The clouds on the server always pass straight through Skyside instead of over Skyside. Usually these clouds don't bring anything with them, however this time they brought us something! Snow! The clouds brought lots of snow in to town! At the same time we figured this must be the right moment to get our Christmas tree out from the storage and decorate it! So come and visit us and get in to the spirit of Christmas!


I also heard rumors that this year Santa might visit Skyside and Santa will bring something for all active residents of Skyside! So if you're a resident of Skyside, be sure the check the Christmas tree on Christmas day!

I know there are many players on this server whom would like to enjoy the effects of beacons in the wilderness. Unfortunately not everyone in the wilderness likes these effects given off by beacons. For this reason I understand that beacon effects are disabled in the wilderness. However I think another approach might work better. If we could have a /beacon command which would allow you to toggle beacon effects on or off for yourself, then everyone can choose themselves if they want effects from beacons or not. So for example, your neighbor places a beacon on his wild plots and enables speed II, if you don't like this effect, you just do /beacon off and you won't be bothered by the effects of your neighbor's beacon. At the same time your neighbor can do /beacon on to enjoy the effects of his own beacon.

TL;DR /beacon command to enable or disable whether beacon effects will be applied to you

***Please read this entire post carefully if you want to win 100k***
As the end of the year is nearing we here in Skyside figured it would be the perfect time for a little challenge. Throughout the whole town of Skyside we hid 10 structures which may look a bit like a snowman. Some will be easy to find, others will be more difficult. Whoever finds the most of them before the contest ends will be rewarded with our grand prize of 100.000Nbz. If multiple players manage to find all snowmen, then the winner will be randomly chosen among those players. There will be a special bonus prize for the person whom finds all 10 snowmen first. The contest is open for all members, vips and staff members on the server.

How to participate
-Come to town using /t spawn skyside
-If you find a snowman, look for a sign with a 5 character code on the snowman (example: 59DF2) and send the code to me using a forum PM. The time at which you send the pm will count as the time you found the snowman at for the contest.
-If possible include a screenshot of yourself and the snowman 

Rules
-If you find a snowman do not tell anyone else about it, it will only lower your own chance of winning
-Do not post any of the codes or snowman locations you find in the server chat.
-Do not attempt to cheat in any way possible
-Do not send me an ingame pm or mail if you find a snowman, use the forum pm to send me (itisnotyou) a message.

If you break any of the given rules you may forfeit your chance of winning a prize. The challenge will run until January 1st, after which the winner(s) will be anounced in a forum post. When the end of the month is nearing we may or may not share a few hints on the locations. This will depend on how many snowman have been found. To get everyone started, here's a screenshot of the location of the first snowman:


If you have any questions regarding the contest please let us know in this forum thread.

Do you want to help run, build, expand and populate a unique and big town on the server? Then Skyside is looking for you! We here in skyside want to hire two new TAs to help make our town even better. As an TA of skyside you can fulfill the roll of a builder, a recruiter or both. Above that TAs are involved in making important decisions about the town together with the mayors.

As a builder your main task will be to help with designing and most importantly building the big buildings in the town. Liking to build things therefore is a must.

As a recruiter your main task is to find residents for which skyside would be a good town. This includes showing them around and getting them started if they join.

If you're interested in being a TA in skyside, let us know by replying to this post with the following information:

IGN:
Age (if you don't want to tell us, that's fine too):
How often do you come online:
Role you are interested in (builder/recruiter/both):
Why do you want to become Skyside town staff:
Previous experience (if applicable):

Note: applications are open to anyone, you do not need to currently be a resident of Skyside to apply.

When I was busy doing some future planning for my wild territory I ran in to the problem that I had no idea if my plans would be doable money wise. (Of course anything is doable, but I have a limit on what I spend on wild chunks) That's why I decided to make a handy little calculator which lets you calculate the costs for any wild chunk you want. You can enter a chunk number and it will calculate the price of that chunk, the total price of all chunks till that chunk and the total area you will have. You can find the tool here: http://jsbin.com/yawojama/1

Note: The chunk prices listed in this calculator are based on a formula for the chunk pricing which I guessed/calculated. In general it is pretty accurate, although the prices may differ from the real prices slightly, in most cases not more than a couple nbz.

Tired of living on the ground? Want to try a new home up in the sky? Now you can! We are creating a new small neighborhood with 20 modern prebuilt homes available to new residents of skyside. In addition to your own house you will get access to numerous facilities in skyside, such as our farms, shops and many other facilities still to come. For each home there will be a one time move in fee of 2.5k, which is equal to one day of voting.











Each house has two stories and a cozy basement with a storage area. We also will have 2 bigger units available. For more information or if you would like a tour, feel free to concact itisnotyou, debo37 or chompertons.

 If you're interested in being part of skyside and moving in to a nice new home, post a reply to this thread answering these following questions. Qualified applicants will be admitted first-come, first-serve in the order they replied to this thread!

What is your favorite thing about Minecraft?
Why do you want to be a part of Skyside?
If you are admitted, do you promise to give your best effort in making our town and our community an awesome place to live and visit?