[OZ.NZ] Rawhope 7DTD Server to Shut Down Permanently When Next Build is Released

Dear Survivors,

There is no easy way to say this, so here goes.

The new year has brought with it some challenges which has made it increasingly difficult to support the server at the level we have. Since we only strive for the best, we'll rather take the server down than run it unmanaged.

There was no drama, no "in-fighting", nothing that drove this decision other than our personal lives and families needing 100% of our attention. In our team we've had only love and support for each other and it's painful for us to let go of something we've worked on for the last 4 years. It feels like a lifetime and we've seen so many generations of players. With every release we were excited to introduce the new group of players to Rawhope, but the best feeling, at least for me, was to see some of the old veterans return.

We would like to thank YOU, the community for the thousands of hours you've spent with us. The, no doubt, hundreds of thousands of undead you put to rest (for a second time) with your fists, knives, guns, rockets and whatever creative means you could come up with. Thanks to the 929 people that were banned over that period for providing us some entertainment. Thanks to Smegz0r and StompyNZ for working relentlessly to add features to the game. Thanks to Hated and Alloc (TFP) for trying their best to decipher our cryptic descriptions of issues.

Lastly, my personal thanks to all the admins and mods for their endless support! You guys were just so damn awesome, we'd be nowhere and all over the place without you. Especially thank you to Missy and Damit. You two are champions, absolutely relentless and a superstar team! No doubt we'll have those "remember that time when..." type conversations one day ;) Of all these things, I’ll miss our team the most! (Now that I think about it, I never once got to game with you two. It was always just business! Maybe now we’ll get a chance?)

Over this time we also got to know a few other server owners and since most of our players are Australian, we asked SnowWhite (DigitalPlay) if he would be happy to accept our community. He agreed, so for the next while we'll be posting links and info about his servers. He has several, ranging from Easy to Insane. There is a new home waiting with open arms. All you need to do it hop on and play! Please talk to SnowWhite about what you’d like to see, especially if there was anything you really liked about OZ.NZ.

For the first few years, we were reluctant to take donations. We gave in because you insisted. So to those donors, thank you so much for supporting us over that time. It helped immensely as up until that point RooiValk777 and I funded the whole operation ourselves. The server will go down before some donors get the chance to make use of the extended bot features. To those players, we’ll issue full refunds via PayPal :)

We’ll continue to host our Minecraft server.

Thank you for everything Rawhope!
Mythan

"When life closes a door, it opens a window. And then, zombies climb in and eat you." ― Anonymous


Easy Server Map: http://easy.digitalp.io
Insane Server Map: http://insane.digitalp.io
Website: http://www.digitalp.io/
Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/yeWbuBN

SnowWhite specifically asked that I let you know that he wants your feedback, so he can implement features you would like and make you feel right at home :)