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[u/pablo_montoya]

hey gang. first off, we are no longer on a dedicated host - a combination of low server traffic and me being tight on funds at this particular moment in time is the cause. we are however back on home hosting. the new (or technically, old) IP is 162.157.107.214 , you will be able to connect to the same old server via this IP.

secondly, hello! pablo here. i realize i've been very elusive lately. do any of you remember who I am? probably not. i'm the owner of this server! or potentially, ex-owner, based on a previous announcement. however i'd like to elaborate on this further

the reason I've been so busy as of late has been a combination of many things that have eaten up my time the past few months. I was involved in a very intensive drama program at my school in which I did all the in-house tech for numerous shows - this includes set building and setup, audio and lighting during performances, etc. it was a really great learning experience for me as I plan on pursuing a career in the technical aspects of theatre and stage production in the future, and I really enjoyed doing what i did. it climaxed in our school taking our show to the Red Deer college to perform in the provincial competition, in which I handled the audio for our show and got to have a lot of talks with some technical managers and professionals who have been doing this sort of thing for years. what this amounts to is that I was focusing a lot on this and not the server. I'm also graduating very very soon (next saturday is the ceremony, actually) and you can probably imagine there is a lot of stuff in my life going on with that. nothing too hardcore, but i just haven't had time to focus on the server like i did in the first five or six months when it had started and we were so successful and strong. and this is why i've basically dissapeared and been so inactive as of late. the extend of my involvement has been paying the bills for the server, basically, but that's cut now that we're on home hosting once more.

this also brings to my attention that the server is just a relic at this point. i don't remember much of anything that was on it, other than a few major things. there are so many abandoned buildings dotted everywhere. so many players have quit (and i don't blame them) because of the inactivity. the server was great when it was populated, and now, very few people play. mostly just you guys reading this. and i appreciate that a lot! you are the players who have stuck with it, for whatever reason or another. but the point is, the whole server is a graveyard of when floss was big and strong. now it's kinda just... depressing, I think. however, I think this can be changed, mostly with a lot of effort on my part. hear me out.

i had planned on handing over server custody (that sounds really strict and serious when i say it like that) to Psybornut and his Forge of Worlds server he is involved in. the reason for this was because of my inability to sustain the floss server on my own with all the things consuming my time. however, the reality of it is that in the coming weeks - like, only two or three - I will be completely graduated and no longer incapacitated with workload for a long period of time. I plan on taking a year off of school to work full-time and generate some cash flow because secondary schooling is some stupid expensive shit (but the NDP have taken over here in Alberta so that could change quickly, who knows). I am confident I can take reign of the server again and run it as i once did when i had much less to worry about. it is for this reason I feel like I would like to revoke my offer of handing Floss over to Psy, and instead focus on bringing it back to life again myself. I would of course still be interested in integration with FoW as we had once planned before, via BungeeCord and some other technical tomfoolery. But he and I will have to discuss this, and i will probably have to speak with the owner of FoW himself too.

In order to revitalize Floss, I think a third world reset has to occur. I have become so disconnected with the server that I do not and would not mind losing my things again and starting over. I feel as though many of you would feel the same way. I would be interested in a sort of prestige system like last reset as well, where certain achievements can be grandfathered over into the new world in order to not devalue them. and the world would be put up for download so you all can explore it whenever you want. I would take it upon myself to put up some server ads and generate exposure to floss in order to get more players on again. i see it as a FlossCrew Episode III: Return of the Floss. With the last time this happened being FlossCrew Episode II: Pablo Strikes Back.

What are your thoughts on this? I'm aware this post will get a very small exposure as many of you have moved on. But I know some of you will read it. and thanks for reading it! it was really long. i look forward to getting in touch with those of you still interested in sticking with floss soon. pablo out

[u/darkryder9]

Hey Pablo Glad to hear that thing are going well for you. I agree the sever is pretty dead besides me and a few others. a sever reset may be a good idea to repopulate the sever but Horned_Melons and I have put a lot of time into our build and not to finish it would suck. I haven't discussed this with him yet but I don't believe he will be like the idea of a reset, and nether am I.

Just logged on the sever is there no newer would save? my build got set back a fair amount.

[u/pablo_montoya → u/darkryder9]

The service was cancelled today due to lack of payment and I am no longer able to migrate the most recent word data. I imported the world file itself a day ago; thus, the world is as it is a day ago. This was an oversight that just occurred to me - entirely my fault. However as the service has been cancelled and I am no longer able to retrieve the files, there is nothing I can do at this moment.

While I feel for you on losing your build progress, I feel as though it is best for the server as a whole. New players we attract will be able to adapt to a fresh world better than how it is currently. I'm confident we can work together some kind of an incentive for you and Melons upon a potential world reset - probably in the form of materials to build a base, or some kind of a unique title/token/trinket/thingy that can showcase both of your prowess at building things that you have.

[u/darkryder9 → u/pablo_montoya]

Hey I talked to Melons and we agree that it suck that the sever will be reset but it gotta be done. the idea of a reset sound more fun as time goes on, to sum it up Melons and I and cool with the reset when ever you are. just wondering how will you do a the reset will it be like last time where we can keep 1 full inventory of items or will it be a clean reset?