ttk2: ok everyone its time to get started

ttk2: First of all I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to come here

ttk2: I am sure our hosting company is giving our bandwith graphs a very confused look right now

ttk2: More than a year ago now Civcraft first game online and I cant say I ever expected to end up here

ttk2: With 200+ of my strangest friends

ttk2: I chose the rift for this meeting because its important to me, it was the first city I lived in

ttk2: so long ago, you know some of the reinforcements on the walls here are still mine?

ttk2: untouched after more than a year

ttk2: If you walk downstairs and find the farm you will see the hole where my prison once was

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ttk2: someone in our esteemed audience today, MC is FTW was the one to imprison me himeself

ttk2: while it was situations like this that eventually lead to me steping down from playing

ttk2: it never stopped me from forming an attachment to this place

ttk2: 20,000

ttk2: more than 20,000 people have joined and played Civcraft on this map

ttk2: 20,000 stories, each with their own importance places and expiriences

ttk2: Somehow it makes the 14gigs of the server map feel much heavier

ttk2: and seem so much larger

ttk2: But I could have never gotten here without the support of my players

ttk2: you know, looking at the subreddit traffic stats for /r/Civcraft you will find somthing strange

ttk2: through thick and thin, server up server down, 2000 people view the subreddit every day

ttk2: its nearly impossibly constant, it never wavers below that number. It is as much the commitment

ttk2: of the players as it is mine that we can continue to run this server

ttk2: people say that Civcraft shows the worst in people, that if you just look at what people do

ttk2: you will find somthing worthwhile

ttk2: but I say Civcraft shows the best of people, because it is here.

ttk2: the effort and commitment shown in keeping the server alive, updated, and improved has been

ttk2: an incredible testimate to all of you

ttk2: I am saying goodby to the rift and this map along with all of you, as someone who was once a player

ttk2: going forwards I will no longer be a player, but it is my goal to never let the "ivory tower"

ttk2: become a literall situation

ttk2: If civcraft is to continue to thrive

ttk2: the admins need to stay close to the game, not live so far away they can not even tell what

ttk2: the players are doing anymore

ttk2: I hope to spend more time listening to all of you in mumble and continue at least trying to