The Sandlot - A Family-Friendly Minecraft Community

Hi everyone!

Since @cheracc has transferred ownership of The Sandlot to me, the VIP payments need to be transferred from him to me as well. Please read the following carefully!

Renewal Price Increase

Our operating costs when cheracc last updated the VIP payment info were around $2,000 per year. With the expansion of Build Battle and Skywars, that cost is now nearly $3,000 per year. As such, we are very slightly increasing the renewal price from $5.65 to $5.95.

Current VIP Players

If you currently have a subscription set up, you will need to cancel that subscription via PayPal, and renew by selecting the Sandlot VIP (Renewal) package that costs $5.95. This is very important! If you don't update your subscription, the money will continue going to cheracc and sit unused in his account instead of benefiting The Sandlot...

It's about time, c0w. - The Sandlot

Yes, Skywars is finally here!



Below you will find everything you need to get started.

What is Skywars?

Skywars is a Player-versus-Player gamemode that starts each player on an island with a few supplies. You can build your way to another player's island, or to the center for extra loot, but don't get knocked off or you lose! The last player (or team) alive wins the game!

How do I get to Skywars?

Enter the Arenas server from the lobby, then go through the water portal just outside the spawn ship, where Hide and Seek used to be.

How do I play?

To start, we have 4 arenas available. Two are solo arenas and two are team arenas. There is a wall inside the spawn house with join signs. You can right click the sign for the arena you want to join, or you can use the diamond axe in your inventory to bring up a Graphical User Interface...

We have updated our rules. Whether you were whitelisted yesterday or 5 years ago, you still need to follow the rules. Please take a few minutes to read them. If you are a parent, please take a few minutes to read them with your child(ren). Thank you.

http://www.sandlotminecraft.com/pages/rules/

You can get a quick overview of the rules in-game, as well as the website URL, by typing the command /rules.

The Sandlot went through many changes and updates over the last year.

Can you believe we celebrated our 5th birthday?! I'm so humbled to be a part of this amazing community that @cheracc made into a reality 5 years ago for his nephews. The growth and commitment of our players is astounding, and I look at all of you not as internet strangers, but as my friends that I've grown to cherish over my last 3+ years here as a community member, helper, moderator, and administrator.

In 2016, we finally supported name changes both on the server and on the forums. We also updated our website with a gigantic set of Minecraft smilies, a new post ratings system, a new set of forum trophies to strive for, automatic name syncing with the Lobby in-game, and a new ban appeal process.

We said farewell to the previous Semi-Vanilla Survival map, launching a brand new one with a magnificent Atlantis spawn, built entirely in survival, as well as beautiful and fun spawn...

Edit: The cat is out of the bag! http://www.sandlotminecraft.com/threads/the-sandlot-proudly-presents-skywars.30802/

The forums/website have been updated. I hope you guys like the updates. The changes are outlined below. If you have any questions, feedback, or bug reports, please share them here. Thanks!

The timer for creating new posts has been reduced from 30 seconds to 15.

The Recent Threads section on the homepage sidebar now shows the 7 most recent threads, instead of 3.

You can now add up to 15 people in a conversation.

You can now "Like" messages in conversations.

You can now search your conversations using the search box in the upper right corner. You will only be able to see conversations that you have started or joined in your search results.

Many new trophies have been added, and point totals have been updated. I have changed the trophy ranks to reflect the same structure as our ranks on the Semi-Vanilla Survival server. Please note that they are not directly related, only the names are the same. You unlock new ranks on the forum by getting more trophy points. You can...

Thank you everyone who made delicious cakes for Sandlot's 5th birthday party cake building contest! The top 5 cake winners are:

@XxCatattackxX
@Cherry_Keen
@Cepheusz
@PieMonster_
@RatMazeMind

Congrats guys! If you want to give your free week of VIP to another player, please reply below (or send me a PM) with their name. The VIP will be awarded tomorrow before the party.

Wait, did you say party?! Yes! I have a special party planned, so please make sure you join us in the lobby this Saturday, December 31 at 4:00 PM Arizona time! You can find a countdown timer for the event here: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdo...7&msg=Sandlot+5th+Birthday+Party&font=cursive

See you there!

All servers now support connecting with Minecraft 1.11.2 (the latest version as of this post). This is now the preferred version to use when connecting to and playing on The Sandlot.

Here are the server versions for all our servers as of now:

Arenas - 1.11.2
Build Battle - 1.11.2
Creative - 1.11.2
Dirtblock - 1.11.2
Easy - 1.8.8
Hardcore - 1.8.8
Hide and Seek - Currently disabled
HG1-4 - 1.11.2
Lobby - 1.8.8
Parkour - 1.11.2
Skyblock - 1.11.2
Semi-Vanilla Survival - 1.10.2

You may select 5 cakes, and yes you can vote for your own!

Remember, even if you don't win, it's still fun to build giant cakes, because everyone likes cake!

Good luck everyone!

1. @KPP03



2. @MCUnion



3. @XxCatattackxX



4. @HamsterMC123



5. @Tiger_Gamer360 (for @Willow_CK)



6. @xXAnimetmoss34Xx



7. @RatMazeMind

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Hi guys!

Parkour is open again, and now running Minecraft 1.11!

I also updated the Parkour plugin to the latest version, which the developer claims has been rewritten from the ground up, with new features coming soon!

One of the changes was that the "finish" blocks (the blocks you step on to complete a course) must now be red mushroom blocks instead of stone slabs. With tremendous help from @BellStar03, @bighatscoutguy, and @JackenKracken, we fixed all courses to use these new blocks.

Two minor issues I've noticed are:

1. Emerald blocks seem to boost you a lot more now than they did before. I have submitted a bug report for this, but for now you get to be like Super Mario. Hopefully no courses are ruined by this change, but if they are, let us know and we'll try to fix it up as best we can.
2. The obsidian boost blocks seem to boost you for a lot longer now. Again, hopefully no courses are ruined, but let...