aka I'm locked out of my house at 5am after watching the EuroVision finale and stuck writing this on my phone. Sorry for errors.

That's all she wrote. 1.0 has come to an end, and 2.0 launches in less that 12 hours. But it didn't feel right to just leave you all hanging here on arguably one of the most active Civcraft subs, and essentially my online home away from home. So let's talk about Augusta, one last time.

You all should feel so proud to have lived here, and you should most of all be proud of yourselves for making Augusta the place it was. Civcraft is allegedly a place for any idea, but too often people got stuck doing something boring and easy. That was never the Augusta way.

Just look at what this place inspired! More moderators than any other town, three revolutions, a secession, and tons of other fight! Sure, the drama was a little hard to deal with at times, but you know what all those things show? They show an immeasurably deep love for this place.

I remember so clearly the stressful days I had trying to calm the group threatening to tear down the TC. It showed me that to you, as it is to me, this wasn't just a few pixels on a screen. You made actual connections with people, so much so that you cared that much about keeping your city beautiful. That is incredible.

And all this was possible because YOU welcomed people to the city with open arms. YOU read the sub and contributed. YOU made Augusta the place you wanted to see, societal pressures be damned! Augusta saw so much, but you didn't let it get to you: you maintained our city as a place ANYONE could build in and feel welcome. No secret club. No bullshit. Just proud citizens in the city they love.

And as the physical Augusta ends, I hope you carry that same spirit wherever you go, in Civ2.0 and hell, even in the real world. Treat people with kindness, pay forward good deeds, and make people feel accepted and welcome.

I see 2.0 not as the death of 1.0, but as an immigrant journey to uncharted new lands. We won't all stay in one group, as we spread across the new world and explore. But we will bring that fierce Augustan spirit wherever we go. Maybe you'll hang a simple flag of red and blue above your bed to remind you of the old country. Maybe you'll let your civic duty sing and run for office in your new town. Maybe you'll start a place of your own using those core values of friendship, compassion, and civic pride.

You're all going to make Augusta proud in 2.0: I just know it.

However, forever and for always, may it ring from the waters of LoveShack to cobble walls of New Kowloon, echo from the apartments of Ataraxia to Ron's basement of chests, and ring true from the top of the Fistwood Commune to the bottom of the Grumpers pagoda:

Viva Mount Augusta.