As some of you may know, 1.9 is coming: ― http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/1.9

We will be creating a temporary map, as well as a separate Creative world for builders – those who would help us create a sweet Spawn area and the likes. All active Op+ are by default expected to participate and spend as much time as they possibly can on building a brilliant new, exciting, easy-to-navigate, and 'useful' spawn location for our players, new and old. We can whitelist renowned players of other ranks as well, so be sure to ask us if you know you can be of use. Trusted players of [Vet] and upwards might also gain the permission to be able to build 'server builds', upon the completion of which their possible stats and wealth will be reset to keep things fair.

We are planning on switching to Sponge, which will provide us with a new set of challenges and a learning curve, but I'm certain we will be able to overcome those challenges and provide you – our players – with the best Minecrafting experience to date. And we will certainly not stop there.

We are also making some upper-level changes, which means your voice will most likely be heard, and we will be providing the new setup with new plugins and features as they update.

Cheers.