Well kids it looks like we are out of commission until minecraft.net comes (reliably) back online.

The server is still online with the spherenation map but minecraft.net will need to be up for you to login and then again when you connect to the server. Engee and I were able to hop on last night so I know for a fact that it IS working. Hopefully you all have been able to play a bit.

I was hoping to avoid making an informational post like this but alas minecraft.net has been down much longer than I expected. Hopefully this means we won't have issues like this again in the future but my memory of the amount of times Notch has "fixed" this issue keeps me rather skeptical. In the meantime I will be playing singleplayer because as it dawned on me last night I simply don't play any other games. Seriously, it has been straight Minecraft since almost a year ago. Hope you all are staying busy and/or entertained.

Tarnation Main World Update: It looks like Bukkit (the admin mod replacement for hMod) is still being worked on. We will not switchover until there is a reliably stable build. I simply can't babysit the server if it is crashing every 45 minutes. So for the meantime we will continue with the vanilla server mode and alternate maps.

I don't think anyone has an interest in seeing Tarnation greifed to oblivion. (Tarnation PSA: Keep the server IP private!) In mod news it looks like CraftBook (the bridge/door/cauldron/etc mod) WILL be ported to Bukkit when it has a stable build! Also if I can find another way to whitelist the server in the meantime I might bring back the main map before Bukkit is launched.