This server is no longer running.
A new server run by a couple of community members has taken it's place.
Please direct your web browsers here.
http://defusioncraft.com/

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Why can't we be friends?
And also in response to this, and to try and keep the forum under some level of maturity, effective immediately i'm stating a new forum rule.

1. No hate speech, flaming, direct insults or anything that could be considered similar

Any replies or threads containing said content will be edited and locked with a warning given to the user.
I'm also deleting all spiteful comments from Hayleigh's announcement, as I don't consider that a reasonable place to argue etc.

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You'd be right in saying this is overdue, too late etc but for what its worth I wanted to say sorry for my absence, especially to the friends I made over the last year designing the server.

I hit the point where I had spent 100's of hours trying to get the server profitable, well frankly even sustainable, which it never was for more than the odd month or two.

Paying out of my own pocket for a project that required so much time was just not feasible and if I had the foresight I would of asked for help a lot earlier than I did.

Strider & Dano have been so dedicated to the community and I feel I let them down especially so a special sorry to them.

That being said after a good chat with Dano today I've let him take over adminstration on the website, given him full access to edit it and am supporting the development of a new server.

Were working out the details and how my role will fit into it but when im not in total charge of everything from billing/in game support/codeing/modding/website admining I feel I can really get the stuff done that im good at and enjoy.

Will definitely be making an appearance in game again at some point, till then im happy to field any questions if I can answer them!

Miss you all and your a totally rocking community, I honestly feel guilty over my absence as you deserved better but im sure you can empathize life can get a bit hectic at times and things get put on hold.

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There comes a time where we all must accept what is happening. Given Hayleigh's COMPLETE disregard for Captivus. She has Killed it.
Her lack of Administration for the past few months has reduced the player base to just about zero. The last of us still held some glimmer of hope. But that is gone.
Her inability to keep to certain time frames (it was announced to the community that I would get full admin access to the server "tonight", and that was one week ago. And it was announced privately about a month before that) has left the community wondering when the next update will come through (we're still waiting for the 2nd lot of buildings to be imported to the new captivus map. Which was promised as "tomorrow" on the first day of the new map)
And also the lack of promotion of players to admin/moderators has left the community with nowhere to turn when things go wrong. No one but Hayleigh can currently reboot Captivus(and it's been like that for the past 3 months or so)... Which has been down for well over a week now.

So it is with Deep Regret that I announce that Captivus is no longer a minecraft server. Even if the server does "magically" come back on-line, it's not worth playing. Hayleigh has proven twice that she's more than happy to leave the server offline for extended period's of time with no form of communication, and no-one to help reboot the server. If she can do it twice... She will most definitely do it a third time.

Currently there are two known server's in development by community
One Server is being set up by DanoDefused. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=648

Another is Server is being set up by Snapso. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=652

I do have an outdated copy of the old captivus map. If someone wants a particular building I may be able to get it to you. I will NOT be giving out the whole map to anybody.

I am removing all bot spam for the next week. And locking ALL topics except this and the 2 server topics, there isn't much point posting anywhere else unless you also have a server to announce(you must be admin of said server)

I will say it again as this is "goodbye"
"the past few months have been an honour and a privilege that I won't forget for a long time "

Good luck with what the future holds,
Strider309

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ive rented a server for 6 months, going public mid-to-late January. those of you that think you might like my style of game are more then welcome to come check it out. add me on facey for more info http://www.facebook.com/000bk

p.s. hayleigh, if you read this, sorry for hi-jacking your community, but the invitation extends to you too. i know the type of game you like to play and can make it possible, that is if you still want to minecraft, without the responsiblities

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By now, the current community is divided up between people who dislike me, and people who doubt my plan has taken any action or is going to work at all.
I must announce that due to the inability to proceed with what he had assigned himself, Strider has left our team and will be moving on.
Because of this, we now have an open position.

• We plan to create our own server, with replication of what Captivus had once that made it great.
  
  
• The host we have lined up has approximately 5 times the hardware power of what Captivus is based on, and is a truly dedicated server.
  
  
• Working from a collaborative design plan, we've started working on a highly interactive website with a universal login system and integrated forums.
  By the end of this week I can link a preview of how the site is coming along here, as proof if the community so wishes
  
  
• The server we're going to release will be managed by Defusion Gaming, and in turn have a backup source of funding.
  
  
• (With so far undecided timeframes) Competitions and contests with physical and in-game prizes will be held.
  
  
• The creation of both an entirely creative server, and a dedicated PvP server, a form of server radio station, hosting of other popular game servers, even more than planned interactivity between the website and in-game services (chat inter-service etc.) are all possible after the initial release.

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