Matcatia lost.... Now what..??

So most of us are now aware that our old beloved matcatsmp is no longer... Nor does it appear that it ever will be. (at least for any forseeable future)

So what do we do??

I (MinerMalfunction) have been in several discussions with AC_Blackhat, Paxmort, VaughanDeVine, and others recently and I believe we have come to the conclusion that if we restart our own server, enough of you would throw in your literal and financial support to keep it viable for the long term.

Therefore, I've decided to start up a new (hosted) server and AC has agreed to administer it the way it should be.

While all the particulars have yet to be worked out, my feeling is that we had a very good core staff at matcatsmp and I, for one, would like to get most of them back, if possible. What's more, I would like to see our new world mainly run and overseen by the Admins and Mods, much the way we used to do things.

What I mainly ask is for all of your support.

A good server is not going to be inexpensive to keep running and, of course, none of us can do it alone. We will need as many volunteers and as much financial assistance as possible. What's more, I don't want to go at this endeavor half-heartedly. We either go all-out or not at all... I think anything less will be destined to fail.

AC is on vacation until after the New Year holiday so nothing is really going to happen until after that. Following setup, I think we will want some time for the staff and builders to begin putting infrastructure in place. (Cities, roads, etc)

Until we see what we can afford, I don't know if we will have multiverse... at least to start. It's possible that we will just begine with a basic world they way we did with matcatsmp. Given adequate interest and support, though, we will be able to upgrade and expand to even greater things...

I'm optimistic about this whole thing and I hope others are as well. Your input is always encouraged and I hope to hear from many of our former members and friends.

Sincerely,

-MM