does the person who auctions the item get the full amount of money or is there a commission?

Good job also 

There is a small cost when placing an item on the auction, the increase depends on the amount you wish to have your item displayed.


There is also a 5% auctioneers cut on all sales you make. This does not effect buyers.

Active or sleeping vulcano's ?

The auction. Can you make your own times or pre set auction times to bid on a item ?

You can define three sets of times.

16 hours - 24 hours and 48 hours

This is the length of time your item will stay on the auction. If you do not make a sale, the item will return to you after it has exceeded the time you originally selected.

Hello everyone,

Since we announced Version 6.0 on our 2nd Birthday we've been planning, developing, building, structuring and designing our way through the new server. A huge mountain to climb and we have almost reached the peak! We are super excited about the prospects of seeing all of our hard work come together and uniting what essentially has been our motivation over the past 4 or so months, you guys; the community.

Today I wanted to talk about something I haven't really mentioned; our worlds outside of spawn.

So, we've spoke a lot about the spawn but, we haven't really mentioned to you what exaclty the areas outside of spawn look like?

Well, you're in luck! I'll explain.


Biomes


So we all known Minecraft biomes can be quite dull, they are not always formed in the best of ways and will hardly ever appeal to you as 'beautiful'.

Well, we want to change that! We'd like to re-imagine some of our worlds and make some interesting changes that will create a more realistic and inviting place to live in.

Minecraft itself has some planned changes in 1.7 that will introduces a few new biome types and changes, these include:

- Canyons
- Redwood Forests
- Changes to Ocean
- Cherry blossom Forests
- *Possible Volcanic biomes, yet to be confirmed*


We are adding all of them, and more. Expect larger biomes and custom biomes too!

So, what can you expect?

- Improved Deserts.
- Savanna style plains.
- Redwood Forests with custom trees.
- Canyons similar to the Grand Canyons.
- Giant Mountain ranges with winding Rivers.
- Snow covered Forests.
- Real looking Swamps.
- Beautiful and peaceful islands (Like to live alone? Claim and island with our chunk system!)
- Rain Forests.
- Real Jungles.
- Glaciers.
- Volcanic islands and Volcanoes.
- Snowy Mountains.
- Hilly plains.


This isn't just the Wilderness world either, we are doing it for both of them! Do you want to create a town that spans across a giant Canyon with bridges? Go for it, nothing is stopping you.

The version 6.0 worlds are your oyster!


What's happening to default biomes? Can we keep some of those too?

Don't worry, we aren't changing the games biomes completely, but simply adding additional ones which will add a little more diversity to our world, everything you have now and in your single player world will be in version 6.0.

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Auctioning

Admittedly we've been rather quiet about the Auction system, we've given you the basic details and told you briefly how it'll work but you haven't really seen what it's all about.

Upon opening the Auction on the website you will be presented by a categories list to your left, and the central
Auctioning zone in the center, this will display all of the auctions; the amount, price, how many bids have been placed on the item, by which player and the amount of time left on the item.

There are also some cool features that'll help all you merchants such as Graphs displaying the value rise and fall over a number of months.

Here is a preview of what the Auction will some what look like:



*Prices shown in this image are just for testing purposes*

How will I send items to be sold?

It's easy! Visit the auction located at spawn (One Auction house located at the Docks and the other VIP Zone)
Open the deposit Chest, and you will be presented by a window which will say "Market (Deposit)"

Any item you place here will be sent to your virtual website inventory, which will allow you to post them onto the onsite Auction to be sold.

How will I collect items I have won?

Once again this cannot be simpler! ~ In the same place; The Auction house. There will be another chest called "Market (Collect)" these Collection chests are much larger and will house all the items you have won and items that are ready to be collected for use.

Here is a mock up example of how it'll work in game to the website.



Obviously you won't receive the items until you've won the bid. You will also be notified on game and on the site if you've been outbid or won a bid.

That's all for now folks, next time I speak with you it'll be to inform you about the imminent release. P.S We do have a Party planned to celebrate the Last week of version 6.0, this will be organised by Waterworth. Currently our focus is still to ensure 6.0 is stable and ready to go before we announce any such party ~ Thank you for understanding.

Thanks again for your continuing support as this motivates us to continue spending many hours with this great project and server.

We have a 'vistors' rank which basically allows players to come onto your plot and interact with doors and anything which is a 'use'. Such as buttons, levers and pressure pads. This is something we definitely want to consider, which is complete privacy of your land and if the means creating a force field around the space, it can be done. Of course by adding a player as a visitor aka inviting them into your land, they'll be able to by-pass the force.

Nice to see you back Amanda! You've re-joined at a perfect time, we are about to embark on v6.

Hello everyone,

We would firstly like to thank everyone who took part in the memories competition. All of the entries are fantastic, each individual and personal memories that gives a true feeling of how much the community has grown since the start and end of v5. The entire Admin team has read each and everyone of them and come to a group decision, we would like to congratulate Brianta101 as our winner of the competition, she will earn herself v6 Veteran, 8,000 Tokens and a guided tour of the v6 spawn (Once we contact you).

The following runners up will receive 1,000 Tokens

• DjDazzy2011
• AdrianCavi
• Duelcon
• edixsabourin
• HarryX11
• gamergirlxo
• ummfredfelizco
• Jackmwoodall14

All other players that entered will earn 300 Tokens for the great memories they had shared!




Building - 80% (Final Build Stream part two announced soon)
Custom Server Plugins - 65%  (Largest plugin out of the way, focusing on the small ones) Huge milestone
Webside - 30% Work has begun on the webside of the server


As you can see we are almost there, everything is coming together and we are looking forward to the highly anticipated release of V6.

Our Wilderness World protection system - Chunky is pretty much complete. The system itself is going to completely reform Wilderness living on Noobstown and hopefully make it a happier place. You could almost compare the system to the Towny plots without the restrictions of expansion and with a lot more added goodies.

Another larger update is planned for later this month including a new server video trailer for v6 and the final overall information post for v6.

This is the largest and most adventurous update we've ever done on Noobstown and it's taking a long time, we aren't too far away now though. The aim for release is some time during August (next month), no exact date just yet but we are aiming for the month itself. Of course if we hit any brick walls we'll have to delay the release further but until then will continue to work towards our goals. Thank you all again for your continuous support and dedication to the server as this drives us to work harder, we appreciate it.

I have scheduled the map to begin re-rendering.

Quote from: Fatnoob on  5 Jun 2013, 16:04:45

Hey,

I understand your concerns and I personally do feel disconnected from the community at this current time but we are going through massive changes, lots of stuff going on in real life for me and trying to balance it all whilst working to some crazy deadlines is taking it's toll. Once v6 comes out everything will have calmed down by this point and we'll have plenty of free time to come on and interact with you all, I can't wait for that day either.

We aren't distancing ourselves on purpose, we are trying to focus on the future of the server by coming online we won't be making progress on the new version.

I hope you understand these are difficult times. Like we have said before, if you hold on tight you'll see what awesome stuff we have to offer in v6. Those who leave now and leave for good will miss out, I promise you this.

Not only this but I also run another community which is the Minecraft Apocalypse server, I obviously have to separate my time between the two communites to ensure both stay stable. I am working on the new version in my free time whilst also managing the community on Apocalypse. I'm trying my best, I'm no superman however.

Okay this makes sense. Thanks for the feedback. Also, I have a quick question, why did V5 last as long as it did while the other 4 versions were only for a few months?

Lack of experience, Minecraft not fully matured and the server software not being reliable. We've come along way since v1 and each version we have learnt so much more. I have been running 24/7 servers now for 3+ Years. V6 is taking the longest because we aren't just putting some plugins off bukkit and slapping them together to make a server. Many of v6 plugin's are created by us and not only that, we are preparing the version for the future, to ensure that the world will triple the life-span of v5. Lots of new and interesting things will be put into place for v6 that'll really make us stand our from any other survival server, we have the ability to reduce the worst part of Minecraft by 99%; Griefing and that's what we plan to do. I want to continue to make Noobstown the best experience possible and that's why v6 has been in full development for such a long time. I hate to keep you all waiting any longer than needed, so when it's ready we'll be bringing everyone on and we can party like the ol' days.

When V6 is out, will I be able to place lava on property I own?
With all the protections that will be in place, I don't see the problem with allowing lava to be placed for things like decoration and lighting.

Sorry if this question was already asked and answered by someone else, I just never found this out for sure.

In v6 you'll be able to place Lava and Fire.

My Noobstown Memories.

This is my favorite Noobstown memories that involve alot of awesome people along the way.

So i joined the server on the 8th of may 2012 and was greeted by many friendly people, but the one that stood out most was Krazzylegs as he gave me the opportunity to learn about the server and also took me mining and gave me a few jobs.
shortly after i had got some stuff together i decided to build my first house out on a frozen ocean as i thought it would make a nice change from the usual sky houses i make on single player, but soon realized that an ice floor isn't the best idea.
Then i met UnlikelyPirate and Iboabdalla who took me into their town Heavenlydawn (now known as Tortuga) which after a few weeks a became a TA, At the time of me joining the town it was small and just started so me Unlikely and Iboabdalla had made it into the great town it has become today.

I also have many other great memories such as making a town with AQW_assassian01, Meeting Mrfloris and having out teamspeak adventures, Meeting Tomb, Fireice, DjDazzy, Duel and many others.
But this is by far my favorite memory as it allowed me to get a feel for Noobscraft and made me stay with all of these wonderful memories.
Oh and there's also the adventures with Long_cat which would have to be a whole different story so for now i shall leave you with a few pics.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3w6wat2xsbwa3u/2012-12-25_19.43.37.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/idsh09ulhigokzx/2012-12-03_22.03.10.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0huvz1u05ucu3wk/2012-12-09_18.15.28.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s1h6mit4iv0q2ek/2012-12-15_23.15.03.png

Don't forget to add what you plan on doing in v6

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!

Hey,

I understand your concerns and I personally do feel disconnected from the community at this current time but we are going through massive changes, lots of stuff going on in real life for me and trying to balance it all whilst working to some crazy deadlines is taking it's toll. Once v6 comes out everything will have calmed down by this point and we'll have plenty of free time to come on and interact with you all, I can't wait for that day either.

We aren't distancing ourselves on purpose, we are trying to focus on the future of the server by coming online we won't be making progress on the new version.

I hope you understand these are difficult times. Like we have said before, if you hold on tight you'll see what awesome stuff we have to offer in v6. Those who leave now and leave for good will miss out, I promise you this.

Not only this but I also run another community which is the Minecraft Apocalypse server, I obviously have to separate my time between the two communites to ensure both stay stable. I am working on the new version in my free time whilst also managing the community on Apocalypse. I'm trying my best, I'm no superman however.