Update: More ideas, more players!

Hello, it's been a while as my last blog update didn't post so I'll cover what was missed in that as well as the news!
I have been busy working out the best ways for people to join the server quickly but without letting anyone that will just attack the server with greifing or abuse.
The best way was to set up a new site with a web form for people to apply through but this will cost money after a sort of trial period and that just adds to the cost of running this server.
So that presented a new problem of funding. Also there is a 7 day wait before forms can be used through webs.com to stop fraudulent activity so I had to think of something to allow people to apply in the short term.
Webs offers us a way to donate to the servers fund so that is one way of allowing people to help the server stay online for as long as possible. The other thing it offers is a web store so I thought we could run one giving items to people at a small price that will all add up towards paying server bills.
We will also be able to use that website to talk out side of the game, possibly make our own profiles and it also gives us a forum to use.

So that's the website and what that is all about... Lets put that down as "Coming soon" for now.

In other news: The world has been growing. We still need more players though. I signed us up to this new ranking system through http://minecraft-vqs.com We are the empire server and we can vote which will hopefully get us some reputation with mine craft players. You tube channel is also being made to promote the server to new and existing players!

That is all I can think of for now. Image update soon, (I hope) and a new video which is of a launch pad test from the server.

To do list:
Image update
Video release
Buttons to clean up all these horrid links everywhere.
Web store, price list and creation.
Forum settings (Member settings)
Dedicated You tube channel for minecraft and server vblog.

See you next time minecraft fans!