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If you haven't read it already it's important you read the post made by Foob a few days ago where he made an announcement that he would be stepping down from his long term role as a server Administrator and the project lead for Noobstown.com within the next few months (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/time-to-say-goodbye/msg87432/#msg87432). This post is just some information about the future of Noobstown moving forward. I want to begin by personally thanking him for the many years of enjoyment and fun he has provided to thousands of people including myself, and for giving me the opportunity to help out all those years ago (https://www.noobscraft.com/site/new-webmaster/msg1537/#msg1537) and to now keep the community going forward.
Firstly I want to reiterate very clearly: this is not the closure of the server, all of the aspects of the server which used to be controlled by Foob will simply be moved over to me, and we will continue on as before. There will likely be a few changes to things, both in the short term and longer term; but they will not be major and I will definitely consult you all as players before we do anything large/game-changing. I have already been the main contributor to changes and have been managing many of the aspects of the server myself for several months anyway so that is just going to continue. I speak to a number of the active players on a daily basis and really hope I can make Noobstown even more of a community moving forward.
As for a few planned changes and things which were in the works I do need to make a few aspects of the future of Noobstown clear though, I know a few questions have been asked so these should answer some of the larger ones:
- The Summer updates (https://www.noobscraft.com/server/what-s-coming-to-noobstown-an-update/msg86905/#msg86905) will continue on as before, there are more coming later this month (July) and further ones in August. Some of the in-game changes such as the head shop and Snowball rewards might take slightly longer, but they will still be coming this Summer!
- All of the planned changes listed at Noobscraft.com/work/ (https://www.noobscraft.com/work/) will still go ahead as I get the time to implement those changes/develop those features.
- The planned Noobstown Dungeons project (the MineApoc merge) (https://www.noobscraft.com/support/mineapoc-information-thread/msg86460/#msg86460) will be put on hold for now, this was a project being introduced by Foob primarily and without him it is likely to take much much longer than the many months planned anyway and as such for now we won't be implementing it as planned. That's not to say the features won't come in the future, but for now it is on hold. The ability to get VIP/VIP+ for free if you had it on MineApoc is also on hold because of this.
- Any Donations made between now and when the server is passed over to me are still welcomed as a gift to Foob for his hard work, and will continue to provide the benefits in-game and on the site as normal, but since the longer term funding of the server is going to be from myself you should be aware at the moment they are unlikely to be directly assisting the longevity of the server. The plans for any changes to the perk purchasing system once Foob has passed over to me will be announced later.
There is likely to be an amount of downtime as we move over from the hardware Foob is currently using to some that I will pay for, any downtime will be planned and announced with estimated dates/times beforehand though.
If you have any questions at all about the future of Noobstown, me taking over things, Foob's goodbye or anything of the sort please do ask it, I'll respond to any questions asked if you've got any.
- ItsLawrence