I am going to schedule downtime for all servers on Friday October 30 from approximately 9:00 am to 11:00 am EDT. Following the downtime, there may be several restarts for some or many individual servers to rectify any issues that may arise during the maintenance. This downtime will be used to install and configure a new chat manager plugin. This plugin will allow us to add new features, channels, and administrative tools. For instance, some of the things that could be added: New secondary channels, such as: A "Roleplay" channel to the Creative server that can be turned on or off per user A "Trade" channel to semi-vanilla New possibilities for cross-server communication: Watching chat from servers you are not currently on (likely for Helpers, etc.) Global channels for Helpers, VIPs, etc. Hover-over text for users that can display rank, jobs, VIP status, current balance, time played, etc. An "ignore" feature to block private messages from individual users that may be bothering you A "do not disturb" feature to block *all* private messages. Tons of things to make staff/helper jobs easier And lots more! Initially, the goal is just to have chat work the way it does now. Please expect that things will look a little different, and some parts may not work 100% right away or perhaps for a few days afterwards while we iron out the wrinkles. Once things are working smoothly, we can work on adding some of these new features. Take those as a list of what is possible, not necessarily things that we are promising to happen.
I am not promoting this to the front page because I don't want to push the Halloween announcement down.
It's just a special channel to be used for people doing roleplays, so that if others don't want to watch it they can turn it off and they won't see it.
A channel that can be seen across all servers. There will likely be one for helpers, and possibly one for VIPs.
we used to have a global channel way back then and u used it with /g they took it away beacause people spammed it and it was on 24/7.
Yeah we won't be doing that again. This would only be for helpers to talk to helpers about helper stuff, etc.
Thanks for all the hard work you and the rest of our staff do to make this server even better. I will be looking forward to seeing by these new changes soon!
Yay! This is so smart, as TONS of role-plays at the same time can be overwhelming. Thank You SO much @cheracc
Do lots of others have off from school that day? I don't want to take the server down if there's going to be tons of kids home from school
Yes, They do its the day before Halloween. Most schools have half days get picked up early or have no school.
