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Posted: 13 May 2012, 22:00

Good day everyone, I'm posting to announce that Terra, the world we've steadily built up from since its creation back in December 2010, will be retired on June 21st, 2012. This date is not negotiable so long as we have the resources needed.

First of all, let me reassure you that we are not deleting the world. Anyone who has built in Terra by the date will still be able to do so - we will be implementing a world-spanning cuboid preventing building (and more importantly griefing) in general, and anyone with a claim or a build in the world will be given a free cuboid. After Terra is retired players will not be able to claim new land for one of these free cuboids.

Why are we retiring Terra, you may ask? First of all, activity in Terra has steadily dwindled, and this retirement has been on our minds for a while now because of it. Secondly, we really want to put a focus on the new, encouraging a focus on worlds such as Borjan and other additions. Whilst it does hurt us to have to stow our longest-running world with the mothballs, we hope that everyone will curb negativity by participating in a rush for free cuboids.

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Invunarble Invunarble's Profile Mentor Team Leader Posts: 3070 Joined: 11 Feb 2012, 18:45 Location: Canada	Posted: 13 May 2012, 22:55 Heh, what if "Interra" was released the same day "Terra" was closed? "The roses are red, but Invunarble is blue. Hit him with a puma." - Vallorn "A man who never eats pork buns is never a whole man." - Ancient Chinese Proverb
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Lord_Mountbatten Lord_Mountbatten's Profile Lord_Mountbatten's Website The Future Posts: 5711 Joined: 28 Oct 2010, 15:14 Location: CreepsUTrust Headquarters	Posted: 13 May 2012, 22:56 I like to dispel senses of mystery and wonder. It won't. "Honey, I'm anything but average." fingersnapping Donate to the Mountbatten Crack Fund! Donating to the Mountbatten Crack Fund is probably a bad idea. Don't do it. Seriously don't.
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Invunarble Invunarble's Profile Mentor Team Leader Posts: 3070 Joined: 11 Feb 2012, 18:45 Location: Canada	Posted: 13 May 2012, 23:08 And will players be able to transfer builds in Terra to a newer world, like Borjan or Fyra? "The roses are red, but Invunarble is blue. Hit him with a puma." - Vallorn "A man who never eats pork buns is never a whole man." - Ancient Chinese Proverb
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Lord_Mountbatten Lord_Mountbatten's Profile Lord_Mountbatten's Website The Future Posts: 5711 Joined: 28 Oct 2010, 15:14 Location: CreepsUTrust Headquarters	Posted: 13 May 2012, 23:39 Not for free. "Honey, I'm anything but average." fingersnapping Donate to the Mountbatten Crack Fund! Donating to the Mountbatten Crack Fund is probably a bad idea. Don't do it. Seriously don't.
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Posted: 14 May 2012, 00:11

You said no to general buildings but what if people have active cities in Terra? Can they use their cubeoid to move said city elsewhere or will people still need to pay for that? Ive been living in Terra since i joined over a year ago, its gonna be weird moving.

LONG LIVE TERRA!!

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Lord_Mountbatten Lord_Mountbatten's Profile Lord_Mountbatten's Website The Future Posts: 5711 Joined: 28 Oct 2010, 15:14 Location: CreepsUTrust Headquarters	Posted: 14 May 2012, 00:31 We don't move cities, not even for a price. "Honey, I'm anything but average." fingersnapping Donate to the Mountbatten Crack Fund! Donating to the Mountbatten Crack Fund is probably a bad idea. Don't do it. Seriously don't.
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Posted: 14 May 2012, 01:00

random980 wrote:You said no to general buildings but what if people have active cities in Terra? Can they use their cubeoid to move said city elsewhere or will people still need to pay for that? Ive been living in Terra since i joined over a year ago, its gonna be weird moving.

LONG LIVE TERRA!!

You can continue to live in Terra if you wish. Although I encourage you to consider the newer worlds.

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Skunk_Giant Skunk_Giant's Profile Site Contributor Posts: 2513 Joined: 05 Nov 2010, 23:14	Posted: 14 May 2012, 01:44 The announcement image pleases me. The actual announcement doesn't really please or displease me. It seems right to put Terra to rest. It had a much longer run than Genesis or Exitus. Now we must focus on the future! Oh hey, I have a signature now! 26/07/11
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gendai351 gendai351's Profile Posts: 30 Joined: 22 Oct 2011, 06:05	Posted: 14 May 2012, 07:20 i'm glad i moved my castle to borjan. sad day to lose terra. just a thought.... could offer to move people to another world for a small in game fee op's+ need diamonds lol
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random980 random980's Profile Posts: 1710 Joined: 23 Feb 2011, 03:32 Location: Australia, Vic	Posted: 14 May 2012, 08:50 Lord_Mountbatten wrote:We don't move cities, not even for a price. Im certain i was told Solar City could be moved if i payed for the appropriate cubeoid (this was about a month ago). If not ill just start a new city, ive kind of been looking for an excuse to do so anyway... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McsWKczU6wc Eekum Bokum
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Iron_Fang Iron_Fang's Profile Posts: 2244 Joined: 31 Mar 2011, 12:11 Location: The Aett, Fenris	Posted: 14 May 2012, 10:57 we must have a party! a celebration of end of exams and terra :'(
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Cpt_Harlock Cpt_Harlock's Profile Site Contributor Posts: 524 Joined: 09 Jul 2011, 23:58	Posted: 14 May 2012, 16:14 Just wanted to stop in and say that that's a beautiful Banner. It should be at the top of the website always and forever. All in favor say aye. The stones in the sky never worry, They don't have to hurry, They move in their own way But I have to choose what to do, How to act, What to think, How to talk, What to say
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aeroeng15 aeroeng15's Profile Posts: 467 Joined: 26 Mar 2012, 09:55 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	Posted: 14 May 2012, 16:18 Aye! And point of clarification: if we have multiple builds, do we get that number of cuboids, or just the one? EscapeCraft Delivery Service
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michaeld20 michaeld20's Profile Posts: 818 Joined: 31 Dec 2010, 19:39 Location: Central New Jersey	Posted: 14 May 2012, 20:53 Hey Mountbatten, question, I have 2 or 3 cuboids in Terra, I would be refunded all all of them yes? Just making sure. "Some people in this world, they think their invincible... well thats just not true... beacause if you make just ONE mistake it could all end in a matter of seconds and then really how invincible are you?"- Myself
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mydrox mydrox's Profile Posts: 824 Joined: 30 Nov 2010, 11:20 Location: Somewhere in Germany	Posted: 15 May 2012, 02:54 No refunds, you can get new cuboids for your stuff that you build so that you still have access to them.
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firepele firepele's Profile Posts: 1 Joined: 01 Apr 2012, 01:29	Posted: 15 May 2012, 12:15 well i know some people play on terra Its because I'm awesome
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Posted: 15 May 2012, 14:04

firepele wrote:well i know some people play on terra

As the announcement said, people who have homes in Terra will still be allowed access to their homes and lands with free cuboids. This is simply a measure to encourage new users to build in the newer, more populated, worlds.

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arogon343 arogon343's Profile Posts: 977 Joined: 05 Dec 2010, 12:53 Location: england	Posted: 17 May 2012, 18:46 Well, time to move on. Had some fun times in terra. It will always have a special place in my heart. And i just finished the damn sewers fro Draconax D: CEO of D.I.A.S Corp. if at first you dont succeed, 5 blackadders of tnt usualy helps....
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Posted: 18 May 2012, 01:03

Just to confirm, I will still have access to my cuboid in terra and can finish projects there still? just no new cuboids or wilderness buildings? I ask this just as I have a large (150x150+) project in terra and I will not have time to prepare it for this deadline, due to being in australia and no pc or internet other than wireless stick on dads laptop.. anyway.. Will we still be able to build in our cuboids we had before, after its retired? Same goes with chest acess and stuff, still possible after?

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Blackadder51 Blackadder51's Profile /me no pants Posts: 2296 Joined: 29 Oct 2010, 11:22 Location: Australia	Posted: 18 May 2012, 01:06 Yep, if you already have a cubiod you will be able to do shit. The Building of The Imperial City \| The Blackadder Booze Fund We're in the stickiest situation since Sticky the Stick Insect got stuck on a sticky bun. -Captain Edmund Blackadder.
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Posted: 18 May 2012, 04:03

arogon343 wrote:Well, time to move on. Had some fun times in terra. It will always have a special place in my heart.
And i just finished the damn sewers fro Draconax D:

And so much for moving my Gothic church to Draconax too...
Although I have an idea involving Borjan, DSSR, USSR and building new things. See the USSR thread!

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Fealuinix Fealuinix's Profile Posts: 27 Joined: 23 Jun 2011, 03:27 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States	Posted: 20 May 2012, 02:44 If I have cuboided structures in Terra that I may want to move to another world, can I chose to move them at a later date post-retirement, or do I need to move them now? Also, what are the size limitations on moving? I have a 128x80 area I am currently considering moving.
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MrWhales MrWhales's Profile MrWhales's Website Posts: 1048 Joined: 31 Oct 2010, 11:37 Location: Chicago, IL. USA	Posted: 20 May 2012, 14:13 Finally. Spoiler! : Vallorn wrote: Whales sprints up the driveway and dives into The Mansion as seagulls flow around him trying to get at his tender whale flesh. haxxorzd00d wrote: "Oh look, a bunch of signs about whales! How hilarious!"
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Wildwill002 Wildwill002's Profile Posts: 3054 Joined: 15 Dec 2010, 12:42 Location: Blackpool	Posted: 21 May 2012, 16:56 Spoiler! : Ah well, tatty bye terra Code: Select all , , / '. .' \ / '. .' \ '-._ '. .' _.-' '-. ; .-' _.-;(_);-._ _.-' .'_'. '-._ \ .'/[+]\'. / \_.' / \ '._/ \| _ \| \| [_] \| /III III\ `"""""""`
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Posted: 25 May 2012, 15:54

Lord_Mountbatten wrote:We don't move cities, not even for a price.

Um not to disagree with u Lord but Branchscape was moved over to Terra when Borjan came out and idk if it was out of Seru's powers but the city of branchscape was moved from Terra, just saying

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Posted: 25 May 2012, 18:44

Rules change and BR was not an easy move for us anyway. moving Saphiri or Draconax would kill the server dead for hours and Corinth? Corinth would murder the hardware with a shovel.

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Posted: 26 May 2012, 04:35

vallorn wrote:Rules change and BR was not an easy move for us anyway. moving Saphiri or Draconax would kill the server dead for hours and Corinth? Corinth would murder the hardware with a shovel.

When i asked to move a city was referring to Solar City, since its floating, the shape of it is rather square and its not that big of a town, i thought it would be an easy enough move. No one ever mentioned moving Saphiri or any other large city.

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vallorn vallorn's Profile The Present Posts: 8528 Joined: 13 Nov 2010, 10:45 Location: Southern England, near Southhampton	Posted: 26 May 2012, 04:57 then let me direct you to the first part of my post: "Rules Change" Lord_Mountbatten wrote:I didn't quite hear you over the sound of my eyebrow shooting into the sky. OI YOU! YES YOU! WE HAVE A STEAM COMMUNITY GROUP! JOIN US AND ADD PEOPLE FOR FUN TIMES! CUT: Baldrick
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trainreqx2 trainreqx2's Profile Posts: 105 Joined: 23 Jan 2011, 20:35 Location: Space	Posted: 28 May 2012, 16:12 So what's the price for moving structures? As in individual structures? Beauty is why God invented eyeballs and her booty is why God invented my balls.
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