Looking for Event Team Members

Looking for Event Team Members

The event team are opening event team applications in order to grow the team with enthusiastic and talented builders. Event team members work together to design and develop unique events for the server, and we hope that you can help us in that process!

It is important to note that joining events will not help you in any applications as moderators as they are unrelated roles.

We ask of the following of our applicants:

– Shows maturity and is 16+ years of age,
– Plays an average of 7+ or more hours a week on Altitude,
– Is friendly and motivated to maintain our events to a high standard.

Applications will stay open for a week until July 20th at Midnight UTC. To apply go to https://alttd.typeform.com/to/Hnt6ra

ENTERING THE NETHER

ENTERING THE NETHER

We will be updating to 1.16.1 on Monday (UTC), July 13th. We will not be resetting the Overworld for this update as there are barely any changes to the Overworld. To compensate for this we will be expanding the world border by 1000 blocks in each direction on release and again at a later date.

The Nether and End will be reset. However, there will not be a dragon fight in the End. Due to the Nether now being a viable place to build bases we will not be resetting it every 6 months like we had done previously. Instead, we will be introducing a world border in the Nether. In the beginning it will be 1/8th the size of the Overworld border. If necessary, it will be increased in size.

We will be updating with almost all plugins. MyPet will not be there from launch, but we will of course add it back as soon as we can. This means that you will temporarily be unable to enter your pet inventories. Because of this we advise all players to clear their MyPet inventories as soon as possible so you do not forget about any items in your pets’ inventories.

We will be updating two servers at a time. Atoll and Summit will go first, followed by Meadow and Valley. We expect at least 6 hours of downtime for each server. You can play on Meadow and Valley on 1.15.2 while Atoll and Summit are updating to 1.16.1. When Atoll and Summit are finished updating, we will be opening them up to the public–meaning those servers will be available in 1.16.1 first.

Players should use the next week to remove their resources from the Nether and End. No player data will be reset as long as it is in the Overworld.

Capture the Flag PvP Event Re-Run

Capture the Flag PvP Event Re-Run

Hello everyone! It’s been a long time coming but we’ve finally fixed up the capture the flag event and will be running it on Saturday, July 11th at 8pm UTC. Players will be split into 4 teams and siege opponents’ castles, all set within a mythical forest with jumbo bugs and super-sized vegetation. You’ll be able to battle using by a variety of custom classes so there’ll be a strategy for everyone to play to.

We apologize for the wait, but finding a solution that allowed everyone to play the event with minimal lag took us a bit. However, we think that the wait will be worth it and everyone will enjoy the event.

In order to minimize the lag, we will be hosting the event with each “round” being repeated twice. Don’t worry if you can’t get in the first round. Those in the event lobby who didn’t get in will be guaranteed a spot in the next game as long as they remain in the event lobby. For those that played in the first round, you will be given a chance to play in the second round but it will be random based on those who get through the portal the fastest. Please note that you cannot win duplicate prizes for the same round pairing.

The lobby has a few different options to keep you occupied during your downtime, and we’ll keep you updated whilst the game progresses. We thank you for your patience whilst we set this new system up!

Capture the Flag PvP Event

Capture the Flag PvP Event

We are excited to announce our newest event, a Capture the Flag PvP event! Players will be split into 4 teams and siege opponents’ castles, all set within a mythical forest with jumbo bugs and super-sized vegetation. You’ll be able to battle using a variety of custom classes so there’ll be a strategy for everyone to play to.

To see a sneak preview of the map, check out our Instagram post here.

The event will take place on Saturday 30th May, at 8pm UTC.

Link Your Minecraft and Discord Account!

Link Your Minecraft and Discord Account!

We’ve added the ability to link your Minecraft and Discord accounts. You can do this by typing /discord in-game and following the instructions. This is still an early version so expect messages to change and features to be added and improved upon. The main reason for this bot is to ensure places like #marketplace, #bidding, and #suggestions can’t be misused by people with multiple discord accounts. But it will also make it easier for everyone to know who is who since you will now automatically be using your Minecraft username. If you have a nickname you can switch to it using the &nick command. For more information on that use &help. Please keep in mind these commands will only work in #bot-spam.

Some features we are still working on include automatically giving people their donor role in Discord and Nitro rank in-game. Currently, nicknames don’t fully sync yet either (they won’t update automatically so you’d have to relink your account for them to update). This will hopefully be added this week.

For now only the previously mentioned channels have been restricted to only linked users, next week more channels will follow to ensure everyone who uses discord will link their account as well. If you have any issues with linking feel free to msg me!

Altitude Build Event

Altitude Build Event

Today is the start of our newest build contest! Thanks for Jereth_Khan who suggested the basis for this event. The event will remain open for the whole of this week and close at Midnight UTC on Sunday.

The theme of this contest is “Springtime” and you’ll only have 1 chunk of land to make your build (you can build up as high as you’d like, though!). The builds will be judged based on creativity, use of space, and links to the theme. To get to the plot world please go through the portal in creative’s spawn and then /plot auto to claim a nearby plot. Please do not fly far out so we do not miss any builds.

Please don’t copy others’ builds or online content, if you are found doing this then you will be disqualified, and you should follow all normal creative rules. If you worry that your build is being copied please contact us instead of confronting the player. There will be prizes for decent attempts and the winners, who will be given their prizes after the event concludes.

Note: If you want you can work together but only the plot owner will get recognition for it (they would be the one winning if that plot won).

Good Luck!

Sale Continuing

Sale Continuing

Sadly the pandemic is not over yet, and most of us are stuck inside for the foreseeable future. The good news is we’re keeping our sale going! Your support of Altitude during these difficult times has been amazing, thank you all!

Looking For Awesome Moderators

Looking For Awesome Moderators

We are looking for community members who are interested in helping us moderate Altitude! We are opening applications for all servers. Moderator duties include: upholding the server rules and assisting players with using our services. Each moderator is assigned to one home server but is also expected to help moderate all other servers including creative and Discord.

Applicants should be friendly, helpful, and professional. Applicants are required to have been a member for at least 1 month, be 16 years or older, and play at least 7 hours per week. Applications will be open until April the 3rd. Please make sure to answer using the times and availability you would have without the quarantining that’s going on in the world right now. We will still need these staff members after everything goes back to normal.

Before you send your application make sure you check how you’ve written it. We get a lot of poorly written applications, these usually end up denied instantly. To apply go to: https://alttd.com/apply

Group Picture Time(s)

Group Picture Time(s)

Hello everyone! Optifine has finally released a preview that includes shader support! This means I can finally get around to taking a new group photo of our community!! I have decided that I’m going to be taking two separate photos; this will hopefully allow for more people to be able to make it into one or the other or even both pictures. We’ll be using the pictures for things like the Altitude website, the social medias (Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit), and our blog.

The photos are being taken at two different times, again to try and accommodate more peoples schedules. Friday’s photo will be taken at 3PM EST/7PM UTC. Saturday’s photo will be taken at 6PM EST/10PM UTC

Please note: anyone who tries to be disruptive during the photo or cause issues for the rest of the group will be removed from the server.

New Sale

New Sale

Because of the recent COVID19 pandemic, many places of schooling, work, and leisure are closing. In addition to this, the necessity of social distancing has made many activities outside the house unappealing at best and dangerous at worst. A lot more of you have been online recently for these reasons, and we really appreciate your continued support of Altitude! It is for this reason that we are launching a new sale. From now until March 31st midnight UTC, everything in the store will be 19% off. We hope all of you continue to stay healthy, and thank you for playing!