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Happy 7th Anniversary, everyone!

Today, BeanBlockz turned 7 years old! Lucky 7! Isn't that crazy?

We just wanted to send out a thank you to everyone who's been apart of our community - no matter if you've been here from Day 1 or just joined us recently. We're so happy to have you in our community and hope that you're happy to be here too! Especially in this wild last year and a half that the whole world has been going through, we hope everyone is still staying safe and healthy, but still enjoying life along with it. Our Beaniversary this year has featured some awesome Events held by the Build Team and some awesome Instagram posts and activities from our Media Team! We hope you got to take part in at least some of it to celebrate the 7th Anniversary of our community.

Now, I do have a small little peak into the future for you all today to go along with our Anniversary celebration...

Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for our Summer Week! Our Events Team will be...

Hello everyone!

We hope everyone has had a safe and healthy first half of 2021, and that you're finishing up with wonderfully passed exams! Today we want to take some time to look at our Factions server to see where we can take it in the future. To do so, we're releasing a feedback form that we'd like everyone to fill out - especially those who do play our Factions server. We want to know what you like about it, what you dislike about it, what you think we can change(within reason), what suggestions you may have for the Factions server.

Reminder that this feedback form is for the Factions server and the Factions server only. Any feedback added to it that does not pertain to the Factions server will be removed from the form.

Factions Feedback Form

Thanks!
Danielle(MamaDuckie)

Hey, beans!

Two years ago we started hosting events for the community! So, on March 18th we will be hosting 24 hours of events to celebrate! You will have a chance to win $10M on your game mode of choice as well. The schedule is listed below and we hope to see you all there!

Event: Build Battle
Time: 1AM EST
Host: tuulips
Prize: 10 Mil

Event: Block Party
Time: 3AM EST
Host: aouria
Prize: 10 Mil

Event: Parkour
Time: 6AM EST
Host: aouria
Prize: 10 Mil

Event: Interior Build Battle
Time: 9AM EST
Host: aouria
Prize: 10 Mil

Event: Hide & Seek
Time: 12PM EST
Host: tuulips
Prize:10 Mil

Event: Obstacle Course
Time: 3PM EST
Host: aouria
Prize: 10 Mil

Event: Skywars
Time: 7PM EST
Host: Haailee
Prize: 10 Mil

Event: Spleef
Time: 10 PM EST
Host: Haailee
Prize: 10 Mill

Remember, if you have any questions feel free to contact any of our events staff. We hope you all will have...

Hello everyone and welcome to 2021!

As the first post of the new year, I'd like to take a quick minute to thank everyone for sticking with us through 2020. We hope everyone had a wonderful year despite the world events that were going on and that everyone is going into 2021 in high spirits and good health!

Before we tackle the Build Comp, I want to talk about the Charity Fundraiser we did this holiday season. In December, we started the 2020 Christmas Charity Fundraiser for Save the Children where you could purchase the tags #STC, #Xmas2020 and #GiveBack, the proceeds for it going 100% to UNICEF which we would then matching up to £1000 ($1300) in donations. From this, we as a community managed to raise $273 for UNICEF. Matching this, we have donated $546 which is entirely amazing! Well done and thank you everyone who donated!

And now our Christmas Build Competition Winners...

Hey all you festive beans!

Our Winter Event Week will be starting in a few days on the 15th of December where you will have the chance to win prizes including an exclusive ‘Frosty’ Chat Tag and $10M ingame on the server of your choice! Below you can find the schedule for the week’s events, all times listed in EST.

Tuesday, December 15th
Event: Kahoot
Time: 10:30am EST
Host: ashthetotaltrash
Prize: No Prize

Event: Build Battle
Time: 3pm EST
Host: prithcess
Prize: $10M

Wednesday, December 16th
Event: 1v1s PvP
Time: 12pm EST
Host: tnya
Prize: Frosty Tag

Event: Parkour
Time: 5pm EST
Host: prithcess
Prize: Frosty Tag...

Hey everyone,

Happy December! I hope everyone is staying safe and well during these unusual times. For many of us it's time to kick back, relax and celebrate the holiday season with our loved ones in the comfort of our homes. Unfortunately for millions of children this isn't the case. In many parts of the world children live in poverty and go hungry on a daily basis, lack a basic education and suffer from stunted growth due to lack of nutrition. In 2017 alone an estimated 5.4 million children died under the age of 5 from preventable or treatable conditions.

Christmas is the season of giving, so we have decided to run a charity fundraiser to support disadvantaged children. This year we'll be raising money for Save the Children, a global charity working to improve the lives of children by providing better education, health care and economic opportunity. Not only this but they also provide emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts. You can...

We are running into some issues and have rescheduled the release to tomorrow! See you then!

Hi everyone,

We hope that you are doing well in these troubling times. As the world is shut down, it’s platforms like Minecraft that are keeping us together and allow us to enjoy the company of our online friends. Although things have been at a standstill lately, we’re happy that BeanBlockz can contribute towards keeping you entertained!

Today we are excited to announce an overdue update to BeanBlockz that will make our network ready for the holidays. This update will schedule a reset for three of our gamemodes: Survival, Skyblock and Factions. Let’s jump into the details so you can learn more about it.

Reset Information
As with our previous server resets, all progress will be set back to zero. You will lose your current progress, balances and inventories to make place for the new servers. Ranks, tags, cosmetics and multipliers are...

Hey guys!

Beanmas is just around the corner and everyone knows what that means! Yes, that's right, our annual BeanBlockz Christmas Comp is here! With the way the year has gone thus far, we hope that everyone has been keeping safe and will continue to keep safe throughout the holiday season! Without further delay, let's move onto the details!

This years comp will run until December 21st, 2020 with the theme of Christmas!

Rules & Guidelines

• Builds MUST be on the Christmas Competition server. (/competition on the server)
• Don't steal designs - we will find out if you do!
• Only the plot owner will win the prize. (others may help you...

Hello everyone!

Do you like to build? Do you like creative freedom? Well, so do we and that is why we're bringing to you a 24 Hour Build Competition! The rules and guidelines are simple!

- 24 hours to build
- No theme! Show us your creative talent!
- World Edit will not be enabled.
- One entry per person.
- All server rules still apply.
- Plots are 35.x35!
- This is a solo competition. One plot. One person.

...And most awaited, the prize is $250!

You can enter your build here. It's open until 10/25/20 at 5pm EST!

We wish each and every participant good luck in the competition! Have fun!

- Danielle(MamaDuckie)

Hey everyone!

It's the season of spooking! Witches have been spotted flying through the night, the dead are rising and there's ghosts lurking around every corner! You know what that means? Our annual Fall Event Week is finally here and Halloween is just around the corner, so get ready for some spectacularly spooky events host by our Events Team!

Our Fall Event Week will be starting soon on the 20th of October! This week you will have the chance to win an exclusive 'Maple' Chat Tag! Below you can find the schedule for the week’s events where all times are in EST.

Tuesday, October 20th
Event: Build Battle
Time: 11am EST
Hosted By: ashthetotaltrash
Prize: ‘Maple’ Chat Tag

Tuesday, October 20th
Event: Guess The Build
Time: 5pm EST
Hosted By: prithcess & obamina
Prize: $10M

Wednesday, October 21st
Event: 1v1s PvP
Time: 1pm EST
Hosted By: tnya
Prize: $10M

Wednesday, October 21st
Event: Obstacle Course
Time: 4pm EST
Hosted By: tnya & prithcess
Prize...

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone is doing well and is enjoying their weekend so far! Today I'm excited to announce a new era of staff applications. Going forward, we're no longer holding 'application periods'. Instead, our staff applications will be held year round with no close date. The way this is going to work is that once you apply your application will remain active/open for 90 days. After the 90 days has expired, the application will be archived and you will be able to reapply once again - when and if you wish to.

In order to ensure we pick the right players for the position, we have a set process for applications. This works as follows:

• Forum Application: This is the application form linked at the bottom of the page. The application contains a standard set of questions which will be used to find out some details about you, which will allow us to decide whether or not we think you're a suitable candidate.
• Discord Interview: If we like your...

Hello everyone!

Happy weekend! We hope everyone is doing well and continuing to stay safe! Today we bring to you the Summer Week line-up, our second Event Week of the year! As with previous Event Weeks, there will be a few chances in order to earn a 'Sunflower' tag both in-game and on our Discord server! Read below for event dates/times, the hosts and what you can win from said events!

All times are listed in EST, convert them to your timezone using this website: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Sunday, July 12th
Event: Parkour
Time: 8am est
Host: ashthetotaltrash & Sootica
Prize: $1M

Event: FFA
Time: 12pm est
Host: whyyen & tnya
Prize: $1M

Monday,July 13th
Event: Team Build Battle
Time: 3pm est
Host: kxmmy
Prize: $1M

Event: 1v1 PvP Battle...

Update: Maintenance has completed

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone is staying well and safe during these unprecedented times. Today we have a very exciting update for you - we are updating Creative to 1.15!

We've refrained from updating to newer versions in the past for two reasons - our core software didn't support it, and server performance. The newer versions of the game do not run anywhere near as well as the likes of 1.8 or 1.12. We've been working on bringing things up to speed behind the scenes, and now feel as though we are in the position to begin using this version. The only incompatibility that we're still working on is our friends system - our team of developers are currently redeveloping this plugin from scratch. That means it won't be available on the upgraded Creative server for the first couple of days. When it's re-enabled I'll edit this post to let you know.

In order to upgrade the server we'll need to whitelist it so that nobody...

Hey everyone!

Today marks a special day in BeanBlockz history! We turned 6 years old today and to thank you all for your continued loyalty to our community, we're kicking off a weekend sale of 65% off from now until 12pm BST on Monday! We hope everyone gets a chance to get something cool from the sale and has a wonderful weekend! Here's to another year together!

Cheers!
-Danielle

Hello everyone!

Today is the day! May 2020 Build Competition Winners are finally chosen and being announced! Are you as excited as we are? I hope so!

The theme for the competition was 'Lockdown' which was very vague in order to see what kind of awesome builds you could all come up with, and you didn't disappoint! There were so many amazing builds that it was hard for any winners to be chosen. Before they're announced, we'd love to thank everyone for their participation in the competition and hope you join us in the next one! With that being said, please join me in giving a round of applause to our five winners!

• 5th Place @skinnycamm
• 4th Place @somegay
• 3rd Place @puugss
• 2nd Place @luciee
• 1st Place @GIRLY44neo

Congratulations to everyone who placed! We will be in contact with you shortly concerning you prizes...

Hey, everyone!

We hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! For a short time only - until end of day on Sunday night EST - we'll be holding a limited time flash sale on our store! Everything will be 65% off! Check out our server store here! Enjoy the surprise sale and have a great weekend!

-Danielle(MamaDuckie)

Hey everyone,

Today's post is going to a short one, but comes with some good news for the server - we're bringing KitPvP back!

We're hoping to release this soon, but before we do so there are some important decisions we need to make such as the server style and PVP version. The goal is to bring out a server that works for everyone and as such we will be releasing a feedback form. The form will allow you to vote on the style and version, and also provide any additional suggestions. If there's something you think would work well we would love to hear about it! The map will be of a similar style to the original server we had back in 2015. If you weren't around then you can find a video here.

The form can be accessed by clicking here and will be available for 7 days. After 7 days...

Hey everyone!

Last month, we released applications for a new type of staff member, the Helper rank! After much consideration - and reading - I'm pleased to announce that we've selected our new staff members! With nearly 500 amazing applications, we obviously couldn't pick everyone, but we thank everyone who applied for their interest in helping out the server and urge those who weren't accepted to reapply in the future. With that being said, I'd love for everyone to join me in giving the new staff a warm welcome!

• @Cloudram
• @EmmaRiley
• @Pizza__
• @gradleys
• @plutoe
• @dovena
• @tanyax
• @Velveto
• @EvanPug
• @butterflysoup
• @AnnaSaysHello
• @paigehaswetsocks
• @PotatoBeanLibbi...

Hey everyone,

Today I am happy to announce that we are going to be restarting our monthly build competitions! We took a break after the Christmas competition as the felt the competitions had been overdone, but after reviewing feedback we have decided to start them back up again

This month the theme is going to be 'LOCKDOWN' - intentionally vague, we want to see what you think of when you think of lockdown. Some ideas to help you get started:

• Something you miss and can't do because of lockdown
• Things that you CAN do during lockdown to stay entertained
• A prison

The competition will close on the 30th of May and winners will be announced a few days later - this is also when we will announce the theme for the following month.

In order to enter your build into the competition, you must create a new thread here with the following information:

• Minecraft IGN
• Plot ID
• Screenshots (upload to imgur.com, or your...

Hi everyone,

Today we're excited to announce our next round of staff applications! We’re looking for reliable, active and trustworthy community members who are willing to dedicate their time to helping make the server a better place. If this is something you’re interested in, please continue reading

Before we get into the application process it's important that we let you know we are introducing a new staff rank on the server. It's the Helper rank, and will be given to all new staff members. The role will have limited permissions (mute, kick, tempban). After you've been staff for a while we'll more than likely offer to promote you to the Moderator rank - if you wish to remain a helper, this is fine.

In order to ensure we pick the right players for the position, we have a set process for applications. This works as follows:

• Forum Application: This is the application form linked at the bottom of the page. The application contains a standard set of...