Dear players,
You probably have all noticed that the spawnmenu (this thing[i.imgur.com]) on our servers has a lot of empty icons or rather missing icons. So in an effort to provide you with a better user interface experience, we will now be receiving icons that you submit. You can submit your icons to me via Steam or via Discord (Earu#0001).

The conditions for your icon to be added are the following:
- The item does not already have an icon
- The image must be at a size that is of the power of 2 (512, 1024, etc...)
- The image must of .png format
- The image must not be scaled down/up from a different ratio, if you need your image to be smaller crop it, if you need it to be bigger you can use this website[waifu2x.udp.jp].
- The image ratio must be 1:1

We are looking forward to see what you come up with!

Earu, Python1320

Ho ho ho!

Winter is the season where people all over the world start to reflect on the year that is about to end soon. Together with our friends and family, it's that time of the year where we're all reminded that the most precious thing in the world is the time with our beloved ones.
With this post card we would like to send you our best holiday wishes![merch.metastruct.net]
(Design by KeyLimePie)

It seems like after more than 2 years since the last time we are also close to approaching three thousand members this time.
Oh, what a magical time!

We also prepared a new badge for this christmas that will be given out to everybody who joined before and joins during christmas, so be sure to grab it quickly before the time runs out...
You can further enhance your badge level by entering the Steam christmas announcement code: META-XMAS-JAVX
(Valid until December 26th, redeem it in-game using the "!redeem" chat command, which opens a window where you can type it in).

Lastly, many thanks to the entire Meta Construct team and the active players who still keep the server alive and running. Times are changing, so are the people and their environments. Some traditions remain, and thusly,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Side node: This year we had a test-run with 15 physical post cards featuring the design above. If there is enough demand, we might plan ahead for 2019 and offer these to everybody! *wink wink*
Be sure to post your opinions on this idea below in the comments!

Side note 2: The badge is not fully ready right now, but joining the server and also the gift code both still work, and you will retroactively get the correct level either today or tomorrow! Fixed! From now on, when you redeem the badge, you'll get it immediately. Retroactive upgrades are coming soon enabled!

Be sure to check out the updated merchandise page.
The most recent addition is the Meta Construct T-Shirt.
All merchandise works the same way: You can download the relevant files and send them to some printing service that makes sense for you and your country.
If not mentioned otherwise, all designs have been created by KeyLimePie

http://merch.metastruct.net

Dear players,

it has come to our attention that the votekick system is facing abuse by some players.
While it should be obvious, that abusing the system, even as a joke, is not something we like to see, because it makes the moderation and some internal review processes harder, we haven't done anything about this so far.
This has to change, and thusly, I'm posting the following piece of information for your consideration:

The votekick system is only there to resolve issues with abusive players in case no admin is there or the !report message either does not lead to a solution or there is something going on that requires immediate steps (e.g. prop-spammer that is about to crash the server).

All uses of the system need to have a descriptive (and real) reason.
Short reasons like "laggy dupe", "prop spam", "harassment" are acceptable for now, as they give enough information during a quick look at the log.

The following (anonymized) recent votekick reasons are provided as an example for what we will, from now on, consider abusive (and bannable):

• "test dont vote yes :HAhaa:"
  
• "im gonna go play some dbd..."
  
• "cyka blyat"
  
• "Congratulations! Youre the 10 000th visitor this year, please choose your prize!"
  
• "idk some guy asked if we could"

Please take a moment to fill out our questionnaire about the Meta Construct map.

Click here to get redirected to MetaSurvey #2[docs.google.com]