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Stratus Status #21, 2019-06-10






Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-first issue of Stratus Status, the official biweekly (usually) newsletter. Are you interested in recent network changes and what the community has been up to? If so, read on to get up-to-date about all things Stratus!



Tournament News




Stratus' sixth tournament has been announced! Introducing WOOL-E, a CTW tournament with a map pool consisting mostly of brand new maps. The tournament consists of two stages: a qualifier, spanning over the weekend of 16 June, and an invitational, spanning over the weekends of 22 and 29 June.



For more information on vetoing, format, dates and more, check out the information thread here. For the updated map pool, click here. Good luck if you're playing!



Nitro Boosting


Last Thursday, following the recent release of boosting Discord servers to Discord Nitro subscribers, amactus  announced a set of perks which will be given to users who boost the Stratus Discord server, including a custom emoji, amongst other perks. If you have a Nitro subscription and are interested in boosting our server, check out the announcement post here. Thanks to everyone who has boosted so far!



Development News



  • The mutation API has been added

  • The include XML element has been added

  • Death messages with some PvE kills and mobs are more specific

  • 1.7 clients are now partly supported

  • The spawner facet has been added, so you can now replicate spawner behaviour in XML. It can spawn items, primed TNT and splash potion effects

  • Lava leak distance is now used for core completion

  • CTF basics are done

  • The UHC world selector has been added to fully automate running UHC matches with a discord bot

  • Causes filter has been added



Aside from those additions, the hill-based gamemodes will begin to be worked on soon while CTF is getting ready. The framework for the new docs is pretty much done, it now only needs content to be added. The website and API are both being worked on. Expect some donor-only tests for OCN gamemodes soon.



Anax Updates


Recently, Anax, our mapmaking server, was ported to 1.8 preceding the main servers' switch to 1.8 with the upcoming release Operation Ares. While this change comes with many benefits, the only major downside is that any 1.9+ features can no longer be used. Additionally, Anax has been opened up for everyone to join and take advantage of this powerful mapmaking resource. You can read more about the changes made in mitchiii 's update post.



New Maps


Over the past 3 weeks, the following maps were added to the public servers:





Additionally, the following maps were added to private servers:





Staff News


Moderator applications are now open! They will remain open until 21 June, check out Eudaldca 's thread if you want to apply.






Community Spotlight


Do you want to learn how to defend effectively? Do you want tips on how to improve your defences? Mattato  has you covered. Check out his thread!



We don't all have a beefy computer, so Qwuiblington  has made a resource pack which simplifies fences to make them more resource-friendly. Check it out here.





Biweekly Question


With the start of Pride Month, we're asking: who is your favourite LGBT celebrity?



That's all for this time!


Thanks for reading this week's issue. See you all next time!



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who is your favourite LGBT celebrity?


Obviously Eudaldca 


...


and Troye Sivan ofc



Eudaldca and Troye Sivan (agreed campeh)


Also thank you for featuring my thread



I'd say Sunmi, but yea, things happen


Hong Seok Cheon 😊


weaboo or taht one guy


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