SWAMP SERVERS
We are changing our ban appeal system, to streamline things for staff, since Discord is extremely limiting in what we can do with the forums and the bots.
We're adjusting language where needed, but going forward, you can appeal a ban at: https://swamp.sv/appeal
Or, you can go to our website, https://swamp.sv/, and click on the new 'Player Relations' dropdown.
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A Final Appreciation from Joker’s family
Now that Horatio was taken ownership of Swamp Servers, we want to say a final sincere Thank You to everyone in the amazing Swamp Servers community for all your support to Joker and his games over the years. He put in endless hours with his heart and soul into making it the best servers he could for all of you, his treasured friends.
We appreciate the over 300 posts you sent us in Discord and Steam, sharing your good memories, photos and videos. Your condolences, prayers & well-wishes really touched us as well.
We hope you continue to enjoy your time with your good friends in the Swamp as Joker always wanted you to. Please honor his legacy by respecting and taking great care of each other as life is precious and fleeting. Remember you are enough, you are valuable and the world is a much better place with you in it.
Sending Peace, Love & Respect to each & every one of you, Joker’s family🐸💕
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Donations have been re-enabled. Google Pay and Cryptocurrency have been removed as options for now. If you need options other than Credit Card, Paypal, or Cash App, please e-mail [email protected]
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To those that donated to the GoFundMe: Within the next hour or so, I'll start processing those donations and applying those points to your in-game accounts.
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We're in the process of transferring ownership of all the assets right now.
The dust should be settled tonight/tomorrow, and we'll start addressing issues we couldn't address previously.
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Just wanted to provide another update. My lawyer had a bit of a field day with all of this since he doesn't understand what it is I'm spending money on here. We finished the final(hopefully) draft of the agreement this morning, and it's being sent over shortly. Once Joker's parents review it, and hopefully accept it, we'll be able to finally move forward and get all of this buttoned up. Sorry for how long this has taken.
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Wanted to provide another update. I will be closing the GoFundMe for donations once I get home. Paperwork is being sent over tonight for their review. Hoping to get the process started Friday for getting things transferred over. I wanted to thank everyone who donated to the cause.
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As an update. Just had another chat with his parents, I will be talking to them again on Monday and if everything goes well, we will afterwards begin the process of transferring the server into my name and control, so we can get things back to normal.
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Thank you sincerely from Joker’s family
From the bottom of our hearts, we want to express our profound appreciation to each and every one of you in this treasured and unique gaming community for being Joker’s friend. He truly cared about all of you.
Thank you for sharing your heartfelt memories of him with us. They touched us deeply and made us realize the profound impact he had on so many lives over the years. We wish that he would’ve known that as well. We genuinely appreciate your emotional support during this extremely sorrowful time.
Please take good care of each other and continue to celebrate your lives in the Swamp as Joker would want you to.
May your spirit be free Joker! Rest in peace, gone too soon and forever in our hearts. 🐸❤️
With deep gratitude and love to the whole Swamp community,
Joker’s family 💐💕🐸
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I've been talking to Joker's parents, and we've come to an arrangement on transferring Swamp Servers, LLC into my ownership so we can keep things 'in house' and honor what he built.
To that end, while I certainly am a man of means, those means are not what they were 10 years ago. So, I have spun up a GoFundMe to see how much we can get people to commit to, to keep the server around, with its current theme, and the same general operating direction we've had this whole time. There may be some minor changes here and there, but the plan is to keep things as the 'Swamp Cinema' we've all come to know and love.
I want make it clear: These will be donations to be able to bring things in house. The donations will not be giving people stake in things or the ability to suddenly try and dictate what we are doing with the server. They are still just donations.
The intention is to run it like a non profit. I might even reincorporate it as a 501(c)(3). If there's money left over at the end of every year, we'll use it to do some fun giveaways and prizes and shit.
Please make sure to also e-mail [email protected] and include in the subject line: "Save Swamp" and in the body please include your name(as you put it on your GoFundMe Account), e-mail address, dollar amount donated, steam ID, and discord ID. These donations will be treated like traditional in-game point donations and handled after the transaction with his parents is complete.
Regardless of what is brought in from this effort, I will be moving forward with this. What it boils down to, is how big the payment to his parents is going to be. I have a fixed amount I'm willing to spend on this. It is a far cry from what this would be worth if they had the time and ability to take the time to shop it around and find a buyer, while keeping things running. I am trying to get the final dollar amount closer to it's true present value. I've set an arbitrary goal on the GoFundMe on the low side of the current value of things based on the past 18 months of financials. Even if we somehow manage to reach that goal, anything above and beyond will still be added to the final purchase price they are paid.
Finally, to those that are permanently banned: No, this is not a way to buy out of that ban. No, I will not be immediately lifting a bunch of bans. No, I do not have any answers as of this moment as far as what will happen to that subset of people and their bans. For the moment, assume they will remain in place. After the dust has settled, Staff and I will discuss as a whole and decide on any changes in policy of that nature, as a group.
If you have any questions or concerns, please DM me.
EDIT: The campaign was temporarily suspended by GoFundMe. I have addressed their concerns, and it is open once more.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-swamp-cinema-for-the-community
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Experienced coder? 
