The Legend Continues

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It's that time of year again -- announcing our annual October building contest! Before I announce the theme and rules, I would like to say: thank you, everyone, for a fantastic opening for the 1.14 release on the TLC community. Good job Sissybar and Planetminceraft for the beautiful spawn, and a major thanks to Nathanacus for working hard on the server while still having Real Life hitting him in the back of the head repeatedly. Thanks to the rest of the staff for being you and doing staff things.

Normally, I'll do something hard like "build a haunted mansion" or some type of murder scene, but I have decided to do something a little more simple. The theme is...

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We've noticed a few errors in how rank scores are calculated. The time score is now one point per second (previously was one point per minute) and the fighting score is now one point per damage dealt/taken/blocked (previously was 1/1200 of a point). Since this has dramatically increased scores, we also adjusted the points requirements for most ranks. See the ranks help thread for the new requirements. And, for funsies, check out our stats page for information on how rank scores breakdown.

A few housekeeping updates for the server:

• Elytra are now available for purchase in the vote shop;
• Phantoms will spawn on the main End island as a source of phantom membranes;
• Only zombies will spawn in excess at the world border (however, phantoms will continue to be allowed to spawn naturally at the world border);
• Our server icon now shows up in the server list menu;
• Fishing income has been reduced to approximately 1/3 of what it was to counter inflation from AFK fishing; and
• The world border warning messages can be toggled with "/toggle wb warning" -- you can toggle it on again with the same command.

For those of you who love data, or just want to see how you stack up against other players, our stats page now shows player ranking by time played and by rank scores. The rank scores table also shows the breakdown between actions, playtime, traveling, and fighting so you can get a better idea of how your rank score is calculated and how you stand relative to other players. Enjoy!

Do you enjoy meaningless statistics and cocktail party fun facts? Well, then our stats page is for you! At the bottom, you'll find an embedded Tableau dashboard with all sorts of player statistics (updated every 1-2 weeks). My favorite stat this week? We've killed 666 pigs.

Other "top" activities include:

• 247,796 blocks of stone mined;
• 39,678 blocks of stone brick crafted;
• 10,114 zombies killed;
• 281 kills by zombies;
• 33,291 blocks of cobblestone dropped;
• 375,721 blocks of cobblestone picked up;
• 341,822 uses of a diamond pickaxe (and a single use of a panda spawn egg);<...