Aurora

For many, ringing in the New Year will have a slightly different meaning than usual as we head into 2021. I know that being part of the RustEZ family and this amazing group of players and staff has made the last year a little more bearable. Despite the lockdowns and the personal life issues we've all endured over the past year, we accomplished some great things together in 2020. Our community raised $1,650 for Charitable Rust in support of Rise Above the Disorder (RAD). We supported other charities like The Animal Welfare Institute, Save the Children, and RSPCA Australia. On the servers, player suggestions resulted in many positive gameplay changes (keep those suggestions coming). We rolled out a few new things in the past year to make EZ servers even better, like custom monuments and our virtual quarries. However, topping the "Best of RustEZ 2020" list is the day-to-day positive vibe of the community. From being a welcoming face on the server, showing kindness to other players, volunteering your time to admin, or just logging in to enjoy what the game has to offer -- it's the community that makes our servers an enjoyable place for everyone. Thank you for spending this past year with us. We wish you a very Happy New Year and look forward to spending 2021 with you. Please take a moment to post your best RustEZ screenshot of 2020, leave a message of thanks to players, or share your New Years' message in the comments below. Be safe. Keep it EZ and GLHF in 2021! Thanks for the fireworks Geri_Atric!

Community vote for top finalists is here. Poll will be open until December 31st. https://rustez.com/forums/topic/3781-rustmas-build-community-vote/

Community vote for top finalists is here. Poll will be open until December 31st. Top Builds (per server). US-PURE 1st: Christmas Town! (V24) - Aprial & PepperJack - $10 Rust EZ store credit 2nd: Macro's Mountaintop Christmas Castle (V13) - MacroZ - $5 Rust EZ store credit 3rd: A Quaint Christmas Neighborhood (H22) ~=SLEET=~ - 2x Supply signals (for Jan wipe) AU-PURE 1st: Butter's Sled Resort (F12) - Butter Claus - $10 Rust EZ store credit 2nd: Santa's Retreat (Q9) - Santy Claws - $5 Rust EZ store credit US-SCOURGE 1st: Store/house in the shape of a Tree (K14) - MelStrick / Mel - $10 Rust EZ store credit 2nd (tie): Christmas Oasis, Murder-Bot, US-Scourge, K17 - $5 Rust EZ store credit 2nd (tie): Jingle VonBells Christmas Tree Shop (Z18) - Vonblood - $5 Rust EZ store credit 3rd: Straw's House, (S25-T25) - Straw - 2x Supply signals (for Jan wipe) EU-SCOURGE 1st: Santa's Castle / Festive Community Centre (AA25) Ougkanoob [GR] - $10 Rust EZ store credit AU-SCOURGE 1st: Holiday Build (G4) - ZOMB - $10 Rust EZ store credit US-SURVIVAL 1st: Christmas Car Shop (U22) - PlsDntKillMe - $10 Rust EZ store credit ADMIN BUILDS 1st: Christmas village Community Center (US-Scourge Q5) - SPLIFF - $10 Rust EZ store credit 2nd: The Rec (US-Pure Z16) - Northstarz - $5 Rust EZ store credit 3rd: Pookies (US Scourge U0 iceberg) - Aurora - 2x Supply signals (for Jan wipe) Note on Prize Delivery: Store credits will be deposited to your account. Please allow 7-10 days for Santa to deliver. In-game prizes will be awarded in January wipe. You may request the prize from an admin on your preferred server.

Storehouse in the shape of a Tree - Mel

Santa's Castle Festive Community Centre - Ougkanoob

Holiday Build - ZOMB

Christmas Town! - Aprial & PepperJack

Christmas Car Shop - PlsDntKillMe

Butter's Sled Resort - Butter Claus

Thank you to everyone who entered the build contest and to all the players who joined us for two evenings of build tours. We've narrowed the finalists down to 6 builds -- please submit a vote for your favorite build by January 06, using the Poll option. Butter's Sled Resort (F12) - Butter Claus Christmas Car Shop (U22) - PlsDntKillMe Christmas Town! (V24) - Aprial & PepperJack Holiday Build (G4) - ZOMB Santa's Castle Festive Community Centre (AA25) Ougkanoob Storehouse in the shape of a Tree (K14) - Mel --------------------- Visit the original Rustmas Build Contest thread to see all the entries and winners list for each server.

Merry Christmas, all! Thank you for being such a fun and positive community.

Thank you everyone for showing off your builds – over two evenings we did nearly 5 hours of build tours across all EZ servers. Amazing builds! If you missed it, a few screenshots were added to the website Gallery. I will tally the votes and the list of winners and prizes will be posted here on the weekend. Merry Rustmas