Focus
The team has been focusing on updating all our software to support a multi-server scaling environment. We are 95% done and will be entering beta testing this week. These changes allow us to not be constrained to a playercount cap, or have the need for multiple realms for 1 game.
This is something we've been wanting to do for years, and decided it's either going to be now or we would have to wait till the end of the year due to reset schedules. Unfortunately this means we were not able to release Skyblock in June, which also puts a delay on Survival too, and other game updates. We have big plans to address this, and these plans will be announced in July.
We've also been upgrading our network and hardware, in preparation for big updates soon. This is the reason behind some downtime, and some weird things happening like cubits being disabled for a few hours etc.
Islands
Islands Season 6 will be releasing on July 3rd @ 2:00PM EST!
Islands will not have the scaling tech and will be capped to 250 max players as we want to keep it a small community alternative to the upcoming Skyblock update. Many new additions and balancing has happened during the beta, largely thanks to the amazing beta testers.
Ranks
Today we converted global ranks on the store into per-server ranks
- This has no effect on existing ranks, they are still global, and is only for new purchases.
- The prices have received a 66% price reduction, making ranks much more affordable for everyone.
- We will be adding back a global option back soon (updating store design for that)
- No perks have been removed.
I have also created a thread asking for new perk ideas to be added to Elite: https://manacube.com/threads/elite-rank-perk-suggestions.71666 - Monthly key claim category has been removed from the store
This is because they will be claimable in-game through our new daily rewards revamp releasing tonight/tomorrow - This is a change in part of an upcoming update, which will be announced in 1 week
Daily Rewards & Monthly Key Claiming
Gary will be retiring his daily rewards job and will be soon making a return as an chat helper.
His main job will be to help new players, and answering questions in chat.
Introducing the Cash Cow. This is where you'll now be claiming monthly keys, and claiming your new free daily reward!
This is the first version of the mystery crate
Rewards will vary based on the game.
You can claim these every day for free by just playing for at least 1 hour, and having your discord & forums linked.
Each day you claim in a row your streak counter will go up, and increase the amount of ManaLevel EXP you receive each time by 10%
*(There is a max cap of 1000 EXP per day)*
The GUI will also show the top active streaks on ManaCube. No prizes for this, just cosmetic
This update will be releasing globally over the span of the next 2 days.
Voting Removed
We are removing voting, for now at least.
Our advertising budget is also tripling after the release of Skyblock.
SunsetMagic Retirement
Sarah will be retiring and will become a teacher in September!
What Sarah has done for ManaCube over the years is unlistable, and she will be greatly missed on the staff team <3
Message from @SunsetMagic
Other Updates
➥ Islands Season 6 Reveal & Countdown
➥ Skyblock 2nd Reveal
➥ Season 16 of Factions released
➥ 1.17 support added, and dropped 1.9-1.13 support
➥ Toy Story treasure chest released
➥ Parkour Challenge mode improvements
➥ Creative Elite Crate released
➥ New Auction House released
➥ Event server updated to 1.16
➥ Manaray Anticheat has banned over 13,600 players so far!
➥ Many more bug fixes and updates can be viewed at https://manacube.com/updates or in Discord #updates channel
| STAFF PROMOTIONS
Helper
@JojoStyle Olympus
@oWinqs Skyblock
@Rocky702 ManaPVP & Factions
@Elly_x Factions (3rd server)
@Lavendel Factions (2nd server)
@Jash Factions (2nd server)
@awesomeboy__ (2nd server)
| STAFF OF THE MONTH
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$50 reward to all SOTMs
See list of all past SOTM winners here: https://manacube.com/threads/manacube-staff-of-the-month-history.43200/
| MONTHLY PAYOUTS
FACTIONS REALM
SEASON 16 FARMING WEEK PAYOUTS
[Week ending June 26th 2021]
#1 terryZ_ - 12,575,281 Prize: $50 Gift Card
#2 Hallef - 7,212,016 Prize: $25 Gift Card PayPal
#3 testatura - 6,560,737 Prize: $10 Gift Card
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SEASON 15 RAIDING WEEK #1 PAYOUTS
[Week ending June 5th, 2021]
#1 Brownies - $$1,143,573,300 Prize: $200 PayPal:
#2 UNGABUNGA - $864,162,000 Prize: $150 PayPal
#3 NTF - $466,137,000 Prize: $75 PayPal
#4 R3moved - $411,051,000 Prize: $50 PayPal :mc_264-0:
#5 Olympus - $207,364,000 Prize: $25 PayPal :mc_264-0:
SEASON 15 RAIDING WEEK #2 PAYOUTS
[Week ending June 13th, 2021]
#1 Brownies - $4,666,149,000 Prize: $200 PayPal:
#2 Clubhouse - $1,102,589,000 Prize: $150 PayPal
#3 Tricks - $654,050,000 Prize: $75 PayPal
#4 PurgeIsHot - $596,100,000 Prize: $50 PayPal:mc_264-0:
#5 Unity - $552,136,000 Prize: $25 PayPal:mc_264-0:
Watch https://manacube.com/updates/ for Farming & Raiding Season 14 Payouts
[Week ending June 26th 2021]
#1 terryZ_ - 12,575,281 Prize: $50 Gift Card
#2 Hallef - 7,212,016 Prize: $25 Gift Card PayPal
#3 testatura - 6,560,737 Prize: $10 Gift Card
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SEASON 15 RAIDING WEEK #1 PAYOUTS
[Week ending June 5th, 2021]
#1 Brownies - $$1,143,573,300 Prize: $200 PayPal:
#2 UNGABUNGA - $864,162,000 Prize: $150 PayPal
#3 NTF - $466,137,000 Prize: $75 PayPal
#4 R3moved - $411,051,000 Prize: $50 PayPal :mc_264-0:
#5 Olympus - $207,364,000 Prize: $25 PayPal :mc_264-0:
SEASON 15 RAIDING WEEK #2 PAYOUTS
[Week ending June 13th, 2021]
#1 Brownies - $4,666,149,000 Prize: $200 PayPal:
#2 Clubhouse - $1,102,589,000 Prize: $150 PayPal
#3 Tricks - $654,050,000 Prize: $75 PayPal
#4 PurgeIsHot - $596,100,000 Prize: $50 PayPal:mc_264-0:
#5 Unity - $552,136,000 Prize: $25 PayPal:mc_264-0:
Watch https://manacube.com/updates/ for Farming & Raiding Season 14 Payouts
AETHER
Payouts are #1 = 50 Cubits; #2 = 25 Cubits; #3 = 10 Cubits
HADES MONSTERS
#1 Derpylatios - 28,126
#2 Birty - 27,768
#3 oZenithh - 19,365
MINING XP
#1 TTuller - 12,122,061
#2 CrispierChutoy - 7,170,605
#3 Audiths - 7,141,027
HARVESTS
#1 PenguinKayleigh
#2 Kixfy
#3 Blowings
REBIRTHS
#1 AntisocialKae - 39
#2 MRiyaz - 37
#3 Afxxz - 27
HADES MONSTERS
#1 Derpylatios - 28,126
#2 Birty - 27,768
#3 oZenithh - 19,365
MINING XP
#1 TTuller - 12,122,061
#2 CrispierChutoy - 7,170,605
#3 Audiths - 7,141,027
HARVESTS
#1 PenguinKayleigh
#2 Kixfy
#3 Blowings
REBIRTHS
#1 AntisocialKae - 39
#2 MRiyaz - 37
#3 Afxxz - 27
ATLAS
Payouts are #1 = 50 Cubits; #2 = 25 Cubits; #3 = 10 Cubits
HADES MONSTERS
#1 Simplly - 13,537
#2 Limited_Twix - 11,438
#3 FrozenGay - 9,162
MINING XP
#1 MrWibs - 21,227,339
#2 WizGod - 12,393,066
#3 tekbu - 10,600,101
HARVESTS
#1 Simplly
#2 SSM_GOD
#3 _Jah__
REBIRTHS
#1 nick22985 - 41
#2 Jaquinzon - 38
#3 Meggggggg - 36
HADES MONSTERS
#1 Simplly - 13,537
#2 Limited_Twix - 11,438
#3 FrozenGay - 9,162
MINING XP
#1 MrWibs - 21,227,339
#2 WizGod - 12,393,066
#3 tekbu - 10,600,101
HARVESTS
#1 Simplly
#2 SSM_GOD
#3 _Jah__
REBIRTHS
#1 nick22985 - 41
#2 Jaquinzon - 38
#3 Meggggggg - 36
| TOP VOTERS:mc_264-0:
The vote leaderboard has now reset https://manacube.com/vote
Congratulations to the top voters!
Winners should create a Webstore Support Ticket to request their $25 Gift Card.
Voting is now being removed.
| JUNE 2021 STATS
Total Players: 3,490,946 (+85,637)
Total Staff: 57 (+1)
Forum Members: 66,078 (+1,591)
Discord Members: 45,775 (+2,151)
Max Players Online: (June 21, 2021) 2,935 (+256)
Total Votes: 112,060 (-25,370)
Up-time: 99% (-1%)
Average Session Playtime: 26 mins 37 secs (-27 seconds)
Minecraft Version
1.8 = 31% (+1%)
1.15 = 1% (+0%)
1.16 = 19% (-47%)
1.17 = 48% (+48%)
