I'm happy to say that after 48 hours of ignoring IRL responsibilities, the ECNR SA-MP server is now back online for the first time in many years.

While I do not plan on any major updates like back in the day, if you come across any game-breaking bugs feel free to let me know.

I've added Discord functionality to the server so that now when a player connects or speaks in-game it will be echo'ed to the Discord.

I may also further extend the Discord -> SA-MP functionality as a sort of replacement for IRC, dependant upon whether people actually play on the server. Outside of that, I wouldn't expect any significant updates to the server.

I've taken steps to ensure that the server remains online (hopefully in perpetuity) so that anyone can come and get their fill of nostalgia whenever the mood strikes.

Feel free to hop in-game at samp.enigmaticgc.com
Or join the Discord: https://discord.gg/n3WdQ5Nz

You'll need the sa-mp-0.3z-R2-install SA-MP client version, which you can get from here: https://github.com/Se8870/SAMP-File-Archive

I hope everyone is well and gets a minute to re-live some CRRPG/ECNR.

Peace & Love
Byrner

Hey everyone, been a long time!

Our local Viper has brought it to my attention that whoever was running the old ECNR community Discord has shut it down for some reason. I'm not sure who created it or why it was shut down but it is a good opportunity to start fresh.

Feel free to join the new official Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJyc7jxCF2

As a side note, the enigmaticgc.com forums had seemingly broken at some point in the past month. I've gone ahead and updated the forum version (was massively out of date) however unfortunately neither the theme nor forum split plugins are compatible with newer SMF versions.

So I've used a similar looking theme and opted to combine all the sub forums into one large forum.

While there is essentially zero activity on the forums, I'm sure a lot of us would like to keep them alive for when the mood for some nostalgic reminiscing strikes us!

I hope everyone is well and I'll hopefully see you on the Discord.

Peace & Love
Byrner

During some routine machine/server relocating we managed to forget that the EGC website was hosted on one of the machines we were moving. This resulted in the website/forums not being transferred to the new location. We did not notice that the website wasn't running until after all the remote backups had also been deleted.

Good news, we found a hard copy of the forums database on our home systems.
Bad news, this database backup is from 2015.

While we have the most important years of EGC (2012-2015) we do not have access to the the last four years. While it is sad that the records we had of the passed few years are now gone we are fortunate to have the the early, most important years.

We've taken measures to ensure that we store remote backups more regularly and are less prone to deletion should something similar occur.

The opportunity was taken to upgrade the SMF version to v2.0.15.

To clarify, only the forums were effected by this. The ECNR SA-MP server is still up & running with the latest database information.

We apologize for allowing this to happen and assure you we have taken measures to ensure it doesn't happen again.

We're happy to announce that Saw will be joining the ECNR Administration team. With that, his mIRC Bot Houston has been promoted to channel operator on #ECNR.

Congrats Saw!

Due to http://evolutionhost.co.uk/ now offering DDoS Protection with it's SA-MP Servers, we've had the opportunity to move over to this newly protected system.

EGC's ECNR SA-MP Server and IRCd is now located in Roubaix, France. This also includes a more powerful machine.

No need to worry about an IP change, you can still use samp.enigmaticgc.com:7777 to connect.

Due to a lack of income through any means, we had to go for the cheaper alternative of hosting our services with https://evolutionhost.co.uk/. I know one of the main guys in the company so we got it for a little cheaper than usual. However bills still need paying so I'd encourage everyone to purchase so that we can get ourselves back on the SA-MP Hosted List.

The machine our services is hosted on is a massive improvement from the one we've been on the last few months. Granted, these resources are shared, I still believe our new system is more capable of hosting our servers than our most recent one.

Also a quick note, EGC is not dead. I do have plans.

We've managed to upgrade to a much improved system. This system is based in Germany and is over 8 times more powerful than our previous system. You will still be able to connect to the server through samp.enigmaticgc.com.

Good news for those in Europe, not so good for those in America. With the improved power however, hopefully not too much of a difference will be noticed for the Americans.

We've officially upgraded to SA-MP 0.3z. We can no longer ride the high tiddle wave of being one of the only servers to stick with 0.3x. It got us a lot of players but it's time to move on. Please download the latest client at the following link:

http://files.littlewhiteys.co.uk/get/sa-mp-0.3z-R1-install.exe

I'm very proud to welcome our new dedicated administrator by the name of Chito! We've had a dramatic influx of players lately and Chito will help us ensure everyone has equal levels of fun. Welcome on board m'darlin!

Our good friend Varun has returned reclaimed his Administrator role. He needed a break for personal reasons, considering his commitment to EGC in the past we held his role for him. I'm delighted to welcome him back on board. 

Up until the 0.3z release, ECNR was doing fantastic numbers. The SA-MP team for some reason have made the 0.3z update quite hard to find on it's website. Meaning most SA-MP players haven't actually upgraded yet. Of course eventually we will update to 0.3z, but the question is; should we wait until it's more widely used? I'll let you guys choose!

Welcome to 2014 everyone. What a better way to start the new year than announcing the winners of last years awards. Lets get started then shall we!


Best Aircraft pilot: WatakiWatako
Best Law Enforcement Agent: RoboCop
Best Driver: WatakiWatako
Best criminal: The_Byrner
Best shooter: WatakiWatako
Best Regular Player: Curiosity
Most Helpful: That_Guy
Best Administrator: Aaron_Ewing
Most Missed Players: ReCoN and Hiredgun
Funniest Person: The_Byrner
Best Addition: The Federal Reserve
Best overall Player: The_Byrner

Congratulations to every winner and thanks for the votes!

In total the overall winners were WatakiWatako and The_Byrner!

It's that time of year again where we vote on the end of year awards. From Best overall player to be addition, this tradition has always been one of my favorites. So for the 6th year in a row...let the voting commence!

http://main.enigmaticgc.com/forum/index.php?board=149.0

We've managed to resolve some of the issues ECNR has been having since switching over to the new host.

To my knowledge the following things should be fixed:
The random crashes of the server resulting in data loss.
The /location command being non-functional.
The IRC bots going a bit mad; leaving randomly etc.


If more issue crop up please inform us.

Due to the store not being used in months and me being unemployed, EGC is broke. I didn't want to take this public until I had to; we have reached that point. Viper had to pay a chunk of the bills last month.

What this means is, we will be moving to a new provider. This new provider will cause some of us to have an increased ping due to it being located in Canada. Lucky for RoboCop and Aaron! 

Also, we will unfortunately have to temporarily discontinue the EGCM brand. It uses too much resources and our new provider wouldn't accommodate it. If our financial situation improves, we can bring it back, but for now it'll have to go on hiatus.


The new system we will be using is not bad at all, it will certainly do the job in a cost effective fashion. It's just unfortunate we will need to retire EGCM for the foreseeable future.
I apologize for being the barer of bad news everyone.

We're auctioning off the highly profitable Drunk Gunz business. I will start the bidding at 10 Euro for one of ECNR's most profitable, popular business'!

As previously stated, progress on FGRPG is well under-way.

WatakiWatako will no longer be the manager/developer of this project. Our very own Viper is our new man.
I've been working with him the last month or Two on the project and let me tell you.....It's amazing. lol

It's totally different to ECNR, it will attract a different type of player. I won't reveal anything about it at the moment, but I guarantee you it'll be worth the wait.

Viper is about to post in the FGRPG section of the forums (Click FGRPG tab) about FGRPG's deals.

Mert has taken his rightful role as an Administrator. He's possibly our most active player and is always helping players anyway.

Congrats and welcome to the team Merthollemew.

Yes, FGRPG looks like a dead project....We've had another change in direction with it. Development is well under way. I can not say any more about it at this time!

Hiredgun has unfortunately stepped down due to time constraints in his schedule. He will hopefully have more time to be around in the future.

Aaron_Ewing's recent activity has been impeccable and he's showcased his loyalty and dedication to ECNR time and time again, thus, he has been re-instated as an ECNR Administrator.

Congrats Aaron!