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A Present to Avicus II [Day 22] by Avi Claus December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

Heloohoho all!

It’s that time of the year once again, and we have some great things planned for this holiday season! If you can remember, I released 15 special presents last year for Christmas. This year, we are taking things to a whole new level! I am releasing 25 special things this year, starting TODAY (Dec. 1)!

Day 22 (Dec. 22)
With the Christmas Mini-Tournament being kicked off tomorrow, It seems as though it's time to bring back the Hall of Fame! We are bringing back the Old Hall of Fame but adding more recent events but we need your help! The Hall of Fame has special areas to show off events that occurred during tournaments. Here's an example:

My Elves asked me to tell you guys to give us events that you believe deserve to be showcased in the Hall of Fame! Please respond to the thread or discuss in #competitive in the Avicus Discord.

Here's also a picture of the top 3 finishings for the last 3 tournaments:

and if you've never seen the Hall of Fame, here's a snippet of the rest of the Top 3 awards:


The Hall of Fame will be released with the end of the Avicus Christmas Mini-Tournament (How ALM Captured Christmas) as well as a special room dedicated to the Top 3 of this event:

But if you look closely, there's a room below the First Place statue. This room is that "secret prize" I've been talking about for the First place team! This room is going to be a permanent addition to the Hall of Fame. Each player in the winning team will receive a personal 20 by 20 by 30 zone inside this room where they get to build whatever they want (as long as it follows server rules. If abused, the winning team will no longer receive the prize and the second place team will instead be allowed to build). Good luck to the teams participating in the tournament! Hope that your team may be the winning team so I get to see all your creations inside the How ALM Captured Christmas First Place trophy room! May the best team win! See you guys tomorrow.

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Day 20/21 (Dec. 21)
Hello everyone. Today's wonderful announcement is in regards to the Super Nebula Event that will be happening starting Friday and ends Monday. What the Super Nebula Event is will be a surprise. Not only will the server be open for 4 days, each day will have a new assortment of old throwback maps! Each day will get 16 maps that will total up to 64 old maps that have been on the server at one point. Remember maps like Dry Heaven 1? How about Encryption? Maybe you guys will recognize maps like Venomous TDM or Coconut DTM! You can find the maps listed here: https://avicus.net/forums/discussions/7fbc5cf14

Another quick announcement. The Mapdevs will be returning the Hall of Fame! More details to be this weekend.

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Dec 19 (Dec. 19)
Ho ho ho, today I have some holly jolly new web icons for you! Feast your eyes upon the cold-as-ice snowflake, and the warm-as-fire gift! Get them, along with the christmas tree icon, at https://shop.avicus.net/

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Day 18 (Dec. 18)
For the 18th day of Christmas, we have another morph being released as a promotional gift! You can obtain a White Rabbit morph which will be released within 24 hours to the general public. Make sure to acquire all 3 morphs mentioned (Snow Golem, Avi Claus, and the White Rabbit) before the 31st or else they will be gone forever! The tournament is also on the 23rd so make sure to be there! There may some gifts that will be given out on livestream by yours truly so be ready for that! See you tomorrow!

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Day 17 (Dec. 17)
Today is going to be a little short. I’m here to announce that our new ranks for Avicus have been released! Learn more by going to the Avicus shop or by going to this thread:  https://avicus.net/forums/discussions/0228d003e. All current donators have also received free upgrades to their ranks! Make sure to support the server by donating. I hope to see you all tomorrow and the following days for the daily presents!

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Day 16 (Dec. 16)
We're almost to the final 25 days and there's a week left until the highly anticipated Christmas Mini tournament! Make sure to sign up for the secret first place prize which I will announce later this week. Now for today's gift, I have updated the server's destroy and capture rotations with even more holiday maps! Capture has some new maps such as a Christmas version of Darkwoods and Madness. Destroy on the other hand has Christmas versions of Quintus, Luar, and Ternio! Go out and have some fun with those maps!

Also, make sure to be here tomorrow for the discord event which will start at 1 pm EST in the Avicus Discord!

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Day 15 (Dec. 15)
Hello everyone! There is no need to worry. The snowstorm has finally passed and our elves can finally get back to work. For today’s gift, we have something special. Avicus now supports Dynamic rotations and it will be put in place in the next couple of days. What this means is that the server’s map pool will adjust depending on how many players are on the server. If the player count is low, you may see a variety of small maps for a small player count. Once that player count increases, you will start seeing bigger maps to fit the player count and maybe some small rewards in the rotation for getting the player count up high. You can make a suggestion either by making a pull request, by suggesting it to a Mapdev on discord, or by responding to this thread. You can find the repository of our rotations here. We can now have countless numbers of rotations used for one server and in the future, we'll potentially support automated rotation cycling every day and different rotations on special occasions or holidays! We also have customizable rot names for such events and automation. Thanks for tuning in let’s hope this snowstorm doesn’t hit us again. 

Make sure to be here on Sunday (the 17th) for our discord party! The time of the event will be posted in our discord (which you can join at http://avicus.net/discord) as well as the game being announced a couple of hours before.

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Day ?? (Dec. 14)
Hello? Is anybody there? Oh, finally! This message is getting through. Our North Pole headquarters was recently hit by a severe snowstorm and we have lost all communications. This snowstorm halted our present delivery so we will have to deliver more presents and double up days! With the terribleness communication because of the snowstorm, I can still only send out one present for today. For a limited time only, you can get an Avi Claus Morph from the credit shop for free! Get there before the snowstorm reaches mainland! The snowstorm is coming back so that means our communications will start going down again. I hope I can communicate with you guys again 
tomo........

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Day 11 (Dec.11)
Did anyone hear about our upcoming Super Nebula Event? Starting on the 22nd, you can play some old maps you may remember or some you may not remember. Here's a list of maps that may seem familiar to you or unfamiliar, but they were all a part of the server's history! What maps do you remember from this list?
Bleened Rings Origins 
Dry Heaven 1 
Mistrock 
CherrylandMC
Boolean 1 
Ternio 
Broken Ages 
Rendezvous 3 
Palm Rust Origins
Decay 
Gladiator 
Broken World
Trinity 
Wasteland 
Senex 1 
Diamond Shore 
Windmill Plains 
Alpha Complex
Mystic 
The Minefield Campaign 

That's all for today. Expect some big things to be announced in the near future of this calendar! 

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Day 10 (Dec.10)
Hello everyone. Today isn't going to be as special as the previous day with a new feature (expect some more in the following days *wink wink*) but instead, I have decided to send this message in order to remind players that our Christmas tournament, How ALM Captured Christmas,  has been announced and revealed in the last couple of days. I am here to tell you guys to make sure to sign up as this is the first time in the server's history where you don't need a team to sign up! You can join in as a single user and create a whole new team with others who joined as a single. More information can be found here or here. You can also now set 3 of the maps in the map pool on a scrim server (which you can reserve at https://avicus.net/scrims). The maps you can now set can be done with the commands:
/sn Draxel Holiday
/sn Yukon 2 Holiday
/sn Alpine Holiday

More maps will be available for testing soon! If you find any issues with these 3 maps on a scrim server, please ping a Map Developer on our discord server.
That's all for now. Make sure to join in on this festive tournament as there may be a secret reward your team may earn for winning this mini-tournament that you won't want to miss out on!

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Day 9 (Dec. 9)
For the 9th day of Avimas, we are releasing a limited edition Christmas Tree Web Icon that you can obtain by donating one or more USD to the server via the Avicus Shop. This web icon will only be available until the end of the month (31st). You can buy the web icon here: https://shop.avicus.net/


Remember that the present hunt is still ongoing! Make sure to check out the new portals near the Map Development Team board to continue the hunt!

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Day 8 (Dec 8.)
For Day 8 on our calendar, we have our Conquest and TDM Map playing. We might play some walls maps too depending on how many people show up! You might also see some old TDM maps. We will begin at 6 PM EST on a server that will be announced later today. 
I hope that I’ll see you guys later at the Conquest Event!
Tomorrow and for the next couple of days, we’ll (hopefully) have more presents that you guys can actually be using on the server! Be ready for those.


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Day 7 (Dec. 7)
Can't you believe It's already been a week? Today's small notice is just a reminder that today at 8:30 PM EST, there is going to be a discord event. Hop onto discord and come join the rest of the community in a game you guys voted to play! Here is the vote link: http://www.strawpoll.me/14571124. And that's all for now, I'll see you guys again tomorrow!
A quick reminder that The Conquest Event tomorrow will be at 6 PM EST. Come on and give us your opinions on the Conquest gamemode!

Another portal for the present hunt has opened! These newer portals will have harder to find presents to good luck hunting!


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Day 6 (Dec. 6)
Hey everyone. it's day 6! Today we are releasing a long requested feature from #suggestions in our discord.

We have added the 1k, 10k, and 100k credit blasters to the gadget store. Now you can shower your friends with even more credits!

Also, speaking of Discord, tomorrow's event will happen there! Be in a VC at 8;30 PM EST to join in on the fun!
Adding to Yesterday's present hunt release. One of the portals has been opened for you to access a different lobby. You can now enter the sandstone portal!

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Day 4-5 (Dec. 5)
What a week it has been so far, and I am just getting started bringing you all kinds of holiday cheer! Sorry for not delivering yesterday, we had some issues at the north pole. Nevertheless, today I am releasing 2 presents to make up for lost time. 

Present Hunt: The first feature is a present hunt! When you log in to the lobby, you will notice some presents (labeled with nametags) that when you click, you can claim the present. Currently, the presents you have claimed don't show up anywhere, but they are stored and we are planning to use them for some rewards and achievements later in the month. As a part of this hunt, we are bringing back some old lobbies. Every 2 days, a portal will open up that allows you to teleport to an old lobby. These lobbies contain even more presents that you can claim. In order to claim the reward, you only need to claim 2 in each lobby. If you claim all in a lobby, you will get even more rewards when they are added.

Snow Golem Morph: We are also releasing a FREE snow golem morph that can be purchased in the in-game store for the rest of the month. Morphs also work now so enjoy that.

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Day 3 (Dec. 3)
Isn’t it a wonderful sight to see all our players coming together in the month of December as we approach the Avimas Celebration? Today on Day 3, we have a small schedule of future events you may come join in on during the month of December. Here is the list of important events/days that you may want to look out for:

  • Day 4: 
    • ??? - Announcement on the 4th 
  • Day 7 and Day 17:
    • Discord Party - Play your favorite games on Avicus or outside of the server with the staff team and the community. More info to be released on the 5th.
  • Day 8: 
    • Conquest Event. Get a sneak peek of new Conquest Maps as well as testing new concept gamemode ideas for the conquest server. Play through old and new Conquest maps. More info to be released on the 6th
  • Day 9, 10, 15
    • Contest Map Testing (More Info Soon)
    • 9th: 4 pm EST
    • 10th: 11 am EST 
    • 15th: Undecided (All times subject to change. Official announcement will be posted soon)
  • Day 20:
    • SetNext Event - Play your favorite maps on the server by asking Map Developers! More info to be released on the 15th alongside the map list.
  • Day 22:
    • Return of the ___________ (More info on the 16th)
  • Day 22 to 25
    • Super Nebula Event - Play through the history of Avicus and throwback maps for 4 days (Friday through Monday).
With those events out of the way, there is one more important event happening this month that I would like to tell players first hand before the real announcement is made. Here is a sneak preview of the banner (don’t tell the officials that I got it):

Say Hello to the Avicus Christmas Tournament! (Info)

And this concludes Day 3. Make sure to log in to witness these events as well as logging in every Sunday to join the Nebula Server! See you guys tomorrow.

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Day 2 (Dec. 2)
With the Christmas Maps being released yesterday, I believe it's that time of year again to spice up the lobby to become festive just like the new festive maps in rotations. You can log in now to witness the new Festive Lobby!  Here is an album for those who can't log onto the server,

See you guys tomorrow for Day 3!

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Day 1 (Dec. 1)
Today I am proud to announce that we have updated our Destroy and Capture rotations with a set of special winter versions of our maps! These new and exciting maps are sure to liven up the winter holidays here at Avicus, and I hope the bring some joy to your heart!



A lot of people have worked extremely hard on planning and developing these wonderful things that I am presenting, so I would like to give a special shoutout to my elves the Assembly Team, the Developers (and Junior Developers), the Map Developers, and last but kind of least, the Officials! 

Merry Avimas and Happy Holidays!
See you soon!

Vior_ December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

First and sick

Skquid December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

Oh boyyy it's that time of the year again

smitdalt December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

Thanks avicus.net Claus

Stuarts December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

Ayyyy 'tis the season to be jolly Falala

dev_revs December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

officials dabbing on these maps

cellish December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

Ayy!

falz December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

:dab:

profbananaslug December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

"this year"

SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE

Riilo December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

ooo, nice

Skquid December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

officials dabbing on these maps
:( don't forget me

AtditC December 1, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC




WHERE IS THE NORTH POLE?

EncryptedShoesHD December 1, 2017 at 10:12 PM UTC

Thanks Avi Claus!

_DISTRACTION_ December 1, 2017 at 10:12 PM UTC

Cool

KojaCola December 1, 2017 at 10:12 PM UTC

:thinkfish:

xdxdxd

Thanks Avi Claus!!!!!

Ghostystacks December 1, 2017 at 11:12 PM UTC

I was waiting for my secret santa :3

Nethersnow December 2, 2017 at 5:12 AM UTC

Cant wait to play on these maps :>

SR_Vlado December 2, 2017 at 11:12 AM UTC

yay! Thanks Avi Claus!

anszZzZ December 2, 2017 at 11:12 AM UTC

nice idea for an avicus santa claus

Lokigh December 2, 2017 at 2:12 PM UTC

yeyeyeyeyey

OriginaI December 2, 2017 at 10:12 PM UTC

:) wish i could see it

Sweedie December 3, 2017 at 12:12 AM UTC

Nice :)

Cow_Man06 December 3, 2017 at 8:12 AM UTC

Sweet! I'm banned and cannot see the one thing I have wanted to look at.

Hivu December 3, 2017 at 11:12 AM UTC

Hey Avi Claus!

Wahiz

he's been a bad boy. don't give him any gifts.

MtnL December 3, 2017 at 4:12 PM UTC

Use this wisely it could be a great thing for avicus

ProfessorUtonium December 3, 2017 at 10:12 PM UTC

neat

smitdalt December 6, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

"Morphs also work now, so enjoy that."

Avi Claus December 6, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

Day 4-5 (Dec. 5)
What a week it has been so far, and I am just getting started bringing you all kinds of holiday cheer! Sorry for not delivering yesterday, we had some issues at the north poll. Nevertheless, today I am releasing 2 presents to make up for lost time. 

Present Hunt: The first feature is a present hunt! When you log in to the lobby, you will notice some presents (labeled with nametags) that when you click, you can claim the present. Currently, the presents you have claimed don't show up anywhere, but they are stored and we are planning to use them for some rewards and achievements later in the month. As a part of this hunt, we are brining back some old lobbies. Every 2 days, a portal will open up that allows you to teleport to an old lobby. These lobbies contain even more presents that you can claim. In order to claim the reward, you only need to claim 2 in each lobby. If you claim all in a lobby, you will get even more rewards when they are added.

Snow Golem Morph: We are also releasing a FREE snow golem morph that can be purchased in the in game store for the rest of the month. Morphs also work now so enjoy that.

Skquid December 6, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

Oh boy

Diabolicx December 6, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

Damn I like this

KojaCola December 6, 2017 at 3:12 AM UTC

Morphs also work now so enjoy that.


Thanks smitdalt

MtnL December 6, 2017 at 3:12 AM UTC

All the devs comin clutch

Riilo December 6, 2017 at 3:12 AM UTC

How many presents are currently in the lobby? I've found 5.

EDIT: I've found 5 and the post says you released 2 :thinking:

AtditC December 6, 2017 at 7:12 AM UTC

yay

Sweedie December 6, 2017 at 8:12 AM UTC

Awesome!

Crazy_ December 6, 2017 at 3:12 PM UTC

How many presents are currently in the lobby? I've found 5.

EDIT: I've found 5 and the post says you released 2 :thinking:
You only need to find 2 per lobby, but there's more than 2 hidden per lobby.

The post about releasing two was releasing the present of the lobby hunt, and the present of the morph

Avi Claus December 6, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

Day 6 (Dec. 6)
Hey everyone. it's day 6! Today we are releasing a long requested feature from #suggestions in our discord.

We have added the 1k, 10k, and 100k credit blasters to the gadget store. Now you can shower your friends with even more credits!

Also, speaking of Discord, tomorrow's event will happen there! Be in a VC at 8;30PM EST to join in on the fun!
Adding to Yesterday's present hunt release. One of the portals has been opened for you to access a different lobby. You can now enter the sandstone portal!

AtditC December 6, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

FINALLY OMG

Riilo December 6, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

Yes! Thank you.

Avi Claus December 7, 2017 at 10:12 PM UTC

Day 7 (Dec. 7)
Can't you believe It's already been a week? Today's small notice is just a reminder that today at 8:30 PM EST, there is going to be a discord event. Hop onto discord and come join the rest of the community in a game you guys voted to play! Here is the vote link: http://www.strawpoll.me/14571124. And that's all for now, I'll see you guys again tomorrow!
A quick reminder that The Conquest Event tomorrow will be at 6pm EST. Come on and give us your opinions on the Conquest gamemode!

Another portal for the present hunt has opened! These newer portals will have harder to find presents to good luck hunting!

AtditC December 7, 2017 at 10:12 PM UTC

Looks like Avi Claus hates Europeans smh

Avi Claus December 8, 2017 at 2:12 PM UTC

Day 8 (Dec 8.)
For Day 8 on our calendar, we have our Conquest and TDM Map playing. We might play some walls maps too depending on how many people show up! You might also see some old TDM maps. We will begin at 6 PM EST on a server that will be announced later today.
I hope that I’ll see you guys later at the Conquest Event!
Tomorrow and for the next couple of days, we’ll (hopefully) have more presents that you guys can actually be using on the server! Be ready for those.

Avi Claus December 9, 2017 at 9:12 PM UTC


Day 9 (Dec. 9)
For the 9th day of Avimas, we are releasing a limited edition Christmas Tree Web Icon that you can obtain by donating one or more USD to the server via the Avicus Shop. This web icon will only be available until the end of the month (31st). You can buy the web icon here: https://shop.avicus.net/


Remember that the present hunt is still ongoing! Make sure to check out the new portals near the Map Development Team board to continue the hunt!

AtditC December 9, 2017 at 10:12 PM UTC

Nice

Avi Claus December 11, 2017 at 3:12 AM UTC

Day 10 (Dec.10)
Hello everyone. Today isn't going to be as special as the previous day with a new feature (expect some more in the following days *wink wink*) but instead, I have decided to send this message in order to remind players that our Christmas tournament, How ALM Captured Christmas,  has been announced and revealed in the last couple of days. I am here to tell you guys to make sure to sign up as this is the first time in the server's history where you don't need a team to sign up! You can join in as a single user and create a whole new team with others who joined as a single. More information can be found here or here. You can also now set 3 of the maps in the map pool on a scrim server (which you can reserve at https://avicus.net/scrims). The maps you can now set can be done with the commands:
/sn Draxel Holiday
/sn Yukon 2 Holiday
/sn Alpine Holiday

More maps will be available for testing soon! If you find any issues with these 3 maps on a scrim server, please ping a Map Developer on our discord server.
That's all for now. Make sure to join in on this festive tournament as there may be a secret reward your team may earn for winning this mini-tournament that you won't want to miss out on!

Avi Claus December 12, 2017 at 3:12 AM UTC

Day 11 (Dec.11)
Did anyone hear about our upcoming Super Nebula Event? Starting on the 22nd, you can play some old maps you may remember or some you may not remember. Here's a list of maps that may seem familiar to you or unfamiliar but they were all a part of the server's history! What maps do you remember from this list?
Bleened Rings Origins 
Dry Heaven 1 
Mistrock 
CherrylandMC
Boolean 1 
Ternio 
Broken Ages 
Rendezvous 3 
Palm Rust Origins
Decay 
Gladiator 
Broken World
Trinity 
Wasteland 
Senex 1 
Diamond Shore 
Windmill Plains 
Alpha Complex
Mystic 
The Minefield Campaign 

That's all for today. Expect some big things to be announced in the near future of this calendar!

AtditC December 12, 2017 at 4:12 PM UTC

Wtf day 11 isn't even something new. That's only a release of the map names but everyone knew that there would be a Nebula event.

_Nathy December 13, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

I'm just waiting for Avi Claus to gift us with some players

Crazy_ December 13, 2017 at 11:12 PM UTC

Wtf day 11 isn't even something new. That's only a release of the map names but everyone knew that there would be a Nebula event.
We ran into some issues with releasing the feature we wanted to, so this was what we released instead. Better than nothing, but we do apologize.

Avi Claus December 15, 2017 at 4:12 AM UTC

Day ?? (Dec. 14)
Hello? Is anybody there? Oh, finally! This message is getting through. Our North Pole headquarters was recently hit by a severe snowstorm and we have lost all communications. This snowstorm halted our present delivery so we will have to deliver more presents and double up days! With the terribleness communication because of the snowstorm, I can still only send out one present for today. For a limited time only, you can get an Avi Claus Morph from the credit shop for free! Get there before the snowstorm reaches mainland! The snowstorm is coming back so that means our communications will start going down again. I hope I can communicate with you guys again tomo...

Avi Claus December 16, 2017 at 6:12 AM UTC

Day 15 (Dec. 15)
Hello everyone! There is no need to worry. The snowstorm has finally passed and our elves can finally get back to work. For today’s gift, we have something special. Avicus now supports Dynamic rotations and it will be put in place in the next couple of days. What this means is that the server’s map pool will adjust depending on how many players are on the server. If the player count is low, you may see a variety of small maps for a small player count. Once that player count increases, you will start seeing bigger maps to fit the player count and maybe some small rewards in the rotation for getting the player count up high. You can make a suggestion either by making a pull request, by suggesting it to a Mapdev on discord, or by responding to this thread. You can find the repository of our rotations here. We can now have countless numbers of rotations used for one server and in the future, we'll potentially support automated rotation cycling every day and different rotations on special occasions or holidays! We also have customizable rot names for such events and automation. Thanks for tuning in let’s hope this snowstorm doesn’t hit us again. 

Make sure to be here on Sunday (the 17th) for our discord party! The time of the event will be posted in our discord (which you can join at http://avicus.net/discord) as well as the game being announced a couple of hours before.

Diabolicx December 16, 2017 at 6:12 AM UTC

HOLY CRAP THIS IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD

Hopefully it doesn't break tho lmao 

Hype!!!!!!

Avi Claus December 17, 2017 at 1:12 AM UTC

Day 16 (Dec. 16)
We're almost to the final 25 days and there's a week left until the highly anticipated Christmas Mini tournament! Make sure to sign up for the secret first place prize which I will announce later this week. Now for today's gift, I have updated the server's destroy and capture rotations with even more holiday maps! Capture has some new maps such as a Christmas version of Darkwoods and Madness. Destroy on the other hand has Christmas versions of Quintus, Luar, and Ternio! Go out and have some fun with those maps!

Also, make sure to be here tomorrow for the discord event which will start at 1 pm EST in the Avicus Discord!

Avi Claus December 18, 2017 at 5:12 AM UTC

Day 17 (Dec. 17)
Today is going to be a little short. I’m here to announce that our new ranks for Avicus have been released! Learn more by going to the Avicus shop or by going to this thread:  https://avicus.net/forums/discussions/0228d003e. All current donators have also received free upgrades to their ranks! Make sure to support the server by donating. I hope to see you all tomorrow and the following days for the daily presents!

Nethersnow December 18, 2017 at 7:12 AM UTC

Day 17 (Dec. 17)
Today is going to be a little short. I’m here to announce that our new ranks for Avicus have been released! Learn more by going to the Avicus shop or by going to this thread:  https://avicus.net/forums/discussions/0228d003e. All current donators have also received free upgrades to their ranks! Make sure to support the server by donating. I hope to see you all tomorrow and the following days for the daily presents!
I just love this new tag. Its so sexy <3

Ghostystacks December 18, 2017 at 2:12 PM UTC

i'm still looking for my secret santa ;c

Avi Claus December 19, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

Day 18 (Dec. 18)
For the 18th day of Christmas, we have another morph being released as a promotional gift! You can obtain a White Rabbit morph which will be released within 24 hours to the general public. Make sure to acquire all 3 morphs mentioned (Snow Golem, Avi Claus, and the White Rabbit) before the 31st or else they will be gone forever! The tournament is also on the 23rd so make sure to be there! There may some gifts that will be given out on livestream by yours truly so be ready for that! See you tomorrow!

Avi Claus December 20, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

Dec 19 (Dec. 19)
Ho ho ho, today I have some holly jolly new web icons for you! Feast your eyes upon the cold-as-ice snowflake, and the warm-as-fire gift! Get them, along with the christmas tree icon, at https://shop.avicus.net/

smitdalt December 20, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

Dec 19 (Dec. 19)
Ho ho ho, today I have some holly jolly new web icons for you! Feast your eyes upon the cold-as-ice snowflake, and the warm-as-fire gift! Get them, along with the christmas tree icon, at https://shop.avicus.net/

Avi Claus December 21, 2017 at 9:12 PM UTC

Day 20/21 (Dec. 21)
Hello everyone. Today's wonderful announcement is in regards to the Super Nebula Event that will be happening starting Friday and ends Monday. What the Super Nebula Event is will be a surprise. Not only will the server be open for 4 days, each day will have a new assortment of old throwback maps! Each day will get 16 maps that will total up to 64 old maps that have been on the server at one point. Remember maps like Dry Heaven 1? How about Encryption? Maybe you guys will recognize maps like Venomous TDM or Coconut DTM! You can find the maps listed here: https://avicus.net/forums/discussions/7fbc5cf14

Another quick announcement. The Mapdevs will be returning the Hall of Fame! More details to be this weekend.

Avi Claus December 23, 2017 at 12:12 AM UTC

Day 22 (Dec. 22)
With the Christmas Mini-Tournament being kicked off tomorrow, It seems as though it's time to bring back the Hall of Fame! We are bringing back the Old Hall of Fame but adding more recent events but we need your help! The Hall of Fame has special areas to show off events that occurred during tournaments. Here's an example:

My Elves asked me to tell you guys to give us events that you believe deserve to be showcased in the Hall of Fame! Please respond to the thread or discuss in #competitive in the Avicus Discord.

Here's also a picture of the top 3 finishings for the last 3 tournaments:

and if you've never seen the Hall of Fame, here's a snippet of the rest of the Top 3 awards:


The Hall of Fame will be released with the end of the Avicus Christmas Mini-Tournament (How ALM Captured Christmas) as well as a special room dedicated to the Top 3 of this event:

But if you look closely, there's a room below the First Place statue. This room is that "secret prize" I've been talking about for the First place team! This room is going to be a permanent addition to the Hall of Fame. Each player in the winning team will receive a personal 20 by 20 by 30 zone inside this room where they get to build whatever they want (as long as it follows server rules. If abused, the winning team will no longer receive the prize and the second place team will instead be allowed to build). Good luck to the teams participating in the tournament! Hope that your team may be the winning team so I get to see all your creations inside the How ALM Captured Christmas First Place trophy room! May the best team win! See you guys tomorrow.