So I'm halfway through my summer program, and I will be back the weekend after next. Since Desfang has had some difficulties getting the port forwarding working, I've decided to run the server two weeks straight 24/7 on my puny laptop. I don't see any reasons why it'd crash, but there's always the possibility. Unfortunately if this does happen, there's nothing I can do about it. Anyways, Vittescape is back up, and I hope you haven't lost faith in it yet.

So there's been a slight change in plans you see. Desfang won't actually be available tomorrow, so I've sent the server his way, and we spent a couple hours getting it set up. For the most part it's working great! However we couldn't seem to get the firewall to cooperate very well (damn you windows firewall), so right now the firewall isn't actually running. But, the server on the other hand is! In fact it seems to be working quite well, and we'll see where it goes over the next month.

One more thing. Er, actually two.
First: I'm updating the server from 1.2.5 R2.0 to 1.2.5 R3.0. Hopefully, this will end the annoying crashes, though I have my doubts.
Second: When I get back, I will update to 1.3. With this update will come a new world! Quite frankly, the domain of Arkshire, what used to be Heliopolis, Lighthouse, Gaia, etc. It's all really gone to hell. Though I plan to leave that world open, there will also be a new world in it's pure, pristine condition. I'll be the only OP, and everything should work out fine. At the moment, I'm not sure how the whole multiple world thing works, but I'll soon find out.
That is all.

Scratch that; due to lack of any tangible evidence (prejudice and guesses apparently don't count), Seven47 has been unbanned.

So this summer's going to be rather complicated. I don't know when 1.3 will be released, but I hope it's sometime this week (though it probably won't be). As many of you may well be aware, Vittescape will be undergoing some changes with the advent of 1.3. First of all, a new world will be created. One that will have a single OP. This new world will be much more strict than the current one. There will be ZERO tolerance for rule breaking. The current world will still exist, simply as a separate world. When the time comes to update, I will deal with this issue further.

Also: This summer, I'll be taking part in a four week long volunteer service out in the wilderness. We are out twice for five days at a time, and then again once more for two weeks. As you might imagine, this certainly interferes with Vittescape's schedule. However, don't fret! This Friday (June 8), I'll gladly hand the server over to Desfang, who will run it to the best of his abilities while I'm away. Desfang has been a member of Vittescape for a long time, and joins quite regularly. I have full confidence in his ability to run the server responsibly for those four weeks that I'll be gone. To aid in his undertaking, Desfang will become the newest OP of Vittescape this Thursday, the 7th. I hope we can all continue to enjoy the time and effort we've put into the world.

PS: There have recently been numerous accounts of griefing throughout the server. At the current time, many suspect Seven47 to be the cause of this. Until further evidence is found, Seven47 will be banned for an indefinite amount of time.

PPS: Also, for the love of god, stop calling it vitescape, (/'vītscāp/) with one t. It has two. Though there was an error where only one t was in the server name, it has now been rectified. Starting immediately, the domain of vitescape.sytes.net will be terminated. For a long time now, vittescape.sytes.net (/'vitəscāp/) has existed, and that shall be the name that'll live on. enough with this vitescape nonsense.