Craft Down Under News #2 - October 9, 2024
Well folks, it's time for the second edition of Craft Down Under news, and it certainly has been an eventful couple of weeks in the community, hasn't it? With your assistance, the CDU Discord reached - and now has well exceeded - its milestone goal of 15,000 members. In addition, a number of fascinating stats came to light about what's been done on CDU servers (as of September 21, 2024), including:
- 4,743,779,831 blocks broken!
- 2,572,216 deaths!
- 764,661,191 blocks fallen!
- 198,954,160 mobs slain!
- 121,963 players taken down in PvP!
- and, a combined total of 201.56 years played!
However, in the end bad news turned into good - CDU secured an alternate host for the European servers, one with better specs and performance!
Those of you visiting the Craft Down Under website - https://craftdownunder.co/ - may have noticed some welcome changes; yes, our genius webmaster Iberius has been working hard as of late and provided it with updated features such as a new sidebar, new subpages, an improved server list and general performance upgrades. Iberius has assured us that more work on the website is forthcoming, so stay tuned!
Introducing CDU's Inaugural Premier Poké-Tournament!
Craft Down Under and the BCG+ community are proud to present the first ever 1.5 Tournament for BigChadGuys Plus! This is a competitive tournament, where the best of the best will go head-to-head in a bracket, eventually leading to 2 champions fighting for the Grand Prize!To qualify, all you need to do is assemble a team of 6 Pokémon, with only 1 being mythical/legendary and only 1 being a non-pseudo mega! Items and TM's are allowed. After you're satisfied with your team, you will be required to fill in an event entry sheet, indicating the Pokémon you are submitting and the items equipped. These sheets will be public when the event starts, allowing players to adjust their moves for upcoming battles!
The event rewards are as follows:
- Grand Prize: Choice of any Ultra-rare rarity Shiny Pokémon (or below) + a TM of choice!
- 1st Runner-Up: Choice of any Rare rarity Shiny Pokémon (or below) + a TM of choice!
- 2nd Runner-Up: Choice of any Uncommon rarity Shiny Pokémon (or below) + a TM of choice!
- Participation Reward: TR of Choice!
For our second New Modpack feature, we'd like to talk about a new addition to the CDU server portfolio: Opolis, Inc!
It's a tech-based automation modpack for 1.21, and it's all about starting your very own small business, using the resources you generate to trade for more upgrades and more progression! It looks pretty brilliant, but don't just take our word for it - here's an official letter just handed to us from the offices of B. Benlaw, the maverick developer behind the pack:
Dear Applicant,
Welcome to Opolis Inc. We thank you for your interest in working with us. Your job, should you choose to accept it, will be to harvest and generate natural resources in order to produce increasingly complex parts to sell. This will grant you access to Bucks which will help you both to buy more powerful items and to increase your productivity. All the technology you need will be provided to you, including a license for the full suite of machines from Mekanism Ltd, matter-energy storage networks from Applied Energistics Technologies, cutting edge crops from the Mystical Agriculture Research Center and a suite of Opolis Inc's very own machines.
This includes the basic Opolis Utilities package, as well as brand new Casting machines and the Market. Casting will be an integral part of your resource automation, allowing you to melt, mix and cast various fluids, and the Market will allow you to sell the items that you create.
This position was created by Opolis Inc. Founder and CEO B. Benlaw, in collaboration with Opolis Inc. COO E. Zoro.
We look forward to your future employment with us.
B. Benlaw
Sounds exciting, doesn't it? So what are you waiting for? Get out there and make some green!
This time on the pack spotlight feature, it's time for us to acknowledge a fan favorite here in the community - Fantasy MC Fabric!
Let’s take a step into another world, one like the world we already know but with so much more!
In Fantasy Minecraft you can either run in with a whole team looking for the fun that awaits or adventure off as a solo looking to create their own personal story. This mod pack really has it all from magic and beasts all the way to enjoying the vanilla basics.
You enter the world and choose your new origin that will come with a book and all the information you will need to live your best life. Will you be a small Pixie that zips through the sky smaller than a dandelion, or maybe an Orc who needs two-block-tall doors to even enter any building? Maybe we can meet in the middle and pick from any of the other “average” sized origins that still harness their own amazing abilities and secrets. Picking one is just the first step into the adventure that awaits.
This modpack has everything you could need - you can run out into the wilderness and find the perfect spot to set up base, or, you can even pick a pre-existing location to call home and jump right into action! The stories to come with this world are never ending with the help of not only their amazing quest book but also the grind of the skill tree that you get to personalize for your own perfect experience. An amazing part of all of this is even once you start, if you want to try something new that option is there! Not only can you respec your skill tree but there is even an item you can get at a later time to re-select your origin!
So please, come take a look and explore the world of Fantasy, befriend many beasts and mounts, defeat never-ending enemies and write your new story!
After asking around we were able to convince another staff member to step into the spotlight, and this week, we are talking about Crow!
When we first started talking, Crow swore they were too boring to be chosen for this, but we have come to find out that is far from the truth!
Crow has been a staff member with Craft Down Under for almost three months, but they've been such a great leader from the start - the proof is with their recent promotion to Admin! When we asked what one of their favorite things about working with CraftDownUnder is they mentioned that they love meeting so many new people that are from all around the world - not only other staff, but also players.
If you ever wonder where you can find Crow other than in our Discord you might have a chance checking their personal favorite mod pack which is All The Mods 9. They have been trying to get back into playing; if you do see them online there is a good chance they are watching a movie while playing so feel free to say hi!
Outside of CraftDownUnder Crow loves to play DnD which has always been an escape to relax with friends and escape the stresses of everyday life. On top of taking part in adventures in DnD they write their own novels that they have even published on Amazon - they're also currently working on their first book with the goal to have it published through a publishing house 539 pages and counting!
Thank you for stepping into the spotlight Crow and keep up the amazing work!
That's all from us here at Craft Down Under News - see you all in the next edition!
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