So im sure at this point a lot of you are wondering whats going on with MMGA and xMad. After lengthy discussions with Mad Ninja about the future of the two groups, it has been decided that xMad shall be abandoned. Shock horror, but with the steady loss of a couple of group members every few days, we are letting the group dissolve on it's own.

Now this does not mean we are abandoning the two groups completely. We are instead devoting all of our resources, time and effort towards MMGA. After some more discussions between me and ninja, we have decidede that we shall be keeping MMGA tight group, consisting of only xMad and MMGA admins and above, or anyone in xMad that is active in the community (You know who you are). Ninja has also stepped down from the role of owner, and has given the reigns to me(Bow down mortals). This is not a day of sadness for the dissolving of the good old xMad, we all knew it would come to it one day. Me and Ninja will be working with the other long time members to rebuild MMGA from the ground up, creating a tight group of just us friends. To anyone who is not apart of this group, please don't feel bad. We simply didn't get the oppurtunity to play with you as much as we would have liked. It has been a good time, so to all xMAD members and to anyone who is leaving this community for good, I bid you farewell. We came a fair way, going from a small 20-30 members, to a full 100 members strong. But as life goes, all good things must come to an end.

So as we sign off one more time, the final announcement for xMad, Ninja and I would like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to devote yourself to our humble group.

So long, and may your prayers be forever answered by our lord and saviour gaben.

- Tgspy and Mad Ninja, Owners of xMad and MMGA.

PS: If you still wish to join MMGA and you were kicked out when you still want to be part of the community, contact me(Tgspy).

Goodbye

See what I did there, with the title... heh, he, oh come on, it was a video game pun, and it was true! Stop looking at me like that!
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Aaaanyway, on a more serious note, I'm sure all of you are well aware that xMAD hasn't seen ANY use for a long while now, neither has MMGA. I am making this announcement to say that yes, xMAD has fallen on hard times lately, and to tell you what my plans are with the future of xMAD and MMGA.

Not long ago Co-owner Tgspy and I had a discussion regarding Servers, MMGA, and group events. While we only touched up briefly on the latter two, we did spend a lot of time discussing a server administration system that will work. It's all a WIP at the moment, with no details set in stone, so I'm not going to reveal anything regarding that matter. What I will reveal, however, is that our plan is that when we get dedicated servers up and running (with a steady income to support them), we will host more group events and be active within xMAD and MMGA once more.

Our two biggest problems right now (with both MMGA and xMAD) is money, and group participation. Now, the problem with this is, to get money, we need people to participate in group events and play on and donate to our servers. But group participation is currently something we don't have. So what options do we have?

Well firstly, we could bribe the current members into participating more with rewards and prizes, but that costs money, which we generate from servers. So, the only valid option seems to be to recruit more people. How do we do that? Servers. How do we run servers? Money. How do we make people want to join our servers to donate money? An already existing and friendly community, which we can only get started from people in our group, which will require group participation. So as you can see, it's an endless loop of money, servers, and participation - all of which we don't have at the moment.

So, you may think that nothing is happening with xMAD and MMGA right now, but behind the scenes there's a lot of thinking and planning going on. I ask that all who wish to support xMAD, to please join MMGA, and also let myself (Mad Ninja) or Tgspy know that you wish to help. We will take any participation, for any is better than none, so don't feel like you need to be super dedicated :)

Thank-you, my fellow members of xMAD, and thank-you for sticking with us during these tough times.
-Ninja

Yep. That's all folks. I've had a fun time posting songs for you all, but in the end nothing was coming out of it, no one cared for it, and so I thought it best for all that I discontinue Song of the Week.

While it hadn't been running for a while prior to this announcement, this signifies the official termination of SotW. It may return in the future, it may not, but for now it's gone.

As of such, xMAD now has no weekly announcement series. So, I'm taking suggestions for what YOU guys wanna see. Game reviews? Workshop Spotlights? I'm open to anything.

It's been fun doing Song of the Week for you all,
-Ninj

Heeyy everyone, Ninja here with yet another awesome song of the week.
This song is very cool, so normally where I'd write a swag-filled comment on it, I'm just gonna tell you to listen to it instead.

Paradise, by Coldplay
Music Video:
Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/coldplay/paradise.html

Enjoy the song!


Mad Ninja's reflectious comment on the song
I feel this song is a very inspirational song; it's reminding us all that when "life goes on [and] gets so heavy" to just relax. For even if life seems stressful or hopeless, that we always have our imaginations, with which we can escape to another world, a world in which everything is better. While it may be a short term fix, it's good to just take a deep breath, relax, and let your imagination carry you away, whether you need to de-stress, or escape while going through some tough times.

Catch you next time!
-Ninj

Heeyy everyone, Ninja here with yet another song of the week!

In contrast to last week's song, this week we have a more uplifting, bright, happy song. It's a great song to listen to when you're in a good mood and feel happy. Oh, and did I mention it's happy? No, literally, it's Happy, by Pharrell Williams.

Music Video:
Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pharrellwilliams/happy.html

I hope you all had a happy week.
Until next time,
-Ninj