Update Notes

+ Added retirement notice to Brink of Chaos information page
* Enabled snow effects on Forums and Website
- Removed Killerteddy

A hotfix and small update has been applied to the forums.

+ Added christmas lights to the top of the page

* Fixed (hopefully) snow on the website

- Removed Net Neutrality banner (because fuck you Ajit)

- Removed Killerteddy

- Removed Ajit Pai

Some changes have been made to CU's guidelines and Discord server.

+ Added rule: Do not discuss marijuana or other illegal drugs in public chats

- Removed #420 channel from Discord to avoid issues with Discord's TOS, US law, and as a response to strong community backlash

- Removed Killerteddy

A small change has been made to the Discord server.

+ Added #420 as a NSFW channel - Porn is not allowed, but is made NSFW to require 18+ confirmation

- Removed killerteddy

* Fixed a minor display issue where, when uploading a file in the download center, uploaded screenshots would have the frame around them display incorrectly

* Enabled snow for the holidays

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added Cactus to SkyBlock shop
* Users can now buy/sell in stacks from ChestShops in SkyBlock
- Removed Killerteddy

* Fixed link for Vote Page on the main website
* Mass optimization! Many of the website's images (primarily those found under the Games sections) have been downscaled in order to increase page load times
- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added MC server player count to info block on homepage

+ Awards given for reaching post counts are now granted automatically - if you don't have yours yet send me a PM or just create a new content item and the award will be granted to you
+ Added plugin to improve Status Updates block (see below for comparison) (reply icon is fixed)

- Removed Killerteddy

Before:

After:

* Recreated poll data for most old Nuclear District topics (see more detailed info on that below)

* Fixed a leftover attachment on many of the recent awards that was meant to only display on one (i literally removed the attachment every time, turns out it did nothing )

- Removed Killerteddy

The poll data for each topic had to be recreated by hand based on local copies made of the Nuclear District website and forums shortly before its final closure in 2016. There is no PHP or any sort of functionality to any of the website, it only captures raw HTML that is visible to guests/non logged-in users. Using those pages I was able to recreate the JSON data for most of the polls, and as such they are now present in most of the topics that had them, exactly as they were - mostly. The actual names of users who voted on the polls are gone as those weren't visible to the public (either at all, or just not without an account).

Prior to this, any old topics that had polls either displayed nothing (due to the ND forums having more polls than CU does), or displayed a poll from a completely different topic. I unfortunately neglected to ask for the SQL table for polls during the final shutdown - so sadly the original poll data is long gone (which I'm sure a lot of you probably don't care about but it does legitimately pain me to know that fact).

You may have also noticed that I said most topics had their polls back. Well, as I mentioned before - the program I used to create the archive of ND's forums can only see what an unregistered user would see. As such, polls for any Staff-only subforums, or any subforums that were archived at the time, are not restored. For any topics whose polls don't exist anywhere, a placeholder poll has been put in place rather than displaying random (and potentially private/staff-only) polls from other topics.

Any polls from those ND-era topics are locked from any and all future votes - they will be left exactly as they are. Note that the topics themselves aren't locked - only the polls.

If you're interested, you can see the full list of restored/unrestored topic polls below:

Topics with Polls Restored

https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/457-record-rap-jay-z-magna-carta-holy-grail/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/464-dubstep-nero-promises-skrillex-and-nero-remix/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/473-rap-record-aesop-rock-skelethon/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/542-anti-virus-poll/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/562-skyblock-poll/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/571-game-server-poll/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/596-poll-on-restricted-crafting-items-in-faction/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/785-bobbie-vs-snail/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1003-anime-streams/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1032-unturned-server/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1350-your-favorite-forum-theme/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1435-upcoming-changes-to-mc-server-your-desires/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1515-favorite-game-server-poll/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1520-modded-mc-server/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1524-president-of-the-earth-and-galaxy/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1534-exam/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1557-president-of-the-earth-and-galaxy-re-election/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1572-location-poll/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1589-batman-vs-superman/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1598-suggest-new-gamemodes-for-the-mc-server/

Topics without Polls Restored (Requires Premium or Staff ranks to access)

https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/454-steam-servers/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/618-going-cracked-server/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/672-mc-18-update-poll/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/739-future-of-ndpack/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/929-staff-meeting-urgent/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/953-favorite-staff-poll/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1370-poll-to-turn-off-block-damage-from-explosives-mc-heli/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1376-switch-modpacks/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1462-uac-board-updated/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1527-test/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1528-poll-test/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1529-another-poll-test/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1537-success/
https://chaoticunited.net/forums/topic/1612-premium/

* Fixed Potato, Glow Berries, and Sweet Berries not being able to be purchased/sold in SkyBlock shop
- Removed Killerteddy

* Updated icon for Dedicated Donator award
* Updated description for Dedicated Donator award
* Updated description for Veteran award
* Updated description for Active Poster award
* Updated description for Senior Poster award
* Updated description for Insane Poster award
* Updated description for Star Poster award
* Updated description for Psycho Poster award
* Updated iAwards to 1.3.2
* Issued a whole bunch of awards out to members who should've had them
* Set several members to Premium who donated in the past but never got their rank set
* Begin work on manually restoring polls on old Nuclear District forum topics
- Removed Killerteddy

The Chaotic United homepage has been updated. + Added 'Community Focus' section
+ Added 'Services' section
+ Re-added the 'Administration' section
+ Added a small section for quick notices
* Replaced the 'Gaming Community' subtitle with random 'splash' text
- Removed all types of cheese (Cheddar, Blue, Mozzarella, Goat, Stupidity) 
 

A small update has been applied to the main MC server.

* Enabled XPStorer mechanic: sneak while clicking on a lapis block to turn your XP into XP bottles for storage.

* Disabled recipe for Stack of Books due to inconsistent results in some cases

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added plugin: EntityDetection

* Fixed server TPS consistently being at 11TPS or below

- Banned Dark Matter Pedestals due to potential for lag and EMC generation

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added some additional announcements
* Updated CUItemSpawn to 1.1.1
* Updated CUPackage to 1.2.13
* Updated donation store descriptions to remove Chat Formatting perk from Chaotic and Benefactor descriptions, and add it to Creator
* Chat Formatting perk (formerly a Benefactor and up perk) is now available to Creators and above
* Fixed a typo (from literally 2014) where Chaotic rank lists either a 200x200 plot, or two 100x100 plots - now lists up to 4 100x100 plots as 200x200 plots no longer are an option (and also two 100x100 plots would be less space than a 200x200 plot smh)
- Removed the glass barrier in front of SurvivalGames signs since im an idiot and forgot to do that
- Removed Killerteddy

+ Add new Downloads category: Xbox 360 (JTAG/RGH)

+ Add new Downloads category: Freestyle 3 (subcategory of Xbox 360)

* Set the "We've upgraded!" announcement to inactive

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added plugin to all servers: ViaVersion
+ Added plugin to SkyBlock: ChestShop
+ Added plugin to SkyBlock: WorldGuardExtraFlags
+ Added new SkyBlock spawn
+ Added the following items to SkyBlock shop: Snow Block, Pointed Dripstone, Dripstone Block, Potato, Glow Berries, Sweet Berries, Leather, Rabbit Hide, Feather, Turtle Scute, Egg, Bone, Gunpowder, String, Rotten Flesh, Arrow, Crimson Nylium, Warped Nylium, Turtle Egg
+ Added Community Chest to SkyBlock
+ Added new Vote Crates to SkyBlock: Mythic, Monster, Animal, Pets, Builder's, Resource
* Server now supports MC 1.21.1 through 1.21.3
- Removed 'sv' from bungeecord config
- Removed Killerteddy

+ Add [View Perks] sign for Member at /warp help
* Made /back a Member perk rather than a VIP perk
* Made VeinMiner access a perk of VIP instead of a Sponsor perk
* Made Carz (/carz) access a Sponsor perk once again (was a Benefactor perk)
- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added a few new emoticons to forums
* Fixed display of mood: Flirty
* Fixed display of mood: Ban Happy
* Fixed display of mood: Woot!
* Fixed display of mood: Bored
* Fixed display of mood: Mischevious
* Fixed display of mood: Sauna Bathing
* Fixed display of mood: Trash
* Fixed display of mood: Immersed
* Fixed display of mood: Fine
* Fixed display of mood: Lucky
* Fixed display of mood: Goofy
* Fixed display of mood: Busy
* Fixed display of mood: Tired
* Fixed display of mood: Cheeky
* Fixed display of mood: Buzzed
- Removed Killerteddy

* Archived voice channel: ElDewrito Grifball

* Archived voice channel: ElDewrito Forge

* Archived voice channel: Space Engineers

- Removed Killerteddy

MC Server:

+ Implemented BungeeCord
+ Added server: hub
+ Added server: sv
+ Added plugin: VentureChat
+ Added plugin: BungeeTabListPlus (BungeeCord)
+ Added plugin: PlaceholderAPI
+ Added plugin: BungeePerms (BungeeCord)
+ Added plugin: ServerUtils (BungeeCord)
+ Added navigation bar to dynmap webpage
* Updated CUPackage to 1.2.4
* Updated Announcement to 1.0.8
* Updated NuVotifier to 2.7.1
* Updated Autorank from 3.8 to 4.4
* Reconfigured Autorank to use MySQL instead of flatfiles in order to track time cross-server
* Ported Announcement from Bukkit to BungeeCord
* Start rebranding in-game CU prefixes from Cyan (&3) to the custom blue color used on forums
* Minigame permissions are now only granted in the Minigames world
* Survival economy permissions are now only granted in Survival worlds
* SkyBlock permissions are now only granted in SkyBlock worlds
* PermissionsEx group/user data is now shared between servers
* Chat is now cross-server
* Redesigned tab menu
* Changed page title for dynmap webpage, now displays as "Chaotic United Livemap" followed by the server name instead of the server MOTD
* Increased maximum MySQL connection limit to accommodate multiple servers and increased database usage
* Fixed world spawn for Hub world still being set at the Halloween 2020 hub
- Removed Killerteddy

Website:

+ Added Ruin Community to Partners page

- Removed Killerteddy

* Changed homepage announcement block to show latest topic based on Start Date, rather than Last Updated (showing based on Last Updated would cause the most recently replied-to topic to show on homepage instead of the newest announcement)
- Archived #eldewrito channel on Discord
- Archived ElDewrito subforum
- Removed 'ElDewrito' from Servers dropdown on main website navigation
- Removed Killerteddy

* Fixed all groups having access to VeinMiner - is intended to be a Sponsor-only perk

* Fixed signs in /warp help not being usable

- Removed Killerteddy

+ Added the following items to the SkyBlock shop: Netherite Ingot, Big Dripleaf, Soul Sand, Kelp, Crimson Fungus, Copper Ingot, Moss Block, Deepslate, Tuff, Calcite, Terracotta, Blackstone, Basalt, Warped Fungus, Amethyst Shard
* Imported another creative plot from before the rollback
- Removed Killerteddy

- Disabled guest "Post before Registering" setting

- Removed Killerteddy