A Halloween Fight

Today another proud Halloween event, was held today, there was a race, and Mortal Kombat. The races were two laps and it was close ending! Two people died during the race, but in the end victors were decided. The mortal kombat was interesting, people fought to the death to win prizes and they were entertaining to watch. In the end the victors whisked away the prizes on this nightly fright fight!

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A New Day, A new Race.

The second race of the Halloween events kicked off to a bumpy ride, due to one player had to drop out because of hunger, But when the Second lap comes to they start to bump and shove! Come down to it we had one winner, but they all did a good job! Congratulations!

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Halloween Celebration Kicks Off!

That's right folks, Exiled Gaming's 2nd annual Halloween celebration has kicked off today! Today we had a race on the graveyard race track built in Halloween town.  I want to congratulate the winners of our kickstart event and hope to see more of you soon in the upcoming week days for more fun games!

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Another Round of Ultimate Survival

After the initial testing, The 2nd Round of Ultimate survival was won by Haypalm102, Narrowly beating out Erderer1 for the Ultimate Prize.

Lady_Voldta, AssassinSpartan, g3y3r, oMastercole, frenchie1218, St_Stuttering, and oMasterCole all made strong showings, but Haypalm102 was truly a survivor!

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The Ultimate Survivor

AssassinSpartan was the Ultimate Survivor

This game is where you are locked in a dark arena full of mobs and try to last longer than your opponents, no tools, no shelter, only your wits, skill and luck.

AssassinSpartan lasted longer than Frenchie1218, Haypalm102, oMasterCole, and g3y3r for a grand prize of $850

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Busy day today!

 Today was a busy day, so I decided to finally get around and host a few more events. I'm pleased everybody enjoyed them.

Jasonrox won both Mortal Kombat tournaments. Netting him 400 dollars.
Ipitouchy was the winner in our foot racing held after, winning another 400 after completing the 5 lap endurance race held at the end.

I'd like to thank you folks for your continued support and LOYALTY.

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The Pumpkin King is Set to Rise!

Get your best costumes on, ladies and gentlemen, because Halloween is right around the corner. In a month's time, you'll be able to walk through Exiled Gaming's own Halloween Town, replicated after the amazing movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

If you've never seen it, you're a terrible human being and need to get right the fuck out and buy the VHS.

Remember those? Yeah, get one.

Races, spooks, haunts, and grisly finds in the graveyard, do you dare step foot onto the Pumpkin King's turf? Will you make it out alive?

Who knows, with Knives as the Pumpkin King himself, you may cease to exist all together.

The whole month of October will be packed with Halloween related events and contests, along with eternal night, and trick or treating the night before the ghosts come out to play.

So ready up, kiddies, or Oogie Boogie might just get you before the Pumpkin King can.

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Thoroughfare of Incorruptibility SpeedWay!

I finally got around to building our new race track where I plan to hold my foot races. I have decided to name it Thoroughfare of Incorruptibility SpeedWay! This track is dedicated to all the LOYAL and HONEST players and STAFF who have had the RESPECT AND HONOR to dedicate their time to our server. I want to congratulate erderer for winning first place in our initial test race here late at night. He walks away with 100, second got 50, and third got 10.

Thank you all for your continued support and refusal to feign ignorance. 

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Reflections

If you've taken the time to read the server history, you'll know the story. A little over a year ago two men started up a Minecraft server off of a crappy computer. They were fantastic builders, creating the Admin Valley, the first structure I've ever seen in Minecraft.

These two men, Knives and Phrixos, were dear friends to me at the time. We all came from the same environment that tossed us out after we fought for something we believed in, something we knew was right. We had all spent long amounts of time here, pouring our hearts and souls into this place, only to be beaten and tossed out like yesterday's rubbish.

But we found something new to pour ourselves into. Someplace where we were in complete control and what happened there would never be allowed to manifest again under our rule. To some, this is just Minecraft, it is just a game on the internet, just another non-factor sitting in-front of a computer.

But to us, this server is a sanctuary. Where people can come and rest easy, knowing that they won't be tossed to the wayside because of what they believe in. We are politically incorrect, we love a good laugh, and loyalty is our over-all expectancy. But this server is our pride and joy, and looking back over the last year, we're proud to have made it this far.

"The satisfaction of seeing people work together to achieve a goal is awesome. It's reassuring. Because I've got a lot of anxiety over the server, it's so fragile. The last thing I want is for all my hard work to just, crumble away. But the feeling I get when the server has had a good day makes it all worth it." (Knives)

Knives, the Head Administrator of the server, has put more effort into the server than most can claim. And his hard work has paid off in more ways than one, earning him the respect and loyalty of his staff and players.

"I like him, some other servers I have gone to before, the owner was soft and would give you whatever you wanted and there is no way you're getting free stuff from him. I also like that he still is around after all that he has gone through since the server has started. And as a person I think he is just all around funny guy." (Frenchie)

Frenchie, an Exiled player for about seven months, is now a senior moderator on the server.

"He [Knives] has great ideas. He puts a lot of pressure on me, but I feel that it motivates me sometimes. Because it's hard, running the server, taking care of all these people and keeping it all stable. It's a balancing act, but we pull it off. " (Lee)

Michael_Lee joined back in November, proving to be a great asset to Exiled Gaming. He not only aided Knives in overcoming the hurdle of Operation Valkyrie, but now assists him as a Head Admin, running the server along-side him.

"Having a server up and running that we can call home, working together with Knives to run it. Going through hours and hours of pain and seeing something actually work out is nice."(Lee)

Lee has dedicated himself to the server, spending countless hours and dollars making it run as smoothly as possibly tech wise and player wise. He's earned the respect of the players who communicate with him on a daily basis, as he's normally managing the server from his phone whilst out of the house.

" Michael Lee truly cares about the server and wants to help it."(Cole)

MasterCole, who joined about four months ago, is a CSR on the server.

In the beginning, Lee was only a builder, plain and simple. He never actually applied for a staff position. It was a one time only deal that Knives handed out to him, because he saw potential in the little Asian.

" I joined the server and I joined teamspeak. Knives said if I got a mic, he would make me a moderator. It just happened. If you had told me then that I'd be a Head Admin running the server in the near future, I would of laughed at you. Because that was the last thing on my mind."(Lee)

We have a lot to thank Lee for, those countless hours he spent has made our server a more enjoyable place to play. It's taken strides since the horrible rule of Pythros, who lagged the server with pointless plug-ins.

" It [the server] has progressed, we used to get a lot of random lag spikes when Pythros ran it. When Michael took over he stopped these and the server ran a lot smoother." (Rush)

Rush Scrub, who joined in April of 2011, is now a senior moderator on the server.

As you can see, it's been a long, but rewarding road for the Head Admins, they get back what they give out tenfold in the enjoyment of their players. But it hasn't all been roses and sunshine. Along the way, we've lost some good friends. Like Phrixos Raeburn.

"We created Admin Valley together, the splender of that place. I love that place. To have him just, disappear like it meant nothing, well. I dunno what to say to that. I just don't. We kept moving on, we always do. We always recover. But a part of me always wants to know why, why did he leave, why didn't he tell me?" (Knives)

Knives, reflecting back on the loss of a good friend, is never one to dwell long on the topic.

Phrixos was a good guy. He always had good intentions, he was the one who was able to make Knives take a step back and think things over. He was an asset to the server, and is deeply missed.

However, there's also Pythros. Someone we trusted, someone we thought had only good intentions, but we were wrong.

"I was speechless when he approached me and told me of his plans to take the server. I sat there for a minute trying to process it. But it only fueled my need to destroy his attempts. And telling me was his biggest mistake." (Lee)

Lee was the one to inform Knives of Pythros' plan to take over the server, remaining ever loyal, Lee remembers the moment Pythros confronted him about the idea.

In the end, we came out victorious with a new outlook on the server and a need to make it better, to make it outshine anything Pythros and his band of downies could ever create. We ended up with the competent staff, losing few to his failed attack.
When speaking with the staff, they were questioned about what made them stay with Exiled Gaming in the beginning.

" The community and how the server was run. I loved helping others with building projects and quickly made some friends on the server." (Scrubby)

" The community above all." (MasterCole)

"It was actually the first server I joined. It was on a test map and when I logged in I saw the amazing cliff-side castle Knives had made. Everything about it made me know, right then and there, that this was the server for me. That the people on this server were talented and dedicated. Not just some random people who play for themselves." (Lee)

"There was always something to do." (AxeofFury)

When asked if they felt the server had progressed since they began, the over-all response was that it had, improving in staff, community, and map-wise.

" I think the server has progressed in community and the way things are run." (Cole)

We have some truly talented players on the server as well. We don't just cater to the staff, here on Exiled. Jocular Donkey, who joined about two-to- three months ago, had this to say;

"[The Server has an] Organized map and staff, professional staff members, and the server stayed up for a over a year, which most servers don't."

Just after this new dawn, the reflection on our server is positive, nostalgic, and bittersweet. To see how far we've come, how much we've lost, how much we've gained, what we've learned. Our dedication only proves that this server is worth something, worth more than being referred to as "just another Minecraft server."

We'll close the article with a few words from the man who created it all, who put his blood sweat and tears into the server, and who deserves all our respect and loyalty.

"I feel like we take too much for granted, because nothing is a guarantee. We almost had our server torn out from underneath our feet because someone we trusted got power-hungry. It's still a work in progress. The server is always changing, always moving forward, it's never still. And I like that. I love that. And it will only keep on this path if we continue to work together. Because this is for everyone. This isn't only for my enjoyment, or Lee's, or Aydia's, it's for the players. Our server has something unique, something that keeps people coming back for more. And we all need to work for that, or we'll all be stuck with the same-old, 'I made a dirt house today, isn't it awesome?', shit. Minecraft can be so much more, and it is, right now. Because we've all made friends out of this, hopefully lasting relationships. And it gives us a place to escape to when reality gets just a little too rough. So, really, that's what's worth it. Not that I've got some pretend power over people on the internet. But that I can give a sort of, safe haven to people. And we work for that. We all work for that." (Knives)

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Mortal Kombat: Faith Edition

Congrats to JasonRox1 who beat everyone out, including me, for top spot at Mortal Kombat for today, walking away with a fat pocket filled with 500 dollars. Congrats!

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Winnar winnar chicken dinnar.

Everybody really enjoys these races, so I enjoy hosting them. I think I'm gonna build us another race track so we can diversify the event a little more. I might even do a race track with death in it sorta like an Indiana Jones marathon run.

Congratulations to Rush for winning 1000 dollars, BMD99 for winning 500 dollars, and AssassinSpartan for winning 100 dollars.

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That's right more race winners!

Congratulations to the top 3 of todays race. Assassin walks away with 100 bucks, Bmd walks away with 500 and Samp walks away with a cool 1,000.

Nice race guys. Thanks for participating.

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Mortal Kombat

KingDutchy is the reigning champion in Mortal Kombat. By surviving all rounds he earned himself 1,000 dollars.

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Todays Winners!

Congratulations to the top three of today's race. RushxScrub got first place earning him 500 dollars. oMasterCole got second earning him 200 dollars. And new comer to the server Jammy61 didn't do bad scoring third earning 100.

Thanks to the people who participated.

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Foot Race Winners!

Congratulations to Sitfull and Gstporge for winning our race competition today. Gstporge walks away with a cool $500 and Sitfull walks away with an awesome $2,000.  Great race!

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Advertising Video Contest!

We're looking for talented people to produce our server a video for advertising purposes. If you're talented in making flash or web videos and want to give it a shot please PM MasterKnives on the forums with a link to your submission.

The video itself though must meet these requirements.

Between 1 and 2 minutes.
Must advertise structures built on our map.
Must advertise some of our community highlights and features.
Must advertise our server settings (pvp functionality etc)
Must include our web address at the end.
Custom graphics are an added bonus. And proper music to fit the advertising is also an added bonus.
The original video file must be given to one of our server staff, so that we may host the video on our own separate channel.

The deadline to have a video submitted is August 31st.

Winners of the contest will have their work published right here on our homepage, as well as 10 thousand dollar in game cash prize.

Good luck.

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