Announcements
It's been real, It's been fun - April 16th, 2010
We have all been avoiding the issue of the server's inactivity for the past few months never wanting to think if the next month would really be the last. Though today, the rarely spoken topic of server closure is an unfortunate subject we have to address.
For a long while now our server's population has been minimal to non-existent. The "people must be too busy this time of year" excuse has tided our minds over far too many times and for far too long. While there have been multiple community attempts at revitalizing activity, no long lasting results have ever occurred.
Nearly 3 years ago, we formed a group who got along incredibly well and whose talents worked together with one another, along with serious commitment, to produce something amazing. With great sadness we officially announce that Team LA's WCS/ZM server will cease operations beginning May 1st, 2010.
Though the server may be shutting down, we would hate for all the connections and friendships made on our server to fade away or fall apart. Our website and community forums will continue to operate with hopes that activity will remain and hopefully increase with time. With the help and input of our members, we hope to explore possibilities of venturing off into new exciting endeavors in the future.
We can't thank you enough for the all the support you have provided that made this chapter of Team LA a memorable, wonderful, and huge success. We hope you stick around to be a part of our next big adventure.
With love,
Team LA
An open discussion about the server's future - July 14th, 2009
Is the WCS/ZM server a sinking ship? Has it already sunk? What will it take to save/restore it (assuming it is worth saving/restoring)? What other avenues, if any, should Team LA consider exploring?
Brutal honesty only.
It's that time of year again... - June 9th, 2009
Another year has gone by and we're still around to celebrate our second anniversary! Reiterating something I said last year, it truly is a great feeling seeing something that you have put a lot of hard work into still around after two years providing fun and excitement for everyone. Incredible thanks and appreciation go out to the players and community members who have made this past year memorable and a lot of fun.
We have been blessed with the amount of people who frequented the server in the past years, but recently the server has been experiencing its worst period of inactivity in 24 months. Although it is not certain when this period of inactivity will be over, we are hopeful that more people will start reappearing as summer rolls in and everyone can get back to enjoying the company of each other. When the server is not the most active, I strongly urge everyone to at least be active on the forums. Sporadic posts on the forums are still better than losing all connection with each other by not playing in the server anymore.
For a long while now I've mentioned how I would like to have a new website design, but nothing ever came out of it. However, in the past two months the idea really took off and the idea of a new website design was feasible thanks to the hard work of everyone's favorite female player and graphic designer extraordinaire: deliciouslydown! I hope to have a full integration of the forums with that look in the future, but right now what you see is what you get. If you were linked to this post via the forums, head over to our main home page at http://www.cssteamla.com to see our new home page in action. Next time you see down, make sure you tell her how awesome it looks!
I hope to make changes to Team LA's member structure to accommodate more people, delegate some responsibilities, and promote community involvement. Though until Tez and I go over our ideas together and decide what is acceptable, I can't share all hopes or ideas we have yet. If you have any ideas that you think would benefit and are worth mentioning (no map/race/skills ideas) then shoot me a PM and I'll include it to the outline that Tez and I will discuss later this week. I really hope to share some hopefully new and exciting ideas when this happens!
I am sorry that we are not able to announce anything more than our totally awesome new website on our two year anniversary. Regardless, I would like to express my thanks again to everyone who has stuck around this second year. It's really great to see people who were around for our first year still around to celebrate today. Thank you all, and happy birthday Team [LA]!
Also, everyone swing by the contests and events forum for info about our new Tetris contest!