I dunno, someone winding you all up? xD

 

Hub servers do not bother me at all. If you think about it, we will still have everything we had only on different servers, chances are players won't even realise we are on a hub.

 

At the end of the day, no matter what it is. I will still play. I don't really care iif it's a hub server. The only thing I notice hub servers bring is spam and hacking. Easy solution: Ban them. I do not lag on any of the hub servers and I find them fun sometimes.

 

Chances are that we are simply getting more machines to balance the data load, nothing else.

 

lol, yea exactly.

 

i will be mad at phys if she makes this a hub sever. honestly its called ECOcitycraft. in case you didnt notice, ECO stands for ECONOMY not HUB server. plus this is what made ecc so special. i have not found one server that is purely economy. also, the whole economy part of the hub would plummet to the ground and die. the thing that makes this server so great is because phys now, and andrew in the past, focused all their energy in the economy (besides bugs and techinical stuff ofc). so if it became a hub phys would have to juggle ALL the servers, making her busier AND not being able to balance the economy. oh and i agree with helix. when did this EVER mean ECC is turning into a hub? exactly. it didnt :)

 

Um

 

can you edit out the first sentence plz

 

I must have missed something ....

This whole conversation is based on purely speculative interpretation of one word ... that hasn't been explained yet ... and people are predicting the doom of the server?

Good thing the word wasn't [MOD EDIT what's wrong with you, JMichael ban ban ban].

 

GUYS!: Logical Explanation.....
*ECO*
A.) I have seen servers with 2+ servers just for the sake of expanding and they still have they're original stuff.....
B.) AD stunt like with T-Mobile,Verizon,ETC...
C.) CHANGE OF SCENERY. All I have seen up there for months was that Rising was a new world! NEW CHANGE OF SCENERY PEOPLE! :D
- ECOcitycraft
Conclusion: Either Another Massive Update or another server for expanding OR um... IDK

PLEASE STOP GOING "This is the END!" PLEASE!!!!
P.S: Really would Anyone change this lovely Eco of a server...? REALLY change it?!?!

 

Yes ECC Network is coming. No this is not the end.
Yes we are getting a central "organized" hub. Yes we plan to add servers.

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Here is a complete and total draft of the hub. Yes much work is to be done.

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Feel free to ask @Physicistsmom to help design it if you consider yourself a professional builder. @Physicistsmom don't hate me if you get spam xP

Yes new players will spawn in the center of it.
Yes they will face the main emphasized server. Notice there is only one entrance right ahead of you and there will be two other entrances on all remaining walls of the hub for other future projects. Rising/Legacy main server will always be our #1 focus.

If you are on main server and you disconnect, you will indeed reconnect right back into it. Just as before. Barely anything will change.

Yes this finally means the server won't shut down while we do maintenance. You will be able to hop around the hub, or perhaps another future server while we complete maintenance :)! (Just one of the awesome advantages of this)

Yes this ECC Network is an absolutely set in stone 100% confirmed project.
Yes doomsday prophecies happen with every ECC change. (Welcome to the internet)

The original server (Rising/Legacy) will always be our main focus and our main most emphasized server on the ECC network. That doesn't mean we can't add fun stuff such as Creative (for example) for those who want to experience it.

TL;DR - Stop freaking out:
Nothing is changing with the main server.
we know what we're doing and we know what you love about ECC.
We would never kill what makes it special.

Simply put: "Trust us - we've done this for 4 years" :)

That is all.
This is also all that we can answer/confirm right now.
More will become clear over the coming days/weeks/months.

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*andrewkm disappears into the darkness*

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PS: For those wondering if I'm back, no. I'm only assisting in the background with very heavy hardware/software related maintenance, assistance, development. I have nothing to do with staff, staff issues, etc anymore so please do not PM me for anything related to this. @Physicistsmom is still the ServerOwner and handles everything.

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Oh and finally, *yes* we plan to make ECC network focus on economy and be absolutely unique from the other hubs/networks out there. We will do our best to implement economy into everything we add to give you numerous ways to earn EcoDollars for use on the Main Original Economy server. Finally no more zombie melon farming being your only option!

 

Thank you!

 

Is anything MORE going to be added to this new Hub....?

 

Definitely :) This is only after very very minimal building time.

 

Stahhpp freaking out for those of you who are freaking out. First of all, I trust andrew and phys to do whats best for the server. Second of all, I think this is a good idea. Sometimes, melon farming gets boring, ya know? xD This won't kill the economy part of ECC, as there will always be players in there!

 

Edit: Just read through Andrew's post and it seems like a really good idea. Ignore my stupidity before this post edit lol

 

I still keep my stand in the beginning of this. And no, I was not "overreacting" or "adding to the hype" or whatever nonsense you'll are talking about. As you can see, I have predicted correctly that it will become a hub. Whatever you think of a hub as, is whatever you want to see it as. I already have my mind set on what will happen based on experience. Maybe it'll be different, I have no idea!

 

I'm loving that there are going to be multiple more options to make money coming soon. I'm not exactly sure what they'd be but I'm hoping that new minigames is one of these options. I'd also like to see build events in the creative world if we get one.

 

I think people need to be more open minded. We are well aware what makes ECC what it is, and we are not stupid enough to suddenly change to a massive mini game hub server.

For those struggling to comprehend this.. Think ECC with a central lobby acting as a quasi-spawn. When the main world is offline, you can go to creative or vice versa, stand around in spawn etc. Is everything going to be integrated into the economy? Yes. Are we going to become a massive minivans server with no sense of what ECC is? No. Are you going to notice a huge change in what ECC is? No.

Just because we may be using the same network configuration as a stereotypical hub server doesn't mean we are going to become one lol.