I've added a few new maps to the pool.

monkey_island
This is a KOTH map, looks pretty fun. Good for small numbers.

stonehenge_koth
This is a KOTH map, looks pretty fun. Good for small numbers.

Towersrace
A larger, baserace-style map

If anyone has any other maps they'd like to see on the server, please send me a link where I can download them.

That's right. After 18 years of our XP Save settings, we've decided to give longer XP save a shot. Admins discussed and figure its worth a shot and we've had some new regulars now and then on fridays, so might help to encourage more play.

So as of now, the server is running under a new name, and new XP Save settings:

<IoW>:XP Save:No Bots

Settings are currently to keep XP for 1 month. We can adjust as necessary. I've also updated the title as it should appear in the server list to more accurately advertise this.

Hi guys,
I hate to do this, but server bills are coming up next month and I am hoping to get some donations from the community to help cover the costs. Nothing major, $5, $10. Anything helps.

Thanks.

Hello IoW. Its been a long time since we did promotions. We greatly appreciate your continued support of IoW over all these years. A special recognition goes out to the following members:


QT (Brigadier General) ---> Admin - Lieutenant General


Kroc/Nervous (Brigadier General) ---> Jr Admin - Major General



Both promotions are well deserved, and are due to their tireless efforts to keep the server fresh and populated for our key Friday night games.

There are still A LOT of you at Brigadier General. Over the coming months we will be discussing adding more Jr Admins. We appreciate your efforts and continued support.

Other changes:



Bearcat (Captain) ---> Major



Congrats to Bearcat!

Other changes:

JayD -> Retirement
MOTION -> Retirement
Zex -> Dropped from the roster

In light of recent issues between members and some admins, some changes.

1. Baked has decided to step down as an admin, effective last Friday. Whether or not he plays ET or not is unclear.

2. I will be removing unnecessary admin commands from all admins including myself for things like !burn, !lol, !fling, !rename any commands that generally serve very little purpose in 2021 ET.

3. I would ask that people please PM me in game if they are feeling abused, are aware of others expressing abuse so we can avoid things boiling over. It is not our intention to host a server where people feel unwelcome. Let me stress this also includes non-members and their interactions with members and admins.

I hope this goes some way in healing the divides and showing that we still do want to encourage a fun and fair server for members and regulars.

Hello loyal friends and members. The admins have discussed (mostly due to QT for being on top of things) and decided on the following promotions to close out 2020:


Neurosis (Colonel) ---> Brigadier General


BangBang (Lieutenant Colonel) ---> Colonel


Taukima (Major) ---> Lieutenant Colonel


Gatorhead (First Lieutenant) ---> Captain


Who (Second Lieutenant) ---> First Lieutenant



Congratulations, and thanks for sticking around for 2021!!!

Sorry for the sudden notice. I have known about this for months and we talked about possibly moving last summer but it never happened. Any way, got word that the transfer and everything is already on-going. We may be under a new IP address soon, I don't know what it will be yet but please watch this space.

Our iowclan.net will be updated, so you can do '/connect iowclan.net' in ET any way.

EDIT: Updated IP Address is now:
67.228.108.137:27960

Greetings loyal members! Its that time again where we as admins thank you for your dedication and contributions to keep IoW alive after nearly 15 years. This is indeed something special that we've all built here.

Here's the list of promotions the admins decided on:



QT (Brigadier General) ---> Jr Admin - Major General


Sakura (Colonel) ---> Brigadier General


Totes (Colonel) ---> Brigadier General


Neurosis (Lieutenant Colonel) ---> Colonel


BangBang (Major) ---> Lieutenant Colonel


Taukima (Captain) ---> Major


Gatorhead (Second Lieutenant) ---> First Lieutenant


Who (First Sergeant) ---> Second Lieutenant


Anto (Sergeant) ---> Staff Sergeant



Special congratulations to QT for becoming a Jr Admin in the clan! Also to Who for gaining Officer rank levels.

For those of you who didn't get a promotion and feel that you should have, please don't hesitate to contact me or any other admins via PM. Those of you who have been at the top non-admin level (Brigadier General) and feel that you want to become a Jr Admin, again, please don't hesitate PM.

Thanks again, and congratulations to you all.


Other Changes:
Dropped from the roster due to inactivity: zexvew

Those of you who tried to play Friday were greeted with a lot of lag and loss of shrubbot commands (e.g. levels). I'm working to restore that now, and I haven't heard from our host what they think the cause is. It appears the silent database directory is corrupted, all shrubbot levels assigned to your silent GUIDs have been lost. I'll see if we can get this restored from a backup, otherwise we'll just need to reassign everyone. I can try and do that as well.

You thought we forgot about you guys! It has been too long, but its still important to recognize all of you who continue to show up here and keep this clan and this server going after all these years. On behalf of the admins, I extend our sincere appreciation for you all.

The admins have decided on the following immediate rank changes:


Liquid (Colonel) ---> Brigadier General


QT (Colonel) ---> Brigadier General


Sakura (Lieutenant Colonel) ---> Colonel


Totes (Lieutenant Colonel) ---> Colonel


Neurosis (Major) ---> Lieutenant Colonel


BangBang (Captain) ---> Major


Taukima (First Lieutenant) ---> Captain


Bearcat (First Lieutenant) ---> Captain


Motion (First Sergeant) ---> Second Lieutenant


Gatorhead (First Sergeant) ---> Second Lieutenant


Who (Staff Sergeant) ---> First Sergeant


Anto (Corporal) ---> Sergeant





Some of you have "capped" out at Brigadier General. Though we aren't really hurting for help at the top (there's very little "admining" these days) its probably not fair to exclude those of you who have been loyal, contributing members from not advancing to the next level.

For the following members, please contact me via PM if you are interested in joining the Jr Admin rank:


JayD


sum1else


V2


Winnie


Kroc