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Today is a dark day in Chaotic United/Nuclear District history.

 

As of today, Nuclear District has closed down. Their website now holds a memorial message: http://nucleardistrict.net and contains links to their Discord server and the Chaotic United website.

 

There is some information that was not shared previously that I now feel should be shared.

 

First off, Nuclear District ran off the same forum software that we use today. It is premium/paid software and more addons means a higher renewal price per 6 months. Why is this relevant?

 

Back in 2014, when Chaotic United was first making a return and gained some traction, you may have seen notes in the footer about someone known as GeneralKnapp. At the time he paid for our forums software in full. He was generous and contributed a very large payment towards the CU revival project. But that was in 2014. After that initial payment, he seemingly disappeared off the face of the planet. The first renewal came and Knapp was nowhere to be seen. At that point, 16dbaxter and Mikey were both on board, and they contributed the renewal price. Around the same time frame, they also purchased Blog and Nexus for us to use. GeneralKnapp was not seen for over a year even after all that. He made a small appearance on ND claiming he would pay 100% of all expenses for CU and ND. Afterward he proceeded to vanish again. To make matters worse, in Fall 2015, IPS did a mass password reset, and since Knapp was missing in action we could not reset the password and as a result could not renew or upgrade our license.

 

Recently he resurfaced via Facebook after infinite contact attempts by both myself and Alycat. At this point we both wanted him to simply change the password and security questions so we could do a License Transfer. Unfortunately, he claims not to have access to the account's email and thus the account is now unusable, and the license while valid cannot be renewed or extended.  As of last night, Nuke and I discussed some things and I purchased some things from him. One of those things was the Nuclear District Forums license, which can be renewed and upgraded as desired.

 

But what is the other thing you might be wondering?

 

The other thing was the domain name nucleardistrict.net. Currently we have no plans to revive ND. Such a thing is not out of the question by any means, but right now we are going be focusing more on Chaotic United exclusively.

 

That being said, when you visit the Minecraft server you are likely to still see some NuclearDistrict branding. Right now we are choosing to keep it "in ND's honor", however if it causes issues/people complain it will be removed. Within the website, a custom homepage style has been created to replicate the look and feel of the ND homepage prior to its closure. Additionally, all forum skins that you could use on ND will be available here, completely untouched.

 

The ND Goodbye page contents:

Spoiler

About two and a half years ago we set out to build a new gaming community, one that would be a fresh start from Chaotic United. We had a very optimistic vision, one involving a small but close-knit playerbase that came together and shared their experiences on our self-hosted game servers. Despite the challenges that we faced, we managed to set up a friendly environment that we hope many enjoyed. You, the community, have played countless hours on our servers. We appreciate all of you who shared this experience with us, from those that loyally stuck with our group from Chaotic United, to the eager newcomers who joined Nuclear District.

 

All of us, the administration team and community members, have poured our hearts and souls into Chaotic United and Nuclear District. However, the spark that once was is dwindling. It is with enormous regret that we announce that Nuclear District will be closing its doors and saying goodbye. We know that many have moved on in their busy lives, and we wish each and every one of you the greatest success in all of your endeavors going forward. It has been a pleasure and an honor to work with you to push this vision forward. Through this journey we have gotten to know many new people, and we hope you all stay in touch.

 

For that purpose, we have set up a Discord server for those who wish to remain in contact with the community and its staff. Our aim is to set up a simple, independent platform for everyone to communicate and game. Currently, a handful of us are using Discord to play games such as Rocket League and Brawlhalla. We hope that many of you join us. We are looking forward to finding new games and people to play them with.

If you wish to join us on Discord, please follow this link or click the image below for an instant invite. Discord is a super simple platform to get accustomed to, it offers both text and voice functionality.

 

Nuclear District was founded on the 7th of February, 2014. This page is dedicated to our final closure. Please rest assured that we are taking the appropriate steps to ensure that all encrypted login and personal information are erased. The Nuclear District domain will be transfered to Haloman, the owner of Chaotic United.

 

Once again thank you, and good luck in your futures, inside and outside of the gaming world.

 

Sincerely, 


The Nuclear District Team: 
Adam, Alex, Nikhil, Ryan

 

Regardless of what the current team will do with Chaotic United and Nuclear District in the years to come, today is a very pivotal and very sad day.

 

For the first time since CU was relaunched, there is only one set of community members. There is only one forums, one website, one set of services. This fact does hold promise and will truly test if we can rebuild a successful community on our own.

 

The sad part is that a part of the community has died. Some members have moved over here, but many have moved on already and may never see that page or visit these forums. ND was created in the closure of CU, and pulled in a massive block of the community as a result. While ND was a fresh start, it was effectively a healthier and, in many ways, a successor and superior version of Chaotic United. Those forums contained a massive user base from the original Chaotic United, even ancient people such as Spencer and Ntx2. But now that part of the community is gone, never to be seen again except the remnants of which that have come here.

 

For those of you who have come here, we have tried to make you feel at home coming over from ND. We understand that some ND members may not like the direction we are going in, or just dislike the fact that we have chosen Chaotic United as the name to bring back. For those that have such feelings or feel that we are doing something that you feel is wrong we encourage you to let us know either by a Suggestions and Feedback topic or via PM to one of the admins here.

 

This day will be added to the calendar and will be dedicated in memory of Nuclear District for the rest of Chaotic United's lifespan, which is currently set to be quite a long time.

 

Please do know that despite all of this, we will continue to honor donations made to ND on this community as well as old Chaotic United ones.

 

Lastly, the ND staff has setup a Discord server called NARA for the purpose of allowing people to remain in touch with the staff and what remains of the NuclearDistrict community. A link to join that Discord server has been added to the Services and Status sidebar block to allow people to find it easily after the ND goodbye page is gone. Soon, the Forum topics and threads from Nuclear District will be sent to us and will be merged into our existing forums base.

 

Any questions, thoughts, or even if you want to leave any messages to the guys at ND feel free to reply or contact one of us via PM, and if directed towards ND staff they will be sent to them if you desire.

 

Stay Nuclear my friends, but always United.

 

The Chaotic United Team

Haloman30, Alycat, ci833508

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Very well said Halo. I personally did not have a whole lot of involvement in the ND system but I know they where a great group and will always be kept in our hearts as we move forward in our progression to rebuild the community and make things bigger. I have decided to open a TF2 server and Gmod server. Check the forums for that info.

As well I will be working on setting up a few modded MC server's. I want to stress that with in these FTB servers I will be designing it along side Halo and Aly and we will be coordinating premium features on the Modded servers for those who has donated to the community.

If you have any questions or would like server hosting please feel free to PM me. I do beat many big brand companies and will always fight for a fair price.

 

Yours truly

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Once again *weeps quietly*. We will deeply miss Nuclear District. Viva la Chaotic United!

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