Hey all,


Sorry for lack of updates lately! The machine was finally handed over to us this past weekend and we were able to move all the important data from the old machine. We are now setting up everything, testing and finishing off some development. Our time has been very limited lately due to re-starting studies at University, but alas, we are getting closer now.  Can almost taste it!

Just a quick note: We will only release on weekends (Friday-Sunday), so those who are worried about a week release, don't be!

We'll also update you all plenty of time ahead of the release, so you can all prepare and re-schedule some of your time

That's all for now, hope you are all doing well and keeping close! We'll see you all again soon.


- Noobscraft Team

Hey all,

I just wanted to inform you that everything is going well, we are making great progress on putting everything together. We do however have some slight delays! our original intentions were to release on the current machine but the power and storage is not enough for our systems coming in v6, which has resulted in the purchasing of a faster and large machine. This will take a week to prepare and build (Pictures will be posted) and once up and running we can start steam-training towards the release.

The new machine will be located in Chicago, and will be behind a strong Anti-DDOS protection. Offering the best stability and up time for our players. The American player base will enjoy the improvement to their connection but our connection is still very strong and will not effect people world-wide too much.

Also as this being September the Admin team have/will be soon going back to studies, which will take a lot of time away from pushing the release. As always though, we are doing our very best and preparing the best version of Noobstown yet!

Soon as the new machine is up and running we'll post another update, thanks for your patience and understanding you are all awesome!

Veteran Winners, Token holders and the rewards!

Hey everyone, we are super thankful for all the support we were given over the process of developing v6 and those that took part in the token reward system. We are now happy to discuss the benefits and the players which were triumphant in their quest to earn tokens and win veteran!


A round of applause for our V6 Veterans:

Top 100 Overall Activity Winners

#1           mrfloris
#2      Jackmwoodall14
#3      DadJaeger
#4      86MaxSmart
#5      TekStyle4x20
#6      craftymatt13
#7      WindowCreeprr
#8      gamergirlxo
#9      AlexManzo
#10      Duelcon
#11      AQW_Assassian01
#12      bestjoker9
#13      Silverwolfje1985
#14      FumbleHead
#15      FlammableCow800
#16      Mistic_Ice
#17      Josh_Apple
#18      ummfredfelizco
#19      Whuck71
#20      AdrianCavi
#21      San57x100
#22      Tomb_Vine
#23      xXAnimeOXx
#24      edixsabourin
#25      Carcar4
#26      8BitCarpenter
#27      WarriorBen
#28      Konack
#29      Prof_Templeton
#30      harley504
#31      barrientos9637
#32      lukestar04
#33      Longteddy
#34      TidalMewMew
#35      Entangled
#36      ILORDNIGHTMAREI
#37      tiberius1999
#38      Bretticus9k
#39      spacemanspiff4
#40      SirZavala
#41      Kaolai
#42      coolpolar876
#43      GrizzShark
#44      applessmillion
#45      FireIce808
#46      BuddyBeanie
#47      SeaofRed79
#48      Burai_Kitsune
#49      NodnarbReklaw
#50      greenwood_zombie
#51      Islandfam5
#52      stinkybrian1002
#53      Binkyningy2
#54      DH4CFC
#55      WhEEWW
#56      EmperorMyrf
#57      steve_sufc
#58      HarryX11
#59      madcow410
#60      MagicMan27
#61      cruisinkiy
#62      Olah0001
#63      Citebafla
#64      Mellodrum
#65      OMGUFB
#66      DrewG2001
#67      Xavier1964
#68      ProtocolAlpha
#69      Mishai
#70      Gigabyteme1
#71      Psyman12
#72      GamerKid21
#73      deebles17
#74      zebra903
#75      goldenelite123
#76      Reigando
#77      TheMinerofOres
#78      Tariax
#79      nebih
#80      Miner_man123456
#81      Esp1222
#82      RamirezLuis
#83      BrandonGCL
#84      HelloPriyanshu
#85      CrafterChick04
#86      superman48264
#87      doc_engie
#88      500manhunt
#89      lightning101
#90      NinjabugY
#91      Twist3dLord
#92      K4B00S
#93      Timebomb742
#94      Snowflake003
#95      appleyeScB
#96      strong_nuklear
#97      tomisbomb789
#98      SmithB0118
#99      N_shizzle
#100       1JimJam2

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All other Veteran winners (Events, Competitions, Mcmmo top 10 overall and each skill)

#101 gruffnuts123
#102 kevinas321
#103 unlikelypirate
#104 jayjay36 x3
#105 applessmillion
#106 winglessraven
#107 spacemanspiff4
#108 bluespiked
#109 tomb_vine
#110 biranta101
#111 birdman2121
#112 tyja
#113 joawad
#114 dj_dazzy2011




If you believe you won Veteran and should be on this list, please notify us and we'll investigate. If you have multiple wins, please contact us if you wish to send the rank to a friend or family member.

To those who have over 20,000 Tokens you will be given the opportunity to buy the rank


Pre-v5 Veterans/Retired Moderators that will also continue to hold the rank

#115 San57x100
#116 BuckieUk09
#117 Bexn
#118 PeBachiega
#119 Heavensords1
#120 Jayjay36
#121 fotan53
#121 explosivepeep
#122 indatjuh
#123 Cerealman41
#124 karnage86
#125 TidalMewMew
#126 Renezaal
#127 tomhoenderos
#128 edwin_corne
#129 irshawz
#130 Esp1222
#131 meep91
#132 Tyber1231
#133 Battler11
#134 ipodjbmaster
#135 kempy123
#136 colinjaydeoppelt
#137 JunniCarpenter
#138 Kerean_HoneyBell
#139 thdarkbanshee
#140 irkieran
#141 AQW_Assassian01
#142 SK3LET0R
#143 tgdavison
#144 JoshRoasario
#145 ajhl49
#146 Dopehead_NL
#147 NightmareJS
#148 Foobi
#149 dean2222
#150 amanduhmiller
#151 Konvron
#152 MetalThrust
#153 Dante_rocks
#154 ringburn
#155 meshpet
#156 seshyo
#157 locodude0001
#158 Mikeybree
#159 duhnali
#160 omegawaffle1
#161 xAndrewXD
#162 Smash28
#163 C9_ReBeLz
#164 NeonNick66
#165 nogthedog
#166 DerickRawr
#167 thevhouse
#168 Yurka_MAKU
#169 magicman4774
#170 Licksterboy
#171 redkris8841
#172 Long_Cat
#173 TheJDog
#174 csc106
#175 madcow22

Top Skill levelers Overall and Top 10 of each Skill

DadJaeger
mrfloris
AQW_Assassian01
TidalMewMew
Whuck71
San57x100
Twistedlover
ummfedfelizco
Duelcon
xXAnime0Xx
86MaxSmart
GrizzShark
Mishai
Entangled
Reigando
Tomb_Vine
XxiBENNixX
k4B005
OaBenIsner
WarriorBen
TheMinerofOres
coolpolar876
lightning101
spot9901
XXZEPHARXX
talented_1
Carcar4
EmperorMyrf
8BitCarpenter
Carlos070
FlammableCow800
Xavier1964
niko555
FireIce808
doc_engine
DiggyPerro
Licksterboy
Mprint
DH4CFC
explosivepeep
madcow22
Geoboy66
Miner_man123456
leo9101
Whuck71
teryonbust
shakure
SeaofRed79
ajhl49
gamergirlxo
Fumblehead
craftymatt13
Bretticus9k
TekStyle4x20
Islandfam5
BuddyBeanie
Raiden600
spacemanspiff4
TheOnlyVIper
Mishai
sombrerodude
OMGUFB
WindowCreeprr
Silverwolfje1985
Prof_Templeton
Alex_Hupsch
Josh_Apple
Burai_Kitsune
MJfan725
harley504
tiberius1999
ProtocolAlpha
athealis
Citebafla
adam5979
tomisbomb789
NodnarbReklaw
nebih
edixsabourin
Magicman27


All above will receive 1 Extra Wilderness starting Chunk Claim (11)

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Token Rewards

Token Rewards

Potion effects:

Speed - Token increase based on duration
Haste - Token increase based on duration
Strength - Token increase based on duration
Jump Boost - Token increase based on duration
Regen - Token increase based on duration
Resistance - Token increase based on duration
Fire Resitance - Token increase based on duration
Water Breathing - Token increase based on duration
Night vision - Token increase based on duration

Enchant Books:

All Enchant minus Unbreaking/Thorns/Infinity
level 1

Price not yet decided

Rank Upgrades:

Purchasing Veteran - 20k Tokens

VIP for a week: - 5k Tokens - 1 Time buy


Pet:

Pet Bat - 4.5k Tokens


Supply Crates:

Wood Supply Box - 100 Tokens
Stone Supply Box - 200 Tokens
Food Supply Box - 250 Tokens
Farmers Supply Box - 300 Tokens
House Supply Box - 350 Tokens
Combat Supply Box - 400 Tokens
Redstone Engineer Supply Box - 450 Tokens
Skill Equipment Supply Box - 500 Tokens

Trophy

Token Trophy! - 2000 Tokens

Week Skill Bonuses

- Gain various skill bonuses for a week (Token price not yet decided)

+ More to be added

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Veteran Reward

- Access to VIP Zones
- Custom Veteran Kit
- Access to some VIP perks
- Early access to V6 (3 hours)

Everything you need to know about Towns, Nations and Outposts in v6


Towns are created by first gaining Town Permission and having 85,000 Noobz. You shouldn't apply for Town permission until you have close to 85,000 Noobz or over, you also shouldn't apply for Town permissions unless you have a structured plan for your town and know what you want to gain out of it. Creating a town for the purpose of selling it off, is not acceptable and will not be allowed.

Towns will no longer be taxed, however Mayor may choose to still Tax their residents. The main reason for this change is to avoid Towns being robbed and turned into ruins as a result. This of course has been a big problem for us in the past and we are trying to irradiate any issues that may cause mass grief or disturbance to players on the server.

If a Mayor no longer wishes to run a town they must request or sort-out a transfer of ownership. Failure to transfer ownership or abandon your town due to lack of activity may cause Admin intervention, which will mean forced ownership transfers (Most likely to high ranked Town members).

Towns cannot be deleted. Completely abandoned towns will be auction off by the Admins

With the introduction of two worlds this allows Towns to breath, without restriction, without limits. A world just for towns to expand and grow, a world without the trouble of wilderness buildings and arguments about who claimed over who.

Towns will have a variety of ranks and each with unique permissions (Updated soon)

Town Arenas will now work and allow for Player vs Player in Town arena plots.

Nations and Outposts

Nations will cost 170k and will only be created by players with Mayor permissions

Outposts will cost 42.5k and will only be created by players with Mayor permissions

All Mayors will be invited into a private Mayor and Nation board on the forums for town related discussion and politics.

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Town and Nation Profiles


With the website update we are planning Town and Nation profiles, an online overview of a town or nation allowing visitors to view and decide which towns appeal to them the most.

The Mayors will have full customization over their Town or Nation profiles allowing them to post news updates, information about the town, organize events and more.

Mayors may also choose to have an application on their profile, which will send all town applications to their Personal message box. Allowing you to invite the most dedicated and friendly town-loving players.

Alternatively, if you wish for your town to grow fast and be open you can add a "Join Town" button which will auto-invite players to your town.

Nation profiles will also work in a similar way offering a place for all the towns of the nation to speak and communicate between each other.

Hey everyone,

Tomorrow is our last ever party in v5! We hope you can join us for fun, games and sharing all the memories we've enjoyed together throughout v5.

A chance to all re-unite one last time before the release of v6!

Earlier this week we moved the date back to 'Saturday' meaning we can pack as many people in without school being an issue! Celebrate the whole night on Noobstown

What time?

SATURDAY 8PM BST What is this in my time?
v5 celebration party! 


What's happening?

- Gathering/Celebration at Spawn. Re-uniting the community! (Community inspired)
- Fun and Games (We'll be playing any games you want) (Year round in Noobstown inspired)
- World Events (Could we see the return of Easter Egg hunt? :o) (Easter in Noobstown inspired)
- Herobrine's Lair (Noobween in Noobstown inspired) Will he return!?
- Love Boat Racing (Valentine in Noobstown inspired)
- Live stream with Party music!
- 5 New Veterans made on the Night
- Ask an Admin session (Any questions about v6 and the update? Come talk to us!)
- New Prefects Announced
- Special V6 Feature Announced
- Special V6 Party hat for all players who attend the party (Will take names at start of party, half way through and at the end)


Live stream broadcast at

http://www.noobscraft.com/live/

Please make all new applications at https://www.noobscraft.com/townapp/.

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Welcome to Town Applications. If you are wanting to start a new town and form a community within the server please check the following information and apply. Good luck!

By applying for Town permissions you are accepting the rules of a Mayor, these include:

- The ability to take care of a community of players
- To make good decisions that are fair and acceptable
- To understand all in game rules and ensure your citizens do too
- An understanding that everything within the town is 'shared' and is not yours to keep. Money deposited in the town bank is to be spent on town related purchases
- If and when you become less active you must be willing to pass your town to a high ranked citizen
- To be a good listener and open to take advice from your citizens
- Be able to take control of situations that occur in town (Fights, arguments and what not) You should be the one to report any rule breaking to a Noobstown staff member
- The understanding that items such as chests in towns do not belong to you. If and when plots are cleared the items do not go to the town or yourself.
- Town must grow to at least 10 Members over a 3 month period of being created. Towns are not to be created for small exclusive friendship groups, they are community orientated and must be run that way. This does not suggest you cannot run towns with friends but simply means you must be willing to accept members outside of your friendship group. If you are not an open town you should often accept applications or requests in game to your discretion.
- Understanding that town permissions are your responsibility and that you are responsible for the permissions you set. For example: Setting a plot to public which is then farmed by a random player.
- If a player has griefed your town, you are responsible for giving them power and this is out of our hands. We do not deal with permission based griefs. We do however allow Mayors the right to know who griefed them, to ensure that mayors are able to take appropriate action against them in their land. e.g. Kicking them from town.
- You must have the required money to purchase your town at the time of the application (or a short period afterwards).

If at any point the Noobstown staff feel you are no longer responsible for handling the town community, we will take the decision to revoke your town access. The Town will then be passed onto another high ranked town member, a member that is able to show more responsibility.

Causing any problems to players within your town such as removing money and leaving will result in a permanent ban.

Please understand that becoming a mayor is a highly dedicated role and you are responsible for a lot of players. We take towns very seriously and our communities enjoyment within them. (No dictators in our universe)

The Application:

IGN:
Type here your in game username.

WHY?:
What are your reasons for starting a town? - Please write more than 150 words.

EXPERIENCE:
Do you have any experience of running a town or community? Can you refer to any other games? (Guilds, Clans, Teams etc.)

TIME:
Are you able to fully dedicate time to your Town?

PLAN:
What plans do you have in mind for the town? Do you already have an active member base ready to join you?

*Please only make 1 application

IGN:

WHY?:

EXPERIENCE:

TIME:

PLAN:

[u][b]Agreement[/b][/u]

I, (IGN), accept the liability of the role and all of the citizens in my town.

Thank you and good luck.[/s]

Enjoy!

Hello everyone,

I'm pleased to announce the Final Livestream part 2 will be live on Friday the 2nd August 2013!

Time and Date

Time: 8pm BST (What's that in my time)
Date: 2nd August 2013
Where?: http://www.noobscraft.com/live/


and I am also pleased to announce the release of the second preview! You can watch it here:



Not long now!


Excited,

Noobscraft team

Today I will discuss the key ways in which you will be able to earn money in the Version 6.0 of Noobstown.

A key way of growing as a player and developing your character on this server is gaining money. Money will enable you to use our player based Auction house, purchase land, buy items and also create towns, nations and outposts.

So, you might be asking... how can I earn money?

Well, there are luckily lots of options... they are as followed:

- Selling items to other players via our Auction
- Selling Noobstown Gems (Traded to villagers and players)
- Killing Monsters and Animals
- Playing Mini Games and Slot machines/Casino
- By completing jobs for players via the job system
- Taking part in Events and Competitions
- Entering the Lottery
- Voting for the server each day
- Completing Quests

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Auction System

To get started with our Auction system visit this link:

- LINK HERE SOON

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Noobstown Item Currency

What are Noobstown gems? How are they obtained?

Noobstown gems are our specific item based currency, these gems allow you to trade with Villagers around town for items. These can also be used for player based trading on the Auction House.

Noobstown gems are obtained via a command. The gems will have a base price of 500 Noobz and can be traded for a variety of items and blocks.

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Killing Monsters and Animals


The most straight forward way of earning money on Noobstown. Each time you kill an Animal or Monster you will be rewarded a small amount of Noobz. You do not gain rewards from spawner mobs.

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Events and Competitions

By visiting our Automated Events and Games world you will be able to part-take in Events to earn Noobz. You may also alternatively visit our Casino to play on the slot machines. You may also attend official Events and Competitions in which you will be given the opportunity to earn Noobz.

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Completing player driven Jobs

Players are able to create jobs/task which other players may accept. To complete these jobs you must gather all items/block required. Upon completion the items/blocks will be transferred to the employer and the employee will be paid.

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Entering the Lottery

Each day there will be a Lottery, in order to take part you must first purchase a ticket. Once purchased you will then be eligible for the Jackpot. (Jackpot = the amount of tickets sold)

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Voting for the server

Every day you may vote for the server. By voting you will earn 500 Noobz. This is the simplest way to gain a sum of money and also support the server.

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Completing Quest

By completing Quest you will earn money based rewards.


Good luck on becoming a Noobillionaire!

Hello everyone,   [Update: Winners for this competition will be announced soon!]

After such a great response from the community on the first competition we are now kick-starting our second! So, if you missed out on the first one here is your chance to get in on the action and win yourself some tokens.

For this competition you are required to write about your memories in v5. We understand you all have individual memories about v5 and we'd love to hear them all, any stories and tales you have please share them with us all. At the end of your memories post please leave a small note about your plans in v6 and what you want to achieve.

So to break down what you need to do:


- Write about your memories or a story about your time in v5
- Follow up the memories with a short post about what you plan to do in v6

Feel free to add pictures or to make a video to wrap up all of your memories.

Reward

The Winner will be selected by the administration team. We'll be selecting winners based on detailed and interesting your stories are.

- The Overall winner will win 8,000 Tokens and a one to one tour of the v6 Spawn. (By your tour guide ~ Fatnoob)
- Winner will earn instant v6 Veteran
- Runners up will receive 300 tokens each.


Deadline

The deadline for all entries is the 23rd of June 2013.


P.S Don't worry so much about grammar or spelling if you struggle, this is not an English exam. So everyone can enter!

Hello everyone, long time no update or see for that matter! (Busy times)

The Administration team have been working tirelessly since the announcement, working towards and preparing the new version of Noobstown. The project is quite ambitious and is taking a long time as you
may imagine, which we apologize for. We don't plan on keeping you waiting any longer than need be, so, when the update is ready it'll be released.

First I will talk about what will happen on the opening day and week leading up to the release.

A week prior to the release of the update we'll be moving the server to London, which will take some time since we are shipping the machine down. This means the current Version 5.0 server will be down for a full week leading up to the release of the new server and won't come back online until the brand new Version 6.0 is up and ready to go. The full week will not only allow us to ship the server down, but also allow setup time and general maintenance on the main server to prepare for the big release day.

Upon entering the server for the first time you'll be spawned in the dungeons in which will act as a small tutorial, allowing you to learn information about the server and an understanding of how we run. Obviously, as some of you already know the server each section is skip-able so you don't need to be dragged through the tutorial section by section and you don't need to re-sign up either. Your ranks will be transferred across. New members won't have to sign up initially like we have forced in the past but eventually will have to join the website to gain full benefits from the server. These benefits include our Auctioning system, Town and Player Profiles and any Server-wide event campaigns such as the 'Advent Calendar' we offered last Christmas.


Donation Points and their use

Donation points will be transferred across to version 6.0 we aren't changing the way the shop works but will be offering different purchasable items and packages. All packages and perks haven't been set in stone but expect a wide variety of options to spend your points on.


Token Points and their use

Tokens will be used to give you a 'boost' so to speak during the early days of 6.0, giving you access to basic materials. The ability to unlock perks such as increase skill gain, reduced cool downs, increased drop rates for mining and excavation and more. We'll also be offering kits and other such fun perks for token holders to spent their points on. Not to mention those who have worked up to 20,000 Tokens can buy out the Veteran status right off the back!


Auction system - Brief Information

Simply put - Imagine Ebay but for Minecraft. Place all your items on our online Auction house via sending them in game, once sent they will be transferred to an on-site inventory. In this inventory you are able to place your items onto the global auction house, enabling you to sell items and buy them with ease. This allows for bidding and competitive trading.

Prices will be generated dynamically depending on supply and demand, therefore you'll always be putting the prices up for the correct amount without ruining the value of an item. We'll also reserve the right to reduce sales on a certain item if the value is rapidly dropping in order to re-gain demand for an item therefore increasing its value on the server.

Brief example:

Imagine you are building a large town and you require a vast list of materials. Farming these items yourself would take months and will really slow the growth of your town!

The solution would be to use the auction house system to buy the items in bulk. First of all you would hit up the search function and simply type for example;

'Wood'

This would display every single person on the server selling wood, the amount and the price. It'll be listed from cheapest to dearest so you'll always be getting the best possible deal at the time. Once bought you'll transfer the items from your on site inventory to your in game inventory. Once all items are in game, you can then get started with that large town expansion you've been planning without the fuss of gathering. Simply and as easy as that.


Towns & Wilderness plots - General information/Cost etc.

So, I understand there is a lot of concern over Towns and what is going to happen with them as a whole. First of all, towns won't be the same price as they are currently, they'll be much, much, cheaper to suit the new state of the economy. We really want to push people towards Town creation and building a community rather than being held back because of cost. That's why I have decided to reform the way towns will be developed on the server, instead of raising the price to make people work harder for a town or to understand the responsibility, I believe a fair petition system would work much better.

How will this work?

So, you have enough money to start a town - Let's say 60k Noobz. You'll go to the website and create a petition (Like an application) to form a town. On this side of the website you can learn everything about towns and the responsibilities of running a community on the server. Once you are ready, you can then apply. Applying isn't going to be a restrictive process it's simply to give an understanding to staff and most importantly; your residents. What your intentions are for creating a new town.

Once accepted you will be granted the right to form a town with the money you have saved.

I'm a Mayor in version 5.0, do I still have to apply?

Yes, but you will be allowed to apply earlier than the rest of the community. Before the version is released infact. This means on first log-in if accepted you can get straight into the action of building a town. (Once you have the money)

I'm not a Mayor in version 5.0, but I want to start a town in v6!

Unfortunately, you won't be able to apply early. However, we will be accepting most early applications from the begging of the version for dedicated members of the community. Don't let this you hold back from applying!


Wilderness World

The wilderness world is where you can build outside of town life, your own personal paradise.

What is a Wilderness plot?

All building in version 6.0 will be in a protection environment, this way we can offer every single one of our community members 99.9% grief protection. When entering the wilderness world for the first time you'll simply type a command which will set your home block, you can type this anywhere out of the spawn region. One protected chunk is 16x16.

Each member will be given 10 Free Chunks of protection, and will be able to buy more as you please. The price for chunks will spiral upwards in price depending on the amount of chunks yo have. This means, the more land you wish to gain the higher the cost will amount.


So... what If I want to build with a friend?

Our Chunky system will have a build in friendship system, this way you can add people to your plot and give them rights to build. This of course is the only way you can be griefed - Adding a friend to your plot is a risk and if you are willing to take the risk you can't complain about being griefed. So remember, if you are giving away rights to your land make sure it's someone you know and trust.

My friend has land next to mine and we want to merge our land. Can we do that?

Yes, Chunky will have a merge option to allow friends to merge their land together.

Why will the world stay clean... I don't understand?

Our Chunky system will first record all natural landscape data on the server before anyone touches it (even me) and will store that data for chunk. This means whenever you reset your plot after use or whenever someone is banned or becomes super in-active the chunk will revert to it's original natural state. This means, the world will continuously stay fresh for years to come.

Well... what if Mojang release a new biome or item which is naturally generated? Will the world support it even though the data recorded is old?

The Chunky system has options to add items or data to it's reset code therefore in future updates we can add new biomes to the landscape. Such as the Jungle biome which cannot be found on the current 5.0 Main world.

When can we expect the release?

We will continue to stick to our Summer release schedule, we cannot at this time give a specific date as there is still a lot to do. All we can do is promise that this version is worth waiting for and that we want to do it correctly and not rush into things. As much as we'd love to release the version tomorrow, we cannot. Patience is a virtue!