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“If you are going to go through hell, keep going” - Winston Churchill

Hell would be a good way to describe what many people went through in 2009. From record unemployment to the financial market meltdown, no one person or country was immune to the crippling effects of the economic collapse.

Including myself.

As I wrote last years message to all of you, I was still reeling with the sudden and unexpected loss of my job after serving proudly with a company for 13 years. My dismissal however was not due to some reduction in force or trimming of payrolls like many companies do during these times, but because of a man who held a vendetta against me for knowing too much. Too much of the business operations and too much of his personal failures. I was a threat to a man whose ego was more important than the 120 or so employees that served underneath him.

I spent the next eight months searching for a job. Like the nearly 6 million other Americans, I struggled with the thought of how to make ends meet and what would happen to my family if employment didn’t come soon. Living in Michigan only added to the stress as 1 out of every 5 people is unemployed.

My losses however, pale in comparison to the losses felt by members of our community. This past year pain was even harder for people like Pope who lost his father; Jester who lost his niece and the agony felt by DaBone and Buckshot on the loss of Buckshot’s son.

Yes, 2009 my friends was hell to many.

Yet, we are reminded that if we just keep going, we will make it out of hell and onto better days. The painful memories of 2009 will slowly be erased by those special events that touch our lives such as the announcement of Dominic’s engagement; the birth of a child to 007, RChicken getting married and Purg & Elektra purchase of their first home together. These people all have reason to celebrate events of the past year and are looking forward to the future.

It is these events and so many more that will wash away the pains of the past and help guide us towards a better tomorrow. With each day, we are seeing our economy getting stronger and unemployment easing. We just need to keep going.

I closed out last years wish to you with a quote from FDR. This holds as true today as it did last year and so many years before. “We must set sail – sail, not lie at anchor, sail, not drift.”

I propose we set a course out of hell at full speed and not look back. Though we cannot forget the past, we need to always look towards the future. As John Lancaster Spalding wrote, "Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind."

Wishing all of you a happy and prosperous New Year!


Butters

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:43:13 GMT

Who just purchased their first house yesterday. To show our appreciation for organizing the monthly match ups, the Senior Admins sent them a small house warming gift to say thank you on behalf of everyone here at DeXWorld and to wish them the best of luck in their new lives together.

Let the mortgage payments begin!

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:13:20 GMT

The month of July brought incredible good fortune to our community. The support and generosity of several people has this month nearing the contribution levels we typically see during our annual holiday Ding-a-Ling campaign (and we did it without the bells).

It's just another way to keep Pat from complaining!

Thanks to everyone for your continued support. I was also asked to convey a special thank you to Cuisinart for the help he provided Wolfman upon his return from Iraq. Wolfman's donation was in gratitude for Cuis's assistance.

He did mention however that he wants you to warm your hands up next time Cuis.......(I didn't ask.....)

Thanks once again!

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:52:13 GMT

I would like to thank spike and jester for their contributions in making maps for dod source ! orange_dex_v2 and orange_jfort3 are very solid efforts by these two long standing members of our community.

Thanks men, keep up the great work !
buhbuhray

• Thus spaketh buhbuhray
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• Tue, 19 May 2009 03:56:41 GMT

What an extraordinary year! As we usher in 2009, we do so with the hope and humility that this year we see our fortunes turn for the better. For many of us, 2008 was tough in terms of economic and career stability and the shadow of more problems lay ahead. But as I sat down to write this, I remembered something I had read about many years ago and wanted to share it with you.

In 1938, during one of his fireside chats, FDR wrote, “but I know that many of you have lost your jobs or have seen your friends or members of your families lose their jobs, and I do not propose that the Government shall pretend not to see these things. I know that the effect of our present difficulties has been uneven; that they have affected some groups and some localities seriously but that they have been scarcely felt in others.”

“We have all learned the lesson that government cannot afford to wait until it has lost the power to act.”

FDR cited the reason for the economic collapse was the “over speculation in and over-production of practically every article or instrument used by man…millions of people, to be sure, have been put to work, but the products of their hands had exceeded the purchasing power of their pocketbooks…Under the inexorable law of supply and demand, supplies so overran demand that production was compelled to stop.”

He went on to say that “automobile manufactures not only turned out a normal increase of finished cars, but encouraged the normal increase to run into abnormal figures, using every known method to push their sales. This meant, of course, that the steel mills of the Nation ran on a twenty-four hour basis, and the tire companies and cotton factories and glass factories and others speeded up to meet the same type of abnormally stimulated demand. Yes, the buying power of the Nation lagged behind.”

“…The laying off of workers came upon us last autumn and has been continuing at such a pace ever since that all of us, Government and banking and business and workers, and those faced with destitution, recognized the need for action.”

Isn’t it uncanny how history repeats itself? Yet, as the world suffered through one of the most crippling points in history, FDR knew that through strong leadership and assurances of a brighter future, the economic disaster would ease. It wouldn’t be easy and there would be setbacks, but we would make it through it.

He used these chats to reassure Americans and the World that there would be better days.

This past year, we stood in awe as a young swimmer from Maryland rocked the summer Olympics by sweeping the gold. We watched as terrorism gripped Mumbai and felt the anxiety creep back into our minds, remembered and wondered who would be next. We argued over gay marriage and felt the pain at the pump each time we filled up.

And we waited and prayed as the United States elected it forty fourth President. Just as we cheered for Michael Phelps to capture his eighth gold medal, we silently prayed that the United States would deliver an even bigger prize, as it elected someone who would lead the global recovery effort, restore peace and mend torn world relations.

The members of this community debated and argued these events, but even through these many posts, we all shared a common inspiration. That the next four years would be better than the previous and look forward to better times ahead.

Our spirit has not been broken. Our determination even more steadfast and our friendships even stronger. We in this virtual global community share a common aspiration that things will get better.

And they will. We have history to guide us.

“I believe that we have been right in the course we have charted. To abandon our purpose of building a greater, a more stable and more tolerant America would be to miss the tide and perhaps to miss the port. I propose to sail ahead. I feel sure that your hopes and I fell sure that your help are with me. For to reach a port, we must sail – sail, not lie at anchor, sail, not drift.”


Happy New Year to all of you!

Butters

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:41:18 GMT

While we here in the US stuff our faces with Turkey, mashed potatoes and pumkin pie, the rest of you keep the server busy!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:14:06 GMT

The sound of the holidays!

(think about it)

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:58:35 GMT

All -

We are aware of the issue with players being dropped from both the CS:S and DOD server and are working with our provider to resolve, but we need your help. Please follow the link to the following thread and review the instructions in my post.

http://www.dexworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7464

We appologize for any inconvenience.

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:17:47 GMT

You asked for it and you got it! A new CS:S server has been ordered and we will work on it this weekend and try to get it out ASAP. We will get the info out to everyone as soon as we've got it up and running.

I want to thank 5witch for being the first to donate towards supporting this new server!

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:11:03 GMT

At 7:00 PM Eastern Branzone, our server provider, reported problems with Chicago network. They are working on the problem and should have an update soon. We appologize for the interuption.

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:17:56 GMT

Update for all the people worried about why TS wasnt working.

ATTENTION:
There was a fire and subsequent explosion in the data center of our primary DC provider. Therefore some TS servers are down. As we have no defined timeframe about when the DC will come back to life, we have brought up backup servers in our secondary data center. The latest update from the DC provider indicates that it will take until June 2, 2008 evening time frame to power up the DC again. After that the area will require air conditioning and cooling. Subsequently the servers will be brought up. So - please use the backup servers until then.
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Please change your IP address to: 85.158.180.44 (valid for all servers)


So that means you now have to change the address to 85.158.180.44:9212
to be able to connect. All other info is still the same.

So, currently we are using the backup servers, when they are fixed, we will convert back to our original server again. I will keep you posted.

Thank you and have a nice day. :blowkiss:

• Thus spaketh PHANTOM
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• Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:44:49 GMT

I don't know how many of you guys remember Rainman, but he was a good friend of mine and Lubbin's and was a reg on here for a good while. Unfortunatly, he passed away Friday night in a motorcyle accident. I received a text message at 3:00 am on Saturday morning saying that he had passed away. I finally confirmed this with Lubbin last night. If you guys would keep Raymond's family and fiance in your thoughts/prayers. Also, i know some of you guys ride bikes, be careful, this is the second person from my high school class(2004) that has died as a result of a motorcycle wreck, so be careful.

zerohero

• Thus spaketh zerohero
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• Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:00:20 GMT

Now that I know enough to make me dangerous, I've been busy updating our website. The FAQ, Know Your Enemy, Privacy Statement, etc. pages have all been or will be updated in the next few days.

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:52:54 GMT

Ah, those wonderful bells! They didn’t last long, but did have the desired effect!

With the end of 2007 fast approaching, I wanted to thank everyone for their continued support of our server fund and web community. Without your generosity, we would not have had the opportunity to meet so many new people and spend countless hours shooting the crap and each other.

We were very fortunate this year, not only in the support we received, but also hearing that two of our fellow DexWorldians, Cossack, serving in Afghanistan and Stank, serving in Iraq, are well. We wish them and their comrades our best and pray for their speedy return home.

We were also met with a little bit of disappointment this past year after two “must have” FPS games were hosted, only to have them fail due to a lack of following. A lot of effort went into to setting up both servers and kudos go to the Admins and fellow players who donated their time to research, configure and tweak these games.

There are a lot of new faces who joined the community this year and to those of you who have complained that DexWorld “isn’t the same” are absolutely correct. It isn’t the same and never will be. We will continue to grow and prosper, change and evolve as time passes. One thing will remain though and that is the commitment to our players to host “fair and balanced” game servers.

This simple rule has enticed many of you to join our ranks and contribute to our community. I am continually amazed by the huge support we received all year long. Whether you donated only once or several times this year, I want to personally thank all of you again for your help and generosity. Special thanks go out to all of the Admins as well for their devotion, time and effort they have given through out the year. We couldn’t do it without each of you.

I wish all of you a most joyous holiday season and prosperous New Year!


Regards,

Butters

• Thus spaketh ButterPants
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• Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:19:25 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving!!
Those who are traveling stay safe!

• Thus spaketh ONP-DigDug
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• Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:07:35 GMT