Hello, everyone~! I wanted to take a moment to fill you all in a few quick things!
Because myself and many of the TF2 admins will be attending Furpocalypse this weekend we will not be having a dedicated TF2 event for it this week. Instead, we invite you don you costume and join our VR group for a Spookality tour, hosted by our lovely VR admins, this Saturday evening (The 31st)
We will then be hosting a Halloween TF2 on November 6th, with some fun surprises and Halloween Trivia~
Earlier this week, I shut down the web servers immediately when the PHP exploit was discovered. I patched it, updated a lot of server things, and then patched the Node exploit that came out the day after. No problems have been discovered, and everything worked out fine!
Additionally, the MvM server appears to be back in order, but we will be testing it later tonight.
Lastly, starting November 12th, I will be taking an extended leave of absence for a few weeks, during that time all work on any assorted projects will be on hold, with the exception of any critical emergencies.
I will still be around in a limited sense, so please feel free to reach out to me with any questions, concerns, etc during that time. I don't expect any major interruptions to our usual event schedule.
That's all for now, thank you for your time <3
https://ask.vrchat.com/t/regarding-ai-usage-on-vrchat/49058
Make sure you go and let them know :3c
Due to an issue with the recent TF2 Halloween update, our MvM servers are down for the moment, they will be restored ASAP. Apologies for the inconvenience. ;~;
I have unfortunate news to share today. Kooma, otherwise known as Koomabear, passed away this morning. Kooma used to go by the name Zareth, a name that older SCG members may recognize.
Kooma was one of our original admins, carried over from when the TF2 servers were part of the Baby Fur Gamers (BFG) community. They were one of the most caring and influential admins we had, and one of many inspiring factors that led us to relaunching as a broader community.
While they moved away from TF2 and an admin role as time went on, we have remained friends over the years, and they have occasionally popped back in to play with us. I am devastated by their sudden passing, it was only a couple weeks ago that we last spoke to each other about our excitement for Kingdom Hearts 4.
Their passing serves as a reminder that each and every one of our lives is precious and finite, and we should take any opportunities we have to share our love with those closest to us. No one ever wants to consider that someday someone you know will be gone, but we should instead focus on what we have now.
I have ended posts with this many times, but it always remains true. I love you all dearly, lurker or not, you are all important and precious to me.
Pack, how do we feel about alternatives for Discord. Discord has been progressively worse lately, and the topic of alternatives has been quite lively.
We did some research here and there, but currently, our eyes are on one called Fluxer. It's an open-source, near 1:1 clone of Discord with the potential for self-hosted instances. In less than 2 hours, I was able to copy the SCG discord to it, as well as setup a bridge for Poe to go back and forth as a test.
I am looking for feedback from anyone interested in sharing on what we should consider supporting! Mind you, the plan right now isn't to abandon discord, but to offer a bridge for those looking to leave it so they can remain in contact.
I should go with the approach of trying to cover as many cases as possible, but it'd be far less stress on me and the other admins to wrangle things to 1 or 2 options.