Hello everyone,
Most of you know, and if you don't, you do now about how much i hate posting and reading forums. But apparently there is a situation that calls for it.
My name is Ecko and I run most of all the popular NA servers with the exception of a 1 or 2 that are no longer around or empty most of the time.
For clarification I do not host the servers nor do i pay for it all. I specifically have managed:
Gathering donations, setting rules, bringing quality custom maps(there were none before NA) to c-rpg, timely patch updates to the servers, creating events, and enforcing a mostly enjoyable environment to all players when possible.
I do nothing alone, its been a learning curve, and i have a great team that helps.
Since September, maybe October, not quite sure, it has cost 200 dollars a month to keep the servers alive. Since late December, early January Hospitaller Devilize has paid 100 dollars a month to manage one of the 5 servers now up.
It has been in the past and recently questioned how I run the servers. Though many of you have had problems with admins, its a long standing joke amongst the admins that i give many chances to get unbanned for those who might have been misjudged. Admins are not paid individuals, and though mistakes might be made, its much easier to correct a game admin problem and teach them how to make better calls in the future, than to remove their admin all together and give another random a shot.
I dislike the fact the servers are called ATS servers, there are over 20 game admins, not including file moderators, and head admins that greatly outnumber ATS.
I've tried making these servers community servers.
However, since the servers are mostly priavetly funded by hospitaller and ATS, I've maintained the right to refuse use to any asshat. PLEASE NOTE: I have hardly used that power available, recently Hospitaller Devilize has allowed it to happen.
Until the community starts donating more, I will always maintain the right of a server owner refusing game play. No donations given via the c-rpg.net site are shared with NA, and i'm fine with that.
To be frank, I'm quite tired of getting admins accusing me of running a failed server, particularly those who may or may not be able to cause trouble for me.
I'm going to ask this once, would the NA community like the servers to be shut down? If yes you're welcome to go play on the EU servers like before, or wait for clans like Acre or SoA to get a server going. Although i can almost guarantee you're not gonna find a better team then mine...
Special Thanks to the Following for helping me run the NA servers:
chadz
Garguro
Airith
Gorath
Gash
Devilize
Peppovitch
Grey
Nindur
Goretooth
Wookimonster
Shik
CtrlAltDelete
Canary
Sphinx
Aldryk
Damatacus
Lorn(yes you did help)
Arowaine(AS if french Canadians do anything right?)
Depaul
451
Dexxtaa
Gaga(who knew, an LLJK admin!)
Panderson
Mr.Rogers
Heroin
Native
Dr.Pepper
Dan
Nebun
Sharky
and the many more admins or file moderators that i've overlooked, to many to count.
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