Well, it's been put-off and put-off, and it's not something I ever though i'd be posting, but through discussion between myself and Rips, the time's come to officially announce:

##### ----- G» - aka gHOSt - is officially -dead-... ----- #####

The servers - for whatever reason - beyond my personal control, have disappeared offline; despite reassurance they were renewed. But that's neither here nor there... The OB update bought a sense of negativity amongst the community, and while a great number have stood-by DM and kept at-it, standing defiant - it caused a great number to either lose the motivation behind keeping things running, or caused them to seek greener pastures. It was also a HUGE kick in the balls, when we very-recently had to start all-over again, server-wise. It's a damn damn shame that things have turned out this way, but these things happen...

As you're all aware, the servers are already offline - again, through no fault of my own. At the end of the week, i'll be taking an archive copy of the entire site/forum, for nostalgia's sake; and i'll host it on my own website (will give the address out when this is up), and i'll take down this mighty place.

I just want to take this opportunity to THANK, each and every one of you - past and present - who have been a part of this Clan. We've had our up's and down's, and MANY late late nights and good frags - but we created something here we're all proud of, in a way. And on a personal level - thankyou to Mr Ripstar and Mr Popper for entrusting me with the ginormous task of keeping our servers/website running silky-smooth.

I'm sure we'll all see eachother on the fraggin' field, wherever we end-up - if you haven't already, -please- add me on Steam.

Good evening, good afternoon - and goodnight; it's been an absolute pleasure... :)

Chris -- a.k.a. Powah

Servers 1-4 will be down for around 30mins, while I update 2 essential plugins.

Cheers,


//pOwah

'allo!

I've installed 2 bits of software:

-- SourceBans: allows banning across all our servers, meaning that if I ban someone on server 1 - he/she'll be banned across all 3 public servers. This ban list is accessable via the 'SOURCEBANS' link in the menu above, or via: http://sourcebans.ghost-clan.co.uk
-- SteamBans: this one's a bit more meaty. The servers are now not only VAC-protected, but when a player connects - their details are checked against a global list, which is maintained more closely than VAC. More info can be found at:
----- http://www.steambans.com/support.php?c=info&page=about
----- http://www.steambans.com/support.php?c=faq

It's important that gHOSt Clan members sign up at --- http://www.steambans.com --- then go here --- http://www.steambans.com/usercp.php?page=team&jointeam=1&tid=21967 --- to join the team, and protect yourself by showing solidarity as a Clan/Team.

Please don't ignore this guys - it's an important move to help protect the integrity of the game/community, and get those cheating beggars GONE... ;D

Thanks for reading...



// pOwah

I'm taking servers 1-3 down for around 30mins-1hour.

An announcement will be made in the News forum once this is complete, explaining why.

Forums are here--> http://forums.ghost-clan.co.uk


Cheers,
// pOwah

In case you missed the forum post...

Just finished re-jigging the servers around.

* Server 1: Is now the 24/7 Killbox server.
* Server 2: Is still purely DM.
* Server 3: Is back to running trusty-ol' JunkCity maps.
* Server 4: Remains my test server.
* Server 5: - NEW - Previously, we had server 5 as a CU server - with a different host. It's been decided that we will no longer be with that host just for the 1 server, and consequently we have moved it to our main host to join the other 4. It'll be used for both CU matches, and ordinary Friendlies etc - not intended for public use. It's IP is: 83.142.49.236:28019 - please update your Favourites, as the old CU server will be disappearing shortly.


25-01-10 @ 15:19 -- NOTE: 5 is offline at the moment, maps are still uploading. 1 to 4 are back :)


Happy fraggin'!


// pOwah