The End of BrokenLens Servers

xNxahy said:
I’m probably the most hated player to ever play brokenlens but tbh there’s many things we can do to save the server ( I hope I don’t get banned again and he actually sees this

1- u can unban everyone to give the server so u get a boom of more players to make it alive since staff can’t keep the hackers away and I’m 200% sure the old players would definitely donate to the server to keep it alive u can test it there’s nothing left to lose anyways smh

2- u can sell the server If u actually care about everyone else or u can just partner with someone else that can give a boost of money to the server


I love bl I had a lot of problems with staff and generally everyone but I don’t wanna see this server be closed because it will be missed
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please ignore ^ take all the time you need to focus on your mental health Gabriel. everyone should be appreciative of the time we were ABLE to spend together and the friends we’ve made. this decision is much bigger than “Oh no money so we close server :3”. always prioritize your mental health above everything else.
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I'm not really one for long posts and I feel like I'll just be repeating what everyone else has said anyways.

I'm glad I had the opportunity to be a part of this community and ty to everyone who helped to make it a great time. It was a good run while it lasted and I won't forget it.
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This actually made me shed tears after reading the whole story and I'm really sorry for you Gabriel, i can't even imagine what your going trough in life, i know this was a very difficult decision for u but your mental health matters the most, as long as your feeling healthy then it's good for all of us.
I also want to thank you for making BrokenLens my childhood I've been apart of this server for almost 6 years and I've met many wonderful people throughout my journey and I'm really glad that i was apart of the Community, BrokenLens was the only server that motivated me to play the game, you made so much minigames that we're so enjoyable and they made me very happy.
I'm really suprised that Microsoft still hasn't featured BrokenLens, every one of your supporters including me would vouch for this server to be featured any day. But once again I'm very sorry that you're going through this and it must of been hard to make the decision to shut down BrokenLens. Whatever Job you find next I'm sure you will be good and it and i hope it will be good enough to pay for your bills. If i was rich i would immediately donate you 100,000$ in cash because not only have you've changed people's live, you also changed mine aswell and i would really repay you back.
Best Of Luck In The Future Gabriel, we will miss you and we love you <3
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Thank you for the 3 years of happiness this server provided me with when I used to play it 24/7; the end was inevitable and we all saw it coming, just didn't know when.

Goodluck Gab o7
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What a lot of persons IRL dont know about me is that Brokenlens made who i am today .

After the loss of loved ones and the army , i was a lost teenager , dont know what to do of my life , where to go , i wasnt even taking care of myself anymore and all i was doing was sleep , all day , all night , being awake just to eat a bit and going to toilets and the cycle continued .
At the absolute lowest i've been sent to my grandma , which forced me to have a job and with which money i bought an used laptop and played BL after being it recommanded by a friend , at this point i already planned to take it all out , I'm not proud of that part , but its important as BL had an impact on this .
A few days before the date , i've met said friend on BL , which introduced me to the games , especially H&S , that i fell in love with , i started getting levels , grinding it ( I made my firsts 100 levels on H&S ! ) i've met amazing people and even tweeted mario's small butt , it was my first interaction with someone else than my grandma and coworkers , i loved it , i met amazing peoples and , day after day , i wanted to meet them again , and the date never came , not the slightest , over the months i went much better , just because i had a reason : I WANTED MORE BROKENLENS !
Thats when i entered the forum , met who will become the first builders and my decision was settled , i will Build , not for the fun of building , but to become a BL Builder , and i improved , i improved so much you cant even imagine ahahahaa :pompus:

The rest is well known , most of you lived it , it was awesome but i still had no purpose in life , my mind was better but not my future , ♥♥♥♥ it , i want to build more , i had ideas and a way too weak laptop .
thats where i learned stuff about PC's , way too much stuff in fact , i upgraded my laptop which allowed me to build even bigger maps , some went unreleased , some are still waiting approbations , but they're here , they're on BL , just waiting :)

I wanted bigger than what my new laptop allowed me to do , so i searched and fell deeper into the world of PC's and i found it , what will be my motivation !

In 2020 was launched my buisness offficially , it went down a few months later due to low revenue but its alright , i'll do it again , i'll find a way , i have it , my purpose in life , my motivation , who I AM !



I made mistakes in BL , its undenyable , by the way did you know that you're also the ones that teached me English ? hell yeah brothers ! without you i wouldnt even be talking here today ! :D
back to topic , i made mistakes on BL its undenyable , some are still hunting me today , but i turned the page and its history , Brokenless will always be a part of myself , especially because deep in my mind , those old thoughts are here , but they can never escape as they are stuck in a bubble .
Stuck in a blue Bubble , with a squirrel that has a lens on its eye :)

Thank you brokenlens , thank you so much , you will always be a part of me , quite litterally as you're the ones that kept me alive indirectly but eh !
Still count i guess ;)

I want to thanks all of you that i met along the years , you dont realise the impact you had on me , i want to apologise to the ones i wronged , i hope we can overcome this , together !

and to you gab , thank you too even tho i told you once , i will tell you again , my DM's are open !

April 16 is saturday at 6 am for me , i will make my best to be on the server for its final moments , i love you so much BL , i hope we can all overcome the lost of the servers and , who knows ? maybe in a few years , brokenlens will rise again , stronger than it was before !
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vertx said:
Hello everybody,

Today, I come with more bad news for BrokenLens.

Following up on https://brokenlens.xyz/forums/threads/brokenlens-needs-your-support.140110/
our campaign back in December was able to keep the gears turning around here for a few more months, and for that I thank everyone who helped out. A special thanks goes for those who sent in donations as well, it was an incredibly generous act and some of you single handedly covered multiple of our hosting bills.

Unfortunately though, during the past 2 months, BrokenLens only generated negative revenue yet again, there hasn't been enough sales to cover all of our next hosting bills even after exploring cheaper options. we do need quite a lot of resources to keep the network up and running.

You also may have noticed we haven't been pushing out updates as quick as we did in the past, and honestly, part of the reason is the lack of motivation, perspective and joy that I, Gabriel, once had working for BrokenLens.
I personally have been feeling really unwell both mentally and physically with the situation we are going through, be it all the burn out, be it the loss of revenue and subsequently the inability of keeping both myself and the server up even after investing my own funds in it, be it our dwindling player counts through the years, be it the unfair competition we've gathered after featured servers were introduced (In Mojang's own words: there isn't a process of application to become a featured server, Mojang simply decides who they will choose to become featured. - essentially deciding which servers succeed and which servers fail. featured servers not only have access to a broader audience, but also, among other things, access to essential tools for steadily keeping up with new game updates. Let me ask you guys, is this fair competition?). this whole situation has been dragging on for years and years, and the thing is: it has not been easy.

When we officially launched back in January 14th, 2016, we were an immediate success, gathering around 50 thousand registered players in just one week. this was even before we had a build team and developed a way for players to seamlessly switch between servers - if you tapped on an NPC it would kick you out and show you the direct IP address for the game servers. we pushed massive updates daily and it turned out to be our most successful year ever peaking at nearly 15k concurrent players, sometimes even more.
today, we sit at 12.3 million registered players from almost every single corner of the world, and this is a huge achievement for us.
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Along the years, we formed the most wonderful staff team we could have ever asked for, our builders, staff managers, admins, moderators, helpers, everyone in the staff team is extremely talented at what they do, and we couldn't have gone as far as we did without them. they made this server possible in so many ways I can't even express in just words, and I'm extremely proud of calling this team the best one in the world.
If you are a BrokenLens player, I'm sure they all have touched your life in some way or another, even if you don't realize how yet. And I would like to thank them for everything they've done and accomplished here, from the bottom of my heart.

I'm sure at this point you already know what I'm about to announce. and it's something that makes me extremely sad both for the staff team and the players. I never wanted to have to take this decision.
But, BrokenLens cannot keep itself afloat anymore, and I have to start thinking of my future too. I need to move on and find a different job to pay for my bills. I need to start thinking of my mental and physical health at some point. and unfortunately, the only choice I have moving forward, is to close the BrokenLens servers permanently :(

This has not been an easy decision for me, and it's been a source of uncountable sad emotions during the past few days. I know some of you will be sad, and some of you will be mad, but finally, I've come to the conclusion it has to happen.

April 16th, 2022 is the day, at 11:59PM EST.

As the clock ticks midnight, all BrokenLens servers will be switched off forever. and if something good comes out of all of it, I hope it's the good lasting memories and friendships we've all made in there through the years. We've all learned something in this long journey, and BrokenLens might have failed as a network, but if we were able to affect your life positively in some way, in the end, our mission will have been a success.

Only the servers are gonna be affected by this decision, the forums and the app will remain online for as long as possible so our collective history can be preserved. and we will be removing our filters to allow everyone to recommend different servers and discuss any Minecraft and off-topic related content here for the foreseeable future. feel free to recommend new forum sections as well.

That is all,
I wish all the staff members and contributors good luck in your future endeavours,
And thank you everyone for supporting us till the end.

Gabriel Dickinson | Founder
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The last time I started play March 1st 2020 and I took full advantage for how to play mw this is only my favorite game and I had so much good memories especially I play too much than my others and I was doing goals to reach higher wins and I play a lot together with my friends in mw. I felt so much emotional never been before in my life this is the first time a server will shut down permanently.
And I truly understand that or not but these creations you made its very talented and enjoyable I just wanna say I'm thankful that you let us bring for fun time
Thank you for the memories brokenlens .
And God bless you all
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Quem me conectou este servidor foi uma garota por quem me apaixonei, mas não consegui abrir. Há alguns meses, não tivemos a oportunidade de nos encontrar por meses devido à abertura de escolas e outros motivos. Desde que o feriado começou, ele definitivamente ficará online por um dia ou dois, mas como não consigo acessar o servidor, nunca poderei abrir meus sentimentos para ele. De qualquer forma (embora possa parecer um pouco impossível), espero que BrokenLens se abra para os jogadores novamente um dia. Foi uma honra conhecê-lo senhor vertx :)
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Never thought I'd see the day, I'm surely gonna miss everyone and all the good times I've shared in this server. I thank you as well for giving us such a memorable experience with a group of people and for making us enjoy all the gamemodes and updates you've added. I also hoped that the server would even try improving one day but we can totally understand why this is one of your hardest decisions ever made.
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Samurai_770 said:
Quem me conectou este servidor foi uma garota por quem me apaixonei, mas não consegui abrir. Há alguns meses, não tivemos a oportunidade de nos encontrar por meses devido à abertura de escolas e outros motivos. Desde que o feriado começou, ele definitivamente ficará online por um dia ou dois, mas como não consigo acessar o servidor, nunca poderei abrir meus sentimentos para ele. De qualquer forma (embora possa parecer um pouco impossível), espero que BrokenLens se abra para os jogadores novamente um dia. Foi uma honra conhecê-lo senhor vertx :)
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destined said:
will we get a refund on our ranks my family is scrounging for food. we are really poor and 30 dollars back would change our life.

sincerely, destined (tyler)
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Why would you even ask that? Vertx deserves all the contributions after all his sacrifice for the server.

I wish everyone all the best with their future endeavours, especially Vertx and the Brokenlens Staff team. Your commitment to keep this server going has been noted by everyone and we all appreciate the time and effort you have devoted to the community. Although, it is a sad ending, I am sure we will cherish all the memories made from the past and hopefully bigger and better opportunities will come across all of us!
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