We are having our 4th annual Holidays of December build Contest.

Before you read all this text you should get on Pearl and run the /gift command to get a new gift every day in December. Today's gift is very appropriate to the holiday on December 1st.

We are looking for creative builds (in non-creative game mode)
And example today (December 01 2016) is Eat a Red Apple Day.
Do a internet search for Odd Holidays of December 2016 if you are looking for ideas.

FAQ:
1) How do I enter:

1. Easy you ask staff for a plot at /warp contest
2. Pay the 3 Pearl entry fee
3. Build the your entry.

2) When does the contest end?
December 21 2016 ~ 7PM EST...

Voting

Vote totals have reset with the start of September, so there's a fresh chance to rule the voter list. I have updated the server list links shown in-game and here on the forum for Pearlmc, to only promote Pearlmc listings.

The vote crate rewards have some more variety and value in the possible rewards. Watch out for the "hay bale" showing up in your inventory with a vote party!

Network

We disconnected from the Eximius Gaming proxy, and stopped receiving votes from it. Unfortunately, the quality of many new visitors gained from the Eximius Gaming connection is not a fit with our friendly community. Members of other Eximius Gaming servers are certainly still welcome to come visit us however.

In more positive news, and in addition to (still) being part of...

Yes, we have finally implemented the often requested communication method known as "mail"! You no longer have to rely on sign scribbles or block formations to share information to your offline friends!

As a quick reference...
Send a brief one-liner with /mail text player_name your_message
For more complex messages, open the composition menu with /mail write and click the relevant text items to edit and send your mail.
View your received messages with /mail inbox and what you sent via /mail outbox
Finally, if you deleted something, look in /mail trash

Note: You may need some recipients to log in at least once since the plugin's addition before you can send a message.

In honor of Pearl MC now being fully 1.10.x updated we are going to have a Polar Bear Screen Capture Contest, I be you have questions . . . here are some answers.

FAQ:
1) Does the screen capture have to be from the PearlMC server?
um, ya . . . it is a screen capture contest for our server.

2) how do I prove the screen capture is from the PearlMC server?

• mini-map showing coordinates
• debug info with readable coordinates
  
• use the /getpos command to show your coordinates.

3) How do I win?
Upload a screen capture of a polar bear found on the PearlMC server to this thread and be picked the best.

4) How will winners be picked?
To be determined at a later time.

5) What can I win?
One of the only bear...

Mojang again has altered the EULA in regards to servers, insisting now that server list votes are equivalent to accepting payments from members. Any non-"cosmetic" rewards have to be provided to all online players, not just whoever voted.

To maintain a balance between rewarding players for tolerating the inconvenience of voting and upholding Pearlmc as a survival server, "vote parties" will now be a thing.

• Before voting, log in to the server and stay logged in. I know this will be challenging for some players, but we don't want you to miss getting rewards if a "party" needs only a couple votes to start!
• Each accumulation of twenty votes (Pearl-exclusive or via Eximius Gaming) will result in a vote party being started. There will be a 20 second warning before anything is...

To move forward, the server has been updated to 1.10.2. This comes at a loss of the backwards compatibility to 1.9.x clients. So you will need to adjust your client to 1.10.2 if you haven't already.
Features added in 1.10 are listed on Minecraft Wiki. If you live in a snowy area, watch out for polar bears!

This update does bring some plugin adjustments, due to the usual case of things changing between Minecraft updates. Notably, some home commands have different syntax now. Please check the wiki for changes!

side note: July 31st is Pearlmc's (4th) birthday! Feel free to come celebrate with us!