A lot has happened since the last time I made a topic about my endeavors: My most challenging time as a Brony.

The server that was run by Cubie as I mentioned before, was called: "Crafting Is Magic", Cubie ended up leaving the server he started in the first place. It died not to long after. How it ended was because of staff dis-function. Cubie was actually kicked out before the staff decided to shut down the server they helped created (the staff was managing it after Cubie's leave). Only just a few months ago they wanted to help the fallout ponies of PonyCraft community, but now they have nothing to do with each other.

Two servers have gone down now. The ponies including me were fed up with Crafting Is Magic, A.K.A CIM. The staff made only one agreement really and that was to disagree.

So now that this happened. Almost all the ponies I've ever known in my beloved PonyCraft community has now left.. by "my" I mean they were like my family. I loved them so much, all the memories we had. Just all gone...

What happens now... Well, I've put in in perspective for myself because I really needed to take a good look at what I want and what is best for me and what friends I have left.

1. (What I've learned) Nothing can ever be like PonyCraft. It was home and ya can never have the same home more then once

2. (What I want) All I've ever done was help and wanted to rebuild what was lost.

3. (What is needed) A new start with a clean past, present and hopefully future.

After looking at this, its almost impossible to make a new home with out step three being the foundation of any server that plans to take place in even my own life as a permanent dwelling.

What I truly want is to be back to the way it was. To Roleplay with ponies with in Minecraft. Its all that I could ever want after experiencing it for myself for the first time mid September, probably a good year and a half, maybe two years now.

There wasn't a single server I could find that supports RP as much as PonyCraft did in a MLP:FIM theme, either.

So now here I am... I can't believe where this wild adventure has taken me. But its been a one I'd admit has brought tears to my eyes more then once. This video I made is more recent then the things I've done before hand, which I'll explain further down. But that's only after seeing the last hope of the PonyCraft community ever coming back, finally falling (CIM closing its own doors). I made this tribute to those crazy ponies whom I loved so much. Recognizing them as the original PonyCraft Community.

Now what I've done as I briefly mentioned before, about doing something before this actual video was create. I found myself in a need of a new home and there wasn't a place I could call as a home. So I made one. A fresh clean start, I can rebuild what was so dear to me, being able to RP with other ponies once more, and its a step in a whole new direction leaving the past behind and moving on.

To be honest, I had many opportunities in the beginning of this crisis to step up and run a server much I am now. But let me tell you a story that severely question my actions to running a server ever again, let alone now.

I was apart of a group of IRL friends. We called ourselves the Diamond Raiders. To give you the run down of how this all started in the first place was actually me at the very beginning of playing Minecraft for the first time. I wanted to play with friends, we needed a server, guy didn't pan out with a server, so I stepped up and made one. It was only little less then a month of me playing Minecraft and.. you could say, ever since I placed my first block, I was an admin. All my friends who owned Minecraft or borrowed an account played on my server. We eventually grew to what I mentioned before: Diamond Raiders.

Now I am not only the Admin of a group of local friends, but I am a leader of a group and its title. We wanted to do big things, we started building and making video content for a series we were making called: Stormholm.

But.. things went south. When the cold harsh winter of real effort came into play. Everysingle one of my friends who wanted to do this in the first place became lazy and didn't even bother logging on to the server anymore. The series was eventually cancelled and I dropped all responsibilities of the Diamond Raiders and the server. Because in the end, no one was doing anything. I actually decided to pull the weight and found myself running and working on my (one) computer on stuff such as: Running the server, recording, managing the builders and staff, video editing, art, music, websites, and correcting whatever errors my friends may have when using their own clients or having problems with the server. Everything was placed on my shoulders, and when I tried to lose some of the weight by giving it to the friends I thought responsible, (Making them staff) They ended up corrupting the only world copy of Stormholm.

I was burned out and feed up completely with being a admin. I honestly don't know who in their right mind would want such a thing. Maybe its the power, maybe is the fame. But it ain't worth it if that is your only goal, just saying.

The only time I ever got to be a Player, free of responsibilities and listen to someone else's rules for a change was the first time I logged into PonyCraft. It was my home, a sanctuary. I just turned into a Brony after I left the Diamond Raiders at the time. No one wanted any part of PonyCraft. So it was all mine, were I could just sit around (did so for IRL days) and do nothing, knowing that I am free to finally play the game for once.

Now we're back. Did ya like the story? Because I am still confused as to why I start this server I have now.. I hated politics, hated'em. But yet I fined myself in the same situation as before. Friends in need and I able. But In the beginning of the crisis of PonyCraft's shutdown I turned down any thought of being a admin, because I was afraid I'd be only repeating my own history. But After CIM went down and I had no where else to go. I found I was put in that same corner even harder then before. No pony actually asked me, neither did my IRL friends back in the day. But I and my helpful nature got the best of me back in the day.

But today, why I made a server now... I actually did it for myself this time. I said I would only do what I am able to carry and if friends come along, they come along. I loved to RP and I loved doing it in Minecraft with the friends I made over this.. crazy adventure. And in the end, I may have based my decision to run the server for me. But that was only on my limitations. I ain't repeating my history. But I also don't want my friends to die off and disappear when their hunger for friendship is just as strong as mine. If not, more.

If it weren't for the promise I made to AppleJack on PonyCraft, I definitely wouldn't be here trying my best to make a place to call home. And having those new friends coming around the bend.

Thank you for reading this. If you want to join us on our server I am making with my pony friends, your more then welcome too.

New Equestria (Temp: Maxos Realms <-- until the other is configured properly, dumb hosting company).

- Maxos