MCON Ages

Ages in MCON are what we call World regens. Everytime the world is regenerated, it constitutes a new age. Currently MCON is in its third age.

The First Age (MCON Beta)
The first age of MCON began on the 14th of October 2011. It was inntended as an open testing ground for the server in order to catch any bugs or exploits before the server went live. Unlike the ages that followed, the first age had all the founders able to build nations, in adition to the regular players. All the founders were given restrictions making them as powerful as the normal players. One Admin account was left open in order to troubleshoot or fix any bugs. This was eventually stopped when a player accused the founders of exploiting their abilities to get ahead. While this was untrue, all founders were forbidden from starting Nations after that.

The Second Age
The Second age of MCON was started on the 16th of January 2012, after an extended hiatus involving the departure of MCON founder sudentappaja, as well as the outcry over the rumor that the founders were exploiting the server's gameplay for personal gain. Hyperjaw picked up the cost of the server, and SimonHull returned to his active roll of server manager, and began fixing the problems that had plagued the first age of the server. After two months of work, the Server returned with a refreshed website, a new wiki, upgraded hardware, and improved stability, along with several new features. during this age the growth of the server exploded, causing a 75% boost in members in its first week. However due to the growth, and a number of bugs and exploits, the server collapsed under the weight of the issues.

Age 2.5
The world was regenerated after the problems in The Second Age. Because of a problem with the permissions system, all users were unable to do anything. The world stayed up for over a month, but due to computer crashes, increased workload at his job, and being unable to find time to fix the server, SimonHull was unable to fix the issue at that time.

The Third Age
The Third Age was started on the 20th of April 2012. After the impromptu hiatus of the Second Age, SimonHull, finally having some time free, set about bringing the server back to working form. The Third Age of the server is the most stable age thus far. and at the time of writing. is now the longest running Age in MCON history.

The Fourth Age (Skylark)
While no official announcement has been made. SimonHull has revealed to several that the title for the next age of MCON is 'Skylark '. While no details have been released. Skylark has been hinted at being a step in a slightly different direction, in order to fix some current outstanding gameplay problems. Testing is planned to begin shortly, with an official release shortly thereafter.