Hi everyone,

I've changed the IP addresses again. Shame, I know. But it gives me more control over things like backups, lots of them. For 2 weeks. Completely restorable. We've also got a 512 slot Teamspeak now if we wanted. I'd promise we won't change them again, but I am indecisive so that'd be pointless. Other than that, not much has changed. If Steam feels like it, it should update your favorites list automatically with the new IPs. If not, they are listed below:

Minigames: 74.91.116.234:27015
Sandboxx: 74.91.116.234:27030

This would the part where I insert some glimmer of hope for our NMRiH servers, but honestly we just don't have the time for it right now. There's a lot that needs to happen before we can do it. Soon™

Thanks,
Bubka3

Hi everyone,

Over the past couple of days I'm sure some of you have noticed that the server IPs have changed. This is because of a host change I made earlier this week. It seems our old provider, has repeated network problems. While I am very flexible and can help debug, they have blamed everything on me, my server, some other client, but never themselves. It got so bad that I would basically get connection interrupted every 30 seconds. I also took this opportunity to move the servers back to the East Coast. It seems a lot of our users are on the east coast and this change allows users from the across the Atlantic to play with a much more desirable ping.

Your favorites list should been updated with the new IP address automatically by the Steam master servers. If it hasn't your Steam client is broken and needs an update most likely. Nevertheless, here are the IPs for you to add manually:

CSS - Minigames: 192.223.31.19:27015
CSS - Build/Sandbox: 192.223.31.34:27015

Our teamspeak has also moved, but is still accessible with voice.aocgamers.com.

For our NMRiH users, I am happy to report that closed-beta testing of our servers have begun. We'll be reopening those very shortly.

Thanks,
Bubka3

Hi everyone,

Thought I'd write a quick news post about all of the recent developments happening! It's been a busy few weeks, spending countless hours on development, bug fixing, and testing.

SourceBans 2.0
We are now using the latest and greatest development build of SB2.0. The current version, 1.4.11 lacks many features in the web panel, not to mention the age of our install. With this upgrade, all ban history has been wiped, so everyone has a fresh start. Also, all gags and mutes are now also displayed on SourceBans. The 1.4.11 version we used earlier would of required extensive edits to support this functionality.

Store
Yes, the store has been changed and this caused a reset. It's pretty safe to say the old store sucked, and the new store is much better. I haven't decided yet, but we may do refunds from the old store. Depends on if I feel like coding the plugin needed to do that. Also, all items are timed. Permanent items may be purchased with donations.

Cheating
It seems cheating has plagued our minigames. I am now putting an end to this. As you may recall when you connected you received a message about my anti-cheat. This is actually an edit of a very popular one called SMAC. Before, it was logging data about suspected cheaters. Since the test is successful, the anti-cheat is now automatically banning cheaters. Cheaters from the test period who were detected by code that did not bug out have been banned. In addition, users who have any VAC bans, not just this engine, will be banned. Also, this is the message to all the repeat cheaters (who use multiple accounts): I know about you. ♥♥♥♥ off.

Well, that's it! Oh yea, I lot of people have asked about our NMRiH servers. I'm working on it and hope to come back around the release of 1.08. Stay tunned!

- Bubka3

Alright, now this is going to take some time, but I figured I would hint some stuff in here.

Right now, I am in the process of remaking the RP mod. This means that I will fix all of the old problems inside the current RP mod, and bring a lot of new features into it as well. I have absolutely no idea what the time frame will be like, and I do not know if we are going to put up the old RP mod while this is being done. I just wanted to give those who want the RP server back some hope. It is coming!

If you are a veteran of the roleplay server and you have some ideas please feel free to post them in the suggestions area. Now, bare this in mind, I do not want to see stupid requests made by toddlers. This means, if your request will overall bring the server a better gameplay environment, or it helps more than just yourself, I am glad to consider it; however, if you post some stupid, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ignorant ♥♥♥♥, I am going to flame you and lock it. So, this is your warning.

Now, we do not want a million ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ questions or requests about this. If we need something we will post an announcement asking for it. With that being said, this is still WAY in advance, however, as this mod is being created, I will need some testers. Be it alpha, beta, or what-ever-the-♥♥♥♥-you-want-to-be-called testers. In the upcoming days we will have a forum section set up for this, and inside it will be an application for testers.

I strongly suggest you put some time, effort, and intelligence into your application. The approval or denial is solely up to me, and I don't want stupid, impatient ♥♥♥♥♥ playing in my test server taking away from smart, intelligent people who can actually help me.

With all this in mind, good luck. I hope to see you all in the RP server in the upcoming future!

Hey everyone,

Just a quick heads up -- the forums are back online. The URL is aocgamers.com if you didn't know. I should note that the some of the information maybe out of date, but at least the back-end software is all up to date. I'm also raising our donation goal from $50 to $140 a month. $140 is how much I currently spend to keep everything online. Out of pocket, I've had $0 in donations for over 2 months now. If you're interested in helping me out; https://www.aocgamers.com/donate/

For our NMRiH players, I haven't forgotten about you. I was hoping to get it done this weekend but problems with the website and the CSS servers proved to be time consuming. We'll aim for next weekend I guess.

Thanks.