JOB Minecraft Server Updated

We’ve updated our Minecraft server to run v1.8. If you’re having trouble connecting to the server, make sure you’re running the latest version of Minecraft from minecraft.net. You can force an update upon logging in to the game under the Options button at the beginning.

We’re not currently running Bukkit but we’re going to as soon as it’s updated for 1.8. We’re still whitelisted so leave a comment here or join our forums to inquire about playing on the server with us.

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Minecraft 1.8 Official Released

You can now update Minecraft from the launcher after logging in to the new 1.8 update. The new 1.8 update brings a lot of new changes – but not everything listed on our popular Minecraft 1.8 Change List page. Here’s some of the things you’ll notice in the new update.

CHANGELOG:

Minecraft Beta 1.8

  • Added a brand new biome generation code that simplifies life a lot and makes things much more exciting for the future
  • Added new mob; Endermen
  • Added FOV slider
  • Added brightness slider
  • Added randomly generated ravines
  • Killing a monster makes it drop experience orbs
  • The player can level up by gathering experience orbs
  • Added randomly generated houses
  • Added huge mushrooms
  • Using bonemeal on small mushrooms grows the mushroom into a giant mushroom if there’s room
  • Rewrote the light rendering to use multitexturing instead of direct colors
  • Sky light and block light have different tints, cool colors for sky light, warm for block lights
  • Added critical hits that deal +50% damage, plus an extra point to make crits with weak weapons worth it
  • If the player hits a mob while falling, they always hit a critical hit
  • The game now keeps track of damage sources and types
  • Some damage type ignore armor now; drowning, being on fire (but not being IN a fire), falling out of the world
  • Ice now only spreads next to existing ice or from coast areas
  • Made the explosions prettier
  • Made level height depend on a single variable (the level height still is 128, but it’s more moddable now)
  • Added sprinting
  • Added hunger
  • Food is now stackable
  • Improved the logo
  • Added suspended particles to water
  • Added a server list so you can remember multiple servers
  • The player regenerates slowly while the food bar is high
  • Eating food now takes time + Skeletons hold their bows better now
  • Added melons
  • Made melons and pumpkins farmable
  • Animals that get hurt will flee randomly for a short while
  • Pigs have snouts now
  • Made a flashier title screen
  • Looking towards the sun during sunset/sunrise changes fog color
  • Added fence gates
  • Added a player list to multiplayer
  • Added Silverfish
  • Added Cave Spider
  • Added huge underground dungeons (stronghold)
  • Added underground mine shafts
  • Added melon twice, it seems
  • Added sprouts for melons and pumpkins
  • Added vines + Added iron bars
  • Fixed mushrooms spreading infinitely
  • Fixed caves generating with too many dead ends
  • Removed Herobrine
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Same Gender Romances for SWTOR

SWTOR

According to StephenReid on the SWTOR forums, SWTOR will have same gender romances added to the game post-launch. They made concessions about what to include pre-launch and what to postpone until after the game is released. He goes on to add that several other features and other content will be added later such as additional companion characters etc.

While this isn’t a must-have for any game, it’s nice to see that they don’t exclude anyone from enjoying the game the way they wish to play it.

Official statement follows:

Due to the design constraints of a fully voiced MMO of this scale and size, many choices had to be made as to the launch and post-launch feature set. Same gender romances with companion characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic will be a post-launch feature. Because The Old Republic is an MMO, the game will live on through content expansions which allow us to include content and features that could not be included at launch, including the addition of more companion characters who will have additional romance options.

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