URL went offline, now back.

Just got an e-mail saying our url for our server has been "deleted." I've readded it and should be back up very shortly. I do apologize for the inconvenience, but I usually get an e-mail stating it is getting close to expiring. I will begin doing a little bit of work on a temp webpage of the server if you go to mcden.zapto.org without the MC client or Spout client. I haven't decided if it will just be a page with random, yet useful, info of the server, or just a redirect to the blog here. Possibly our own website. Still undecided as of yet, mainly because of college, work, and life has been keeping me busy, especially after Saturday.

We are looking for new server staff, Den Patrol members, to help maintain the basics of the server and help new players. Quickly going down what Den Patrol does, Accept new Members as Full members. Kick, jail, or ban players if exceeding rule guidelines. And helping users if they need it. DP do not have to, up to them, if they want to help players at every turn. Ex. If a player first joins the server and complains of not being able to do anything, DP can suggest reading the rules and agreeing. If the player persists with more issues, the DP can decide on their own to keep trying to help.
The only requirements I'm looking for is: Active, mature, and helping players on the server. If you meet the requirements and most of the other server staff approve of you, we will add you put you on a short trial period and see how you do. Mostly we would make suggestions on how to do something, but if you over use your powers, by means of personal gain or over doing something such as banning a player for being simply annoying, we may revoke them.

Update on what is keeping me busy. My father's car that I have been driving since he passed away, has finally put in it's last few miles. It used to randomly shut down for the last two years, as if someone just turned the key off while mid driving. Last saturday, while driving through town to help take care of the dogs for a wildlife concern organization, Creature Concerns, it shut off right before I made it into an intersection. I had enough momentum to get it out of the road into a safe area. Got it towed back home and had it looked at by some friends and my room mate's father. After trouble shooting this and that, it seems to be the ECM, Electronic Control Module; 1992 Regency Oldsmobile 98. IF it's not the ECM, it's the control chain. I've spent far more than I needed to for the car in the last year that the car is now a vacuum for money. I've decided to trade in the car for what I can and get a new, used, car. I'll be relying more on my friends and family as I do not know a lot about vehicles, compared to computers.

The money I'll be using will by my own, not the server's. I do have some savings left over from getting my apartment and supplies. All donations are still safe in the paypal account, we have about an estimated year's worth or more in the account to keep the server running as it is with 16 slots and 1800MB ram. If you would like to donate a few dollars towards helping me get a new car, that is fine and all, I'll even put you in a respective donator group depending on the amount. As long as you tell me it's money to help me and not the server, there shouldn't be any issues. Again, I'm not asking for donations, but it is welcomed if anyone wishes to help.

Changes and Updates

Edit 10-9-2012: Thanks to Mike Primm on the CB forums,  SuperCapes and Screenshot Functions are working. I've tested with the Invisbility cape by right clicking, like any other cape, and it worked. The /screenshot command also works as well. That is all I've tested so far as I have class in less than 30 minutes.

Also, look forward to the new holiday plugin I'll be adding in sometime in the next 3 days. Why not today or tomorrow? Well, it's Halloween coming up soon, right? well...

Back to the original post below...

Due to my car taking an extended vacation, I will not be on as much as I had planned for the next week or so. I had planned on rebuilding MCDen, making the buildings bigger and more spacious, with a fair bit of Spout features added. Not too much, otherwise vanilla users would join and see weird buildings with stone and glass. Not a pretty site. A good example is the Black Smith and Minery.

As requested by a few, I have added the Ships plugin. It was recently updated and they plan to add cannons. Please read the author's page about it's limits and such. The plugin will be working October 9 (After the 2am cst restart). Everyone can use and make normal ships. Only Admins can make Airships, everyone else can use them. This is not a donator feature. You have to be an accepted member at least.

We have been discussing a few issues that have risen up with LWC. Simply put, if a player has not been around for 30 day (or longer depending on how well we know them, such as RL friends), and there is no town surrounding the area, the player who is wanting to raid the chests may. But, the only way to do this, an admin has to tp to the raider, check to see who owns the chest, check to see how long ago the player was logged on, then decide if the chest may be unlocked or not. What we would like to do is this: Set the chests to auto unlock after 30 days of non-use. I haven't looked at what possible features LWC has yet. As mentioned, we are talking about it.