M1nt-l0u

I just took a look into my videos and pictures from various meet ups and this has got to be a favourite memory.
@UnSeen @Hypnotized @Mintlou
 

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

simp

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

After years of slating everyone who ever dared to run and pay for this place, I promised I would step up and be the admin/part owner that would change things. When we had the team reshuffle sometime last year there was some initial excitement, and a few events and Mordhau servers did pop up... After that, it kind of just died out. Outbreak in truth, was past the point of the golden days of fun and games many moons ago, and I wrongly believed I was the one who could rekindle that wistful occasion. 
I'm not saying that there isn't a future for Outbreak, but I'm saying there isn't a future in which we'd all be active in the same spirit ever again. The forums were a hot place to visit, the game servers were where we put a voice to the coloured name, and the TeamSpeak (initially not used) was where the friendships were fortified. The friendships are the only thing that have kept us all together, many so strong that they will last a lifetime. It is very hard for a new person to become part of either of the core groups, not impossible though.
The CS server days were a period where everyone was a bit anonymous, no one really knew anyone other than what their Steam status revealed. It sparked curiosity without too much of the prejudices, it was a more compassionate introduction to each other. The paradigm for meeting new players has shifted a lot since then, it's mainly driven by Discord and Reddit communities rather than self-hosted game and VoIP servers. This is a change we didn't want to embrace.
For better or worse, Outbreak has now been going for nearly ten years. I do sometimes wonder what my life would be without it, but happier that I have had the chance to be bullied all the way to the top and back - even if when I got there I did very little in the grand scheme of things. For those that don't know, I have worked in IT for around 4 years, and 3 of them were working at a company that didn't appreciate anything I did and it made me quite irritable. I then joined another IT company and was much happier, but also much busier as I made the jump from working in an internal IT department to a customer facing one - having to learn multiple IT environments instead of perfecting just the one. I've been absorbing the knowledge of the industry pretty intensely for the last year or so, which is partly why I don't game so much anymore - but I shouldn't have let my relationship with Conor and the rest of the team slip so much I get removed from the Admin team without warning. 
Sometimes life gets in the way.
I hope all you frequent and infrequent visitors are still keeping well, and that the choices you are making lead to ample gratification and reward.
-MintyFresh

Something something community members all having a jolly moan about integration and activity.
We're all guilty. "Community" isn't one person. It's all of us. 
TS5 is our next thing realistically. 

Something something community members all having a jolly moan about integration and activity.
We're all guilty. "Community" isn't one person. It's all of us. 
TS5 is our next thing realistically. 

Ladies, Gentleman and all other 97 genders and pronouns. 
ORDAARR, ORDARRRR,
Aye's to the right 31, No's to the left 29
The Aye's have it
The Aye's have it
UNLOCK:
It has been decided via a democratic vote linked to your forum account, that the future of Outbreak voice communication will exist on TeamSpeak 3. Thank you for taking the time to think about this and cast your vote. This has been a subject of long deliberation within the community among its members and guests who visit.
The other matter on which you may ponder, is how on God's great Christian earth did we get 60 votes? To provide an answer to that tantalising conundrum, I will tell you that most of the cast votes are, in fact, made up of inactive members; That is to say, members whom have rightfully earned their entitlement to vote on these important community decisions, thanks to their service of two or more years as once active representatives of Outbreak Community. We would like to take this opportunity to invite those inactive members back into the community to lend their high-standing representation back to Outbreak, in an attempt to attract future individuals to consult our forum and apply for the same positions. 
Going forward, Discord voice channels will be disabled. This will allow the platform to purely exist as a text chat alternative, kind of like a big WhatsApp group without having to give people your phone number.
TeamSpeak 3 will remain open, and I suspect will fill up again much like the good old days. There is a Music bot plugin that has been installed, and DJs will be appointed to keep it clean and functional. We are working on that bot right now. But it is in a working state.
 
See you on TeamSpeak. (Again, this will be revisited when TeamSpeak 5 finally launches) 
 

Ladies, Gentleman and all other 97 genders and pronouns. 
ORDAARR, ORDARRRR,
Aye's to the right 31, No's to the left 29
The Aye's have it
The Aye's have it
UNLOCK:
It has been decided via a democratic vote linked to your forum account, that the future of Outbreak voice communication will exist on TeamSpeak 3. Thank you for taking the time to think about this and cast your vote. This has been a subject of long deliberation within the community among its members and guests who visit.
The other matter on which you may ponder, is how on God's great Christian earth did we get 60 votes? To provide an answer to that tantalising conundrum, I will tell you that most of the cast votes are, in fact, made up of inactive members; That is to say, members whom have rightfully earned their entitlement to vote on these important community decisions, thanks to their service of two or more years as once active representatives of Outbreak Community. We would like to take this opportunity to invite those inactive members back into the community to lend their high-standing representation back to Outbreak, in an attempt to attract future individuals to consult our forum and apply for the same positions. 
Going forward, Discord voice channels will be disabled. This will allow the platform to purely exist as a text chat alternative, kind of like a big WhatsApp group without having to give people your phone number.
TeamSpeak 3 will remain open, and I suspect will fill up again much like the good old days. There is a Music bot plugin that has been installed, and DJs will be appointed to keep it clean and functional. We are working on that bot right now. But it is in a working state.
 
See you on TeamSpeak. (Again, this will be revisited when TeamSpeak 5 finally launches) 
 

ZOINK

So, i was on discord yesterday when i got a private message from an Admin of London RP.



For those who dont know what the actual pic is then its here, mintlou quickly edited it into the photo above haha.



 

Ladies, Gentleman and all other 97 genders and pronouns. 
ORDAARR, ORDARRRR,
Aye's to the right 31, No's to the left 29
The Aye's have it
The Aye's have it
UNLOCK:
It has been decided via a democratic vote linked to your forum account, that the future of Outbreak voice communication will exist on TeamSpeak 3. Thank you for taking the time to think about this and cast your vote. This has been a subject of long deliberation within the community among its members and guests who visit.
The other matter on which you may ponder, is how on God's great Christian earth did we get 60 votes? To provide an answer to that tantalising conundrum, I will tell you that most of the cast votes are, in fact, made up of inactive members; That is to say, members whom have rightfully earned their entitlement to vote on these important community decisions, thanks to their service of two or more years as once active representatives of Outbreak Community. We would like to take this opportunity to invite those inactive members back into the community to lend their high-standing representation back to Outbreak, in an attempt to attract future individuals to consult our forum and apply for the same positions. 
Going forward, Discord voice channels will be disabled. This will allow the platform to purely exist as a text chat alternative, kind of like a big WhatsApp group without having to give people your phone number.
TeamSpeak 3 will remain open, and I suspect will fill up again much like the good old days. There is a Music bot plugin that has been installed, and DJs will be appointed to keep it clean and functional. We are working on that bot right now. But it is in a working state.
 
See you on TeamSpeak. (Again, this will be revisited when TeamSpeak 5 finally launches) 
 

That's literally the joke. Congratulations, you have the inferential faculties of a not particularly gifted twelve year old.