This time last year, Army of Darkness had only very recently emerged. After it's initial release on the 19th February, the 24th was the date of the first meeting.
Much has changed. Maps have come and gone, staff have changed and to an extent, the gameplay itself has transformed. I am sure many of you remember the glorious days of anti-camp and running from overpowered survivors in diamond gear, as well as of course, respawning in the same spot.
I decided to go through the server logs, and find the first recorded words. Why not, right? From what I see, the first words (That remain in the logs) were:
2012-02-09 19:41:59 [INFO] <GmK> test
2012-02-09 19:42:02 [INFO] <GmK> hai
So there you have it. GmK likes to speak to himself.
So now it is time for a few thank yous. Of course, the first person that I am going to thank is LISTINGS09. Without his work, the server would never have existed. He has put in consistent and extremely speedy work to keep AoD running.
Next on the list is GmK. He has put a great deal of effort into keeping the server running, aiding incompe-I mean, completely competent directors when major issues emerge (<3).
Another key part of Army of Darkness is the staff, both past and present. Without anyone staffing the server you would be joining a server filled with spam and profanities. Nobody wants that. This also includes a thank you to both Iguana and UltimateBudgie. You may have resigned quite a while ago, but many changes made by you are still in place today. You kept the server running and healthy, sometimes stopping to add a few updates on the way. I know I am certainly grateful for the work you did. It isn't easy!
But at the end of the day. Where would we be with no players? In a server graveyard, is the simple answer. The support and donations that we receive is what keeps AoD going. Without you, we would have very few maps indeed! Thank you all.
Credit also goes to TheQube, for providing the handsome anniversary image.
Competition Time:
So now is the time for rewards. Simply post on this thread with anything to do with AoD. Be it a screenshot, drawing or a short story, I don't mind! In doing so, you will have the chance to win 1 of 5 Mojam Humble Bundle codes that I will be giving away. (Spare me the "omg the games suck".) You will have a week to do so, after which the best posts shall be chosen.
AoD is standing the test of time and is (what I consider to be) the Premium Server to have gone the longest with no major changes. Stay awesome AoD players and staff.
Celebrations will be going on over the next week, so why not pop in and see if anything fun is going on! I do urge you give great thanks to those mentioned, as they really are quite fantastic!
Here's to a second year!
Much has changed. Maps have come and gone, staff have changed and to an extent, the gameplay itself has transformed. I am sure many of you remember the glorious days of anti-camp and running from overpowered survivors in diamond gear, as well as of course, respawning in the same spot.
I decided to go through the server logs, and find the first recorded words. Why not, right? From what I see, the first words (That remain in the logs) were:
2012-02-09 19:41:59 [INFO] <GmK> test
2012-02-09 19:42:02 [INFO] <GmK> hai
So there you have it. GmK likes to speak to himself.
So now it is time for a few thank yous. Of course, the first person that I am going to thank is LISTINGS09. Without his work, the server would never have existed. He has put in consistent and extremely speedy work to keep AoD running.
Next on the list is GmK. He has put a great deal of effort into keeping the server running, aiding incompe-I mean, completely competent directors when major issues emerge (<3).
Another key part of Army of Darkness is the staff, both past and present. Without anyone staffing the server you would be joining a server filled with spam and profanities. Nobody wants that. This also includes a thank you to both Iguana and UltimateBudgie. You may have resigned quite a while ago, but many changes made by you are still in place today. You kept the server running and healthy, sometimes stopping to add a few updates on the way. I know I am certainly grateful for the work you did. It isn't easy!
But at the end of the day. Where would we be with no players? In a server graveyard, is the simple answer. The support and donations that we receive is what keeps AoD going. Without you, we would have very few maps indeed! Thank you all.
Credit also goes to TheQube, for providing the handsome anniversary image.
Competition Time:
So now is the time for rewards. Simply post on this thread with anything to do with AoD. Be it a screenshot, drawing or a short story, I don't mind! In doing so, you will have the chance to win 1 of 5 Mojam Humble Bundle codes that I will be giving away. (Spare me the "omg the games suck".) You will have a week to do so, after which the best posts shall be chosen.
AoD is standing the test of time and is (what I consider to be) the Premium Server to have gone the longest with no major changes. Stay awesome AoD players and staff.
Celebrations will be going on over the next week, so why not pop in and see if anything fun is going on! I do urge you give great thanks to those mentioned, as they really are quite fantastic!
Here's to a second year!
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