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I started doing recaps each month last year (and missed a few at the end of the year too :() so I thought I'd do a whole year overview post to outline some of the bigger changes that occurred throughout the whole of 2016! There's loads of things which happened but this post is only going to outline some of the bigger ones throughout 2016.
Big Announcements
- 18th March - Noobstown became 5 years old! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/noobstown-is-5-years-old/msg86788/#msg86788)
- 17th July - Foob announced he was planning to leave the team! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/time-to-say-goodbye/msg87432/#msg87432)
- 11th September - Plans for moving forward with Noobstown without Foob were announced. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/noobstown-moving-forward/msg87644/#msg87644)
Bigger Server Changes
- 24th January - Added the ability to toggle tips. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/disable-tips-17710/msg86354/#msg86354)
- 6th February - Introduced Announcement Announcements in-game. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/announcement-announcements/msg86440/#msg86440)
- 3rd April - We said goodbye to the Web Inventory (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/saying-goodbye-to-the-web-inventory/msg86846/#msg86846)
- 4th April - Changed lots of the ranks. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/coming-rank-adjustments/msg86856/#msg86856)
- 1st May - Allowed new players to do most things Members can! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/changes-to-new-players/msg86992/#msg86992)
- 2nd May - Introduced instant respawn and messages about the coordinates you died at. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/you-died-where/msg87000/#msg87000)
- 16th May - Changed how hoppers interact with chests, etc. in the non-Wilderness worlds. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/important-hopper-information/msg87098/#msg87098)
- 25th June - Noobstowny was released! This was the biggest update to Noobstown for years and introduced our own custom made town system to the server! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/noobstowny-it-s-here/msg87310/#msg87310) This update had been in the works for months and months; you can read a list of the bigger changes as they were being planned at Noobs.town/noobstowny/ (https://www.noobscraft.com/noobstowny/).
- 14th July - The server Shop and VIP Shop were merged and updated. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/updated-shop-and-vip-shop/msg87405/#msg87405)
- 21st July - Finally introduced Snowball Rewards! (/warp snowball) (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/snowball-rewards-17957/msg87485/#msg87485)
- 22nd July - Everyone got more /homes. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/more-homes-for-everyone/msg87488/#msg87488)
- 30th July - Introduced /xpcheck. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/xp-check-command/msg87515/#msg87515)
- 10th September - The server was moved to its new machine & we said a final goodbye to Foob! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/we-re-back/msg87626/#msg87626)
- 24th September - /wild free was introduced. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/we-re-back-with-updates/msg87692/#msg87692)
- 24th September - Lots of smaller changes to the Wilderness system were made. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/we-re-back-with-updates/msg87692/#msg87692)
- 24th September - Sponges were enabled for all worlds! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/we-re-back-with-updates/msg87692/#msg87692)
- 28th September - The Chest Shop system was updated. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/chest-shop-update/msg87702/#msg87702)
- 30th September - Name changing was finally allowed! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/name-changing-allowed/msg87709/#msg87709) This was a massive update for many of our systems which had been slowly worked on for over 18 months.
- 2nd October - Heads keep their name after being placed! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/place-your-heads/msg87711/#msg87711)
- 22nd December - The Wilderness System was completely reworked to use the new 'menus' to make it easier to use. (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/wilderness-update-menus-cheaper-land-and-more-18082/msg87948/#msg87948)
Themes & Bigger Events
- February - Noobentines Quests & Events (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/noobentines-japan-in-love-quest/msg86484/#msg86484)
- 28th February - We brought back the Top Voters of the Month contest! (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/top-voters-of-the-month-it's-back/msg86624/#msg86624)
- March - Party for Noobstown turning 5 Years Old! (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/5-years-of-noobstown/msg86648/#msg86648)
- March - Easter Quest, Egg Spawns and Easter Events (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/easter-2016/msg86798/#msg86798)
- April Onwards - Pirate Themed Quest released (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/new-quest-now-ready/msg86920/#msg86920)
- July - A few Summer Events (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/summer-events-2016/msg87371/#msg87371)
- 3rd September - Chunk of the Month returns! (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/chunk-of-the-month-returns/msg87612/#msg87612)
- October - Noobween Candies and quests! (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/noobween-2016-begins/msg87735/#msg87735)
- End of October - Noobween Week of Fun including Party! (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/noobween-week-of-fun/msg87807/#msg87807)
- November - Fall Quests (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/fall-quest-2016/msg87863/#msg87863)
- December - Noobmas Advent & Crackers! (https://www.noobscraft.com/events/noobmas-2016-advent-begins/msg87905/#msg87905)
I'm hoping great things will come in 2017! There's lots of changes planned in the works, and we're going to try and bring back more regular events, quests and themes, which is something that has not been as successfully more recently!