Friends and players,

   I am proud to announce the return of Rivalcraft in the form of Rivalcraft Reborn. I really wasn't planning on rebooting this server until I got a little more stable financially, but our good friend Metalguntalk was nice enough to sponsor the server until we can get enough donations to keep her up for good. So thanks again man. We'll be working hard to make it everything it was, and better.

   For those who never played on Rivalcraft or Alitheron (the server most players, including the admins, branched out from), we used to be faction based with pvp allowed outside of town. Now, we are returning to a more Alitheron-style format with no pvp except within pvp arenas, and no factions, at least while we are starting up. We have paved a nice, relatively flat plains with roads that I am excited to see grow into our first town. Building is encouraged within town, but being a hermit in the wilderness is acceptable as well. Whenever an admin is on, you can ask for house protection. This will completely protect everything in your home's area, from sky to bedrock, and only people you choose can touch or break anything. Our admins are Parkade, Sallevin, and myself, Piqueaboo. Feel free to ask us for help anytime you see us on.

   Another property of our server that all admins consider to be of the upmost importance is that virtually everything on the server is constructed manually, and the resources gathered the same. We never hand out materials or tools, and don't even spawn items for ourselves with the exception of tools for protecting and taking care of griefers. We love playing the game as much as running a server, and don't want anyone to feel that others are at an advantage. One small exception will be that all players who used to play on Rivalcraft will be given a couple goodies when they first join, as well as the title [Veteran] before their name in chat.

I'll be posting more as the server grows and issues need to be addressed. We missed all of you, and can't wait to Minecraft together again. :)

Rivalcraft Reborn is now online: 72.26.196.99:25665

Happy mining,
   Piqueaboo