Smugleaf said:
Even before Felix was VP, it wasn’t popular.
Also, the minecraft server is fine.
Before Felix it was at least up and had a handful of regulars. In fact, it was actually picking up steam until felix took over and left it to deteriorate. <_>
FPS servers will not populate themselves, they need CLs to maintain and populate them. Since Felix didn’t appoint any CLs, guess what happened. Valve pushed out an update, no one updated the CS or CSS servers for 2+ weeks, and when they were finally updated everyone who was playing there had already moved on. That’s gameservers 101, it happens every time and is the fastest way to kill a server.
Also, just as an FYI, the minecraft is not up. I just checked. What you’re playing on is being run from a dorm room because felix couldn’t figure out how to get it to run on Atari. Instead of googling to find the solution he just assumed it was a problem he couldn’t fix and gave up. Just like all the other servers that are down, the problem is extremely simple to fix. You just have to care enough, or know enough, to fix it.
But hey, don’t take my word for it. Go ask felix. When he tells you the problem you’ll probably facepalm at how simple it is.
Back to CSS:
The server is outdated and by now probably broken. Since no CL was appointed, you’ll need to contact the PC VP to get it fixed. I wish you the best of luck with that, he doesn’t check the forums anymore.