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Get your build hammers out and reindeer antlers on! RustEZ is hosting a Rustmas Cozy Cottage Build Contest for players on all RustEZ servers. Build an original holiday-themed place and enter to win RustEZ store credits for next wipe! Build Requirements The Rustmas Cozy Cottage build must be: "Cottage" build size consisting of a maximum of 20 foundations. You may also include a ground-level attached deck area (up to 10 foundations, not enclosed) and use the ground space around your build for Rustmas decorations. Use at least 5 different Rustmas holiday items in the build. Be in the snow biome (OR) use at least one snow machine in other biomes. How to Enter Enter one of your holiday builds that meet the requirements above. Reply to this forum thread and provide the following details by midnight EST (5 am GMT) Sunday, December 26, 2021: Your in-game name (note if you're an admin) The server your Rustmas build entry is on (i.e. AU-Survival, EU-Pure, US-Scourge and so on) The map grid ID location of the build Max 2 screenshots: One showing the front of the build and one interior screenshot. Prizes 1st ($10 EZ Credit), 2nd ($5 EZ Credit), and 3rd (3x Supply Drops) will be chosen on Pure, Survival, and Scourge (all regions included for each) and admin builds as a separate category. Winners will be chosen by community forum poll votes, after admins have verified the build meets the requirements. - Pure (AU, EU, US) - Scourge (AU, EU, US) - Survival (AU, EU, US) - Admin Builds (Admins may use admin tools to build) Holiday Lights Build Tour Our tour event will take place December 27 & 28. Gather in Discord as we server hop to check out the Rustmas builds on all 9 RustEZ Servers. During the event, you will have a chance to win prizes including Steam keys and EZ Store Credits by joining us in Discord and on the servers.

RUSTMAS WIPE is here! That's right; the one wipe of the whole year where those annoying stocking you unwrap in large presents will not be completely useless. Remember to hang them on the wall and not a fireplace so Red Scientist can fill them when the Rustmas event rolls out later this wipe. Speaking of Red Scientist and gifts, we have a few changes rolling out this wipe... Smaller Map Size You may have noticed that map size is slightly decreased this wipe. We've decided to run 4k maps this month instead of the usual 4.5k. This is a 12.5% decrease in map size that we hope to greatly improve client and server performance. To offset this, the chosen maps have the maximum buildable area possible for its size. What does this mean for players? As always, be kind and courteous to others and don't build what you don't plan to use, especially on our high pop servers. Tool Cupboard Radius Buff The default radius of the tool cupboard is now doubled, providing an instant "friendly neighbor buffer" to help players spread out. This change eliminates the need for players to place additional TC shacks around bases as a buffer. Changes to Inactive Purge Inactive purge is an important part of our backend process to clean up clutter mid-wipe. We know that that losing everything you've earned if you are unable to log in once every 7 days is frustrating, so we've completely overhauled the system. Starting later this wipe, inactive purge will take place in stages. For example, your electricity and circuits will be disabled and we will repo your vehicles and so on until he purge system completes the cycle, after 10 days of inactivity. 4 Days: Pumpjack, quarries and furnaces are deactivated 5 Days: Electricity and all circuits disabled + water pumps and plumbing 6 Days: All entities outside of your cupboard range is removed (excluding those inside an authorized cupboard range) 7 Days: All vehicles are removed, regardless if on lift or not 10 Days: All entities are removed besides the ones inside the radius of an active TC As always, we'll monitor these changes to see how they impact players experience and gameplay and adjust as needed! New Black Market (Modded Servers) An update for the Black Market (Survival and Scourge servers) is in the works. Stay tuned for an update on this coming soon! Have feedback on the updates? Let us know in the forums : https://rustez.com/forums/forum/13-feedback/ December Monument Picks Here are our December custom monument picks that'll be live on all of our maps following the big update! RustEZ Community Update RustEZ Awesome Player Award The response to the call for RustEZ Awesome Player nominations is amazing! If you know a player in our community that deserves recognition, be sure to submit a nomination by December 15th. EZ Cozy Cottage Rustmas Build Contest Finally, Rustmas wipe is here and with it comes our favorite build contest of the year! Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on our community build contests. Build requirements and contest details are posted here:

Thanks for the feedback and poll votes, everyone. I'll use this as a guide for the next build contest, Rustmas Build for December.

Will check with Death to see if it's something we can use on the servers.

Hey, Turbo614! Welcome to RustEZ ♥

"Define wipe" ran on all the servers for years – it was removed earlier this year because people were using it to spam chat. Wipe is not the same date & time for all the regions we have servers, so the define was a bit lengthier than most and perfect for trolls to spam global chat (we can't have nice things). Will see if @Death can do a replacement of sorts for this though. Thanks for the feedback!

Feedback or comments on the build contests and tour nights? Let me know!

Nominee's IGN: Crossman Your IGN: Anonymous Player Server & Region: EU Pure Crossman is without a doubt an incredibly warm-hearted and kind person, as well as a dedicated admin. He makes sure everyone feels welcome and included. A friendly chat with Crossman will always bring a smile to your face. He is committed to assist you and save your bacon at all times. A truly remarkable member of our community.

Ohh can't wait to give it a go! Looks like I'll have to switch to Pure this wipe ♥

Love it! Will definitely come check it out. ♥

Based on the ban report, this level of griefing another player, destroying parts of their base and then taunting and belittling them after the fact is absolutely not welcome on our servers. The ban has been updated and is permanent. Your shitty response to the ban is not an accepted appeal.

Nominee's IGN: sharla.windrider Your IGN: Anonymous Player Server & Region: US Scourge Sharla.windrider is awesome! If anyone needs help on the server setting up electricity, they always offer to go to the player and help them out. I kept "avoiding" electricity for a long time. When I finally decided to give it a try to get lights going in my base, Sharla came to help me even though I was doing very basic things that most people know and I felt silly needing help with it. Even on Discord Sharla replies to questions about electricity, provides diagrams and explanations. So many people have Sharla to thank for making this often annoying part of Rust fun to do. Sharla also talks to new players, helps them out, and Arcadia is a regular build and a great place to hang out on the server. All around great player to have on the server!

Nominee's IGN: Chiefnugnug Your IGN: Anonymous Player Server & Region: Scourge AU My first ever time on the Scourge servers I was greeted with the Walking Rust Wikipedia - Chief. He taught me everything we (my team) needed to know about the server being new, and geared us ready to fight the zombies. He taught not only me, but every new player he comes across about the ins and outs of the server, who is who and what does what; making sure we all know rules, how to play, and what to do. He'll help anybody, new or old to the server, spending countless hours teaching people about PvE, about RustEZ and Rust in general, kidnapping newbies and showing them the sights and the best ways to survive, all while having RustEZ at the forefront and showing people what makes us great. Even after 2000+ hours if I have ANY question about Rust, I go to Chief.

Nominate the awesome people in our community! Who are the amazing people in our community that deserve recognition, appreciation and a big THANK YOU for the things they do? Every day people in our community step up and help others out on the server. Perhaps it was a kind gesture on a bad day, an extra helpful player, someone showing you how to take out Brad for the first time, or someone who has great community spirt and encourages you to have fun. We hear the stories, but now it's time to call these players out and nominate them for the RustEZ Awesome Player Award! Nominations for the RustEZ Awesome Player Award will be accepted until December 15, 2021. Winners and prizes will be announced in January 2022, during a live in-game awards ceremony (TBA in January). Awesome Player Award winners will be selected by staff (no public votes) from all nominations submitted in this thread. Staff may nominate players; however, nominations for staff members are honorable mentions only as staff will participate in selecting winners. How to nominate a player To nominate an awesome player, reply to this thread using the copy & paste template below and fill it out. You may publicly nominate up to 2 players, but must create a separate post for each nomination. You may also submit an anonymous nomination. Use the template, but send me a message from the Staff page. I will post your nomination in this thread, using Anonymous Player for your IGN. You may submit 1 anonymous nomination. Updates since original post: Please use the template as provided (i.e. do not add extra sections or notes). Remember to create a separate post for a second player nomination. --- RustEZ Awesome Player Award Nomination Form --- Nominee's IGN: Your IGN: Server & Region: Tell us why this player deserves to be nominated for the RustEZ Awesome Player Award (100-300 words)

Your ban on our Discord has been lifted.

Nah, it'll be fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

Sorry about the delay. Blame Death.

AU Halloween Build 1st Foolish Mortals (AU Scourge Y15) by ScarletFox 2nd ZOMBZ Spooky Shack (AU Scourge H11) by ZOMB 3rd haunted mansion (AU Survival E10) by starlord EU Halloween Build 1st Rustic Addamms house (EU Scourge G11/H12) by -=Rohan=- 2nd The Witch's Lair (EU Scourge H9) by Ouchmousie 3rd Hagsan's Purgatory Church (EU Scourge H9) by HagsaN US Halloween Build 1st Church of Sinners (US Pure I18) by Oxygen 2nd Salem Mausoleum (US Survival F18) by Mochi Kitty 2nd sPookie Manor (US Scourge P12/Q12) by Sweetbeef 3rd Satan's Squash (US Scourge AA9) by Northseeker Admin Halloween Build 1st Haunted Mansion (US Survival G8 ) by Razzleberry 2nd Community Mausoleum (US Pure U23) by AMSullivan 3rd Samakeen's Spoopy Shack (AU Scourge B6) by Samakeen Build Tour Night Prizes $10 RustEZ Credits - Rosemary Mint (Votive) Electricity pack - Oxygen Electricity pack - Northseeker Steam Key - Aprials