- 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
- DS9 needs a full operating system upgrade
- 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
- Debate club channel
- 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!
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!
Newsletter #40 for April 3rd, 2023
Howdy folks!
It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
Joe’s live again this weekday morning, so I’ll be bringing you the news again! We’re getting to it right away!
Mercy Road 4 Success!
The weekend has passed and so has the charity event Mercy Road 4 that was benefitting Child’s Play! Joe was joined by fellow players KrissyInColor, Kay Purcell, Tyranthesaurus, UnderdogAG, and DM Saucefire.
You can check these VODs out to see Joe and the others in action! Do mind the split videos, what’s a charity stream without a few technical difficulties?
The event raised $5,550.00 and is still currently open for donations here, though on stream redemptions have concluded.
2023 Q2 quarterly meeting
As a reminder to folks we have our quarterly meeting coming up! That’s gonna be on Saturday, April 15th, at 1pm US Central time. If you have any agenda item requests please submit them in the 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.
I recommend checking out the feedback channels and letting us know how we’re doing! We strongly encourage it as it helps us know how the community is feeling and what changes we can make to help folks.
Minecraft Server Events
Lots of events being scheduled on the server! Let’s take a look!
Deep Slate Nine
Parades, petitions, and even more parades! When you plan to have 12 parades in a year you’d think it would be spaced out to about 1 parade a month, but that’s not how holidays work! Let’s see what celebrations and build contests folks have to look forward to so far!
- Petitions
- Saturday, April 15th, 10:30am US Central time.
- Yuri’s Night, hosted by Team Shiny
- Saturday, April 15th, 11am US Central Time
- Earth Day, hosted by Team Earth Kingdom Scouts
- Sunday, April 23rd, 2pm US Central Time
- Pride Parade, hosted by Team Gaymers
- Sunday, June 11th, 2pm US Central Time
- DS9 Map Art Build Contest
- Ongoing until judging on Saturday, July 15th
Sign ups are open for the parades, you can find those under Activity-sign-ups each in their own respective channels.
Everstorm
No obituaries to report, phew!
Last chance to play this iteration! The server will reset on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament
Week 11: Attack From Mars
Joe takes another pinball victory this week!
Week 12: Black Rose
Apparently this is the pirate one, so ahoy mateys! I ‘ope ye enjoy the table this here week!
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
HermitCraft 9 Videos
Notable streams
Upcoming Streams
Joe and I would again like to apologize for the lack of a stream schedule, things are a little chaotic in Tennessee, and Joe doesn’t want to give a timeline he’s not certain he can commit to. I look forward to when we can confidently give that to y’all!
So long for now…
Thanks for reading the newsletter! I’m excited for our upcoming quarterly meeting, and I hope y’all have a beautiful week!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!
Newsletter #39 for March 27th, 2023
Howdy folks!
It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
I’m writing you this newsletter as Joe is currently live from the HermitCraft server! I hope y’all are enjoying the stream, let’s dive into the news!
Important Tweets
If I was greedy I would keep brilliance like this behind a paywall, but I’m going to disguise my narcissism as altruism once more. pic.twitter.com/KjvPLfSHdS
— Joe Hills (@joehills) March 24, 2023
Mercy Road 4
Last reminder! This Saturday, April 1st, Joe will be playing in one of the charity D&D games benefitting Child’s Play hosted by talented dungeon master Saucefire. His session will be at 5pm US Central time!
Minecraft Server Events
Deep Slate Nine
We have a few things to announce for DS9!
Petitions
Monthly petitions will be held Saturday, April 15th, at 10:30am US Central time.
Yuri’s Night Parade Float Build Contest
This parade will celebrate Yuri’s Night. If you haven’t heard of it before like me, Yuri’s Night is an international celebration held every April 12 to commemorate milestones in space exploration. It is named for the first human to launch into space, Yuri Gagarin, who flew the Vostok 1 spaceship on April 12, 1961.
The parade float contest will be Saturday, April 15th, at 11am US Central time.
Map Art Build Contest
DS9 will also be having an extended build contest for map art! There will be three categories, and judging will be based off solo entrants as well at teamed, so there are a total of six evaluations.
The categories are
- Retro
Limited to a 1×1 map using only wool on a flat plane - Refined
Unlimited block palette and techniques may be used for up to five maps that compose a single work - Really big
Unlimited block palette and techniques may be used for six or more maps maps that compose a single work
Entrants may begin as of 8:30am Central, March 27th, 2023, and should be completed and on display in the judging area by midnight US central time July 14th for judging on stream the following day.
More information is available under Activity-Sign-Ups > #july-15th-ds9-map-art-build-contest
Modded SMP
Server operator ToxxicGlitter is still looking for suggestions and feedback for the new modded server coming this summer! If you have any ideas or would like to see what folks have suggested already you can find the place to do that under SMP: Modded 1.19 By ToxxicGlitter > #modded-feature-request
Vanillish SMP
Server operator Yirggzmb is preparing to have the server update to 1.19.4! Stay tuned for when that update happens, you can find the info under SMP: Vanillish By Yirggzmb > #vanillish-general
Everstorm
No obituaries to report, phew!
As a reminder, the server will reset on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament
Week 10: Junkyard
The winner this week is Joe, but congrats to all of our players!
Week 11: Attack From Mars
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
HermitCraft 9 Videos
Notable streams
Upcoming Streams
Another week without a schedule, sorry about that! Joe will be having someone over this week to hopefully get that repaired. Thanks for your continued patience!
So long for now…
Thanks for reading the newsletter! I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and week!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!
Newsletter #38 for March 20th, 2023
Howdy folks!
It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
Joe’s back from his social visit to London but it looks like his internet has yet to return! I’ll be your faithful reporter as always, so let’s get into the news!
2023 Q2 quarterly meeting
A not so brief overview
We are approaching that quarterly time of year! Folks joked around last meeting that I live for these meetings and that it’s what I look forward to all year. While highly exaggerated there is some truth to those jokes!
One of my biggest focuses as Community Liaison is making sure folks feel like they are connected to each other in this community, and for Joe to be connected to y’all as well.
For those who are new, every quarter year (or every 3 months) we hold a quarterly meeting to reflect on past changes, review current changes, and suggest upcoming changes. Change can be a scary thing so we’ll go through it together as a community!
The meetings are available to join for all Patreon discord members and are livestreamed as well by myself. Minutes and a VOD are provided for folks who may miss it, and proxies are allowed to be sent in on behalf of other members.
We follow an agenda during these meetings to stay on topic and not stray too far from the point. If you would like to submit an agenda item request you may do so in Joe Hills Meta > #next-quarter-new-business-requests. We also are still accepting requests in the #feedback-emoji and #feedback-more-channels channels to be considered at our next meeting.
Current 2023Q2 Agenda
- Patreon tiers and community goals
- Minecraft servers reset schedule and launches
- Discord
- Additional channels
- Additional emotes
Great, but when is the meeting?!
Saturday, April 15th, at 1pm US Central time.
Mercy Road 4
Joe will be playing in one of the charity D&D games benefitting Child’s Play hosted by talented dungeon master Saucefire. His session will be Saturday April 1st, at 5pm US Central time!
Minecraft Server Events
Deep Slate Nine
Our March Van Gogh parade building contest was wonderful! The builds were gorgeous and I highly recommend checking out the VOD to see what the creative folks on our server built!
There was also our usual monthly petitions, Joe has written a summary and provided a VOD for folks over here.
Modded SMP
Server operator ToxxicGlitter held petitions as well, though we don’t have a VOD or any notes on it.
We would like to announce that Toxxic plans on restarting the Modded SMP! We don’t have any official details on that yet, but the current plans are for a shorter term, higher intensity server that would run for 3-6 months.
Don’t worry about losing the current iteration just yet! The restart won’t come until the summer, likely around June. Toxxic is very open to feedback and suggestions, folks can put those in the #modded-feature-request channel. More details on this restart will come as it becomes available.
Vanillish SMP
Vanillish petitions are tomorrow, March 21st! Server operator Yirggzmb uses an asynchronous timing, so if you have a request submit it now in the #vanillish-petitions channel!
Everstorm Obituaries
No obituaries to report, phew!
As a reminder, the server will reset on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament
Week 8: No Good Gofers
Congrats to DarkHorseAsh!
Week 9: Medieval Madness
Congrats to Mr. Hardluck!
Week 10: Junkyard
If you’re interested in joining the pinball tournaments you can find information under activity-sign-ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges.
The pinball packs we play in FX3 are on sale on Steam until March 23rd, so now is a great time to hop in! I hope to see more folks claim their spot on the leaderboard!
Upcoming conventions
PlayOnCon 2023 sales are now open at http://www.playoncon.com/memberships!
- July 6th–9th in Columbiana, AL: PlayOnCon
HermitCraft 9 Videos!
Check out Joe’s most recent episode if you want to see him talk about his trip to London!
Upcoming Streams
With Joe’s internet still working hard at hardly working, we don’t feel confident posting a stream schedule for this week, sorry about that!
So long for now…
Thanks for reading the newsletter! I look forward to bringing you more updates in the future, and I hope you have a great rest of your day!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!
Deep Slate 9 petitions for March 2023
Video on demand
Summary
- kindalas askes for some more invisible item frames
- Joe provides one stack of some “Oar” item frames to each player present
- Mardigan asks for a command block, just to have.
- Joe asks about security concerns, Kindalas dismisses those.
- Joe provides each player one minecart command block
- Kindalas requests player heads
- Joe uses command block minecart to issue them
- Centuritron asks for player head of Joe for their monopoly board
- Joe issues them
- DottieMatrix asks for info about Joe’s trip
- Joe suggests checking out the next stream and his next YouTube video
- Stellar asks if Joe can stop by during the parade to show off the art inside the museum
- Joe agrees
Newsletter #37 for March 6th, 2023
Howdy folks!
It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
Some of you might be wondering why I’m bringing you this week’s newsletter. Well that’s cause Joe keeps trying to plan around acts of God, but God keeps laughing at him! For evidence of this, check out the status of Nashville’s electric service here!
For clarity, Joe’s been having internet issues thanks to a storm that’s been terrorizing the area, so I’m here as your faithful reporter!
Let’s get to the news!
Mario Kart wave 4 launch
I hope you’re ready for some kart racing action! With the new wave of Mario Kart DLC launching we have a Mario Kart stream to look forward to this week!
Not just any stream either! Featured guests will include ImpulseSV, Oli OrionSound, Martyn InTheLittleWood, Lizzie LDShadowLady, MythicalSausage, and Jimmy Solidarity!
You can tune in to that on the 9th, Thursday morning at 9am US Central Time.
Vacation time
Joe will be going on vacation next week! Some folks may see the word vacation and worry about the discord going into vacation mode again, but worry not! With the trial run of vacation mode being completed and the ModMail tutorial posted in the #actual-rules channel we feel confident in having all the channels stay open while Joe enjoys his trip!
In relation to that, we will not be posting a newsletter next week, so the next edition will be out on the following Monday, the 20th of March.
Upcoming Minecraft Server Events
Some of these have already been announced, but with the lack of a newsletter next week I think it’s good to have a refresher. Let’s see what folks have to look forward to!
- Modded Petitions: March 11th at 11am Central
- Deep Slate Nine Petitions: March 18th at 1pm Central
- Van Gogh Parade: March 18th at 2pm Central
- Vanillish Petitions: March 21st, asynchronous
Everstorm Obituaries
- After completing its own dying wish, Void withered away among roses
- Chefnutmeg fell into the fires of mount doom one block of obsidian shy of opening a portal to the nether realms
- Centuritron met the same fate as John Fitzgerald Kennedy thanks to some skeletons
- Rei died since metal spoons aren’t the incredibly inefficient weapons they’re advertised to be. especially when wielded by a baby
Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament
Congratulations to Forgantly in a landslide victory!
Week 7: Tales From the Arabian Nights results
Week 8: No Good Gofers
This week’s tournament is only 5 days long so Joe will have time before his vacation to roll it over. Pinball while you can!
Find the details to join in Activity Sign Ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges
Upcoming conventions
Tennessee Game Days Spring has come and gone! I hope any folks who attended had a great time! If you missed the chance to go you can still catch Joe at PlayOnCon! 2023 Sales will open at http://www.playoncon.com/memberships on March 12 at 3PM Central.
- July 6th–9th in Columbiana, AL: PlayOnCon
Notable streams
Normally we like to include a stream schedule, but with the uncertainty of the internet stability we don’t feel confident making a schedule this week. Should all be fine you can expect Joe at his usual streaming times, let’s hope we still get some bonus streams!
So long for now…
Thanks for reading the newsletter! If you made it this far your dedication for staying up to date and being in the know truly shines!
Or maybe you just skimmed the whole thing and have stumbled across this farewell anyhow. Either way, I hope you have a great week!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!
Newsletter #36 for Feb 27th, 2023
Howdy, y’all!
Joe Hills here, hoping you had a presidential Monday last week and that today is even better for you! I’m assisted today by our community liaison, ThatTommyboii!
Today’s featured image is a slice of a photo I took of the burned out shell of one of my favorite non-hot chicken restaurants just this afternoon. Time marches ever onward.
Draw4 Charity a success!
Thank y’all so much for ensuring our 2023 Draw4Charity campaign was a success! We surpassed our $10,000 goal and raised $10,500 benefitting WorldBuilders!
Here’s the VOD of the HermitCraft TCG prize match segment I ran! I appreciate so many Hermits showing up to help raise money for a good cause.
I also appreciate the hard work of the other board members who organized this event!
Stepping down from the Draw4Charity Board.
Fans of this newsletter and my other miscellaneous work are likely aware that I’m regularly over-scheduled and over-extended as I attempt to balance life as a single parent with my obligations as an entertainer and small business owner. I regret that I’ve been unable to spend as much time behind-the-scenes planning, organizing, and coordinating the twice-yearly D4C charity streams as my other peers on the board.
Our chairman, Jack Mistretta (aka Pastability) offered to let me keep my title due to my early efforts helping him initially launch the event—but on reflection I feel the best way to respect the time of the others on the board and accurately convey my day-to-day level on involvement is to step down.
I formally resigned earlier this month, but continue to enjoy a positive relationship with everyone involved. I wish everyone at D4C the best, and I look forward to appearing as a guest at their future events.
Mercy Road 4: Save the Date for April 1st!
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be playing in one of the charity D&D games benefitting Child’s Play hosted by talented dungeon master Saucefire. The exact time of my session is TBD, so stay tuned for that detail.
Here’s the VOD of the Mercy Road 3 session played in alongside Quinn Murphy, Ryan North, Jack Packard, and Kat Welsford!
Mercy Road raised $8000 last year, and I’m excited to see what we accomplish later this spring!
Tommy wrote a ModMail tutorial!
If you are curious about what ModMail is on the Discord Server, Tommy has got you covered at: https://joehills.net/modmail-tutorial/
February Book Club Concludes with voice chat
I’ll be hosting a small-group voice chat discussion here about Tress of the Emerald Sea at 7pm US Central time tomorrow, February 28th. If you’ve read the book, please pop in!
If you haven’t, it’s about 12 hours on the audio book, and you can probably read the print one in half that. Good luck!
Upcoming Minecraft Server Events
- Modded Petitions: March 11th at 11am Central
- Deep Slate Nine Petitions: March 18th at 1pm Central
- Van Gogh Parade: March 18th at 2pm Central
Everstorm
January Everstorm closes
Survivors of last month’s everstorm have shared their final reports:
- NJ took a trip down memory lane and didn’t nearly burn down her barn this time.
- SuperStone had fun exploring the ruins of an ancient civilization.
- MJ enjoyed looting the shopping district and then mining some terracotta. Built some cubes at NJ’s farm. Shot a lot of skeleton riders … almost shot Ellas too!
- Gaea started out on a nostalgia trip and then was immediately entranced by a mystery
- TommyBoii met his love again but they were missing their other husband and their church.
Repent! Lenten everstorm opens
Okay, so this started out a bit more Eastery than intended, but put your “Hallelujahs” away. Uh… folks weren’t supposed to respawn when they logged out and back in, I had set the server property force-gamemode to true, and that had some, uh, life finds a way style consequences.
I’ve fixed that glitch, and we should be back on track in the meantime, here’s more obituaries than expected:
- NJ tried to help SuperStone and Centuritron but a zombie wanted a hug instead.
- Centuritron tried too hard to get spider powers
- fancytoy was slain by a baby zombie whilst attempting to craft a pickaxe.
- Qwarkeh fought off an invisible spider but succumbed to a drowned
- MisterLantz fell in a 1×2 hole, a creeper was kind enough to expand the hole.
- ChefNutmeg got stabbed in the back by a trident, while settling farm by the fishing dock.
- Void went exploring and got ambushed by three skeletons
- Ellas was lighting up a cave when they were cornered and murdered by a bone man
- MJ, FOR SCIENCE – death by lightning
- DottyMatrix donated her body to science.
Bonus Deaths! Doo doo doo doooo doot doo doo doo doo!
- Centuritron after having their soul retrieved from the underworld, was smote by Zeus by request of Hades anyway
- MJ, deaths 2-5 skeleton death loop
- Void, Going up in flames for science
Discord Updates
I’ve archived the following channels:
- #feb-mcyt-poll
- #feb-12-mardi-gras-parade
- #everstorm-january-2023
I’ve also created a #tbd-tcg channel for testing a self-hosted version of the HermitCraft TCG, which you can find on github at: https://github.com/martinkadlec0/hc-tcg
Please note that my self-hosted deployment of the TCG will not necessarily be updated daily like the one hosted by the developers.
Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament
Congrats to Mr. Hardluck on two weeks of wins in a row! Can anyone take him down this week?!
Week 5: Hurricane
Week 6: Cirqus Voltaire
Week 7: Tales From the Arabian Nights
Join us for a seven day challenge that explores 1001 nights of stories!
Delight with scheherazadenfreuden as your friends fail to catch your high score!
Upcoming conventions
One of my favorite annual events, PlayOnCon just announced their Summer 2023 dates as July 6th–9th! Badges and rooms go on sale on March 12th at 3pm Central! They can sell out fast, so start planning now if you hope to hang out with my friends and I at a gaming convention on the lake!
- March 3rd–5th, 2023 in Nashville, TN: Tennessee Game Days Spring
- July 6th–9th in Columbiana, AL: PlayOnCon
Notable Streams
Until next time, y’all!
This has been Joe Hills with assistance from ThatTommyBoii!
Keep adventuring!
ModMail Tutorial
If you’re a part of the @JoeHills Supporters discord you may have heard about ModMail. It is a system the staff and community members can utilize to report bad actors. This tutorial will serve as a guide as to when to use ModMail, and also how to actually use it.
When you should use ModMail
ModMail is a ticket based reporting system. You should use ModMail when you see someone who is breaking the rules and needs to be banned. Some examples of this would be anyone breaking the rules listed in the #actual-rules channel or somebody harassing you in DMs.
If the action harms the community in a way that violates health, safety, or discord TOS then it needs to be reported via ModMail.
When you should NOT use ModMail
ModMail is for serious offenses only, and is not to be used for personality conflicts, such as disagreements in conversations or disputes on the Minecraft servers. If you don’t get along with somebody else in the community we ask that you resolve those matters amicably at your own discretion.
The purpose of submitting a ticket is to remove a bad actor or alert staff of a harmful action or concern. If health and safety are not at risk, do not submit a ModMail ticket.
What about *this* issue?
Issues may arise and you still may not be sure about the best place to go to get help. Here is a general list of issues and the best resource to utilize.
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- Emergency/Crisis: #911-emergency-resources channel
- Patreon billing issue, support tier update, etc: Patreon message to Joe
- Other unspecified issues not mentioned here: If you have a concern and feel it is not suited for submission as a ModMail ticket and aren’t sure where else it can go, Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii accepts DMs from all folks to assist in guiding them. He may tell you to submit a ModMail ticket, or otherwise let you know the best course of action.
Do not message support staff for assistance. Especially NJCoffeeJunkie, as her job is not community-facing.
Visual guide on how to actually use ModMail
First you’ll need to find the ModMail bot in the userlist. You can find this in the upper right hand corner of the discord.
If you right click the bot, you will find the option to message the bot.
You will be in discord’s direct message feature with the bot. This is where you will type your message to submit as a ticket. You may add image files as well.
If this is your first time using ModMail you will need to authorzie the bot on your discord account. It will provide you a link to a webpage to do so. Without this step you cannot submit a ticket.
Once you have it authorized, your ticket will be submitted as shown below.
All staff members can see all ModMail tickets, so the soonest available staff member will assist you when they can. Your messages will be in green and theirs will be in red. You will always be able to see which staff member is responding to your ticket.
Simply communicate with staff about the issue and we will take action as necessary. If you have any further questions, please reach out to staff for assistance.
Thank you for reviewing this tutorial and have a good day!
Newsletter #35 for Feb 13th, 2023
Howdy folks!
It’s Tommy time! Community Liaison ThatTommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty!
I hope you’re ready for an overuse of exclamation marks, Joe is currently in what he describes as “editing jail” along with “paperwork jail” so I’ll be bringing you this week’s newsletter!
Let’s begin!
Actually, Some of You May Be New Here!
With a new influx of patreon supporters and other folks who may be browsing this site I realize that not everybody may know what’s going on!
I’d like to welcome any folks who may be new with a brief summary of what the newsletter is. Every Monday morning Joe and I meet to write and publish this newsletter here on his site!
Part of my job as Community Liaison is to help establish a connection between all of you lovely folks and Joe, but also help Joe connect with y’all! I’m kind of like a bridge of sorts.
There’s a lot of information that needs to get passed between people in the community, and the easiest and best way for folks to stay up to date on everything going on is all right here in one place!
You can look forward to a new newsletter each week, barring holidays and any events that can cause delays. If you have any feedback we welcome that in the patreon discord at Joe Hills Meta > #feedback-newsletter
If you’re not already a member but are interested in joining you can check out Joe’s patreon page over here!
Now let’s start for real!
Tumblr Poll for MCYTblr Sexyman
This isn’t really what I thought I’d be reporting on when I first started writing the newsletter with Joe, but I’m excited nonetheless!
Round 6 has concluded, and in the match between ZombieCleo vs Joe Hills the winner is… Joe Hills!
I can’t say I’m surprised! With all the propaganda and support I’ve seen on tumblr as well as discord spaces, it’s no wonder he pulled through in such a tight race!
If you’re interested in more data you can view it at this site here, courtesy of this-glittering-world on tumblr.
The final poll, GoodTimesWithScar vs Joe Hills, will go up tomorrow, Tuesday the 14th. What a memorable way to celebrate Valentine’s day! You’ll be able to vote in that poll once it goes live at mcytblrsexymen.tumblr.com.
Draw4 Charity: February
It’s once again time for Draw4Charity! This charity event will be benefitting worldbuilders. You can visit their site for more information on what they do.
If you’d like to support the cause come attend the livestream event! It will be steamed from twitch.tv/Draw4Charity and is running from Friday February 17th, 6pm CST to Sunday February 19th, 6pm CST.
Joe will be popping in and out of this event all weekend, and will be hosting HermitCraft TCG on Saturday February 18th, 2pm US Central time.
He will also be hosting the Quake segment, on Sunday February 19th, 8am US Central time.
Vanillish SMP
February 14th is the date for this month’s Vanillish petitions! At the time this newsletter goes live, that means tomorrow! Make sure to have your requests submitted for our server operator Yirggzmb to review!
Modded SMP
The Cliffside Competition is over! Server operator ToxxicGlitter submitted the winners, so congratulations to Mantuamaker for winning Best Overall and Best Façade! Congratulations as well to MercurialVoid for Best Lair, and thank you to _R2D2 for your wonderful entry!
If you’d like to check out the judging and walk throughs of the builds, you can watch the VOD below!
Also, to better help folks who want to install the mods to play on the Modded SMP, Toxxic has created a handy channel with a list of the mods and some commons issues. You can find that in SMP: Modded 1.19 By ToxxicGlitter > #modded-setup-guide.
Everstorm Obituaries
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Magenta fell out of this world while trying to escape an enderman
Deep Slate Nine parade float build contests
Celebrating Mardi Gras was superb on DS9 thanks to Team Lotus! Thank you to MeepedCubed for hosting the parade, and to all the entrants who built floats!
You can watch the VOD of the building and judging of this parade here!
Upcoming Parades
- Van Gogh’s Birthday Parade on March 18th at 2pm Central. Hosted by Team Holland.
- More to be announced!
Pinball FX3 Weekly Tournament
Week 5: Red and Ted’s Road Show results
The winner of this table is Mr. Hardluck! Congratulations!
Week 6: Hurricane
Join the tournament via our Patreon Discord in Activity-Sign-Ups > #weekly-pinball-challenges
Streams
Upcoming Streams
Normally Joe would place an orderly and time accurate schedule here, but I don’t have that. I can instead provide a vague summary of when to expect some streams. Sorry about that, but I hope this will still be beneficial!
- Morning Streams
- Crafts with Cleo on Wednesday the 15th
- In studio guest Quinn Hills on Thursday the 16th
- Draw4 Quake stream on Sunday the 19th
- Afternoon Streams
- Draw4 Hermitcraft TCG on Saturday the 18th
- Nighttime Streams
- As per usual
- Bonus Streams
- Varied and dependent on Joe escaping “editing jail” and “paperwork jail”.
Notable Streams this week
Upcoming conventions
Registration and hotel booking are both now live for Tennessee Game Days Spring: March 3rd–5th, 2023 in Nashville, TN!
So long for now…
Thanks for reading the newsletter! It’s always a joy for me to write. I hope everyone has a happy valentine’s day!
This has been TommyBoii reporting for newsletter duty.
See you around!