First of all I've just updated both of our servers to the current 1.01 version of DayZ. If you were looking to play, you can do that now.

Let's Talk

As of recent it has been made clear to me that public interest in our servers has dwindled. The hardcore/vanilla experience that our servers offer is just not as popular as it once was with the DayZ community as a whole. With interest in the servers declining, the number of admins we have on hand has followed the same downward trend for the same reasons. For the past month or two I've been running the servers by myself which isn't easy to do. Personally I've been thinking about my own time management. Operating these servers requires having a lot of spare time, which I do have. However that spare time can be used in a lot of other more productive ways. Having said all of that I regret to inform you all that The Chipotle Bandits servers will be shutting down on February 28th. Until then I will be operating the servers as per usual. I may host an event or two before the 28th but I won't make any promises. If that's something you're interested in, please let me know.

NOTE: Shutting down the servers is more than likely a permanent decision - BUT - nothing is set it stone. The Chipotle Bandits servers may make a return someday.

The Discord

The Chipotle Bandits Discord server will remain active and since The Chipotle Bandits is my brand there will be no name or management change. It will not continue to serve the function of being the central hub for our no longer existing DayZ servers. Instead it will become the Discord server that represents my community on YouTube and Twitch. If you are a fan of my content on either of the aforementioned platforms then there is nothing you need to do. You may also want to consider reacting to the post in #welcome to get notifications when I stream or upload a video. If you are connected to this Discord server for a purpose solely related to our DayZ servers then you may want to consider leaving as you will no longer find this server to be of any use to you.

Final Words

Thank you all for all of the support, feedback and love you've all given this community over the years (YES it's really been that long). In that time I have learned many things and had loads of fun. It's been a blast guys, it really has.

We have $90 in donations sitting in our account. That alone is not enough to pay for another month of uptime. I would like to do a giveaway of some sort with those remaining funds to show our appreciation. Feel free to suggest ideas.

We've just launched our modded 1PP server! The server is running the winter version of Chernarus, Weapon Redux and more.

In order to play on the server you're going to need to subscribe to all of the mods it's running. Click the link below and subscribe to each mod + their dependencies, if any. To load the mods you'll need to right click DayZ in Steam > Run DayZ Launcher. Navigate to the 'Mods' tab and select all of the required mods. After that all you need to do is hit play!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1584017273&savesuccess=1

At this early stage some guns or gear may spawn too much or too little. We will need your feedback in order to perfect the spawn rates of certain loot so please don't hesitate to let us know your thoughts.

We will continue to update the server with new and exciting mods in the future. If you have any suggestions please post them in the #feedback channel on our discord [discord.me]!

Here is the full list of mods that the server is running as of the time of this post.

- Winter Chernarus
- Weapon Redux
- Snow Clothing
- Military Snow Gear
- DayZ Plus
- Classic Names
-Increased Lumens
- Community-Online-Tools
- Permissions-Framework
- RPCFramework

Name:
The Chipotle Bandits Modded 1PP|Winter|Redux|discord.me/TCBDayZ
IP: 142.44.142.241:2402

Join our Discord at https://discord.me/TCBDayZ

Enjoy Chernarus winter on The Chipotle Bandits 1PP server!! We'll see you out there.

twitch.tv/jakon72

Today, the server files were released.

Our plans have always been to switch off from GSP hosting to hosting our own servers on a more secure machine once the server files were released. Our current billing period ends in exactly 2 weeks. That means, on October 3rd we will be moving The Chipotle Bandits #DayZ server to a dedicated machine on a new host. The benefits of making this change are quite exciting. We finally have proper, STRONG DDoS protection, the ability to run MULTIPLE SERVERS for the price of one and access to modding before it's official release. Did anyone say The Chipotle Bandits #2 1PP Hardcore? Yes, we're excited!

Back to billing periods and funding for a brief moment. This month we used up the last of our hosting funds, generously provided to us by you, our community. Because of this we will need to run another fundraiser live stream in order to accumulate enough funds so that we can continue paying for the server in the coming months. This fundraiser live stream will take place this Friday, September 21st at the URL below. twitch.tv/jakon72 If you enjoy playing on the server, we encourage you to support The Chipotle Bandits through the fundraiser stream. If you prefer to get something in return, you can still pickup a Chipotle Bandits patch which also financially supports server. https://thechipotlebandits.net

This announcement is already quite long, but we still have one more thing to mention.. EVENTS! We will be hosting a server event this Sunday, September 23rd. If you would like to participate in this event, keep an eye out for an official event announcement video later this week!

That is it - announcement is over. You can stop reading now.

Luv u bye!™

The Chipotle Bandits server is now officially live on the 0.63 experimental branch - feel free to join up!

Keep an eye out later this week for an announcement for our first event on 0.63.

We look forward to seeing you all in the server again!