My Big Announcement! (oh and short letter to the community)

Gawadrolt · Jul 24, 2015

You guys are so freaking sappy man. nothing bad happened because we the players assumed the roles of aikar, kryssy, chin and simon to make sure nothing got out of hand lmbo. It was pretty fun though. too bad I had to work. I think the servers came back up about twenty minutes after I went to bed.

As far as those complaining about the emc... we gotta stir that pot? lol.

Oh and as far as I know there were no mini boss spawns half my night of having a whole smp to myself wasted lol. What did it get down to like 10 people? I know there were at least 10 afkers and before I went to bed there was 37 online I think. So 25ish people actually playing was probably an overestimate of how many there were right before the attacks ended. There was like 25ish people on mumble at 2am lol.

PenguinDJ · Jul 24, 2015

PenguinDJ said: ↑

Oh yes, you owe me new ears now. Please /mail them ASAP.

As a follow-up, I did in fact get mailed ears from Phelps tonight.

JLad · Jul 24, 2015

Well said EvilToade <3

poofasaurus · Jul 24, 2015

I'm not an old EMC member, 150 days, but I had such a fantastic time last night because it was the first time I've ever really seen the different SMPs band together for a common cause. While I wasn't able to spawn a mini boss with DJ, SEP, and SnowyBearr, I did love making an appearance at the rebellion, throwing a Minecraft Apocalypse drop party, and using town chat for everything Thanks to those that made the evening fun, whether in game or out of game chatting about what you were doing irl or watching me frolic around the waste of smp2 (which I feel I single handedly saved from extinction. You're welcome ) Mumble came alive in ways I had not seen and while we may all need new ears, it was very much so worth it. Strangers became acquaintances and acquaintances, friends.

Zikko · Jul 24, 2015

eviltoade said: ↑

It is time to reveal something big to the community:

Both hashhog3000 AND PenguinDJ are my alts.

Ok not really, here is my big announcement: I'm not actually evil.

Now that I have told you all my big announcement and have your attention, here is my brief letter to the Community:

There have been a few threads of late where the opinion of the author is that this community is fractured. Where old members don't have the same feeling as they used to, or where some groups of players don't interact with other groups, or new members feel alienated to the old, or vice versa. That staff members don't interact as much as they should, or new staff are chosen improperly. Let me just say this: Where as I myself may not be evil, there certainly ARE evil people in this world. People who for example prey on young children. We (staff) may not always make the "right" decisions, or take care of some situations perfectly, but let me be very clear. We will always protect you. We will always have your back no matter what.

Yesterday afternoon, as mentioned on the Home Page of EMC, Mojang was (ddos) attacked by some moron (or group of morons). Due to this attack, no one was able to connect to any multiplayer servers. During this downtime, when I would normally play, I witnessed something truly amazing. Our wonderful community came together in such a unique way, it made me so stinkin excited and proud that I peed a little. Ok not really, but I literally almost cried, for real.

The "survivors" who were still online, stayed online to give us on the outside updates through the forums. They banded together to throw parties for one another in the game and went on boss hunts. They also received warm broadcasts from senior staff, which was also quite amazing.

Another forum thread was created to see what everyone else was doing during the ddos attack. Did it stop there? No. People of our community got on Mumble to hang out and talk.

Is our community fractured? In some cases perhaps, but certainly not last night. Our community (family) is so amazing, and I feel like I really wanted you all to know that. You mean a whole lot to me and I love you (yes, I'm a sap).

Someone in game recently said something of this nature in town chat: "This is a game, why are you taking it so seriously?" It may be "just a game," but we create these little amazing temporary autonomous zones that stimulate out imaginations, intellect, and emotions. Every one of us make that happen, and it's just incredible. So, thank you EMC. Thank you.

-ET

Everyone knows I am a soft boy, I literally cried and by stomach was tingling eviltoade magnificent speech *Audience claps

DeathPunchKitty · Jul 25, 2015

I actually had a lot of fun on the forums when the server wasn't accesible I really have come to enjoy this wonderful community. <3!

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