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ItsLawrence

Chunk of the Month Returns!
« on: 3 Sep 2016, 18:00:04 »

That's right we're bringing back the old Chunk of the Month competition! Each month you get the opportunity to submit a chunk you own to be reviewed in our contest, we're looking for creative, interesting and well-designed plots according to a monthly theme! You can find out about the previous winners at Noobs.town/cotm/.

I know a number of you have probably joined since we stopped doing this, and it's changed slightly so be sure to read how this works:
  • Each month we'll make a post like this on the site and give a theme for that month.
  • You then have the rest of the month to make design and build something in either the Wilderness OR the Town world according to the monthly theme, in a chunk you own.
  • You then submit your chunk using /cotm submit while stood in that chunk. Then make a reply to the monthly post outlining your design, explain it a bit.
  • At the end of the month I (and possibly other members of the staff team) will then go around all of the entries and judge which we deem to be the winner. Another post will then be made announcing the winner and all entries/prizes will be handed out.

It's very simple to take part, just use /cotm submit and post a reply to the monthly topic :D.

A few rules:
  • Your build must be within 1 single Minecraft chunk (16x16), but height doesn't matter. If you're using Minecraft 1.10+ you can use F3+G to view the boundaries in yellow :D!
  • You must own the land you're submitting your entry in, if it's in the Town world you must individually own the plot, and in the Wilderness you must own the land.
  • You need to follow the theme.
  • You need to actually build something, just submitting a simple few blocks to get the rewards won't count.
  • You need to submit your design using /cotm submit before midnight on the last day of the month (UK time)! This deadline is automated so don't miss it.
  • You need to leave your build up after the end of the month because we need chance to judge it!

The winner of each month will earn themselves:
  • A unique winner trophy for that month
  • 100,000Nbz
  • Your chunk showcased at Noobs.town/cotm/
  • Your name forever listed in-game when doing /cotm contests
  • 5 FREE Wilderness Chunks This is irrespective of if you built in the Town world!

Plus everyone who takes part will receive a participation prize and a free wilderness chunk (again irrespective of if you built in the Town world).

Just a note of a few changes since the last time we ran this contest:
  • You can now build pixel art if you want to, but we'd prefer proper building work.
  • As above, this can now be done in either the Wilderness OR Town worlds! Either one is fine now, as long as you own the plot/land.
  • You don't need to place the sign now, just make sure when you submit the chunk you're inside/looking at your build!
  • You don't need to use your visits anymore; use /cotm submit now! If you want to change its position just use

Got any questions? Just ask them below in a reply or in-game!



As for this month's theme! We're going to start it off again with a general building contest to see who can build the best Tree House!

The theme is: Tree Houses; take from that what you want to, it could be an actual tree house, a house made of trees, trees on a house, just the theme is Tree Houses, we'd love to see what you can build!

ChitterChatter_

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #1 on: 3 Sep 2016, 22:09:06 »
Yay! Thanks Larry!  :D

So much fun!  Can't wait to see all the entries! & creations!

pidgeot72

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #2 on: 3 Sep 2016, 23:24:46 »
My chunk has been submitted, it is a tree that is a house that has a well that looks down upon a village below.

Powerage_

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #3 on: 4 Sep 2016, 04:32:49 »
I remember last time i tried to make a Chunk of the Month.

craftymatt13

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #4 on: 4 Sep 2016, 07:00:04 »
How do I visit pidgeots build? /visit podgeot cotm?
Don't have to use your visits. Ummm, did I miss that we now had more than 1 visit we could set?

I remember one of the early COTMs where you could click on the submission on the website and you would tp there in game. Except there was a glitch in the way the server saw my name and Craftymatt13OH. I would click on the entry, and she was teleported but she had no idea what had happened. Lots of panicked yelps came from her that night as I bounced her from entry to entry.  3:)

Glad COTM is back!

ItsLawrence

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #5 on: 4 Sep 2016, 13:49:14 »
How do I visit pidgeots build? /visit podgeot cotm?
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You can't visit his chunk at the moment as part of this competition (unless he sets his actual visit there :P), if you want to see what his submission looks like you'll have to go hunting for it or ask him. If you read the post above it does explain this is no longer using the /visit commands, it has nothing to do with that now.

There is currently no way to sneakily check on his design; think of your own ideas. If a player wants you to be able to visit their submission they can easily set their visit in the same spot, or could post the coordinates, etc.

Don't have to use your visits. Ummm, did I miss that we now had more than 1 visit we could set?
If you read the post it does explain that you now submit using /cotm submit and by posting a reply here, it has nothing to do with /visit anymore. You can still only set 1 visit, this hasn't changed anything to do with how the visiting system works.

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I remember one of the early COTMs where you could click on the submission on the website and you would tp there in game. Except there was a glitch in the way the server saw my name and Craftymatt13OH. I would click on the entry, and she was teleported but she had no idea what had happened. Lots of panicked yelps came from her that night as I bounced her from entry to entry.  3:)
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As explained above we're no longer using the /visit commands, the entries which are currently listed on the Noobs.town/cotm/ page are now almost 2 years old, so the buttons were removed as to hopefully avoid confusion.

eboniics

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #6 on: 11 Sep 2016, 00:57:23 »
i submitted mine, its a mystical tree house with some quirks to it. :D

sir_Andrew99876

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #7 on: 30 Sep 2016, 17:41:25 »
I built & submitted a tree house in a grand old tree that Rainbow Rabbit lives under.  The trees roots are watered from the spring of life that it protects underground.

ButterfliRose

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #8 on: 30 Sep 2016, 19:03:59 »
good luck everyone!

crashb4

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #9 on: 30 Sep 2016, 19:05:37 »
Submitted mine! It is a literal tree-house ;) made from wood and leaves. Hope you like it :)

ParanoidLepton

Re: Chunk of the Month Returns!
« Reply #10 on: 30 Sep 2016, 20:53:46 »
Old house made partly out of smaller trees