We have completed our merge with FirePowered. The servers now operate under the new FirePowered name. Donors on FirePowered will shortly gain donor access on the former THA servers. All new donors will need to donate at FirePowered.org, as the THA donation bot has been decommissioned.

Coming up soon, THA servers will merge to become part of FirePowered[firepoweredgaming.com]'s community of game servers. I am a head admin at FirePowered, and I believe that this decision will benefit all parties involved. We're still working out specifics, but the merge will be coming up soon.

All current THA regulars are invited to register on the FirePowered forums[firepoweredgaming.com] and introduce yourselves. The specifics of the merge will be announced later, but for now, here's the important bits:

• Current THA donors will retain their donor benefits for the lifetime of their active subscription, but will retain donor benefits only on the trade servers
  
• The IP addresses of the trade/idle servers will not change, only the names and associated community
  
• The Hooded Alliance name will be entirely dropped, being replaced with FirePowered
  
• Some new plugins and mods for FirePowered will be added to the trade servers, but generally they'll remain the same
  
• Current THA admins/moderators will retain their status on the trade servers
  
• Some of FirePowered's top admins will gain admin access on the trade servers
  
• New donor subscriptions must be handled through FirePowered. FirePowered accepts PayPal donations ($5 per month) or key donations (1 key per week of benefits)

More info will come in the near future.

Due to Lack of Sleep +Heat I'm going on a week break from Hooded. Till probably next Wednesday you wont see me on Hooded. Also I wont be dealing with any problems unless they are major.

So for all the other Admins, you guys are probably gonna get people messaging you about problems on the servers.

So, the SteamPipe update hit and I was able to get all the plugin working again on all the servers.

If you notice any server crashes or issues, please report them in the Discussions boards.

The maintenance has been completed and all 4 servers are now back up. They have been switched over to the new SteamPipe system.

You do not need to opt into the SteamPipe beta in order to join the servers. The non-SteamPipe and SteamPipe versions are compatible with each other.

However, it's recommended that you do opt into the SteamPipe beta so that you can get all of the benefits that it offers. You'll still be able to join any server you want, SteamPipe or no.

Due to the fact that SteamPipe is still a beta, many plugin features are currently disabled, and will remain so until the end of the month. Most of the basic plugins (!bp, !pc, etc) are working.