Coming 18 Nov 2011: MineCraft World Update

On Friday 18 November 2011 MineCraft goes full-release, and when it does (and I can get the new server .jar file) our server will undergo that all-too-familiar transformation: upon upgrading the server software to full-release (1.0) I will also (probably) re-initialize the world. It's anybody's guess as to whether I will use the same seed value or an entirely new (read: random) seed.

What this means to you: If I use the same seed value the world will renew and it will be the same world you're currently adventuring on: only the structures, tunnels, blast craters, etc. will be gone --- think of it as hitting the 'Reset' switch on the planet, and everything going back to the very beginning. If I allow the system to create a new (random) seed value, all bets are off: it will be different all the way around, and it's anybody's guess what we'll find over there. Very much like discovering "the new world" (Happy Thanksgiving, by the way).

Regardless - either way we'll all be starting all over.