Alright guys, so everything's been finalized and confirmed.
I regret to inform you all that, after several years serving the Napoleonic Wars community, Pirate_Battle_1 will be shutting down due to a lack of continued funding and stable interest until further notice.
It's been so long since I first named the server and brought out a single map (it was the one on open water with three old viking ships facing each other and wreckage in between, the cannons galore one, all of the old timers will remember).
We watched the server grow from that into one of the most popular servers in the entire game, consistently being full at 200 pirates all killing each other on some of our largest maps. The Bloody Sunday event saw these same huge number crammed onto tiny little maps...now that was bloody. But now its time to say goodbye. Cheesy, I know...
I know some of you may be shocked
but allow me to continue.
It's been an amazing run with all of you! I'd like to thank Penn for his immense contribution to funding and running the server during the second half of its operation. Special thanks also goes to Artaxias, our awesome but slow mapmaker and Hakunamatata, undoubtedly the most active of the last generation, so to speak, of admins. Thanks to all of the other admins who put up with my constant checking up on them and forcing them to read admin manuals.
And of course, thanks to players who made the server come alive for who knows how many hours.
With that being said, I also have to include the following (might as well end on a positive note). Should future interest arrive in the revival of Pirate_Battle_1, potential "investors" should know that I have all of our classic maps backed up on my computers and also have access to 90% of the newer generation maps. Our two forums, Steam groups, website, YouTube page, and all other related server infrastructure will remain up but not active. Should the need arise, these are available and will continue to be available indefinitely. Essentially, we will be open to partnering with other server hosts to contribute these maps and infrastructure should they want to take over Pirate_Battle_1.
It's the end boys, my last official sign-off below:
Thanks,
Eagle