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Faustus
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Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
|  Posted: 2004-04-08 22:11
First off, DarkSpace is NOT shutting down...
DarkSpace is a labor of love for me, and I will continue to put all my efforts and time into additional content and patches, rest assured. However, I've got a mortgage, bills, credit cards, etc just like everyone else and those bills have got to get paid....and as many of you already know I've been doing contract work to make ends meat.
This is why I just accepted a full time position with 2015 games, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and this is the reason why Palestar is moving. 2015 is a very good company, and they have given their blessing to my continued work on DarkSpace. Many other game companies, would NOT have been ok with this, and would have required that I shut it down.
My highest priority at this point, is the project/bug system and other improvments to the development process (i.e. making resourcer work over the internet). Obviously, my time will be split betwen my full-time work, and DarkSpace, so I want to make it as efficient as possible for the development team to continue to work.
I want to assure everyone I will be doing as much as possible to keep the game running and going for a long long time to come.
There is another possibility as well, of 2015 getting involved in DarkSpace. They are unwilling to commit as of yet, but if they did it would mean very good things for DarkSpace. The only way this will happen is if the game continues to grow, and that is entirely up to you guys.... 
Our move date is the 20th of this month, this will NOT affect the game servers, but the bug reporting system will be offline for a few days around this time.
Thanks to everyone for their continued support of DarkSpace, I hope you stick around for a while to come...
-Richard
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Fatal Command (CO)
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Fatal Squadron
Joined: November 27, 2002
Posts: 1158
From: over here in New York noticing some ppl are like canoes.....they need to be paddled.
| Posted: 2004-04-08 22:16
thanks for the info.wish you all the best in your new venture.
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Smith
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Joined: October 13, 2002
Posts: 320
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2004-04-08 22:18
gratz F........if possible to get a company backing for DS im sure that would help a whole lot
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Bigwolfe
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Joined: October 16, 2003
Posts: 156
From: Bland County
| Posted: 2004-04-08 22:41
how does this not shut down servers for atleast a day?  but i gotta love it cuz it's moving a state closer to me  I live in VA,
COME TO WYTHEVILLE!
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Faustus
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Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2004-04-08 22:44
The servers are staying in Austin, TX.... I'm moving, and since the bug reporting system is at my home, that will be down for a few days.
-Richard
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Bigwolfe
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Joined: October 16, 2003
Posts: 156
From: Bland County
| Posted: 2004-04-08 22:47
My hope and dreams down the drain  o'well lol...ya still moving closer though
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AdmiralChaos {FA}
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Joined: January 02, 2004
Posts: 443
From: US - Wisconsin - Oshkosh - Mah Basement
| Posted: 2004-04-08 23:03
So, is Mrs.Faustus going to be running the servers?
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Jesterrr
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Joined: May 25, 2003
Posts: 8
| Posted: 2004-04-09 00:04
Good luck in the new job, F. And if anyone from 2015 happens to be reading this - you KNOW it makes sense
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ChiggenWingz
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Joined: May 13, 2002
Posts: 185
From: Sydney Australia
| Posted: 2004-04-09 00:39
You should of applied to Torus in Australia, they are looking for good programmers, we would have had ya with open arms
Ah well, if 2015 ever give ya flack, give us a tinkle! Good luck wit the move and getting back into a game development company, it'll be funny to hear the stories about your first few days
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Fatal Green
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Joined: July 02, 2003
Posts: 72
From: California
| Posted: 2004-04-09 00:42
Hey thats great to hear Faustus. As a subscribing player, I do want my moneys worth, but I also don't want you or your family to starve just so I'm happy. Hope you get paid reasonably.
Keep up the good work.
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Fatal Command (CO)
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Fatal Squadron
Joined: November 27, 2002
Posts: 1158
From: over here in New York noticing some ppl are like canoes.....they need to be paddled.
| Posted: 2004-04-09 00:54
UM...is Nimby going with you F?
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0mni
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Joined: March 09, 2004
Posts: 288
From: Canada, Lived around the world.
| Posted: 2004-04-09 01:01
How is that Girbel anyway Make sure you bring lots of fluff and lint with you to keep him warm as I hear it can be pretty cold in the winter time
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0mni
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Joined: March 09, 2004
Posts: 288
From: Canada, Lived around the world.
| Posted: 2004-04-09 01:01
Thats assumeing hes going with u
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Banshee
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Joined: August 28, 2001
Posts: 2181
From: Philadelphia, PA
| Posted: 2004-04-09 03:50
All the best to you Faustus!
You know were with you!
Go show those guys what real programming and development is all about
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Axianda The Royal
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Terra Squadron
Joined: November 20, 2001
Posts: 4273
From: Axianda
| Posted: 2004-04-09 04:23
Congrats Faustus,
hope you can convince 2015 to join up would be awesome if you had a good company to back you up even more
btw what are ya gonna work on? or is that classified?
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