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Today, EMC gained another Senior Staff.

Congratulations to Hashhog!
He's got some stuff to learn, but we have no doubt that he'll do wonderfully in his new role.

So please, give him a warm welcome!

Everyone welcome JesusPower2 to the Developer team!

JP comes to us already being a Game Developer, so needless to say, he was able to ramp up and start contributing super quick! While we haven't been able to 'release' any of his changes due to us being in the middle of the 1.11 update, he's already got a few code contributions in place

Looking forward to faster progress on EMC development!

Welcome Aboard JP!

Happy Thanksgiving to our US players!

As with last year. THE Super Turkeys RETURNS!
Read more about the event and 1.11 Client Support...

Two-Factor Authentication is now available on the Empire Minecraft forums.

We've spoke about password security many times before on EMC. A password is only as good as you make it. Non-repeating random character strings that are 16+ long are often the most secure, but there is always a safer method. The leading method at the moment for increasing security is the two-factor authentication system.

How it works (this is in non-tech terms):
Two-factor authentication works by using your smartphone or other device as a second 'checkpoint' of sorts before you gain access to the site. So when I enter my password from my computer, I have to also type in an additional code that my phone generates (and changes every 30 seconds). This means that in order for someone to hack my account, they would need to know my password AND have access to my phone. Since many of us live with our phones within reach 24/7, that's not an easy feat for said hacker to accomplish.

What does this mean for EMC?
Player privacy is of the utmost concern for us on EMC. This two-factor authentication helps to make your forums access safer and removes the issues that we have had in the past with regards to password security. This is an optional feature, but it is one that we strongly recommend for all players to use. To activate, please see below for the embedded wiki page with instructions:

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