Minecon - Minecraft's Own Con

Minecraft officially has it's own Con.  It's called Minecon.  As of this posting there are 88+ days left until the Convention.  That's right.  Why is this so important?  Simple.  Notch is going to have an important announcement.  Several actually.

One thing we do know, is that Minecraft will officially be out of Beta and be an Official game.  So, what does that mean for a lot of players who want Minecraft?  That means you should get it now if you can.  at 20 Euro, you can't hardly go wrong.  Notch has already sold over 30 million copies of Minecraft.  Why not add to that, because once it's out of beta, it's going to 30 Euro.

On a side note, Bethesda, is trying to sue Mojang, for using the word Scroll inside the game.  If you're unfamiliar with Bethesda, think Elder Scrolls, Morrowind and Oblivion.  Both popular games by Bethesda.  This little tid bit of information is turning me off to Bethesda.  Just like when Facebook tried to sue someone for using Book in their website address.  Gasp.

With that said, Minecon should be awesome, if you're a Minecraft fan.  If you don't even know what Minecraft is yet, go to the Minecraft website to check it out.

Empire Avenue - Community Updates

So, it's that time again, for an update on Empire Avenue.  As I write this.  The communities are currently down.  Why are they down you ask?  Simple.  Community Updates.  Much needed ones at that.  It's been ages sense the last community update, if they've even had one at all.

So, what are they changing?  Well, for starters, chat rooms will no longer be on the front page, except for the Help and Special Event chats on the site.  Now, chats are going to be run inside of the communities only.  This is a big plus.  Now, when you log onto Empire Avenue, you won't be bombarded with tons of chat rooms that you don't even want.

Here are some of the other features being added to the chat rooms.

Thumbing up of posts

Favouriting of posts

Searching posts in a Community

Subscribing to individual Communities for notifications

New notification levels

Integration of Communities with Indexes!

If you'd like to see the original article for verification.  You can find it on the official blog of Empire Avenue at This Link Here.