Hello everyone,
I am making this post today to let you know that I will be closing down CityCraft in a few days time.
There have been so many things over the last few months that have made is almost impossible to keep the server running. First we had the EULA changes causing the server to make considerably less money each month, and as we have seen from the donation goal i added with the new shop we aren't even close to covering the costs of the server.
The next major hit was when the bukkit project was abandoned by its lead developers, this then evolved into the entire project being taken down. I have serious doubts that there will ever be a bukkit version released for 1.8. This mean all development has stopped for everything on the server. No plugin updates, no bug fixes and no new plugins. All this means we can't evolve from the current state that we have the servers, a state which anyone would say isn't right to get people back into playing on CC.
Finally the most recent bit of news is that microsoft is in talks to buy minecraft, now this could be a good thing but until that has gone through and new systems have been setup by the new owners i see it being very unsettled. There could be yet more major changes to come out before or after the sale.
I want you to know this isn't a decision i have come to lightly, CityCraft has been something i have dedicated almost 4 years of my life to but now i have other commitments and can't afford to run the server out of my own pocket each month.
I appologise to all of you that may be upset by this, i wish i was able to run this indefinitely but unfortunately things must come to an end.
This thread will act as an open Q&A for you guys so please if you have a question ask away and I'll get back to you with an answer.
I want to thank you all for playing on CityCraft and being a part of this amazing community over the last 3 years it means a lot to still have some of the original players here with us today as well as new people joining daily.