This week, finally, a long-time-coming update is coming. I think we're launching today but it depends if we find any more issues.

I've been working on cutting down the number of duplicate systems we have, and my current aim is the commenting systems. We used to have three distinct commenting systems: forums, tickets/walls, resources and items (referred to collectively as submissions). With the last update, we tested the first major move over to the forum reply system, which was tickets. With the next update, submissions will be moved over to the reply system as well, leaving wall posts to be the only area with an old comment system (we will be replacing it next). The new system - which used to be called "forum replies" - is now just referred to as discussions, and will have a consistent UI (except maybe wall posts) across the entire site.

One major bonus with this is that, just like forums, comments will now have quick access to upvotes and better sorting options. In addition, replies in those areas (except tickets) can now be counted for experience points, in the same way that the forums do. This change will be retroactive, and most users will gain a large chunk of experience when the update goes live and we refresh everybody.

Everybody will also be losing a bit of experience, however; comments will be being dropped from counting towards submission experience, and although that balances out with replies counting towards discussion experience, we're also changing the way self-upvotes work. You no longer get 1 automatic self-emerald from discussion posts (and can no longer upvote your own posts), meaning you lose 3 experience per post. The reason for this is internal; it saves us from having an entry in the vote table when 99.999% of discussion replies are going to have this upvote already. The upvote is now implied, and visually you'll see that upvote as being there even though it really isn't. You will now, however, get 3 experience for making a reply rather than 1. You'll have a net loss of 1 experience per post that is now missing (since you used to get 4 total). Since most people will have submission replies gaining them a lot of XP in this update, it's unlikely many people will lose any actual experience points, but just be aware that if you are mainly forum-oriented you may lose a bit of experience with this update.

That's about it for this update. Wall comments will be next to move over to this system, although I'm not sure if they will grant experience yet. Tickets purposefully don't.

The month is quickly closing in! Who has Monday off? What are your plans for the long weekend? There's been a lot of exciting things happening around PMC! A warm welcome to all new members of the site. If you haven't already, head on over to the forums to introduce yourself. Existing members, if you have a spare moment, welcome them! Shout out to the MANY members that welcome new-comers and answer questions. There are too many to list, but your actions aren't going unnoticed!



OFFICIAL EVENTS AND CONTESTS
This is the final weekend to work on your contest entries for the official skin and project contests! Put those finishing pixels on your skins and lay those last blocks on your projects. Also, remember that a good presentation can increase your overall score!

Norse Mythology Skin Contest is going strong, with 139 unique entries. Remember to familiarize yourself with Norse Mythology using the resources provided! Contest ends May 27th!

The project contest, Preserving World Heritage also ends May 27th. For this contest, you'll choose a property from the UNESCO World Heritage List. Pick your favorite or one that inspires you the most. We've seen some great entries already!


COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS
Makaneek is hosting a non-competitive skin event for those who play Caller's Bane (previously known as Scroll's) or for those who just enjoy making skins in their spare time! Check out the scrolls wiki or get the game (it's free!) for inspiration! Makaneek is putting all Caller's Bane skins a collection which you can view here!

Community Contests Ending Soon:

(Skins) Type	Title + Link	Host	Deadline
Reshade contest	Dumoria	anxii	May 25
Reshade contest	Reshade contest	Marma	May 26
Reshade contest	mess	cheyko	May 27
Reshade contest	Lil Diva	peachypotato	May 31

Visit the Community Event Calendar for a complete list of community events and contests!

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
It's no secret that Minecraft Forums are going into read-only mode on June 16th. Read their official announcement and the reasoning behind this decision here or check out this forum thread and share your thoughts!

Many of you celebrated Minecraft's 10th anniversary with us and others around the globe! Cib made a collection of the submissions he came across. We adore StLee's skin, ~✿~ Minecraft @ 10 - a creeper skin with a flower crown wearing pig overalls! Who knew creepers could be so cute!?

We're somehow already halfway through May! This means that we're closer to summer, but it also means the deadlines for this month's contests are approaching quick!



Today is also Minecraft's 10th Anniversary! Happy Anniversary, Minecraft! As Cib said it perfectly in his forum discussion Celebrate Minecraft's 10th Anniversary, that's "10 years of crafting, building, slashing, clicking and tapping." Cib also shares a couple of ideas if you want to join in on the celebration, but are not sure how:

- Download the free anniversary map for Java or Bedrock for free by BlockWorks
- Ride a wave of nostalgia all the way back to the days of Minecraft Classic
- Celebrate with Minecraft.net by viewing their anniversary page, timeline and special announcements!


In addition to this forum thread, Cib just released their Minecraft 10th Anniversary Project! The build includes a short but sweet timeline of Minecraft over the past decade.

10th Anniversary Timeline!
What better way to celebrate a 10 year anniversary than to reflect back on those years! Not only has Minecraft the game evolved over this time period but the community itself! Explore the past 10 years with this anniversary timeline!




Lydia Deetz wrote a wall post reflecting on their Minecraft journey that began on Christmas of 2013. If you write a wall post about your own journey, tag us! We want to read more of your experiences! What was your first Minecraft name? How about your first skin? Your first build?




OFFICIAL EVENTS AND CONTESTS
Norse Mythology Skin Contest is going strong, with 113 unique entries. Remember to familiarize yourself with Norse Mythology using the resources provided! Contest ends May 27th!
We've also included a super cool Norse Mythology Spotify playlist to get you in groove.

The project contest, Preserving World Heritage also ends May 27th. For this contest, you'll choose a property from the UNESCO World Heritage List. Pick your favorite or one that inspires you the most. We've seen some great entries already!


COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS

Type	Contest	Host	Deadline
Team color challenge	Color War!	Wildcard_Gamer	May 18
Skin + art contest	The Big Bad Annual Archosaurian Battle	Carcharodontosaurus	Extended! May 18
Song inspiration contest	walk's 600 subscriber contest!	walk	(Round 1) May 19
Reshade contest	OC Dan Fenix	MildlyPanda	May 19
Reshade contest	Harlequinade birthday reshade	etqtay	May 24

DragonsDungeon pulled off another skin series collaboration, Pokemon Universe. The collaboration produced a collection of 22 awesome pokemon skins. If you're interested in hosting a similar event, DragonsDungeon wrote a wall post with helpful tips!


OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
PMC Member MrNovoa_ was featured on Minecraft.net in an article, Air Traffic. The article covers MrNovoa_'s Steampunk Airplane build as well as their Magical Forest Wolf and Dream of Paradise build and gives insight on the challenges faced when an organics builder attempts to build non-organics.



Cib's resource pack, Perfect Paintings, hit 1200 downloads this week! Congratulations on your milestone!

PMCer's! In case you missed it, we hit (and have now surpassed) 2 BILLION submission views!! *does a happy dance* Can we get a woo hoo?! We wouldn't have hit this milestone without you, the community, and appreciate all of your continued support and creations! Thank you!


OFFICIAL EVENTS AND CONTESTS
We've wrapped up the Spring Fling Event with a blog post featuring many of the wonderful submissions we received! It was difficult to choose which ones to feature, we loved all of them! Head on over to the conclusion blog and let us know what you thought of the eventand what your favorite submissions were.

Norse Mythology Skin Contest is now live! Please familiarize yourself with Norse Mythology using the resources provided! We've also included a super cool Norse Mythology Spotify playlist to get you in groove.

We've also launched the next official project contest, Preserving World Heritage. For this contest, you'll choose a property from the UNESCO World Heritage List. Pick your favorite or one that inspires you the most. We're looking forward to seeing these entries!


COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS
Carcharodontosaurus extended the deadline for his Awesome Archosaurian Bro-Battle to May 18th! This battle is like none other before! First, make a skin of your favorite extinct Archosaur. THEN make paleo-art for it! Don't worry if you're not an artist, it's ok! Just try your best, or draw a meme, something that represents your favorite extinct Archosaur! Visit the contest page for the nitty-gritty! rawwwr!

Community Events and Contests Ending Soon:

Epic battle for survival!	Auri's 7 Year Anniversary Event: Last Skin Standing	Auri	May ??
Color tournament	Colour Creativity	newt__	(Round 1) May 6
Themed tournament	Detectives are on a case	SuperLuigi77	(Round 1) May 7
Reshade contest	d e n i m	rwunes	May 8
Themed tournament	Kirigiri & Lily Unbirthday: Fairyland	Kirigiri	May 9
Reshade contest	400 BBS	Keeks	May 15
Team color challenge	Color War!	Wildcard_Gamer	May 18
Skin + art contest	The Big Bad Annual Archosaurian Battle	Carcharodontosaurus	Extended! May 18
Song inspiration contest	walk's 600 subscriber contest!	walk	(Round 1) May 19
Reshade contest	Harlequinade birthday reshade	etqtay	May 24

Hosting your own event or contest? Please link it in the comments of the event calendar when you're hosting one so we don't miss it! On the same note, if you extend the deadline of your contest, please also leave the extended deadline in the comment section of the event calendar. Thank you 😊

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
We love the forum discussions lately! There are some interesting topics, like Lemilas's, What inspired you to choose your PMC username? We've been watching this thread - there are some unique name-origin explanations. Chime in on yours!

Minecraft's 10th anniversary is coming up on May 17th! How has it been that long already?! Head on over to Cib's forum thread and let us know, how are you celebrating? Beanie created this skin in celebration!



In the works of making something special? A collaboration? An epic build? Making a point to play Minecraft? Let us know! Tag us in your submission!

On the topic of birthdays, happy belated birthday to LosingMyMarbles, SoulKeeper and a happy birthday to spychicken123! etqtay is celebrating their birthday month with a contest, Harlequinade birthday reshade. May is also Kirigiri birth month and is also hosting a skin contest in true alice in wonderland fashion, Kirigiri & Lily Unbirthday: Fairyland!

April showers bring May flowers but what do Mayflowers bring? PMC official contests! And more! Heh. This Wall Post Weekly will be short and sweet!



OFFICIAL EVENTS AND CONTESTS
Let's wrap up the beginning of Spring with some more entries in the Spring Fling Event, shall we?! We now have a total of 356 entries! Let's see what you've been working on this past month, it could be featured on our official twitter or the summary and the conclusion of the event!

Looking into May, we will be hosting both an official project contest as well as an official skin contest. The theme? You choose! Head on over to the skin contest poll and the project contest poll to vote for May's themes! Even if you have no intention of participating, vote for the theme you want to see the community challenged with.

A quick congratulations to the winners of the Aircraft Project Contest and the Animal Whisperer Blog Contest!



Minecraft.net wrote an article featuring Squity's winning aircraft. The article gives a behind-the-scenes look at the building process from the planning to the final polished product. A successful collaborative effort from Squity Jossieboy Consue and Ranie_033! Congratulations on your first place winning and your feature on Minecraft.net!



COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS
Spring events are wrapping up all over the site. There are 2 spring themed community events running through the end of the month, along with a few others. Support your fellow PMCer's and sign up for one or more of their contests!

Community Contests and Events Ending Soon:

Reshade contest	euphoria || reshade contest	inactivespoon	April 30
🌸 Reshade contest	Sunflowers are pretty this time of year	SoulKeeper	End of April
Epic battle for survival!	Auri's 7 Year Anniversary Event: Last Skin Standing	Auri	May 1
🌸 Themed contest	skin contest; oc's	Kawaii	(Round 1) May 1
Skin + art contest	The Big Bad Annual Archosaurian Battle	Carcharodontosaurus	May 4
Reshade mashup	Contest round 2	Angel	(Round 2) May 4

🌸= Spring Themed


On-going Community Events (no deadline):

Project	PMC Pixel Project round 1: dividers	PMC	-
Group pic!	PMC Group Picture!	Stubbs1	-
Environmental challenge	The Plastic Challenge!	Spygron	-
Seeking game	Looking Glass	DinowCookie	-

Check out the Community Event Calendar for a complete list of official and non-official community events!



OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Join us over on the Minecraft 1.14 Village and Pillage Java Update discussion and share your thoughts! What's your favorite part of the update? The foxes and pandas? The new blocks? We want to know!

pixel art credit: Darin_the_Dwarf

How's everyone's weekend going so far? If you celebrate Easter, do you have plans? An egg hunt, perhaps? Here's a brief summary of site events and happenings this past week! We hope everyone has a great evening and a spectacular Sunday!



OFFICIAL EVENTS AND CONTESTS
The Spring Fling Community Event is still running! We now have a total of 266 entries, ranging from pastel skins to beautifully written spring poems! Which entries do you like the most? Leave a diamond, favorite or comment on them, or even make a dedicated wall-post to feature them! One of our favorite projects is Blooming Lilac by Nitrox Nova. The speed that it grows is controlled by a minecart passing over a detector rail. Cool! Check out the video in the submission to see the lilac in action!



COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS

Auri’s is celebrating their 7 year anniversary by hosting a skin contest called Last Skin Standing. Head on over and congratulate them on their 7 years, and perhaps participate!
Deadline: 1 May 2019 AEST @ 11:55pm

Community Events and Contests Ending Soon:

Type	Title + Link	Host	Deadline
🌸 Themed contest	Strawberry's monthly contests: Easter	anonpmc2382110	April 21
Reshade mashup	Contest Round 2	Angel	April 22
🌸 Reshade contest	I am a living easter egg :3	gone-	April 22
Themed contest	Mourna's Steampunk Skin Contest	Mourna	April 25
Reshade contest	listen before i go	anxii	April 25
🌸 Themed contest	Theme: Bunnies	MarkSarmite	April 26

🌸 = Spring Themed


OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

Skin Team Top Notch released their 3rd skin pack, Knights of the Round Table! The skin pack has a King, Queen, 7 Knights of the Round Table, a warlock, a witch, a dragon and two evil knights! A total of 14 free skins for you to use! Grab some friends, download a castle and rule a Kingdom!



Did you know you there's a dedicated forum section where you can request or offer free content creation? DinowCookie recently put together a helpful list of Workshop Tips that's worth checking out!

We've created a forum post that covers the upcoming Minecraft update. What are your thoughts? What are you looking forward to the most? Join in on the discussion and let us know!

pixel art credit: Cyprezz

Howdy, PMCer's! How's everyone's weekend going so far? DinowCookie did an amazing job summarizing all things spring on PMC, so we're sharing her post if you didn't get the opportunity to read it! In addition to spring things, there are several other non-spring community events being hosted on the site. Cyprezz has also been hard at work behind the scenes revamping some stuffs. We hope everyone's found something to participate in this month!

WEBSITE UPDATES
android Cyprezz Launched an overhaul to our account and submission management systems! We hope you'll find everything easier and more pleasant to work with when it comes to managing your account, activities, and submissions.

• New member account menu provides access to everything related to our account & site activities.
• Submission
  management was revamped to clarify & streamline the process for
  every submission type and their various unique elements.
  
• Better mobile support for submission management.
• Back-end
  code of submissions management, listing and display was refactored for
  developer sanity and for future submission add-ons and introduction of
  new content types.
  
• Members that upload will see the many changes I'm not going to bother listing out here. :P
• Please report all bugs small & large by opening a ticket.
• Feedback and suggestions welcome!

Also...

• Fixed Server Top Lists
• Contest entries can be voted on from the /contest/ entry listing pages.
  
• Updated mobile slide out menus for member & various account pages.
• Revised member quick drop down menu options
• Fixed site wide tool tips
• Optimized pop reel rendering code.

COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS

Non-Spring Community Events Ending Soon:

Themed contest	Mourna's Steampunk Skin Contest	Mourna	April 25
Reshade contest	listen before i go	anxii	April 25

Datapack contest

Hashs's Community Datapack Contest

Hashs

April 19

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
meafcraft was featured in an article on Minecraft.net for their build Bounty. The article covers the concept behind the build and what the project portrays. We don't want to give it away, though! Read the article for yourself to find out!
bounty, meafcraft

pixel artcredit DinowCookie

Happy weekend, PMCer's! Here's a quick summary of stuff and things going on around the site! We hope this spring weekend is bright and beautiful where you are!



OFFICIAL EVENTS AND CONTESTS
First and foremost, thank you to everyone who participated in PMC Movie Night #2! If you missed this movie night, don't worry, we will have another one soon!

The Spring Fling Community Event has begun and is off to a great start! We're enjoying everyone's poems, spring photos, colorful skins, and projects! Unlike contests, your submissions will NOT be judged; this event is for pure fun! You can submit up to 5 spring themed things, in any or every category! Visit the event page for a complete list of guidelines!

CONTESTS
We will not be hosting any official contests this month, so enjoy the Spring Fling event and community hosted contests (psst, there are quite a few!).


COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTESTS
The results of the Greenleaf and Phrozencookie build + skin contest are in! Congratulations to Kaos_Kitten & Xaphanx on the first place! What an amazing collaborative effort of the hosts and participants!

Carcharodontosaurus' Bin-Skin Contest Battle No. 9 has also concluded! Congratulations to Ftanjo, who won this round of the Bin-Skin Battle with their sking, Legs master!


DinowCookie is back at it with another unique event called “Mystery Title”! Behind each number, there's a title for a skin - you pick the number by commenting on the thread and the title is revealed! Your job is to create a skin of the revealed title. Badabing, badaboom! Perfect if you’re in a creativity block or just need a little inspiration!

If you're a data-pack maker, Hashs is hosting a Datapack contest, and it needs participants! The theme is Magic! Think wizards, warlocks, dragons, golems, fairies, golems... you get the idea! Hurry, though; the deadline is April 19th!

NEW!

Reshade contest	euphoria || reshade contest	inactivespoon	April 30
Skin + art contest	The Big Bad Annual Archosaurian Battle	Carcharodontosaurus	May 4
Reshade contest XL	Fire - Re-shade Contest	Momu	June 8

Ending Soon:

Themed contest	OneCord's "Historical Characters" Skin Contest	OneCord	April 8
Themed contest	Build your (real life) house	Wizeguy400	April 10
Reshade contest	rues' reshade contest	RuesFlowers	April 12

As always, you can visit the Community Event Calendar for a COMPLETE list of contests and events happening on the site!