New Year's 2025

[Queuenard]

New Year's 2024 topic: https://web.archive.org/web/202312310106...p?topic=42 (dran.land is now gone)

A topic for this year's was started (and there was also nonsense speculation in another thread) on the dysfunctional Blockland forum but now we have an actual forum to use.


We will be using a heavily upgraded version of the 2018 build from "Official" New Years (not to be confused with "Actual" New Years as for that year there were two servers)

If all goes well, we plan to open fully at December 31st at 4:30PM EST / 9:30PM GMT. The preload will be open shortly.

Use the CDN add-on to download all the necessary files in just a few minutes when you join the server. Using the CDN add-on will give you an achievement so you should install it anyway.

Select materials from last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZQsJEFE_E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMA7XD7DiY8
My screenshots (there are other servers mixed in if you hit "next" but the last New Year's screenshot is Blockland_39405.png)



With this new forum, the Discord is less relevant. Discord invite: https://discord.gg/uwKhqJQQru

[Queuenard]

If all goes well, we plan to open at December 30th at 9:30PM EST / 2:30AM [next day] GMT. That is not a typo; the opening time is in fact a day earlier than normal. Since it is opening early, there will be no preload.

We've decided to change it. A separate preload server will be open very soon. There is nothing to do once you finish loading as you will be stuck on the loading screen.

The new opening time is:
December 31st at 4:30PM EST / 9:30PM GMT

[Queuenard]

If all goes well, we plan to open at December 30th at 9:30PM EST / 2:30AM [next day] GMT. That is not a typo; the opening time is in fact a day earlier than normal. Since it is opening early, there will be no preload.

We've decided to change it. A separate preload server will be open very soon. There is nothing to do once you finish loading as you will be stuck on the loading screen.

The new opening time is:
December 31st at 4:30PM EST / 9:30PM GMT

New Year's 2025 PRELOAD is OPEN. As a reminder, the plan is to fully open at 4:30PM EST / 9:30PM GMT on the 31st. Please use this addon to load files faster: https://blocklandglass.com/addons/addon/1580

In my test it took me 5 minutes 20 seconds to load approximately 450MB of files. There's nothing to do there other than to load files and chat with other players. Feel free to go to my Speedkart Remastered server to hang out.

[MikolajBogush2]

I'd like to see other new years 2025 buildings and that will be awesome

[Queuenard]

New media

https://www.twitch.tv/patyos2/videos?fil...&sort=time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-wnLq_jFo4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDdU8VoMK-Y
https://archive.org/details/blockland-ne...025-videos


Preliminary stats (server is still up so no chest locations yet)
https://notabug.org/Queuenard/blockland-.../main/2025

[Queuenard]

Most of my screenshots from the event are uploaded starting at Blockland_43572.png

https://queuenard.gitlab.io/blockland-sc..._43572.png

[Kore]

I'll new your year bro

[MrDoodoo]

My colleagues tell me Blockland stock is up by [borrowed time] this new year.

[Bricksmith]

Is there a repository of the server files?

[Queuenard]

Is there a repository of the server files?

The server is still up so there won't be a release yet. It stays up as long as people occasionally join. I will probably definitely close it by February 15th.