Changes: Server History

Revision as of 02:33, 29 August 2017

The LockedCraft network started as a survival MineCraft server created by Graf33 in early 2012 under the name CraftGrounds. After re-branding under the name "LockedCraft Network" in 2013, the server was split into 4 game modes (SMP (Towny), SG (Survival Games), SCB (Super Craft Bros), and Brutal PVP.) with two separate staff teams for these servers. The re branded server experienced significant success, peaking in 2014 with the addition of 4 additional servers (Prison, SW (SkyWars), KitPVP, and SB (SkyBlock)), the reunification of the staff team, and a record of 1000 online players.

After reaching the aforementioned peak, the server began to fragment; a gradual but pronounced decrease in interest and activity on the part of Graf33 and his associated failure to delegate extended permissions to compensate for this inactivity resulted in the server falling into a state of disrepair. As a result of several console level glitches, updates, and bugs, the SG, SCB, KitPVP, SW, and SB servers permanently crashed while the reaming servers (SMP, Prison, and BrutalPVP (Then rebranded as factions)) succumbed to a myriad of bugs.

On March 15, 2016, after experiencing a steady player loss for a period of two years (ultimately resulting in an average player count of 0.3), the staff team (under the leadership of LynnMarvel and AlcaPwned69) unanimously decided to stop maintaining the LockedCraft network.

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+The LockedCraft network started as a survival MineCraft server created by Graf33 in early 2012 under the name CraftGrounds. After re-branding under the name "LockedCraft Network" in 2013, the server was split into 4 game modes (SMP (Towny), SG (Survival Games), SCB (Super Craft Bros), and Brutal PVP.)
-The server was originally founded by Graf33 as craft grounds.
+<nowiki> </nowiki>with two separate staff teams for these servers. The re branded server
+experienced significant success, peaking in 2014 with the addition of 4 additional servers (Prison, SW (SkyWars), KitPVP, and SB (SkyBlock)), the reunification of the staff team, and a record of 1000 online players.
-After a few updates, the server was eventually re-branded as LockedCraft
+After reaching the aforementioned peak, the server began to
+fragment; a gradual but pronounced decrease in interest and activity on
+the part of Graf33
+<nowiki> </nowiki>and his associated failure to delegate extended permissions to compensate for this inactivity resulted in the server falling into a
+state of disrepair. As a result of several console level glitches,
+updates, and bugs, the SG, SCB, KitPVP, SW, and SB servers permanently
+crashed while the reaming servers (SMP, Prison, and BrutalPVP (Then rebranded as factions)) succumbed to a myriad of bugs.
+On March 15, 2016, after experiencing a steady player loss for a period of two years (ultimately resulting in an average player count of 0.3), the staff team (under the leadership of LynnMarvel and AlcaPwned69) unanimously decided to stop maintaining the LockedCraft network.
-The server was very active through its golden ages, with graf coming on and hosting occasional events.
-At its peak, the server reached a peak of over 1000 users daily.
-With Graf's decrease in interest and activity, and the recent regression of Towny interest in the MineCraft community abroad, the server population has been on a steady decrease.
-This decrease continued, and despite a 1.8 reset, Graf still remained extremely inactive.
-The server shut down in early 2016.
-The last post can be found [http://www.spectrannation.enjin.com/forum/m/23232572/viewthread/26503355-copy-official-lockedcraft-resignation-message here], and posts from individual staff members can be found [http://www.spectrannation.enjin.com/forum/m/23232572/viewthread/26864417-copy-all-staffs-resignation-messages-last-words here].