So right now I am talking to a few people I see as candidates for new admin/technical leads, once a person is selected choosing people for their own admin team will be their responsibility, with guidance and carry over from the existing team as the existing team members are able.

The current main server has just been taken down while we pick over the machine and make sure the 3.0 maps are backed up and then sanitized of all personal information, except maybe ban lists, such that players who may choose not to trust the new administration do not have their information distributed without their consent.

Following the selection of a new administrator and the early formation of their team a new, much cheaper server will be selected and we will guide the new team though its setup and importing the old map data, also taking this time to allow them to make tweaks as they desire to the balance and set their own relaunch date.

Depending on the new admins feelings about limited liability I may continue to handle funds as an agent of [Redacted] Games LLC with all the legal protections that implies. If the new lead wishes to forego this protection I will merely pay the bills until existing funds run out, leaving them responsible for future collection.

As a final note, I am happy to assist any organization attempting to create a CivClone, just as I always have been, I won't handhold but I will give advice. Only players who intend to take the current map and understand the long term goals of 3.0 will be considered for inheriting the Civcraft name. If you wish to make a 2.0 clone I will help, but I will not let you call it Civcraft.

I think that pretty much covers what's going on at the moment. more updates to come.