[font=myriad pro]We haven't had a news/announcement/update post in a while, so have this. In this post, we discuss our transition to City45 and how long it will last. In addition, we'll discuss the update we had for Independence Day. There's also giant nukes, additional features from the High Roller's Update being discussed, and Christmas in July! We have two videos to post, none by CoalWorker oddly enough. We'll make sure to post the knife arena fights, races, and final day of Westfield video(s) when they are ready. Enough of my rambling, witness this extra thicc post![/font]

[font=myriad pro]Festive Fireworks for the Fourth of July[/font]

[font=myriad pro]We weren't able to celebrate the Fourth of July last year (oh boy!) but this time we went all out, porting V0gelz's fireworks to CS:GO. The results are seen below:[/font]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYFYBTuACk[/video]

[font=myriad pro]Nukem & Next Map[/font]

[font=myriad pro]You may or may not know that we're not going to be on City45 as long as we were last time. The map schedule reigned from the beginning of April 2016 to mid-October 2016, averaging out to be seven and a half months. Westfield had an even longer run, as we originally intended to swiftly transition from V1 to V2. Though, there were complications so that was not able to be done and we ended up being on it for a whopping eight months! Yikes! That's way too long for a map to be on the server, despite it being actually made for us, it was unbearably long.

We're going to try for roughly four and a half months this time around: Half of June, July, August, and September. October we will put forth the next map on the server. The map is undecided, but we will most likely go with either Abuse Me City or Freeman City. Both maps are pretty irresistible, but each has their pros and cons. Abuse Me City has great extra thicc roads for vehicles, meanwhile, Freeman City has seen the least time on the server overall and has a giant casino dedicated to the player named YoMama.

Oh and we installed this on the server:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhYcnNCUiYA[/video]

It's a hellish sort of nuke that's been around forever (that video will soon be 10 years old next year!). We used it for the last day of Westfield to (literally) destroy the map. Fun fact: It was actually the same guy who made Nukem and the Fireworks we used. That being said, both are very old plugins that still live up to this day and age.[/font]

[font=myriad pro]Unused Content of the High Roller's Update[/font]

[font=myriad pro]Most of the features delivered in this June 3rd update were retracted to secure the safety of the server. It will continue to roll in slowly, however, in order to make sure we run into no problems. We had a little fiasco last month with a few players exploiting a few loopholes so we wish to make sure it does not occur again. That being said, the saving system for vehicles will be worked on soon. We are confident that the vehicles themselves are fixed but they kept disappearing from players' inventory virtual garages after each crash. Next, we're going to reintroduce the gambling games with minor enhancements and fixes. Finally, we will then keep these mini updates satisfying the players until we get a bigger one someday.[/font]

[font=myriad pro]Changelogs for Xmas 2016 & High Roller's updates[/font]

[font=myriad pro]The changelog should go up in a few days, from around Monday to Wednesday. There were a lot of changes as the last "recorded" changelog was in Winter of 2015. The Christmas update of 2016 was a different one, as it was shipped with purely Christmas-themed content. So with all that in mind, we're going to try to separate the changelogs into more feasible and readable ones.[/font]

[font=myriad pro]Christmas in July[/font]

[font=myriad pro]Remember all of these goodies from back in the Month of MoonShade: Part II post? No? I'll give you a refresher:

Naughty & Nice Xmas crates are back! Crates overall had an overhaul. None of the details matter except now you can use the crate item and it will tell you what's inside!
Constant snowfall on the website & in-game.
Giant Christmas tree in the middle of City45!
Daily drops and events throughout the weekends & Tuesdays of July!
DeadPanda's art of the month from December (with the typo!)[/SIZE][/font]