Hello everyone, I thought i'd make this post to just take a little time to share with you how I feel about AngelScape, where it started, and where we are now.
For those of you who don't know, AngelScape was first put online on the 1st January 2011, this is actually the day after I came back off holiday, and since then I had been coding the 317 to make it better, but most importantly, to make the place a more fun place to be.
The reason I started the server is because Angel (Christine) AKA. The Co-Owner, told me that she had played a few private servers in the past, which was a shock to me, this is also one of the reasons why I have been so determined to keep the server running, i will explain some difficulties we've had now...
First and foremost is the obvious fact of dupers (spawners) who used their magical cheat clients to spawn items within the game, and cause havoc and ruined the "economy" if we ever had one. But I faced problems that most of you guys and girls probably didn't know, for example I was DdoS'ed through the server multiple times.. Now prepare for a lesson on what DdoS'ing is, for people who already know you can refresh yourselves...
DdoS'ing, put in the most simplest way is basically getting sent loads of thingies (I have no idea what the thingies are, if someone knows then tell me) and these "thingies" make your internet cut off for set periods of time, ofcourse this is illegal and was very annoying for me, but I didn't give up on the server, no matter how stressful it got.
As you now know the source has had to be changed for the better, this prevents spawners and created a more fun server to be on, I would like to let you know I did my best to try and save the old source, but to no prevail, most of the time I do work behind the scenes to fix the server without some of you even knowing.
Now alot of you get annoyed when I ignore you in-game or don't answer you, I want you to understand that most of the time i'm not up for answering everyones request, and just want to come on and chat, I like to see myself as a normal player who you can talk to, not someone who has to devote all their time to the server, hopefully you can understand.
Recently I have noticed that the server has become more of a sort of hmm, how can I put it, more of a group of friends rather than just your ordinary server, since everyone knows one another, you've always got someone to talk to, and believe me, I like to talk to you guys -shock?-

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Finally I would like to thank a few people...
Seed for his great work on the forum and keeping it tidy, it's one less problem for me and helps me out alot, well done -Waters Seed-.
Lara for helping giving very helpful replies on the forum, and by being a very friendly person on the server.
Jalbno16 for helping Seed and by posting 24/7.
Laura for being a great admin, always being positive and helpful, and giving me alot of great advice concerning updates for the server.
Everyone for helping AngelScape being where it is today, I hope you enjoy the server, I wish I could right you all a personal thanks, your all amazing.
--- AGS (Jack) ---