Sorry for the wait everyone, here's an official server update:

The server is currently running, but for some reason I have been unable to get the static ip or even my regular public ip to work. It is for that reason that I had to get the beta version of Hamachi for Linux to work on the server. This is currently working fine but could cause some complications if I want to eventually set up an autostart, plus it would be nice to not need to use Hamachi. Sometime in the next week I will work on getting the proper ip working.

Minecraft was not working today as I did not have time this morning to start the machine. Sorry guys, hopefully I can get an auto start working so this doesn't happen in the future.

With the restarting of the server, there are a couple of other issues we as a community need to discuss:

Firstly is the website. This is the first website update in a long time. This is mostly because the server has been inactive, but it is also because I'm not sure how much use the website even gets anymore. I put a good deal of thought and effort into writing those news updates and I don't want to continue writing them if no one reads them. One primary reason for the website news updates is so that people like Dylan who don't have access to the Facebook page can still receive updates about the server. However, the vast majority of players do have Facebook and are a part of this group. Regardless of whether or not the website news updates continue, we will certainly continue to use the website forums as a means of communication between players and staff. I will be creating a poll on what to do with the website shortly.

The second issue is that of our Minecraft world. The biggest problem with our familiar old Minecraftian landscape is this: The world was generated several releases ago. At this point, especially with the 1.8 Adventure Update, it is missing out on a number of significant parts of a up-to-date Minecraft world. This includes abandoned mine shafts, shrubs, fortresses, abandoned towns, and a whole new biome, swamp. We have generated a new 1.8 world which the server is currently running, but I will create a poll as to what we should do about the world situation.

Third is this: We have a lot of potential with this server and wired internet. We can possibly host other games with success but I need to know what games you guys want to have hosted. I have had some interest in a Trackmania Nations Forever server, which would be cool with me because I like free racing games and it would get other people involved who aren't currently a part of our community. There has also been some interest in a Team Fortress 2 server, and we had a Terraria server in the past. I am also open to suggestions, and I will make a forum thread on this.

Lastly is the issue of mods on our server. We were previously running a Bukkit server with many plugins. Personally, the plugins that I find most useful are things like LWC chest protection, MOTD, and other anti-grief/administrative kinds of things. It may very well be worth having Bukkit on our server for this very reason. In my opinion I think we got a little plugin happy and started installing plugins that altered gameplay a bit too much. But if that's what everyone wants, I wouldn't mind, I just want your input. Again, there will be a forum post on this that I will link to.

Thanks for reading everyone, I'm glad to be back and I hope people will have as much fun on our server in the coming months as they did before!

Paul "Plip" Moses

Server Owner/Operator