Brohoof was shut down by an internet attacker, but together we are stronger!

Brohoof.com is a Minecraft server where we recreate Equestria, the world of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. You can visit our web site here:

http://www.brohoof.com/

There are a few other servers around now that serve the same audience, but Brohoof is one of the oldest and has one of the largest (and we think best!) communities. We build things from the show as accurately as we can, play together, and organise fun events. Anyone can join the server, and it is completely free to play.

Unfortunately, Brohoof is not without enemies, usually people who dislike the fan community or who have been banned from the server. In the past, the attacks on Brohoof were brief, the culprits got bored and moved on, and we brought the server back. However, towards the end of October 2012, Brohoof came under sustained distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack which showed no sign of stopping.

DDoS attacks use a flood of data traffic from many computers to attack a single server, in this case the Brohoof Minecraft server. The incoming volume of traffic is so heavy that the server cannot serve its legitimate users. In the case of the DDoS attacks on Brohoof, the sizes of the attacks were so large that other customers of our hosting provider were affected, so we were sadly forced to close the server.

Now, together, we can bring Brohoof back.

We cannot stop the DDoS attacks, but there are specialist hosting providers who have such a large network capacity that they can ignore most of these attacks completely, and keep our server running. This protection is not cheap, which is why we've started this project to fund it. Our goal is to raise enough money here to bring the Brohoof Minecraft server back at a new hosting provider for a minimum of 6 months, with full DDoS protection. Once the server is back we'll set up a way on which you can contribute to keep Brohoof running.

How will we spend the money?

If you make a pledge to fund this project but we don't raise the full amount we need, your pledge will be refunded, and Brohoof won't come back until the attacker has been stopped.

If we meet our target, we will use your pledge to bring the Brohoof Minecraft server back. If we go significantly over our funding target then we’ll run the server for longer than 6 months, as long as the pledge money lasts. If we raise over £2250 we will bring Brohoof back on an even faster host with completely bulletproof DDoS protection and even less network latency (lag).

Every penny of the money raised here today (after expenses) will be spent keeping the Brohoof Minecraft server running and protected. If the server has to close for any reason, and we still have pledge money left in our account, we will use this to provide the backups on the web to everyone for as long as possible.

Please make a pledge today to bring Brohoof back, receive exclusive Brohoof rewards, and show the haters that they can't hurt us. Friends stick together!

* In-game rewards that relate to your ability to play on the server are subject to your agreement to abide by the rules of the brohoof.com Minecraft server which may be read here:
http://www.brohoof.com/forums/forum-1/announcement-6-server-info-please-read/
If you violate these rules you may be banned from the server and will no longer have access to any in-game rewards. Backing this project does not constitute a contract for brohoof.com to provide you with an ongoing service, nor does it provide immunity from the server rules.

If you have already been banned from the server you will not be able to receive any of the in-game rewards, sorry.

If you wish to remain anonymous or do not wish to make use of the in-game rewards you may optionally choose to forfeit in-game rewards once the project is funded. This is entirely up to you.

In-game rewards will be delivered to each backer on a “reasonable best efforts” basis once the server has been relaunched, please remember our admins are all volunteers, and try to be patient.