Hello, everyone! I wanted to give a quick check in!
So, the last few months it seems like I've been slacking. So many things I need to fix, so many things I need and want to do! It's not unheard of me to be busy, but it's been really different this time around. To summarize, I moved out, moved my boyfriend in, vended at a few cons, did an absurd amount of driving, and then did a bunch of stuff for pride month.
I've gotten into activism IRL, mostly with my local queer scene, and pride month turns out to be a busy time of year for such things! On top of that, just my usual day to day jobs, tasks, etc. I'm not complaining, I'm happy to be where I am needed, but I regret that I haven't been able to give my attention to things here.
With the month over and things slowing down and moving back into routine, I will be around again to continue working on things. I am headed to Anthrocon this weekend, but that should be it for the next few months.
In the meantime, I really appreciate the love and support I've gotten, it's been a bit of a turbulent time for me as well. Additionally, the support to SCG from our Patrons and Donators, I can't thank people enough, it's been pretty important.
Lastly, I just want to say, that we will be keeping the pride icon up for the time being until I unveil my next icon design. This pride month has been especially important to me, it's a really scary time for a lot of us right now. Add in the looming threat of internet censorship, AI problems, and so on; keeping this place around for people to call home is extremely important to me.
I love you all, and appreciate you being apart of this ride with me, we're not going anywhere. <3
TF2Ware has been "fixed" on Rainbow for the time being. The TL;DR, we are now hosting copies of TF2Ware on our download server until we are assured that the Steam Workshop becomes a valid host again. Our fix is a matter of automatically updating and repacking the BSP file with a series of important edits to make it work.
A full report on how it works can be read here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/scg-tf2ware-156112391 (Consider joining? :3). Because this method may eventually include numerous "old copies" of a large map, please look for our updated post regarding our record of old and unused maps coming soon!
As per a request sent to me by Elderrado, I've added numerous pride flags + heart emotes to the SCG discord. They can be accessed via :pride_flag_X: and :pride_heart_X: respectively.
I believe I got all of the core things, but if I missed any, please let me know! Thanks to the feedback regarding the formatting + the addition of the Therian + Otherkin flags (How did I possibly forget about those?)
Recently, the TF2 servers were undergoing a series of performance issues, this has since been solved.
I wrote up a break down of what was happening, why, and the solution as a free post on our Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/scg-rubber-band-147187212
Please feel free to read if you're interested! The TL;DR is that the problem has been fixed, and we are moving all hosted servers to new hardware. You do not need to adjust your favorites, and the full details of this move will be posted soon. Thank you for your time!
I love you all so much, and am so thankful you're all here. Despite everything, we're all still here, and will continue to do so in the time ahead~
I'm looking forward to what is on the horizon for SCG, and I can't wait to show you <3
From the bottom of my heart, thank you ;//; <3