent Ray

Another victory goes to Mr. Hardluck, congrats! That makes 3 weeks in a row! Who, if anyone, can break this streak?!

1st: Mr_Hardluck. 2nd: Laxmi13. 3rd: DarkHorseAsh. 4th: JoeHills

Week 17: Funhouse

Step right up and take a crack at wise-cracking Rudy the ventriloquist dummy!

If you’re interested in joining the pinball tournaments you can find information under activity-sign-ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges.

Streams

I’m very excited for a stream this week! Joe will be joined by his sister Quinn Hills on Friday, May 12th at 8:30am US central time for a special 6 hour stream for the launch of the new Zelda game, Tears of the Kingdom! I’m a huge fan of Zelda games, so I’m very excited for this stream!

They’ll be using Joe’s arts and craft stream set up, Quinn will have a whiteboard to help map out things and keep track of quests while Joe runs around saving Hyrule! And surprise! There will be a lunch break featuring a bonus pizza cam!! This is incredible news, very cool, you are on the edge of your seat in excitement like me, right??

Also there will be some sort of donation thermometer with tipping milestones such as $6,000: New guitar for Quinn and a visit with Badger for Joe, $25,000: Pinball machines and rigs to stream the gameplay with, 2 Million: Duplex house with a garage studio, 2 Billion: prestige television network.

The specifics are lost on me, and I know Joe knows that realistic goals like these are maybe not completely viable in a 6 hour stream, but frankly hearing about it felt like I was being hazed.

I guess that’s the Joe Hills difference!

Upcoming Streams

This schedule is tentative, Joe anticipates this week will be a little chaotic on the server, so I recommend subscribing to him on Youtube and Twitch with notifications enabled so you don’t miss anything!

  • Monday, May 8th
    • 1pm: HermitCraft bonus stream
    • 8:30pm: HermitCraft 9 Live!
  • Tuesday, May 9th
    • 8:30am: HermitCraft bonus stream
  • Wednesday, May 10th
    • 8:30am: Crafts with Cleo (prepare artwork for Zelda stream)
  • Thursday, May 11th
    • 8:30am: HermitCraft with Quinn Hills
    • 8:30pm: HermitCraft 9 Live!
  • Friday, May 12th
    • 8:30am: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2: Tears of the Kingdom (2023) six-hour mega-stream with Quinn Hills
  • Saturday, May 13th
    • Noon: Four hours of TCG!
    • 8:30pm: HermitCraft 9 Live!
  • Sunday, May 14th
    • 8:30pm: HermitCraft 9 Live!

Notable streams

Joe isn’t exactly sure about continuing the Don Quixote streams. If you have thoughts please put them in Joe Hills Meta > #feedback-creative. Thanks!

Upcoming conventions

Music City Multi Con has been announced! You can expect to see Joe there, though tickets are not yet available. Stay tuned for that!

So long for now…

Thanks as always for reading the newsletter! Especially you, yes you! The reader reading this right now! You’re my favorite.

This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.

See you around!

Newsletter #44 for May 1st, 2023

Howdy folks!

It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!

Welcome in May! If you’re here for some news you’ve come to the right place, let’s get started!

Hermitcraft TCG

The pre-order window for the Hermitcraft TCG is halfway over! If you want to support Joe, Vintage Beef, and the other Hermits, while getting some cool cards in the process, you can check out the game over here!

Pre-orders close May 15th, so be sure to get them while you still can!

Minecraft Servers

DS9 Kentucky Derby parade

Another fun parade! It’s always amazing to see folks building their floats. If you want to see folks horsing around take a look at this VOD! If you’re not already a member and are interested in joining us for our next parade you can join Joe’s patreon to support him and gain access to our minecraft servers. I hope to see you soon!

Thank you to team Blackwater for hosting!

DS9 event schedule

  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, May 20th, 1pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Server downtime
    • Tuesday May 30th to Wednesday May 31st.
  • Pride Parade, hosted by Team Gaymers
    • Sunday, June 11th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, June 17th, 1pm US Central Time
  • Summer Solstice Parade, hosted by Team SCP
    • Saturday, June 17th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Map Art Build Contest
    • Ongoing until judging on Saturday, July 15th

Our map art contest judging will be held in an in game model of The USS Defiant as featured on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, our version pictured below. Thanks so much to Mantuamaker for being our host!

A minecraft screenshot of the Deep Slate Nine server at night. It is an overhead shot of the spawn town, Spilly, with a spaceship from star trek named The Defiant in the background.

Everstorm obituaries

No obituaries to report, phew!

The next reset is Tuesday, May 9th, there’s only one week left to enjoy this session of Everstorm!

Our server operator ToxxicGlitter already has a world prepared for the next iteration, what could he be planning?? All I have to share is this quote from Toxxic, “basically no armor again”.

Vanillish

The time for Vanillish’s update is here! Or rather, it will be here tomorrow! As per server operator Yirggzmb’s instructions Joe will be updating the server to 1.19.4. If you’re a player on the server be sure to use the right game version in your client!

You can expect Vanillish to go down tomorrow, May 2nd, at noon US Central time for this update.

Q3 Quarterly Meeting

We have a date selected for our next quarterly meeting! It is currently set for August 12th. This date may be changed in the future, in accordance with Joe’s availability. Most likely it would change to the 19th of August. We will give you the finalized date and time as we approach that time of the year.

Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament

Week 15: Space Station

Congrats again to Mr. Hardluck! Will anybody else be able to take first place??

1st: MrHardluck. 2nd: DarkHorseAsh. 3rd: WrexVerdi. 4th: NJCoffeeJunkie. 5th: ProfessorGallifrey. 6th: JoeHills. 7th: Parker. 8th: Cosmic Goddess.

Week 16: Dr Dude and his Excellent Ray

If you’re interested in joining the pinball tournaments you can find information under activity-sign-ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges.

Streams

Upcoming Streams

  • Monday, May 1st
    • No night stream
  • Tuesday, May 2nd
    • 8:30am: coffee stream
  • Wednesday, May 3rd
    • 8:30am: Crafts with Cleo
  • Thursday, May 4th
    • 8:30am: HermitCraft with Quinn
    • 8:30pm HermitCraft 9 Live
  • Friday, May 5th
    • No morning stream
    • 8:30pm HermitCraft 9 Live
  • Saturday, May 6th
    • 8:30pm HermitCraft 9 Live
  • Sunday, May 7th
    • 8:30pm HermitCraft 9 Live
  • Monday, May 8th
    • 8:30am: coffee stream
    • 8:30pm HermitCraft 9 Live

Notable streams

Upcoming conventions

Music City Multi Con has been announced! You can expect to see Joe there, though tickets are not yet available. Stay tuned for that!

So long for now…

I hope this month is full of new surprises and growth for you. Enjoy the springtime!

This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.

See you around!

Newsletter #43 for April 24th, 2023

Howdy folks!

It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!

I hope you’re having a good day so far, let’s see what’s new!

Minecraft Servers

DS9 Earth Day parade

The Earth Day parade building contest was filled with amazing builds! So amazing that Joe has decried my puns skills in favor of one of the entrants! Who could possibly make a better pun than me?! You’ll have to watch the VOD and enjoy the floats to find out!

Thank you to team Earth Kingdom Scouts for hosting!

Kentucky Derby Parade

Our next parade is one being celebrated alongside the Kentucky Derby. Team Blackwater is the host, and the representative DahliaM wanted folks to know that the theme for this parade is basically horses. Her intentions were to pick a holiday that has the most relevance to horses, and that she believes in strong and strict reforms in the industry and cannot praise or respect the current practices held.

Folks are allowed to create floats about the derby, the hats and all the extravagance the Kentucky Derby is known for, but Team Blackwater does not condone the racing industry, or the abusive practices of the horse industry.

DS9 event schedule

  • Kentucky Derby Parade, hosted by Team Blackwater
    • Sunday, April 30th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, May 20th, 1pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Server downtime
    • Tuesday May 30th to Wednesday May 31st.
  • Pride Parade, hosted by Team Gaymers
    • Sunday, June 11th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, June 17th, 1pm US Central Time
  • Summer Solstice Parade, hosted by Team SCP
    • Saturday, June 17th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Map Art Build Contest
    • Ongoing until judging on Saturday, July 15th

Everstorm obituaries

No obituaries to report, phew!

The next reset is Tuesday, May 9th, so be sure to hop on if you haven’t had the chance yet!

Rumor has it that the next iteration may be a little… Toxxic. More information will given as it becomes available!

Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament

Week 14: Monster Bash

Another win for Mr. Hardluck, congrats!

1st: MrHardluck. 2nd: ProfessorGallifrey. 3rd: Parker. 4th: DarkHorseAsh. 5th: ButterflyGirlKMC. 6th: JoeHills.

Week 15: Space Station

If you’re interested in joining the pinball tournaments you can find information under activity-sign-ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges.

Streams

Upcoming Streams

We have a schedule this week, woohoo!

  • Monday, April 24th
    • 8:30pm: HermitCraft 9 Live!
    • Monday afternoon: off for Hermit recording
  • Tuesday, April 25th
    • 8:30am: Coffee and grinding, HermitCraft bonus stream
  • Wednesday, April 26th
    • 8:30am: Crafts with Cleo
  • Thursday, April 27th
    • 8:30am: Quinn co-hosts HermitCraft 9!
    • Thursday night: HermitCraft 9 Live!
  • Friday, April 28th
    • 8:30am: Coffee and grinding, HermitCraft bonus stream
    • Friday night: off for family time
  • Saturday, April 29th
    • Saturday night: off for family time
  • Sunday, April 30th
    • 2pm: Patreon Kentucky Derby Parade Float build contest
  • Monday, May 1st
    • 8:30am: Coffee and grinding, HermitCraft bonus stream

Notable streams

Upcoming conventions

Music City Multi Con has been announced! You can expect to see Joe there, though tickets are not yet available. Stay tuned for that!

So long for now…

Thanks for reading this newsletter! Enjoy the rest of April, I’ll see you all in May!

This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.

See you around!

Newsletter #42 for April 17th, 2023

Howdy folks!

It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!

If you’re looking for updates you’ve come to the right place, here’s your weekly news!

Hermitcraft TCG Card Game Live

Have you been watching all the hermits playing the HermitCraft TCG and thought “Wow I wish I could collect and play this in real life!”? Well now you can! VintageBeef and the Hermits have announced a physical edition of the game available for preorder now! You can find that over here! If you’re interested in seeing what Joe’s common card looks like you can take a look at this link here!

The Federal Trade Commission requires that ads and sponsors be disclosed when goods or services are endorsed. Joe does make a small royalty off the sales of the card game, but this is not a true sponsorship as Joe is a Hermit and has been working with the team responsible for having these cards released. Better safe than sorry!

2023 Q2 quarterly meeting VOD and minutes

Thanks to all the folks who attended our quarterly meeting! If you missed it and would like to see the VOD you can do so here!

If you want the minutes of that meeting they are available for folks to read here.

The next quarterly meeting is tentatively set for late July or early August depending on Joe’s availability, we will bring you the final date once we have that ready!

Minecraft Servers

Stay updated on our Minecraft servers!

Deep Slate Nine downtime

DS9 needs to have it’s operating system upgraded! Joe will be taking care of that so you can expect server downtime from May 30th to May 31st.

DS9 Petitions

You can find the VOD and minutes for the April 2023 DS9 petitions at this page: https://joehills.net/petitions-april-2023/

DS9 Yuri’s Night parade

The Yuri’s Night parade building contest was out of this world! Many cool designs were featured by our stellar members of the community, and I’m over the moon with everyone’s creative aspirations! Please be sure to watch the VOD and enjoy the floats!

Thank you to Team Shiny for hosting!

DS9 event schedule

  • Earth Day Parade, hosted by Team Earth Kingdom Scouts
    • Sunday, April 23rd, 2pm US Central Time
  • Kentucky Derby Parade, hosted by Team Blackwater
    • Sunday, April 30th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, May 20th, 1pm US Central Time
  • Pride Parade, hosted by Team Gaymers
    • Sunday, June 11th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Petitions
    • Saturday, June 17th, 1pm US Central Time
  • Summer Solstice Parade, hosted by Team SCP
    • Saturday, June 17th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Map Art Build Contest
    • Ongoing until judging on Saturday, July 15th

Everstorm obituaries

  • ChefNutmeg got yeeted into lava by a sad boy

Modded SMP

Server operator ToxxicGlitter is still taking suggestions for the upcoming modded server restart, we’re looking to have that launched in the back half of June. Stay tuned for more details to come!

Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament

Week 13: Creature from the Black Lagoon

Congrats to Mr. Hardluck for his win!

1st: Mr. Hardluck. 2nd: JoeHills. 3rd: Cosmic Goddess. 4th: Parker. 5th: DarkHorseAsh. 6th: NJCoffeeJunkie

Week 14: Monster Bash

This table has not been started yet as Joe needs to reset the tournament, but you can look forward to that going live early Tuesday evening.

Upcoming conventions

Music City Multi Con has been announced! You can expect to see Joe there, though tickets are not yet available. Stay tuned for that!

Notable streams

So long for now…

Thanks for tuning in, I hope you have a beautiful week and many moments of small joys!

This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.

See you around!

Petitions April 2023

  • Kindalas has built a copy of Etho’s Hurtin Hermits and requests Joe invites his friends to come play
    • Granted, Joe will put out feelers and inquire with other Hermits as well as previous stream guests
  • Superstone requests invisible item frames
    • 64 item frames granted to all in attendance
  • TommyBoii requests all attendees get a dragon head as compensation for late petitions
    • 3 dragon heads granted to all in attendance

2023 Q2 Meeting Minutes

  • Patreon tiers and community goals
    • $50 Poetry tier is sold out but will be deprecated as it adds too much stress
    • $40 tier will be a replacement, but tiers after that aren’t really ideal as folks tend not to go for those levels.
      • Uncertain what that $40 tier will look like yet, but when it becomes apparent we will change it.
    • Overall channel goals on patreon are not currently being hit, not a large concern
      • Long term goals need to be set but is currently being avoided as things feel too chaotic.
    • “To be determined”
  • Minecraft server schedule and resets
    • DS9 needs a full operating system upgrade
      • “A whole thing” Joe needed a good time to get it done
      • May 30th or 31st is the current date for this, expect server downtime
    • ToxxicGlitter Modded SMP restarts in June, exact date TBD
      • Shorter season, lifespan of 3 months
      • Features may be suggested in #modded-feature-request
      • After this season a longer season will be made for Minecraft version 1.20
    • Yirggzmb’s Vanillish SMP to update to 1.19.4
  • Discord
    • Players wanted channel underutilized, reminder to folks to use it more!
    • More channels archived along with additional archive category: Xtra Zone of Archive Rooms
    • All archived channels:
      • #feedback-cheaper-minecraft
      • #feedback-map-build-contest
      • #feedback-saturday-readings
      • #feedback-text-only-channels
      • #feedback-vacation-mode
    • Additional Channels
      • Debate club channel
        • Concerns raised about managing and setting a tone that requires time
        • Would be difficult to moderate
        • Not there yet, but can be revisited in the fall
        • Phali retracts his suggestion
    • Additional emotes were approved
      • Joe with hearts
      • Joeno!
      • Dahlia’s green wig Joe fanart
      • Pogs emote have approval for when we do have the pogs
    • Roles and/or bots in the discord
      • No current need nor desire to have any bots or roles implemented into the discord

Newsletter #41 for April 10th, 2023

Howdy folks!

It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!

I hope you’re ready for some modest updates, because here they are!

2023 Q2 quarterly meeting

Final reminder to folks that our quarterly meeting is this Saturday, April 15th, at 1pm US Central time! This is your last chance to suggest agenda items, new channels, new emojis, or submit some feedback to go over, so get that in while you can!

Agenda items go in Joe Hills Meta > #next-quarter-new-business-requests channel. Channel suggestions can go in #feedback-more-channels, and emoji suggestions can go in #feedback-emoji.

Minecraft Server Events

We’ve got a few new items to add to the list, along with reminders of the previously announced events!

Deep Slate Nine

  • Petitions
    • Saturday, April 15th, 10:30am US Central time.
  • Yuri’s Night Parade, hosted by Team Shiny
    • Saturday, April 15th, 11am US Central Time
  • Earth Day Parade, hosted by Team Earth Kingdom Scouts
    • Sunday, April 23rd, 2pm US Central Time
  • Kentucky Derby Parade, hosted by Team Blackwater
    • Sunday, April 30th, 2pm US Central Time
  • Pride Parade, hosted by Team Gaymers
    • Sunday, June 11th, 2pm US Central Time
  • Summer Solstice Parade, hosted by Team SCP
    • Saturday, June 17th, 2pm US Central Time
  • DS9 Map Art Build Contest
    • Ongoing until judging on Saturday, July 15th

Lenten Everstorm closes

Survivors of last month’s everstorm have shared their final reports:

  • MJ went exploring beyond the safe glow of torchlight. At nightfall he began pillaring up and watched the sunset. It was a good world.
  • Laxmi13 survived because apparently her real body doesn’t understand 2D movement anymore.
  • SuperStone developed new and exciting ways of not dying, then stopped playing before actually needing them.
  • samihiggins helped create a commune below spawn. She leaves behind many farms and many more hours in her pursuit of perfectly enchanted bows for all.
  • Magenta spent more time landscaping that she did caving and she build her first double-spawner mob grinder.
  • Phali successfully defended Voids’ legacy, then took Deliverance and some supplies on his back and headed for the sunrise in search of new adventures.

April Everstorm opens

A new iteration of Everstorm is here! The reset is planned for May 9th, so come be the first to die! Or rather the next, as we already have our first obituary!

  • MJ was shot in the back by a skeleton while trying to escape up a staircase.

Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament

Week 12: Black Rose

Congratulations to Asteri aka Cosmic Goddess for getting first place!

1st: Cosmic Goddess. 2nd: JoeHills. 3rd: Mr. Hardluck. 4th: superstone. 5th: NJCoffeeJunkie. 6th: DarkHorseAsh

Week 13: Creature from the Black Lagoon

If you’re interested in joining the pinball tournaments you can find information under activity-sign-ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges.

Upcoming conventions

PlayOnCon 2023 sales are now open at http://www.playoncon.com/memberships!

  • July 6th–9th in Columbiana, AL: PlayOnCon

Notable streams

So long for now…

I look forward to updating folks with the events of the quarterly meeting this weekend. You’ll be able to enjoy the VOD and minutes as per usual when we can get those available to folks. I hope to see you there!

This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.

See you around!