Iron Dad’s Move Across the World
Woooo weeee…what a crazy few weeks. I know most of you have noticed my absence across all platforms and in our community discord - but it has not been without good reason! If you don’t know, I packed up my family, my pets, my cars, my house in Germany and moved back to the United States. Some of these things are still in transit in the air or by sea…so its not quite over yet. But now that I am in my final destination for this move, and finally have some wifi in this hotel…I suppose I owe you an update.
The TL:DR is that I have a house which will be ready for move in 1 February. I should be receiving my household items in the month of February but no dates are guaranteed yet. Until then, I have my phone and laptop to conduct server management, community engagement etc. Unfortunately, this means no live streams on my twitch channel just yet.
But I may have some good news on that front very soon! I believe the internet options where I am living now will open up new opportunities to not only stream on more than one platform at once, but also hosting our gameservers locally. This, of course, will take some time to setup, build etc. But I do plan on eliminated hosting services entirely and running everything from my home on the fastest possible internet available in my area(s).
The obstacles ahead are also costly. I have to build server boxes from scratch, cooling duct work, etc. This move across the world was very expensive and we are about $10,000 deep into it, and we technically aren’t even done yet! All I ask is that you all have some patience as my real life continues to disrupt the digital adventures and shenanigans we could be having! But fret not, for in time…stability will be in my life as this 20 year military chapter closes and the new one opens. A new chapter for which the foundation has been being laid for the past few years in preparation…preparation for unlimited shenanigans, servers, and streams!
More to come in the following weeks on the status of my things and life! I hope you all had a phenomenal 2024 and new year…lets make 2025 awesome together!
-Iron Dad
