Date / Time: 18:00 25/11/2023
Release: What an era
Yikes... This one cuts pretty deep NGL. "End of an era" is a term that jumps to mind.
As everyone has probably heard by now,
@Archieand
@Painthave decided to step away from the Development Team and from the RPUK Community as a whole. There is much to be said, and far more than I can cover in one soppy post on a forum that barely anyone will read, so I will keep it short.
The amount of work that Archie and Paint have put into this community is absolutely gigantic and unforgettable. Whether it was writing new code, optimizing old code, fixing bugs, dealing with factions, managing the meta, thinking of new features and keeping the groups, gangs and everyone else happy by doing whatever they could to keep the community engaged. I don't think the average player will understand that for ever hour of work they think they seen of them there is probably somewhere between 15-20 hours behind the scenes that you haven't seen or that you might think just magically happens. Sometimes it wasn't even actual work but just endless hours of talking with people to figure out what to community needed or try to convince others of what needed to happen.
If I think back over the last few years and how the server was then compared to now. Though they weren't the only developers and team, if I think of all the massive features and quality of life improvements and just overall progression of the server, I can see a lot of is was heavily contributed to and steered by both of them and even though (only) two devs are leaving it feels more like six or seven.
(Paint is still about as useless as 0.75 a dev in this equation)
It has been a genuine pleasure working with both of you (Paint slightly less than Archie though) even though there were times where we didn't see completely eye to eye, I think I can say that for the large majority we had a great time and built some amazing things.
RPUK will not be the same without you guys and I think everyone here is going to miss you guys and your dedication tremendously.
I want to do the same thing I did when Stealthee left and give them a reminder of how many people they have engaged and served with in the last 3 years:
If you want to say thank you to Archie and Paint for their hard work and dedication, I ask that you tag them on discord in #gta-fivem-roleplay with a quick "Thank You for Everything". I expect them to have a send-off that makes them want to uninstall discord, but BE SENSIBLE: 1 tag per person is more than enough and it ends tonight at 00:00.
And o yeah, there were some changes to the server.
Bug Fixes/Changes:
- Something something Christmas scavenger hunt, #findoutinrp @George Harris
- Christmas house items @George Harris
- Fixed dumbwaiter unloading into shop storage @1A3
- Fixed Nikola place garage @George Harris
- Spelling fix, dodgy doc @George Harris
- Fixed slings not being removed when clocking off @Duke of Sussex
- Provided information in shop UI about government subsidy @Bobinz
- Fix government subsidy being paid to employees as well @1A3
- Hide dispatch notifications when downed/restrained @1A3
- Fixed being unable to kick from gangs, #getemgone @1A3
- Improvements to police watchlist @1A3
