I would like to take this opportunity to officially welcome all of our new AUS-1 users, in particular the players and staff who are migrating to AUS-1 from Bored Aussie after the announcement that the Bored Aussie PvPGN server will be permanently shutting down.

Some may have seen AUS-1 and Bored Aussie as being in competition since AUS-1 re-opened our doors last year, however I have always thought of the two sites as being very valuable parts over the overall RTS community in Australia which complemented each other equally. As far as I’m concerned, when Bored Aussie officially closes its doors in April, it will be a sad day and a great loss for the Australian StarCraft and WarCraft 3/DOTA communities.

On a positive note, with the close of Bored Aussie begins a new chapter for AUS-1. We are opening our doors to all of the old Bored Aussie WarCraft 3 and DOTA players, as well as inviting a number of Bored Aussie staff to continue the great work they have been doing in the community, by joining the AUS-1 team. With the increase in players on AUS-1 we will also be bringing in additional (new) staff to manage events such as competitions and tournaments. We will also be upgrading the AUS-1 website and PvPGN server hardware to ensure there are no issues as load increases.

Now for some facts and history about AUS-1. There have been a lot of questions floating around on the forums, so I will attempt to answer the main ones here.

AUS-1 Facts and History:

• AUS-1 was founded in 1998 and was home to over 30,000 active Australian StarCraft players during the StarCraft & Brood War boom between 1998 and 2003.
• AUS-1 went into hiatus between 2004 and 2006, and was re-opened in early 2007.
• AUS-1 is owned, operated and backed by an Australian company. Therefore AUS-1 is not restricted by the growth or financial constraints that other privately hosted or individually sponsored games servers often suffer from.
• AUS-1 is not hosted in a house or an office :) The AUS-1 server is hosted/located within the TransACT Communications telehousing facility in Canberra, Australia.
• AUS-1 and our dedicated team are experienced in running large scale gaming sites and servers. A userbase the size of Bored Aussie is nothing new to us, and we are prepared and eager to face and overcome the challenges ahead.
• AUS-1 is FREE and open to all users and players from all countries. No invitation is required to join the server.

AUS-1 does not ask for any donations for using our services, rather we simply ask that you support our sponsors who continue to make this free service possible.

Helpful links:

Official introduction thread – Introduce yourself here: http://www.aus-1.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,26/topic,131.0/

Technical support forum – Ask your technical questions here: http://www.aus-1.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,26/board,12.0/

Suggestions and feedback thread - http://www.aus-1.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,26/topic,6.0/

WarCraft 3 and DOTA discussion forum: http://www.aus-1.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,26/board,10.0/

So again and officially, Welcome to AUS-1!

Sincerely,

AUS-1 Gaming Network Team

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