6/16/2009
Recap
Recap
Posted by The Master on 6/16/2009
The purpose of Censored Gaming, although it has been said before to no avail, is to provide a place where gamers can come and feel apart of a family. We offer free ventrilo channels in our 50 slot with your own channel admin. If anyone wants to take advantage of this offer, feel free to either post in our forums or visit our contact page and contact me directly. The reason we offer things like this that other communities don't, is because we strive to not just be another pointless group that make false claims, or make you go to extreme measures to get what you want.
In other news, the site has been heavily updated with many small things you may not notice at first, but make the site a whole. For instance, the home page has been changed considerably, as well as the downloads and about pages. I have also added a link under the media player to pop-up a window for people who want to listen to our music while you surf the web.
Censored Gaming also has a team of talented mappers, including myself. I am currently working on some maps for our Counter-Strike: Source Gun Game server, and these will be available for download shortly. Here is a preview of one of my maps:
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For new mappers who would like some helpful advice, I cannot give you a better piece of advice than this. It says it all.

And on that note, Its not every day that you see your name dominating a christian school sign (especially your alias), so i had to pull over and take a picture.

4/05/2009
Collaboration of events
Collaboration of events
Posted by The Master on 4/05/2009
Here it is: a news post after almost 4 months... Enjoy.
While the concept of an almighty gaming community is a nice one to have, it is however a harder dream to invision than previously thought. Basically, there have been many factors in my life due to recent events which have led me to neglect my work and continuation on Censored Gaming. However, there is good news. I am about to purchase a computer, from which i will be able to further my work on this community and get it up and running again. I do sincerely apologize for the lack of.. Well, anything really at all. There will be major strides toward a more open community with more interaction from users, and a more interactive website.
Some history of Censored Gaming...
Censored Gaming is a collaboration of ideas and dreams, which someday in the near future will reach its potential. It was formed due to many failed attempts at creating a successful gaming community. After its initial creation, the name stuck with us and we realized that we may have something. So, myself and maybe two others began working on getting servers up for our upcoming community for users to pub in, as well as voice servers so we could become interactive. After the integrity of the site was set up and i had all the servers ready to go, we began on ways to expand our name, which led to the creation of our Xfire and Steam groups. From there, we tried to expand our name as much as possible, and with many successful attempts. We've had bursts of activity, and likewise - inactivity. In the past, we have basically been a teeter totter. Our website looked like crap, and was completely useless apart from our forums, and we had hundreds of people. Now we have a very decent website, and we are getting inactivity. So, due to recent inspirations and events, have some ideas we'd like to share, and hopefully put into action.
Here are a few to note:
-A weekly podcast of somesort, to inform the community.
-Website changes to make the site more interactive and user friendly.
-Hopefully, an active IRC channel for scrims and updates.
These are just a few ideas, but we hope to put some amazing things into work very soon. Don't forget about us, and stay tuned...
12/13/2008
Face Lift
Face Lift
Posted by The Master on 12/13/2008
Happy early Christmas guys, and a happy half a year to Censored Gaming! We have a lot of news to share, so hope you enjoy.
We have done a massive reconstruction on the sites color scheme. Including a new background image, link colors, new Steam Community picture, media player, nav buttons, and many headers. I wanted to go with a darker feel for the site to make it less colorful and cluttered, yet retain the professionalism. I think the new colors turned out very nicely, and would love to hear what you guys think about it.
Other less noticable changes include an RSS feed for the news posts! Now its easier than ever to subscribe to our news and see whats going on. The link to subscribe is located at the top right of the page, next to the time (for those visualy impaired :p). Also, we have cleaned up the site significantly to make it less cluttered, and organized content better to make the site easier to view. The top members pictures are now individualy clickable, as well as page updates to all the top members. Check it out!
12/02/2008
Hard at Work
Hard at work
Posted by The Master on 12/2/2008
I can't believe it has been half a year already! It's been such a learning experience for me to work on this community, and i hope you have enjoyed it as much as i have working on it.
We have done a lot of work on the site in various places, and included much more content to give it a more professional feel. We have also done massive work on our Counter-Strike 1.6 server which is completely functional and a lot more fun. Here are the updates as follows:
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Top Members:
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We have incorporated new buttons on each members page for easier navigation, and also welcomed some new members to the community. To view them click on the view bios button under top members on the top left ofe the page.
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Contact:
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Finally, we have fixed the contact code and is now generating emails correctly as you fill them out. We have also cleaned it up and made the page look a lote better. Feel free to try the page out yourself.
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Home:
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Incorporated a shoutbox for everyone to enjoy! Also added a status to reflect our current recruiting status. We are recruiting! And collapsed all the news post for more convenient viewing.
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Store:
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Fixed page error as it was showing the old contact page, instead of the correct one.
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Forums:
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Updated to the latest version of phpbb3: v3.0.3, and also added an enter forums page to agree to the terms.
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CS 1.6 Server
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A ton of work including better rates to provide a true 500fps gameplay, new mods such as weapon physics and some friendly bots to play with! Updated AMXX to latest: 1.8.1 and fixed the stats issue! /me and /rank now work. For a list of our server rates and full list of mods, please visit our servers page.
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**Any comments or feedback towards future work on the site would be greatly appreciated. Simply post in the forums, shoutbox, or email me using the contact page!
Heres a sneak peek at what my computer area looks like, and what i use to work on the community. Not the best right now, but it gets the end result i want.
11/26/2008
Surface Tension
Surface Tension
Posted by The Master on 11/27/2008
Here's some more news on our progress... It's slow, but bare with us.
Website development:
Basically like i've stated before, work from behind the lines. I've been reconstructing the site from the grounp up. While doing so, fixing code errors, and strategically organizing content on the site, as well as updating dead links and posting more info. We've incorporated a shoutbox for all you lazy people who don't like to forum whore like me :p
Server Developement:
I have updated all the server information on all the pages to reflect the new ventrilo server as the gametracker on the site has been showing the old info for about a month :p I've also edited the channels in vent so it's not completely empty anymore, and as it stands you can still recieve your own channel & channel admin! Either post in the forums requesting a channel and provide contact info, or pm me in the shoutbox and i'll further contact you.
**Any invoice or opinions on the site or community would be great! Either in the forums or shoubox, give us your input.
11/07/2008
We're not dead
We're not dead
Posted by The Master on 11/07/2008
We are slow progress right now due to lack of management, but we are still up and running, and as always our servers are up and running for all you gamers who enjoy them. Just wanted to post this to let you guys know Censored Gaming isn't dead (contrary to popular talk) and we will be up and running again shortly. In the meantime, read on to see what we've been up to.
Bored? Want to talk with the community other than our forums? Go ahead, give a shout! With our new shoutbox on the right side of the page! Keep it clean and no spamming. Have fun.
Other than the obvious, behind the scenes we have been doing some reconstruction on the site, fixing bad code and organizing as well as updating old content. We have also collapsed all of the news threads for convienence. Tell us what you think, give us a shout! Check in regularly for updates, and as always our forums and contact section are up and running if you have any questions.
5/31/2008
New server admin pricing!
New server admin pricing!
Posted by The Master on 5/31/2008
5$ - 1 month full server admin
10$ - 2 months full server admin
13$ - 3 months full server admin -25% Off!
18$ - 4 months full server admin -25% Off!
25$ - 6 months full server admin -Half a Year!
50$ - 1 year of full server admin -Full Year, 365 days!
Donations
Donate any amount equal to or above 5$ and recieve 1 month full server admin for free. You will also recieve lifetime recognition, and your own color and rank in the forums!
Remember we offer lifetime recognition, plus your own rank and color in the forums, a history on the donation page, and as always a great place to relax and talk games, mods, computers, help, everything you need!
We greatly appreciate everyone's support and thank each and every one of our donators as we continue to better our community to please you!
*If you wish, you may donate above 5$, however maximum recieved admin will be 1 month because of the benefits.