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It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
We come to a new month so that means it’s time for another newsletter! We’re jumping straight in today!
Want the chance to meet Joe at a convention? Here are some of the events he’ll be attending!
Joe will not only be attending PAX Unplugged this year, but also holding a panel with fellow hermit VintageBeef!
The panel name is HermitCraft TCG: physical blessings of a digital world. Here’s the description!
Two Minecraft Let’s Players, Joe Hills and VintageBeef from the HermitCraft server, will share how their experiences making gaming videos prepared them for new adventures in the physical (or unplugged, wink) world. VintageBeef recently created a full trading card game in survival Minecraft, HermitCraft TCG, which was popular enough to justify physical production of over a million printed cards. Joe Hills, who helped him playtest the game, will lead him through a lively chat about the challenges of the playtest art direction and production pipeline for the TCG.
The two Hermits will also discuss other ways their work on HermitCraft has rippled out into the real world via charity events and audience meet-ups. If time allows, questions will be taken from the audience.
Isn’t that exciting?! I know I’d be thrilled to attend, I hope I can make it to PAXU this year! All of the details are being finalized, so for now I can offer you this tentative date, time, and location (subject to change):
Sunday, December 3rd at 2:30pm in the Mothman Theatre (Streamed to Twitch.tv/PAX2)
You can buy badges to attend over at their website here!
Music City Multi Con ticket sales are open now! Get your tickets over at their website here so you can join in the fun!
Spring dates for TGD have been confirmed, so folks interested in attending can start putting that on their calendars! Here’s an overview of all the conventions!
Joe has an episode out where he talks with Scar about his visit to a local hospital that received some of the go karts funded by the Gamers Outreach charity stream back in October last year!
You can find details and pictures available in the video, but as a quick summary, folks will be happy to know that the fundraising was a huge success and has already vastly improved the lives of children in hospitals across the United States. Gamers Outreach have even found ways to improve the karts in the future as they continue to help kids feel a little more joy in their lives.
VOD and minutes are available here!
Our last B’Hala outpost build contest, oh my! This parade float build contest was in celebration of Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day, here’s a VOD if you missed it!
Thank you to team Warden Hunters for hosting! That’s a wrap on the B’Hala parades! Thanks everyone who hosted, and participated!
Even though our B’Hala parade build contests have ended, we still have the Haunted Mansion build contest! This was announced live at our August 2023 DS9 petitions, so here’s a refresher on the details!
This contest won’t launch until mid-November, but I thought a reminder would be helpful. If you can’t participate in our haunted mansion contest, worry not, there’s still our winter one!
So far the only details are that you can expect a specific build location with marked plots to build a winter landscape snow globe. The plot sizes will vary to allow different sizes of teams. The rest of the contest details are being withheld until the contest launches as we want everyone to have the same time frame to design builds for the contest when the time arrives.
Judging is scheduled for Saturday, January 20th at 1pm US Central time.
With the month coming to a close we also close the September Everstorm. The From the Fog mod was definitely our defining MVP mod of the month, but here’s a list of all the mods added that made September so terrifying.
Here are all the obituaries reported for September:
The survivors of September’s Everstorm share these final reports:
October may be the scariest month of the year with Halloween as it’s crown jewel, but we already got our horror quota filled from September! This month you can expect a more welcoming spooky experience. How can this be? Well the only hint I can give you is that this iteration will be using the StarterKit mod on the server side to give folks a Halloween basket and treats when they first join. Please enjoy!
If you’re interested in the tournament standings you can find that here. These placings are calculated on a player’s best 15 scores out of the whole series, so come and see how you can do! Here’s how folks held up in September’s weekly tournaments results!
Congrats to our winners for their awesome pinball skills! Here’s what you can expect to play during October!
Do you have what it takes to join the ranks and climb to the top of the standings? Play pinball with us to find out! Details are under Activity-Sign-Ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges.
Whoa, so many videos came out in September! Joe’s been spoiling us with it all! I don’t want to clog this newsletter further with video embeds, as not including the Gamers Outreach video linked above, there’s another 10 videos!
Instead, you can follow this link here that will take you to Joe’s HermitCraft Season 9 playlist. It’s conveniently placed right at the video after the charity update episode, so you won’t miss anything! Woohoo!
If you’re looking for a place to find out when Joe is streaming, have I got the answer for you! You can see a calendar of all Joe’s upcoming streams over at this page over here!
Do you want some spooky Halloween themed videos to get you in the mood for the holiday? You’ve come to the right place! These videos here have been selected by Joe for their seasonally appropriate themes and ambience.
Enjoy these classic Joe Hills videos!
Phew! What a long newsletter! Lots of love and care went in to crafting this for you lovely folks out there reading this! I hope you enjoyed, and if you’re celebrating at the end of this month, have a happy Halloween!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
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It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
Welcome to our new monthly newsletter! Old and new readers alike can use this resource as a means to get all the news happening with Joe and his Patreon discord server! Without further ado, here’s the news!
Joe’s been so excited to play more HermitCraft with his friends! You can see Joe playing Xisuma’s new Bedwars game, and on his team returning to the server is Hypno! I can’t recommend this episode enough to folks, take a look!
Joe’s also excited to see Iskall and Stress on the server again! You can check out their videos linked below, be sure to give them a warm welcome back!
We covered this already in our final weekly newsletter, but just to be safe I wanted to provide folks with this link to our quarterly meeting VOD and minutes along with this link to our petitions VOD and minutes.
These are worth checking out for information on how we operate the discord and for our upcoming build contests!
I also wanted to take a moment to let folks know that since the quarterly meeting the staff have had one of our monthly meetings and have started cooking up our next wave of Minecraft servers.
They will have complimentary but not identical structures for handling complaints and conflicts so players with different play-styles will still have a home here. We recognize that one method of conflict resolution will not work for all types of players.
For more conflict averse players we will have a high tempo resolution system moderated by Yirggzmb on her more relaxed Vanillish server.
More aggressive play-styles will be optimized to problem solve amongst themselves on ToxxicGlitter’s Modded server, with Toxxic stepping in when necessary.
The Flagship Vanilla server with Joe as creative lead will continue in season 10 with a monthly petition approach somewhere in the middle of the previously mentioned servers. There will now be more accessibility as TommyBoii (that’s me!) will serve as a proxy for folks who feel they are unable to raise issues themselves for any reason.
The only confirmed date we have right now is the last day of Toxxic’s 1.19.2 Create Mod server. That will ending on October 2nd. More information will be announced in the near future, so keep an eye out for that in October’s newsletter!
August had only one parade held, and what a parade it was! In celebration of Independent Worker’s Day, folks built all kinds of floats on the Deep Slate Nine server! Here’s the VOD for anyone who missed it!
We have one last parade to hold at our B’Hala outposts, and it will be for Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day! The parade float build contest is hosted by Team Warden Hunters.
If you’re interested in participating you can join everyone on Saturday, September 23rd at 1pm US Central time. Be sure to bring enough materials to build your float, you only get 1 hour to build!
Here are all the obituaries reported for August:
The survivors of August’s Everstorm share these final reports:
Since August’s Everstorm was so well received Joe has resumed his creative lead role with more assistance from his 10 year old kid providing creative input! Together they have prepared 2 months of autumnal excitement for you to enjoy!
One feature already announced is use of the Horse Buff mod! With the server-side version you can expect to see fixes to horse movement when running up blocks and inclines. If players install the mod client side as well it will increase the speed at which blocks are broken when on horseback, so that’s cool!
PVP is off but no other details have been released. Joe keeps saying something about this being the most terrifying Everstorm ever, and that things are glitchy and weird. I have no idea what that all means; Can you figure out what’s happening there?!
Better be quick about it too, as this iteration ends on September 28th!
If you’re interested in the tournament standings you can find that here. These placings are calculated on a player’s best 15 scores out of the whole series, so come and see how you can do! Here’s how folks held up in August’s weekly tournaments results!
Congrats to our winners for their awesome pinball skills! Here’s what you can expect to play during September!
Do you have what it takes to join the ranks and climb to the top of the standings? Play pinball with us to find out!
If you missed the episode that came out before the Bedwars video, no worries! Here’s episode 69!
If you’re looking for a place to find out when Joe is streaming, have I got the answer for you! You can see a calendar of all Joe’s upcoming streams over at this page over here!
Joe’s been playing more V-Rising with his betrothed, BadgerSpanner! Here’s a link to a playlist of the VODs!
Craft fans can enjoy all the latest arts and crafts VODs over at this playlist!
If you like to watch hermits playing TCG live you can see the latest VOD at this link!
Update! Music City Multi Con ticket sales are open now! Get your tickets over at their website here so you can join in the fun!
TGD Fall registration is closed but you can still join their waitlist if any spots open up! Spring dates for TGD have been confirmed, so folks interested in attending can start putting that on their calendars!
I hope you enjoyed our first monthly newsletter! I think the structural changes it provides gives a more concise way to access information at once. It’s certainly easier to write it this way!
As always we welcome feedback under Joe Hills Meta > #feedback-newsletter. I look forward to writing for you next month!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!
It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
This is our last weekly newsletter, don’t be sad that it’s over, smile because it happened! Let’s not delay the inevitable, here’s the news!
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 will be on Saturday, November 18th at 1pm US central.
VOD and minutes are available here!
Wow what an incredible parade! If you’re interested in the work folks put into this parade check out 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. Our next parade is the last one at B’Hala!
Thank you to team Deztiny for hosting!
If you don’t have time to watch the VOD something exciting to note is that Quinn and Joe plan to record a new version of Quinn’s song Lines. This is inspired by server member Phali’s club dance remix, so keep an eye out for that!
Folks should note that August’s Everstorm will go down on August 31st! This is because Everstorm cycles will now align with monthly newsletters, so be sure to get your obituaries and survivor’s messages sent in a timely manner!
Congratulations ButterflyGirlKMC!!! First place this week was well earned, fantastic!
Come play some pinball with us! You can join in this week by using the code available under Activity-Sign-Ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges!
The standings for week 7 are not yet available, but once they are you can find them on this page.
You can also see how your best scores compare and where you place in the full tournament! Take a look at that over here!
Great news for fans of variety streams! Joe will now have a semi-recurring “Thursday Night Overflow” stream on twitch! If you’re interested be sure to check out the streaming calendar to stay up to date on when those cool streams will be!
You can see a calendar of all Joe’s upcoming streams over at the new page here!
V Rising with Badger!
Crafts stream!
TCG Tuesday!
Music City Multi Con tickets sales have still not opened. TGD Fall registration has closed but there is a waitlist available to join. We still have a tentative date for Spring TGD.
I’m sad to see the weekly newsletter go but I look forward to seeing you in the new monthly newsletters! Thank you to everyone who kept tabs and provided feedback and contributed to making this newsletter the best it could be. I couldn’t have done it without your support!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!
It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
If you’re ready to hear the news you’re in luck, here it is!
Joe’s made a post over here on Mastadon about signing his TCG cards! He and the other Hermits have been signing cards like mad and sending them back to Creo, so we’re one step closer to folks being able to get their signed cards!
The meeting is this Saturday, August 19th at 3pm US Central time! I will see folks there and as always stream it to my twitch channel for folks to watch it live. The VOD and meeting minutes will also be made available for folks at a later date and time.
Reminder to folks that Joe will be announcing a new long term build contest this Saturday August 19th at the DS9 petitions! Feedback is still welcomed pre and post petitions over in Joe Hills Meta > #feedback-build-contests.
Following this is the National Independent Worker Day parade, starring our beloved musical guest Quinn Hills!
The last obituary of the world:
The survivors of last month’s Everstorm share these final reports:
The next Everstorm is here again! The parameters for this iteration have been selected by Joe and his wonderful daughter Corrinne! It’s up to folks to hop on the server and find out what’s new! If you’re interested the info to join is under Realms and Servers > #everstorm-aug-2023.
Also as a reminder to folks, this Everstorm and all the future ones to come will be synced to the monthly newsletters! The Everstorms will conclude within the last week of the month and the obituaries and survivor’s posts will go up in the newsletter that is posted at the beginning of the month following.
August’s Everstorm is set to end on Thursday, August 31st.
Toxxic gets another congratulations for his 6th win in a row!
Avast! Come play some pinball with us! You can join in this week by using the code available under Activity-Sign-Ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges!
Here’s the standings for week 6!
You can also see how your best scores compare and where you place in the full tournament! Take a look at that over here!
You can see a calendar of all Joe’s upcoming streams over at the new page here!
Crafts with Cleo!
TCG Tuesday!
Music City Multi Con tickets sales have still not opened. Fall dates for TGD have been confirmed, so you can mark that on your calendar! We still have a tentative date for Spring TGD.
Next week is our last weekly edition of the newsletter. We’ve come so far thanks to folks like you who read these and stay updated. Thank you so much!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!
It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
We’re getting this newsletter out despite Joe’s internet suffering this thunderstorm season! Woo!
Folks should know that at the next petitions, August 19th, Joe will be announcing a new long term build contest! All of the information and discussion will be happening live at petitions, so you should attend if you can! If not a VOD and minutes will be available like always. We also have a feedback channel, so please share your thoughts pre and post petitions over in Joe Hills Meta > #feedback-build-contests.
Congratulations again for another win Toxxic!
Play some pinball with us! You can join in this week by using the code available under Activity-Sign-Ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges!
Here’s the standings for week 5!
You can also see how your best scores compare and where you place in the full tournament! Take a look at that over here!
You can see a calendar of all Joe’s upcoming streams over at the new page here!
Music City Multi Con tickets sales have still not opened. Fall dates for TGD have been confirmed, so you can mark that on your calendar! We still have a tentative date for Spring TGD.
Let’s continue to have a great August! Thanks for reading the newsletter!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
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It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
We’ve got plenty to announce, let’s jump in cause there’s no time to waste!
Today is the last day to pre-order Joe’s collector edition TCG card! You can purchase a signed or unsigned copy over here!
Big changes coming up! For those of you who keep up to date by reading the newsletters, we will no longer have weekly editions!
Well, actually August 21st is the last weekly newsletter. After that they will be monthly! So you can expect the first edition of the monthly newsletter (and every month after that) to be posted on the second Monday of every month!
Worry not, everything in the newsletter will keep being in the newsletter! So you will always get the information, just less frequently. The one exception to this rule is the stream schedule and upcoming meetups! Joe has created a new page on his website that will update as changes occur so folks will always have the most reliable and up to date source of stream times!
You can find our first beta version of that over at https://joehills.net/soon/
One of the things that’ll also change is Joe will be synching the Everstorm iterations to the monthly newsletter! This way we’ll still get to include your obituaries and survivor’s posts! July’s Everstorm will end on Sunday, August 13th, with the August Everstorm to follow shortly after.
Some of y’all might have heard Joe talk about this on stream, but Joe wanted to share the stats of the new subs he got on Patreon! We want to extend our gratitude to the folks on tumblr who promoted and encouraged folks to join and tip Joe, thank you so much! It’s been so incredible seeing new folks join the discord!
Joe has seen 21 new $1 tier subs, 27 new $5 tier subs, and 34 new $10 tier subs.
That’s incredible! Thank you so so much for supporting Joe, it really means a lot to see folks support Joe’s weird art and other shenanigans. He made a whole post on his tumblr, you can view that over here.
Joe has some more group build contests planned for the minecraft server between now and when season 10 launches! He’s started writing up the rules for the first one, which will be announced and open immediately at the next petitions on August 19th.
Joe is welcome to feedback and would like folks to provide their thoughts on what did and didn’t work with prior contests like the neighborhoods in season 8 and outposts and map art build contests in season 9.
You can submit that under Joe Hills Meta > #feedback-build-contests.
Toxxic takes the win again, congratulations!
Play some pinball with us! You can join in this week by using the code available under Activity-Sign-Ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges!
Here’s the standings for week 4!
You can also see how your best scores compare and where you place in the full tournament! Take a look at that over here!
Music City Multi Con tickets sales have still not opened. Fall dates for TGD have been confirmed, so you can mark that on your calendar! We still have a tentative date for Spring TGD.
I hope you have a wonderful day, I look forward to seeing you next time!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!