As you have surely noticed, the Skydinse network has been in maintenance mode for several weeks, and the Spring Update 2024 has not yet been released. We want to briefly inform you about the reasons for this and how things will proceed in the future.

The Reasons

There are many reasons why there is no update yet: periods of illness, insufficient schedules, an inefficient work structure, incomplete planning, a significantly underestimated workload, and enormous problems with our systems, which consist of extremely outdated components and are built on a (for us now unfortunately) no longer really sufficient basis.

What are the consequences?

The entire development and management team has unanimously decided against transferring our broken systems to the latest version and then repairing them. We cannot guarantee that this way we wouldn't end up in the same situation again in the near future. Furthermore, we consider our old way of working no longer future-proof. Therefore, we have already started to rebuild the Skydinse systems. This time, of course, we want to avoid making the same mistakes as before. The network should retain most of its old functions, but naturally, there will also be some changes (both in the background and foreground). This means, for example, that there could be different GUIs, different prefixes, or different chat formats. The content promised for the Spring Update 2024 will, of course, be made up for, but this may take a while. We can't yet say exactly when the newly developed network (we might call it "Skydinse 3.0") will be released (possibly with a beta phase), but it will definitely take several more months.

Will you address the community's questions in more detail?

Yes, we plan to hold a Community Talk as soon as possible, in which we will provide you with some further background information and answer all your questions specifically and concretely. This talk event will probably take place shortly after the network's fourth birthday (August 8th).

Will MineAttack V take place this year?

MineAttack V will, of course, take place again this year. We aim to prepare the network for the start of MineAttack V (probably at the end of October or the beginning of November) so that we can at least offer MineAttack in the well-known format. If that doesn't work, we will find another way to provide MineAttack. But there will definitely be no cancellation.

Can I follow the progress?

You can follow the progress in the changelog on our website and also in our changelog channel on Discord. We will also occasionally publish updates on Discord and in blog posts.

Do you need new team members for the update?

We will definitely need support in the areas of Development, Building, Content, and Design. More detailed information will be published within the next few weeks. Only then will the application phase begin.

For now, we wish you lots of fun and hope to be able to tell (and maybe even show) you more as soon as possible! ||@everyone|| ~ your Skydinse Team