No new news...but I saw a ton of traffic to the server script posts, so I wanted to make a place to get all the scripts without me having to edit posts all the time. So I made a new page, http://owner.teh3l3m3nts.com where the scripts will be auto-updated as I upload them to ftp. Carry on folks :D

SURF UPDATE: Kirby and I discussed that this should wait until after the update...so keep checking here!

Folks it's time for another building contest! It's not too lengthy of a list of details... I hope.  So here we are.

The building contest will start this Friday, October 26th 4 PM Pacific time.

The teams for this contest will be the factions (Elite, Walrus, Legion) however we are opening up a fourth independent team. This team will not necessarily become a faction, but it is for all those non-factioners out there who want to participate. It will however be a TEAM EFFORT. You can't just go off on your own, you have to work together.

(IMPORTANT) If you want to be part of this team of independents (hah oxymoron)  comment so BELOW.

The contest will take place at spawn, as it is still rather empty , (yes we're basically using you as labor, but it's FUN labor) , and we need a list of structures to be built. Now, based upon how this first contest goes, this will most likely will be one of many rounds of an overall building contest. Each team will be given an instruction for building, which will be randomly placed in a chest by an owner, and selected randomly by a member of each team.  The lots on which you will build these will also be assigned randomly.

You will have a total of 3 days to plan and prepare for your structure, (you may start building, but remember we want good well built structure. no half-assing) and then a week to build.  Yes this contest will end on November 5th, so no dilly dallying.

Of course there is the most obvious thing on your minds, the reward. The winner (judged by our owners Gary surf and mike) will receive EITHER  a substantial amount of diamonds or experience. I'm sure if you wanted some other form of payment it could be negotiated.

That looks to be about it folks, a little lengthy but hey, i don't caaaare. Happy building folks

-Kirbyf

WOOO CONGRATS TO BOUKE! NEW ADMIN! WOOO!

As I pointed out last week, we use a generic server-start script. That needed to go. It was built to accommodate a bunch of different configurations, but we use a very specific configuration. To that end, I've re-written the script, and commented it out like a good little coder should do.

So as we announced a few months ago, after the whole google drama, we got a bit of a donations bump, enough so that it allowed for us to purchase some dedicated hardware and have it show up. This is the story of how, after 2 months, it's still not here, and the current status. I also intend for this to be a bit of a finance snapshot, so you can see where your donations go.

I have used www.pacificgeek.com to buy cheap, refurbished servers for some time now, and I've never had any problem with them. So, here's the original order, and no I'm not frightened to show my address, send me christmas gifts beeyotches :D