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Hello everyone! As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread. Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month. If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support! * Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible. Last Month: July 2025 Income Total: $5,428.27 Amount Source $5,427.61 Donations $0.66 Rebates & Rewards (PayPal) Recurring Expenses Total: $5,202.65 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $264.78 Google Workspace Voice (x1), Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $29.30 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $10.30 SendGrid $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $0 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes This Month: August 2025 The donation target for August 2025 is $5,307.14. Recurring Expenses Total: $5,183.09 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $265.57 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $19.25 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $107.00 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $107.00 NameCheap 3x 1-year domain renewal Donations will be open at https://cohhc.gg/donate as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal has been met. As always, thank you for your continued support. - The Homecoming Team

Hello everyone! As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread. Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month. If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support! * Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible. Last Month: June 2025 Income Total: $5,097.12 Amount Source $5,096.35 Donations $0.77 Rebates & Rewards (PayPal) Recurring Expenses Total: $5,192.60 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $264.79 Google Workspace Voice (x1), Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $29.54 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $0 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes This Month: July 2025 The donation target for July 2025 is $5,426.49. Recurring Expenses Total: $5,183.09 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $265.57 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $19.25 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $0 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes Donations will be open at https://cohhc.gg/donate as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal has been met. As always, thank you for your continued support. - The Homecoming Team

For better or worse, we don't use a sheets-driven approach like what may have been done earlier into City's development; we work directly with the domain-specific text representation that those sheets were originally compiled to which are not easily understood if you are not a powers developer, and have a tool which parses and generates these files with a GUI which some on the team use. Unfortunately, this means that it is not as simple as just publishing sheets somewhere for user consumption. That said, it was a past desire of mine to parse and build a version of some of the powers data in a format that is easier for the community to work with for purposes like keeping Mids' up to date, but it's not a priority at the moment and would be unlikely to happen in the near future.

Hey, Unfortunately, Google pushed a series of updates to how they index and rank websites for Search in March and one of those changes resulted in forums being significantly de-valuated, ours included. The Search Console does not display any issues with crawling and indexing our site, but logs show since May 27th, the number of pages indexed dropped from ~140,000 to just 10,800, and and our impressions have dropped from ~83,000 per day to just 821 today. Other site administrators have been seeing the same thing happening to their websites, both forum and blog based, at the same time as ours, and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any solution for it on our end.

Hello everyone! As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread. Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month. If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support! * Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible. Last Month: May 2025 Income Total: $5,075.33 Amount Source $5,074.47 Donations $0.86 Rebates & Rewards (PayPal) Recurring Expenses Total: $5,191.52 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $264.79 Google Workspace Voice (x1), Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $28.46 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $125.00 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $125.00 Northwest RA Registered Agent fee (annual) This Month: June 2025 The donation target for June 2025 is $5,071.78. Recurring Expenses Total: $5,183.09 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $265.57 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $19.25 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $125.00 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $105 Invision Community Forum software renewal (1yr) Donations will be open at https://cohhc.gg/donate as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal has been met. As always, thank you for your continued support. - The Homecoming Team

Hello everyone! As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread. Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month. If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support! * Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible. Last Month: April 2024 Income Total: $5,906.60 Amount Source $5,904.30 Donations $2.30 Rebates & Rewards (PayPal) Recurring Expenses Total: $5,162.23 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $234.59 Google Workspace Voice (x1), Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $29.37 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $269.59 Our Registered Agent paid our Delaware franchise tax, and as such the funds we collected for that last month will be put towards our expenses for May instead. Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $229.59 Taxes & Filings $40.00 IONOS 2x .com domain renewals (1-yr) This Month: May 2025 The donation target for May 2025 is $5,055.78. Recurring Expenses Total: $5,147.09 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $229.57 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $19.25 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $125.00 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $125.00 Northwest RA Registered Agent fee (annual) Donations will be open at https://cohhc.gg/donate as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal has been met. As always, thank you for your continued support. - The Homecoming Team

I've really lost track of time now! Thanks

Hello everyone! As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread. Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month. If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support! * Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible. Last Month: March 2025 Income Total: $5,472.88 Amount Source $5,468.03 Donations $4.85 Rebates & Rewards (PayPal) Recurring Expenses Total: $5,154.00 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $228.79 Google Workspace Voice (x1), Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $26.94 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $400.00 Our annual UPS mailbox renewal for $240 was collected in January but has not billed us yet. This money remains held and allocated for that payment. Our Registered Agent billed us $400 without consent for a service which is not required for Delaware LLCs. We are seeking restitution for this charge and will put the funds towards operating expenses for next month if received. Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $400.00 Northwest RA Seeking refund This Month: April 2025 The donation target for April 2025 is $5,894.56. Recurring Expenses Total: $5,147.09 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $229.57 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $19.25 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $489.00 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $465.00 Annual fed / filings $24.00 IONOS 2x 1-year domain renewal Donations will be open at https://cohhc.gg/donate as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal has been met. As always, thank you for your continued support. - The Homecoming Team

This outage was likely caused by intermittent network issues between the shards and one of our database servers. The shards have been brought back online.

Hello everyone! As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread. Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month. If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support! * Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible. Last Month: February 2024 Income Total: $5,133.98 Amount Source $5,133.41 Donations $0.57 Rebates & Rewards (PayPal) Recurring Expenses Total: $5,156.66 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $228.79 Google Workspace Voice (x1), Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $29.60 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $0.00 Our annual UPS mailbox renewal for $240 was collected in January but has not billed us yet. This money remains held and allocated for that payment. Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes This Month: March 2025 The donation target for March 2025 is $5,314.75. Recurring Expenses Total: $5,147.09 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $229.57 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $19.25 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $0.00 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes Donations will be open at https://cohhc.gg/donate as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal has been met. As always, thank you for your continued support. - The Homecoming Team

Hello everyone! As always with these posts, I’d like to drop a quick reminder that there are more ways to support Homecoming than just through donations. For a general overview of the different ways you can help Homecoming, check out this thread. Homecoming operates in a non-profit capacity* and accepts donations from the community each month to cover its operating expenses. These donation windows typically open on the last Saturday of each month, around 13:00 EST, and are automatically closed once the goal for the month has been reached. Any funds remaining at the end of each month are put towards our expenses for the following month. In the event that our expenses exceed our estimated costs for the month, the difference will be included in the donation goal for the following month. If you wish to donate, you may do so here. The donation window for next month is open as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal is met. Thank you for your continued support! * Homecoming is a Delaware registered Limited Liability Company, not a non-profit organization, and donations made to Homecoming are not tax deductible. Last Month: January 2024 Income Total: $5,367.60 Amount Source $5,367.04 Donations $0.56 Rebates & Rewards (PayPal) Recurring Expenses Total: $5,156.46 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $228.71 Google Workspace Voice (x1), Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $29.13 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $14.25 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $12.00 Our annual UPS mailbox renewal for $240 was collected last month but has not billed us yet. This money remains held and allocated for that payment. Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $12.00 CleanTalk Spam protection (1-yr) This Month: February 2025 The donation target for February 2025 is $5,130.09 Recurring Expenses Total: $5,147.09 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $4,853.37 Server Infrastructure (OVH) $229.57 Google Workspace Voice, Business (15 seats) $31.00 Databasemart GPU Server $19.25 Email (AWS EC2 + SES) 2x EC2 micro instances $13.90 Admin Software Additional Expenses Total: $10.00 Amount Service / “to” Addt’l Notes $10.00 IPSFocus Website asset support renewal Donations will be open at https://cohhc.gg/donate as of the time of this post and will automatically close once the goal has been met. As always, thank you for your continued support. - The Homecoming Team

Thank you! This was missed during the migrations and will be addressed soon.

This closure is in effect from the time of this post to Dec. 29th. Happy Holidays everyone!

I've reopened this thread for the purpose of discussing alternative options as long as the discussion remains civil. We'll be closely monitoring this thread and handing out warnings and bans to offenders. For the sake of discussion, as I mentioned in this post, our team has been throwing ideas around internally for what options we might have for players to be able to create their own memorials, but we aren't able to commit to anything right now, and any solution that we can come up with would not likely happen in the immediate term. We really like the idea of being able to create costumed / named entities in bases like the holograms that appear in some missions, but we need to assess the viability of this idea from a technical perspective as it would involve creating new systems and embedding the costume data inside of the base container.