Yes, that's right! Survival multiplayer has just been released and we set up a server for it. You can reach it under the following address:

85.17.102.2
(port 25565; no need to enter)

SpecialAttack.net Freebuild address changed! Update your bookmarks!
http://www.minecraft.net/play.jsp?server=e39f11c6845a035bf823d0e6fdee7955

Mind you, the server is very, VERY buggy and epically limited in functionality (the config file has three lines, no admins, no anything). Forget about all your epic city building plans - the map will be reset when the mode is slightly more playable, especially considering items currently aren't stored between logins. Treat it as a playround experiment - the true experience will start once creeps are added, then the world will remain permanent.

Remember that you have to BUY the game at http://www.minecraft.net to be able to play Survival. As a side effect of the Survival Server going up, SpecialAttack.net Obsidian was retired, may its soul rest in peace (the server software is half-baked and semi-abandoned).

Also, here's a video of stuff that isn't working correctly on the server and you won't be able to do! Fun isn't it? (Not being able to make it work, that is.)

I hereby proudly announce the SpecialAttack.net community Transformice Weekend/Evening (we'll see how it goes). It will take place from Friday 23.07.10 to Sunday 25.07.10. Precise hours will be agreed upon later. The fun will begin at 20:00 CET (19:00 GMT) in the room SpA on the EN server! Type /room SpA to join it.

The best part about it all is: you don't need ANYTHING except for a web browser to participate although joining us on Mumble would add to the fun.

If you don't know what Transformice is, check out this epic video summarizing the gameplay (new features have been added since then):

To play register (preferably, though you can play anonymously too) on any server, i.e. EN or EN2:

http://transformice.com/en/
http://transformice.com/en2/

Playing as Shaman needs a bit getting used to, I'll elaborate a bit on our forums but I recommend checking out the excellent Transformice Wiki:

http://www.transformicewiki.com/

Updateable stand alone clients can be obtained here:

http://limdul.specialattack.net/TransformiceEN.zip
http://limdul.specialattack.net/TransformiceEN2.zip

Useful if you want to i.e. rotate objects with the mousewheel without scrolling.

Due to the ever increasing popularity of our Minecraft servers (which have been up for over a month now) and some dedicated builders joining our SpA Forums Minecraft was added to the list of offcially supported games.

Before the untimely death of the fList server stats tracker (out of our control) SpecialAttack.net Freebuild managed to climb to 2nd place in the world; no pics but it DID happen.

Spikespiegel continues to extend his creative control over the SpecialAttack.net Freebuild server, implementing and watching over many themed worlds now, pictures of which are below. Also, we are continuously striving to make our servers (remember, there are F O U R of them) harder, better, faster, stronger and are preparing for a software switch on our main server - mostly due to stablity issues - in the coming weeks.

SpecialAttack has launched a Counter-strike Source beta server. The server will most likely only run during the beta period.

You can find the server on IP 85.17.60.96:27015

We have added a minecraft wiki to the website, to better keep track of information and rules, as well as giving people the opputunity for showing off their work. All minecraft players are encouraged to upload their work, and update existing information. The help page will be added later today, and until then, you can find the most useful codes by going into edit mode for existing pages.

Visit the wiki

Upload images

After a long downtime the chat has been re-added to the website. The chat is no longer a relay service as it used to be. The chat applet now connects your PC to the IRC network directly rather than trough a relay service. This new setup will ensure that the chat will work at all times.

You can find the chat by clicking on the chat button on the top of this page.

We have enabled ‘Tapatalk’ on our forums. Tapatalk is a tool for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry phones to read and post on the forums in an easy and more accessible way. You can find Tapatalk in your phone’s appstore or go to the Tapatalk website for downloads and more information. To access our forums trough Tapatalk simply search for ‘SpecialAttack’.

After a wild week of massive updates from VALVe to TF2 (Linux) and L4D2 (general) we seem to have sorted all the issues which appeared after applying these updates to our servers. Due to the massive amount of changes in both games and their engines it took us a while to recover and fix everything.

If you still notice any bugs, please report them to our forums.

P.s. We forgot to celebrate our birthday this year. So happy 4^th birthday and we’ll promise to throw an extra large party next year =)

Yeah, yeah, it's getting boring with the whole front page being dominated by Minecraft news but hear me out, because we have some quite epic announcements.

First of all, we have added new maps to the main SpA.net Freebuild server but they're filling up quite quickly - especially main, the free for all map, even though its size has been increased to a hugetastic 512x512. Why is that? Hmm... Pehaps because we managed to become the 3rd most popular server in the world? YAY! :-D

I won't even go into how all the maps look because you should totally check them out yourself.

In other news - THREE new servers have been launched.

SpecialAttack.net Hyvebuild
SpecialAttack.net fCraft
SpecialAttack.net LuaCraft

They all run on different server software and fCraft and LuaCraft are more for testing purposes since they don't have many features - unlike Hyvebuild which has TOO many features. ;-)
I'd like to STRONGLY encourage people to check out the Hyvebuild server since its unique architecture allows placing portals to maps that are not even loaded and hence it is possible to give everybody and I mean EVERYBODY his or her personal map without additional server load!

Last but definitely not least, the fCraft server has been commandeered by Spikespiegel - he and two of his buddies were building a replica of Capitol Hill for almost a week. Mere words can't express how epic it is, so I encourage everybody to ask Spikespiegel for a guided tour.

You can find a little sneak-peak here, but you really can't grasp how huge the thing is until you get to see it - it's built on a friggin' 512x512x256 map!

http://list.fragmer.net/gallery2.php?hash=99a9a905b9ee74e910cedc76a5777ddf

The Minecraft Server has been updated to version 1.9.2, up from 1.7.0. The huge difference is that now it actually does support the /goto command for guests again! Everybody will be able to see your epic creations now (but not destroy them) - yay!

Some optimizations were made too, so hopefully the leaks after executing massive commands or suffering from flooding on maps and so on won't require maintenance restarts.
Quite a nice feature is also full fList support - fList is a fan-made improved server browser site, which even makes automatic isometric screenshots of server maps:

http://list.fragmer.net/

Obviously SpecialAttack.net Freebuild is listed there as well.

I also installed Hyvebuild, another custom server with advanced features, to test it out. It requires some advanced setup work (i.e. Python with a couple of scripts), which I haven't completed yet, but is in many aspects superior to MCSharp. The server is not publicly available yet but I'll update this new post when it is.

Last but not least, here are Isometric screenshots of our current maps (including the newly improved 256x256 main and caverns just for the giggles):