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Stratus Status #28, 2019-09-17
Hello everyone! Welcome to the twenty-eighth issue of Stratus Status, the official biweekly 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!
Development News
Over the past two weeks, the Ares infrastructure received the following updates:
- Added the following UHC scenarios: Infinite enchanter, Bats, Weakest link, Diamondless, Backpacks
- Added fundamental API interactions for Bungee and Bukkit servers. This change should enable dynamic servers and allows the network to be scaled freely
- Added private messages support
- The API has been receiving a lot of work, with some notable additions:
- PostgreSQL database
- Auto-scaling servers: ask for a server of any type and it'll come online and be added to Bungee without limits. This also means we can handle surges of players without the network crashing
- New admin panel: admins can now create server templates with any combination of resources and plugins
- Better backwards compatibility: with the Bungee, 1.7 clients will now have much better support
made an update post about Operation Ares explaining in much greater detail what we've been up to during the past year. We highly recommend you read it, link here.
New Maps
Over the past two weeks, the following maps were added:
- Sarc
, by
mitchiii
- Roost
- Ascent
- Tiny Timburs
, by
Blazy
- Java
, by
- Maple Syrup
- Wild Outpost
, by
Xerocoles
- Tunnel Vision
- Tunnel Vision II
- Coastline Redux
, by
EnarRikardz
- Fracture DTM: Emerald
, by
The mixed rotation also received an update! Check out the Rotation Update thread to view the changes, which you can discuss on the Rotation Update #22 Discussion thread.
Staff News
Shawnn
and
PotatoTheGeek came back as Trial Developers
Picajoluna
stepped down as Moderator
Community Spotlight
Oops! We totally didn't forget to include 
asks: What is your Minecraft eDPI? It's a number to represent how fast you move your mouse. Check out his thread here.
Biweekly Question
In this issue, we're asking: what's your favourite gamemode and why?
That's all for this time!
Thanks for reading this week's issue. See you all next time!
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