Hi
there, BCraftanians,

This is an IMPORTANT
communication!

First I’ll give you some news that will clarify
the sudden offline state of our server.
For still unknown and
completely out of hands reasons, BCrafted has been disabled…
deleted. I can imagine you’re all surprised right now, imagine our
faces when we found out.

Since the creation of this server, 8
months ago, we’ve been through several issues (of different natures)
that we can proudly say got solved fast and properly. But this time
it’s different, I will explain why farther on, let me tell you first
what this happening means in the practical matters:

Don’t
panic, the majority of your creations are safe. We do regular
backups, unfortunately, the latest available back up we have is dated
on mid April, this means what follows: all those users who built
WITHOUT using World Edit during the last month, will very luckily
recover their builds using the proper plugins. But, all those who did
use World Edit will have to say goodbye to the builds they created
from mid April till the day the server went offline.
We are sorry
about that.
 
After a number of meetings with several
members of the server staff, we have decided to change a few things
in the structure, performance and dynamics of our new server.

First:
we are gonna hire a new "private" server, with full
capacity but with full control from our GM and selected OP’s. This
means that our old IP will of course be obsolete, but it comes with
some other changes.

Second: In order to get a more stable
server and a closer, more active community, we are gonna be more
selective with our members. For those who already have "member
access" we ask a few requirements that you will find bellow, and
for "new users" we’re gonna create a whitelisting process
before any kind of "user selection" building test.

This
two decisions will mean a great improvement in the the security and
performance of the server, and they will also increment the quality
of our maps.

For actual members:
We would like to ask you
to contact us during the following 10 days from the date of this
letter asking this small questionary (please only do so if you truly
wanna keep on being part of our community):

.-Do you consider
yourself to be an active member of our community?
.-Do you
consider yourself a good builder who finishes his/her projects and
likes to add "awesomeness" to the server?
.-Do you feel
BCrafted like the kind of server you would like to keep playing on
for an extended period of time?
.-What are the things you like the
most from BCrafted?
.-Would you be willing to donate a small
amount of money (monthly or in one go) to collaborate (and only for
this purpose) in the payment of the server rental? (This action will
definitely create a better sense of community and will help us keep
the server running without struggling personally, we will never get
any benefit from your donations, the entire amount will go into the
server rent fees).

You can contact us by writing a post on
this forum topic:
http://bcrafted.de/forum/index.php?topic=603.0

Another
big change we have decided is the organization of our maps:
There
will be, at least in the beginning, a single building world, where
the server staff will display, in the shape of cities, selected
buildings created from the beginning of the server timeline. This
selection will include some non active members’s creations and, of
course, active members’s ones. We believe a fresh start is what we
need after this incident. Be aware this does not mean we’re gonna
start from scratch, as I said before, we’re gonna keep good and
interesting creations.

If you have any questions, please,
don’t hesitate contacting us.

All these changes are gonna take
a while, so, please, be patient.

We thank you very much for
your support, and we hope to hear from you and see you very
soon!

*BCrafted Staff Team*