ferret
05-02-2005, 09:37 AM
Okay, this will be a long one.
First, and perhaps most immediately important: I will be on hiatus for the upcoming week. You'll see me posting and such, but I will effectively be MIA as far as game playing or server updating, etc, goes. Busy week RL, with finals and a lot of projects at work. ThriKreen is essentially my #2 guy, so go to him if you need me and I'm not available. If he's not around, hunt down Spurty.
Second.. A note about the Source Forts server.. Due to bugs in how the Source dedicated server works, and bugs in SF itself, when SF crashes it has to be manually restarted. I've been restarting it whenever I noticed, but if I'm not around, hunt down Tech, he can do it as well. I believe Spurty has access as well, but I'm not sure.
Third.. We're test running a CZ server again, just in case anyone is interested. I don't believe we'll be keeping it, but I'm considering putting a mod on it like UWC3, rather than making a CS5. The mod would likely draw a lot of players, and let's be honest: VALVe sucks for charging for CZ, but its still a much better looking game than CS 1.6 .. You can find the server at cz.gamehavoc.com
Fourth.. A clearification on donation rewards: The page says you can get webmail, but it will soon note that if you want I'll give you an address that goes elsewhere, ie, player@gamehavoc.com forwards to player@hotmail.com
Fifth.. GREAT WORK on the donations. We only need $65 more for May, and its only May 2nd. You guys are doing great, and so far this year GameHavoc has stayed above negative. Please keep it up, it helps me out tremendously because the honest truth is I can't pay for GH. If you haven't claimed a donation reward, please do so!
Sixth.. We are still making some decisions on the future line up of the servers. We're hoping with NS 3.1 around the corner that the NS server will regain popularity, as some people get tired of WoW. UT2K4 and CZ are probably very temporary at this time, and will likely be replaced by Battlefield2 when it arrives, if a linux server is available. We are also in the process of hosting a NWN Persistant World, which will become a beta/demo world for ThriKreen's NWN projects. This isn't ready yet though, but keep your eye out.
Seventh and so forth..
GameHavoc has been around for a year now guys. We came from FCS and Spurty's Pub, and many communities before that. We've had some growing pains, lost some folks to time or differences, gain new folks or had old friends return, and are going strong. The community is more active than ever, the servers constantly have players, and we have a strong group of admins. Our donations are steady and strong, and even IRC is hugely active. Check the activity graphs.. Our growth in the past 2-3 months is amazing.
I'm not sure what I want to say about this stuff. GameHavoc is a success in any way I could describe, and that's due to its members. There's so much more I still want to do with the site and all, and I can't wait to see what we pull off in the next year.
Thanks all.
First, and perhaps most immediately important: I will be on hiatus for the upcoming week. You'll see me posting and such, but I will effectively be MIA as far as game playing or server updating, etc, goes. Busy week RL, with finals and a lot of projects at work. ThriKreen is essentially my #2 guy, so go to him if you need me and I'm not available. If he's not around, hunt down Spurty.
Second.. A note about the Source Forts server.. Due to bugs in how the Source dedicated server works, and bugs in SF itself, when SF crashes it has to be manually restarted. I've been restarting it whenever I noticed, but if I'm not around, hunt down Tech, he can do it as well. I believe Spurty has access as well, but I'm not sure.
Third.. We're test running a CZ server again, just in case anyone is interested. I don't believe we'll be keeping it, but I'm considering putting a mod on it like UWC3, rather than making a CS5. The mod would likely draw a lot of players, and let's be honest: VALVe sucks for charging for CZ, but its still a much better looking game than CS 1.6 .. You can find the server at cz.gamehavoc.com
Fourth.. A clearification on donation rewards: The page says you can get webmail, but it will soon note that if you want I'll give you an address that goes elsewhere, ie, player@gamehavoc.com forwards to player@hotmail.com
Fifth.. GREAT WORK on the donations. We only need $65 more for May, and its only May 2nd. You guys are doing great, and so far this year GameHavoc has stayed above negative. Please keep it up, it helps me out tremendously because the honest truth is I can't pay for GH. If you haven't claimed a donation reward, please do so!
Sixth.. We are still making some decisions on the future line up of the servers. We're hoping with NS 3.1 around the corner that the NS server will regain popularity, as some people get tired of WoW. UT2K4 and CZ are probably very temporary at this time, and will likely be replaced by Battlefield2 when it arrives, if a linux server is available. We are also in the process of hosting a NWN Persistant World, which will become a beta/demo world for ThriKreen's NWN projects. This isn't ready yet though, but keep your eye out.
Seventh and so forth..
GameHavoc has been around for a year now guys. We came from FCS and Spurty's Pub, and many communities before that. We've had some growing pains, lost some folks to time or differences, gain new folks or had old friends return, and are going strong. The community is more active than ever, the servers constantly have players, and we have a strong group of admins. Our donations are steady and strong, and even IRC is hugely active. Check the activity graphs.. Our growth in the past 2-3 months is amazing.
I'm not sure what I want to say about this stuff. GameHavoc is a success in any way I could describe, and that's due to its members. There's so much more I still want to do with the site and all, and I can't wait to see what we pull off in the next year.
Thanks all.