The End of BrokenLens Servers

I started playing on this server at the beginning of the pandemic, I didn't want that to happen but I already knew that possibly one day it would happen. luckily did several friends, haha I've been banned several times too and honestly this was one of the best servers I've ever played on. Unfortunately we say goodbye to Broken Lens.. from here in Brazil, thank you all ❤
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I needed time to process this before I posted anything- I don't want to repeat everything that everyone has already said but here goes..... Brokenlens was my world for so many years- I joined when I was so young and I truly feel the community and friends I met here helped make me who I am today- I have nothing but great memories from these past five years- from my TBB tryharding days to when I first became part of the staff team- so many truly amazing memories here♡ Wow! When I look back at how ridiculously silly we were I still laugh- I have hundreds of pictures on all my old devices of all the takeovers we used to do- all dressing as derp bacon, crayons, carrots, etc. and trying to get a screenshot of 20 people before raiding all the games in our matching skins! Murder Mystery was always the most fun- back when you could team and not get banned as sheriff and murderer :) Those were the days- seeing someone say in chat "a derp cake is murderer!" and there were at least 15 derp cakes- I will never forget it!
At some point I became a Skywars tryhard instead and met Ronvier- we had so much fun playing together- more great memories- he was always coming up with ways to make the games hilarious- either by making traps or just being silly picking flowers for people- somewhere in my Skywars days I became a builder and started devoting hours upon hours to building maps- it became such a passion of mine that I stopped playing as much- fast forward to meeting HamsomeHam and his whole gang of friends- more really great people- I started playing TSW with them- Ham and I never wanted to kill our friends so if it came down to us or them we would "Romeo and Juliet" by eating pufferfish or setting ourselves on fire- sooo hot♡ I feel like this could go on forever with me reminiscing about it all so I will try to wrap it up
Gab- you should be so flippin' proud of what you created for us- it was such an amazing positive experience for me and I'm sure countless others- you are such an incredible person- I hope you in no way look at this like a failure because I see nothing but success with what you provided us with- the experience on Brokenlens is like no other server out there- the chat system is brilliant and what kept everyone so close- in it's hayday- before all the featured servers- I could have anywhere from 40- 60 friends on all talking in chat- it was nuts AND sooo much fun- the games are so unique - you really went above and beyond to bring all this to everyone- I hope you know how much I appreciate everything you did for me- for us- Thank you from the bottom of my heart♡
I'm getting tears in my eyes so I think it's time to stop- thank you to everyone who touched my life - you all are amazing:inlove:
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Although I’ve lost much interest in this place for the past several months, I genuinely felt like crying when I read about this a few days ago..
I guess I’ll share my side of the story too?
It’s hard to believe that nearly 6 years have gone by for me- I was just 10? Crazy. Now I’m turning 16 in a few months. I first came here just to pass time when I’m bored, yk, just to do gaming- but like other people, getting involved with the community led to staying here not only because it was fun to play here, but because the community made it feel like a second home. Sure, some people were toxic, people tried to humiliate me and bully me, but that doesn’t mean I can’t say that I’ve met more people that gave me a positive impact, a place where I left reality, a place I could be myself unlike irl, a place where I found support.
I’m forever grateful for stumbling upon this place. The TSW community paved way for hundreds of amazing and unique friends, and eventually, paved the way for me to meet the very few friends that I keep up with today that became my second family. BrokenLens had such potential, seriously. There’s no other server like this. It was more than just a server actually, it was a home, a sanctuary. That won’t apply to everyone, but it definitely applies to many.
I honestly don’t know where I’d be if I never came to BrokenLens. It was a big part of my life that significantly shaped my personality and who I am as a whole. Props to vertx for being able to hold the server up for almost 7 years. 5.5 years of being here; tysm for the memories.
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I can't believe it's going down like this. I joined in 2017. It would've been the 5th yr anniversary in a few days. I can't believe that I was a baby then and now I'm getting ready for college. I made so many memories with friends I never could have imagined I'd meet. Maegan, Lag, Lance, Xizel, Dark, Sprout, Mel, Kuro, Amy, Dally, and so many more. I met the whole gang on here. My childhood was here. I remember being one of the few tnt canon masters in TSW and MW until they nerfed that. I remember being called a bow god among friends. I remember all the hackers we caught and yeeted into the sun. I don't have a detailed history of my deeds, but I was on the global leaderboard for TSW and MW. It's fun looking back and remembering the grind, watching the ldb change, facing new challengers and trolls. And even though the curtain's coming to a close, I'm so happy I got to say a goodbye to the place that changed my life. Thank you Broken Lens and all its staff. Thank you to all the homies. Feel free to reach out to me on Discord. I'd love to hear from yall again <3

ʙʟᴀɴᴋ#5231 (also my friend list may or may not be full so you're gonna have to DM me and tell me who u are LOL)
and with that, I bid you all adieu ♥
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I just can say.. this server deserves more. I mean i don't want zo be rude but some servers like pixel p minevil aren't really good they don't get members as brlns does
I hope we can all stand together even tho theres no hope but lets try even a little there's still 1% of hope
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Shive said:
On the bright side, there won’t be any more hackers to ban :eek:

(some humor to ease the bleak situation)
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I’m going to miss banning hacker man :cry: :'(
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Wasn’t expecting to see this…sad that I won’t be able to play in summer since school, oh the memories I had from the server kinda felt like I’ve been on way before I joined that was like 2019, didn’t make that much friends bcs I thought it was my ign, and how scared I am to chat with others.
Hope you guys have an amazing year igs also summer since that’s about to come up! <3
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wow I can’t believe this. its going to be my 5 year anniversary this June :’) I still talk to some people I’ve met here in 2017 to this day. I’m so grateful for the memories and all the friends I’ve made here, from being a builder to being on leaderboards it was really a great experience. I can’t believe this has to come to an end. thank you vertx for showing me there is a whole world of people to meet and thank you for bringing me to some of my still very close friends. it was wonderful being apart of this community and I will always hold this piece of myself very close. I would never trade this experience for the world, such a bitter sweet ending. forever grateful for brlns <3
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it’s been almost six years since i started playing on brokenlens, and i remember it like it was yesterday. i never knew what it would accumulate to and how much i would grow to love the community. it’s been awhile since i officially retired but i still love the community so much, despite how much it’s changed. i’m so so grateful for the time i’ve had on this sever and the people i’ve met. i hope everyone goes on to do great things, and that we all hold the memories we made here close. i love you all!! (enjoy my old blurry pics lol)
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as many others have said, i sort of saw this coming but i wasn’t expecting it so soon. personally, at first i thought i wouldn’t be too effected by the news— but after the initial post and having a few days to think about the news i’m really saddened that it has come to this. i’m really going to miss this place and i’m so glad i had the chance to meet everyone even if i haven’t had the most positive experience 100% of the time, that’s to be expected. these past four years on the server have been amazing and have introduced me to so many wonderful people

of course, mental health is the most important focus of this all and i do truly hope things get better for you gabriel, you created an amazing project that brought together so many different people from different regions. do take care and thank you once again.

and to everyone else, be safe and thank u for the experiences :)
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Prefixes brokenlens closing it door and ended it journey on 16th April EST I just want to wrote a message. I just want to thank you Gabriel for making this server and make my pvp skill improve including make new friends in server during the pandemic. To all staff members of brokenlens you did a great job from night to day really cool and hope your future will be good. To my friends thank you for wanting to friend with me it was such a wonderful time playing with guys.

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Thank You to all of you people,
Regards Picomos1234
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amqnda said:
hello guys storytime

ten year old me was desperate to find a server with hide and seek after binge watching dantdm, so there i was, browsing the list of pocket edition servers tagged with hide and seek. thats when i came across something that changed my life forever. i still remember when i typed in play.brlns.net for the very first time. oh look, Amanda4957 has now arrived. however, little did i know the impact that this server would have on my life. as someone who joined during the release of brokenlens, i have made countless memories here the past 6 years. i am so grateful i had the opportunity to meet so many amazing people and some of which i consider my best friends. i will never forget when i spent hours on hide and seek during fifth grade winter break. i will never forget seventh grade me, sitting in my last class, and all that would be going through my brain was the thought of rushing home and playing brokenlens. i will never forget lowkey tryharding like a million hours on splatter in summer 2018- the summer where i fell in love with this server. i will never forget the time of my life where the only thing that mattered to me was dressing up as derpy cakes and raiding murder mystery games. 20 cakes rushing upstairs to the pool on aquarium would literally be the highlight of my day. i will never forget spring of 2020 when i wasnt allowed to leave my house, so i returned to brokenlens to cope. i will never forget the moment when i received a particular snapchat notification- "Zoey is typing..." i was confused at first, since we usually dont text on snapchat, but as i opened it, a wave of emotions stormed over me. maybe it was sorrow, maybe it was anger. i dont know. but right now all i feel is bittersweet nostalgia. memories flooding my mind, from building block party maps, to woonas realm, to forum photo challenges. i would like to thank the staff for putting in their effort into brokenlens all these years, and i would like to thank everyone else for making brokenlens from just a block game to a home. i would also like to thank my best friends (you know who you are) i love you guys. i am eternally thankful that ten year old me stumbled across this server, and i will keep brokenlens in my heart for the rest of my life. well i mean, i literally have a banana duck statue next to my bed at all times...oh yeah, one last thing- thecakecultt for life<3

-amq
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reminds me of that bug that forced me to memorise the IPs for every server I played. MCPE wouldn't remember them for some reason, so every time I wanted to hop on and play some Murder Mystery I had to type in play.brlns.net
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FloofehGuinea said:
it’s been almost six years since i started playing on brokenlens, and i remember it like it was yesterday. i never knew what it would accumulate to and how much i would grow to love the community. it’s been awhile since i officially retired but i still love the community so much, despite how much it’s changed. i’m so so grateful for the time i’ve had on this sever and the people i’ve met. i hope everyone goes on to do great things, and that we all hold the memories we made here close. i love you all!! (enjoy my old blurry pics lol)
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[QUOTE = "Shive ، post: 1184193 ، عضو: 17084"] في الجانب المشرق ، لن يكون هناك المزيد من المتسللين لحظرهم: eek:

(بعض الفكاهة السرعة الوضع الكئيب) [/ QUOTE]
[QUOTE = "Shive، post: 1184193، member: 17084"] في الجانب المشرق ، لن يكون هناك المزيد من المتسللين لحظرهم: eek:

(بعض الفكاهة لتخفيف الوضع الكئيب) [/ QUOTE]
There will be nothing to ease this great sadness but one thing is not to close the brokenlens
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