"Epic" is the only word for it.

Lol, there are two things about the 6 month picture I really like; Firstly, how many people I recognize and think, "Oh ya, he was a person....", and secondly if you read the chat as if they were talking to each other:

<OwenCaylan> I can't get down.
<James_Grace> Call Gamestop and ask them if they have Battletoads.

I think, seeing if Gamestop has Battletoads could solve most of the World's problems. How could people fight each other if they are screaming at an impossibly difficult 25 year old game?

@Valgys That's awesome you got a picture of the TAB screen! I was kicking myself afterwards for not grabbing it!

Ha! In the 5 month picture I have 35 in the "Stats" menu, I'm just going to go ahead and assume that I was rocking it, whatever the hell it was measuring.

I dug through my screenshots and found a picture I took of my inventory when the hack was taking place, hoping that maybe if I had proof, I could get all my items back. Not really that relevant, but I got a kick out of it when I saw it and remembered why I took it. I love this server, it's the only online multiplayer community that I find enjoyable to be around, but also will let me quietly do my thing if that is the kind of mood I'm in. Thanks to everyone here for making this possible.

-yelloms

Lol looking at it now, the worst loss were the spider webs! You needed silk touch shears to get them and it took me forever!

Doesn't this seem like maybe we're trying to find issues where there isn't one? Hackers come, they get banned they go. If they come back (alt or otherwise) if they cheat again they get banned again. I have always been impressed with how quickly staff responds to hackers, trolls and nuisance players. I think we can all agree, if someone REALLY wants to come back, they will; but, as long as the staff continues with the same diligence (voluntarily I might add) I don't see this as the problem this thread seems to be making it.

I want to make clear, I praise the staff on this server solely because there dedication truly impresses me, I have come and gone from this server many times, but the core staff have always been dedicated enough to provide a service 24 hours a day, for almost 3 years now, and the only time that service has been interrupted is when someone manically malicious, decided they needed to bring it down, and the only thing they ended up accomplishing was making the server community tighter.

Lol I didn't realize until recently how much I take case-sensitive programs for granted... Thank you for accommodating my mental handicap.

Lol I can say for certain, Crafty has more than one alt, and I can say with confidence, he has more than a few. @_Haxington_ , have you ever seen the movie "The Truman Show"? Kinda makes me wonder sometimes...

Lol I used to keep a list of all of my suspected and confirmed alts and renames, I just read back through it and only a couple of people listed still play... I stopped keeping track when I left for a while, seems like a lot of work to do again.

This is beautiful, and I didn't even recognize the AoE 2 inspiration. I'm pretty sure besides minecraft, AoE 2 has consumed more of my time than any other game... 90's kid before internet? Had to have AoE2.