The state of things

[The Lovin Spoon]

knoy 2014 stop at evrything

[katoon123]

http://www.spigotmc.org/threads/29091/

[TheGoldenKibby]

If you guys do choose to close Minecraft servers, will you close the modpack ones too?

[BattleAxium]

Yep that new guy ^ might just save us.
Yay for sponge-whateveritsname is and let's hope they don't take months to get a build out. (although they probably will since they are starting from scratch)

In case, you can't tell none of the people working on Sponge are new to developing Minecraft. All of them have worked with the code in one form or another. So, it really shouldn't take too long for them to replace everything. Anyways, we should be thanking these developers for working towards a new Minecraft API, rather than criticizing how long it will take them to create everything developed over years from scratch. 

Who is involved in this effort?
sk89q (of WorldEdit/WorldGuard)
blood (of MCPC+/Cauldron)
LexManos (of Forge/FML/MCP)
cpw (of Forge/FML/MCP)
Portions of the Spout team (Zidane/Raphfrk/DDoS/Sleaker)
Portions of the Flow team (kitskub)
Portions from ForgeEssentials (AbrarSyed)
Other Bukkit Plugin developers (KHobbits/Elgarl/zml)
Portions of the FTB team
The Canary team
Glowstone (SpaceManiac)
Spigot team
Some previous contributors to Bukkit
Other people failed to mention...

[TheGoldenKibby]

Yep that new guy ^ might just save us.
Yay for sponge-whateveritsname is and let's hope they don't take months to get a build out. (although they probably will since they are starting from scratch)

In case, you can't tell none of the people working on Sponge are new to developing Minecraft. All of them have worked with the code in one form or another. So, it really shouldn't take too long for them to replace everything. Anyways, we should be thanking these developers for working towards a new Minecraft API, rather than criticizing how long it will take them to create everything developed over years from scratch. 

Who is involved in this effort?
sk89q (of WorldEdit/WorldGuard)
blood (of MCPC+/Cauldron)
LexManos (of Forge/FML/MCP)
cpw (of Forge/FML/MCP)
Portions of the Spout team (Zidane/Raphfrk/DDoS/Sleaker)
Portions of the Flow team (kitskub)
Portions from ForgeEssentials (AbrarSyed)
Other Bukkit Plugin developers (KHobbits/Elgarl/zml)
Portions of the FTB team
The Canary team
Glowstone (SpaceManiac)
Spigot team
Some previous contributors to Bukkit
Other people failed to mention...

It's like the Avengers, but with Minecraft scripting.

[Towelie]

aware.
new guy = new project i meant

[MyToesAreBlue]

If you guys do choose to close Minecraft servers, will you close the modpack ones too?

most of the packs use old versions

[UntrustedAlly]

Damn. Let's hope Mr. Sponge is up to the job.
Also, a recommendation for you Towelie, I'd download bukkit for every somewhat recent version of Minecraft, just in case the website gets taken down. I realize it it's taken down then you might not be allowed to use Bukkit anymore, but just in case.

[Towelie]

If you guys do choose to close Minecraft servers, will you close the modpack ones too?

most of the packs use old versions

We aren't planning on closing any servers

[Towelie]

Damn. Let's hope Mr. Sponge is up to the job.
Also, a recommendation for you Towelie, I'd download bukkit for every somewhat recent version of Minecraft, just in case the website gets taken down. I realize it it's taken down then you might not be allowed to use Bukkit anymore, but just in case.

It's already down