Hi everyone!

The server is finally opening to all Beta testers! Our Staff team has been working quite a lot on getting the server in a usable enough state so our seed players can join. We've finally been able to get it ready for our soft opening.

We will allow players who are interested to join us and play on the server during this phase, but there are some requirements for those who are interested in joining our testing phase.

Requirements!
- Be willing to give detailed reports about all bugs encountered, as well as not exploiting them.
- Actively give suggestions about our server, whether that be on Discord or in-game.
- Communicate well with our Admins and Staff.
- Have a discord account.
- Enjoy your time! Building and playing normally is encouraged, however, this is a test phase only and we must emphasize that the main purpose of this soft opening is for testing. That means that going out and pillaging, claiming huge amounts of our world, nether fortresses, raiding most ships, temples, and villages is discouraged.

Important Info!
There will be many features implemented during the test phase. We have a Creative server that will have many ranks setup and unusual yet interesting and challenging gameplay, as well as normal Creative features such as roleplay and playing with friends. More info on that coming later! To get to Creative, use /server Creative from Survival.

Our Survival server is economy based. To obtain money, use our Jobs plugin. /jobs browse will show you a list of available jobs, depending on the Job you chose, you'll be able to obtain money through different tasks such as mining or chopping down wood. You can also use our market to buy items from the server or post your own. Use /shop and /market ? for a listing and plugin information. We also have a bunch of custom plugins and MCMMO that gives out a much more fun experience.

There's information at Spawn, our forums, /help...

Hello everyone!

This weekend, on VentureMC, we’re kicking off our first Build Contest!

Build Contest #1

Theme: Winter
Build anything from a giant snowman to a snowy Nordic village, just make sure you employ the winter aesthetic! One of the categories for judging will be how closely a build follows the theme, so make sure it’s very wintery.

Guidelines: Reasonably sized and in survival
All builds will be built in survival and should fit in reasonably sized area, about 400 x 400 blocks MAXIMUM. Please don’t feel like it has to meet that maximum, it can be as small or as large as you’d like, under that limit. Teaming with another player is allowed, but no more than 3 people per team and winnings will be split among members. If you have a build already made that you’d like to add to, that is acceptable.

Contest Ends January 31st, all entries must be completed by then.

Rewards:
1st Place:

• Special Builder rank (only for one team member)
• $8,000 IGC
• 5,000 claimblocks
• FREE Explorer for 3 months
• Other rewards yet to come

2nd Place:

• $4,000 IGC
• 4,000 claimblocks
• FREE Explorer for 1 month

3rd Place:

• $2,000 IGC
• 2,000 claimblocks

*Additional rewards will likely be distributed.

PvP Arena
The PvP arena is now open! Don’t argue in chat, go to /warp fighclub to sort it out ‘mano a mano.’ Players will not lose their inventories upon death.

As it is the first of May, the VentureMC Network in its entirety will be closed for maintenance. Hopefully the network will be back online before tomorrow. Thank you for your patience!

- Systems Admin Team

Network is back online

Hi!
Just posting a short update because I haven't in a while. @Aust1n46 is working on the new Astronaut update. The update will feature loads of bug fixes, along with numerous new features! We will also be launching a new Referrals System, allowing players to get rewards for voting and inviting players to the server. We realize the server has been slow this week. We've been working tirelessly to get new players but we need you guys, the solid base, to be there to help new players. So please join, build, and help!

Thanks,
- Jack

Hello everyone,
You may have noticed that Astronaut and KPVP have been removed from the hub compass. The purpose of this is to focus new players on the survival world, where we feel we can build up more players easily instead of having empty servers lying around. These servers are still joinable using the /server kitpvp and /server astronaut commands respectively. Thanks for your cooperation!

- Jack, Austin

Hello, and Happy Holidays!

We've been working hard over the holidays here at VentureMC, preparing something awesome for you guys! We've been posting our server anywhere we can, trying to attract as many players to our server as we can. And good news - it has worked! We've developed a small but solid community, which we will use to capitalize and acquire many more loyal Venturers! As of now, we are officially out of beta and in the SE 2.2 Launch Stage! Oh what fun it is!

NEW! Survival Released!


The Survival World is something we have been talking about for a long time. Finally it is a reality! We've taken survival and made it so custom and unique, whilst still keeping a foot in the vanilla, pre-custom door. We didn't leave anything out - survival includes shops, jobs, economy, towns, and skill upgrades! There is truly no better way to evoke the theme of "venture" than survival.

Survival is available now, just click the Diamond Pickaxe on the Compass!

NEW Ranks & Holiday Sale on the Store!

We've recently updated & introduced premium packages. There are now two premium packages available, Explorer and Discoverer. Explorer is our subscription option, with amazing perks for gamemodes all around the network. Discoverer is our lifetime option, with even more perks! Check them out on the store, and jump on them soon, as the 25% off sale ends January 10th!

View premium packages @ store.venturemc.net!

New Members of Staff & TeamExpedition!

• Relative is a new Chat Moderator on the network! If you see Relative around, be sure to say hi!...

Hello Venturers!

During the past week, we've been working towards polishing everything and making the server advertisement - ready. We have done extensive beta tests and there are only a few minor bugs we need to work out before we'll advertise and get some players online.

Thanks,
-Jack, Austin, Bloon and the VMC Staff Team

Hey Guys!

So as most of you know, we're preparing a huge new update launching the week of the 15th (this week.) I thought I'd provide some more details and just reassure that SE will be fully active the weekend of the 17th. I'd also like to mention that Premium Memberships will also be fully available this week, with cut pricing! These prices are expected to go up and up as we get some more people on the server, so you should jump on them!

What will be included in the SE Update?

• The update will incude VMC kitpvp
  • VMC kitpvp is our own take and own spin on traditional Kitpvp. Kitpvp is a very popular, fast-paced gamemode in the Minecraft-server-world. Keeping with our original theme, we've changed a lot about it and hope you all enjoy it!
• We will unveil Cresta Alta
  • Cresta Alta is something we've talked about for a long time. We won't be using our same system, exactly, but it's going to be something really cool and fun.
• NEW Hub
  • We didn't really have a hub before, but we've been working on a really cool new one! It makes it really easy for us to add on new games and makes them all easily accessible.
• NEW Astronaut Map
  • Introducing, Debris! Inspired by Gravity and the influx of Scientific Fiction films as of late. Can you navigate the satelites and Debris to last out the others?
• Also this month...
  • This month we will...

Hello Venturers!

Allow me to take a second and introduce myself. Ingame I am known as A_Magic_Balloon, but to everyone that knows me, I go by Bloon! Other acceptable names are Balloon, Bam, or my real-life nicknames; Ael and Aelie. I am the Social Manager and a Senior Administrator of VentureMC! My roles include social networking inside the community, planning and management of VentureMC, as well as heading up the free-build survival world and the second Arrondissment; Cresta Alta.

Some new changes have surfaced at VMC! Most importantly, you will soon be using a different URL to connect to the website as well as the server. The old website URL will continue to work for a short amount of time, so please start using the new links ASAP. To connect to the website, you will now use:
Once again, start using these URLs immediately as the old ones will go away very soon.

Also, stay tuned for an update due next week... VentureMC SE! This update will bring new features to the server, featuring new ingame areas including a big new hub, as well as some new minigames and a formal introduction of the 2nd Arrondissment.

Bloon, out!