The End of BrokenLens Servers

The only hope for us is to get scouted by the mojang crew to get promoted/ or to be a featured server, but sadly mojang doesnt recognize or just doesnt notice us at all in general, it would be great if we can atleast tweet how great our server is amd how it is fun to play with with it's bunch of minigames, I hope yall can help us with the tweeting. I'm not good at making hashtags but if i do, can it be #BrokenLensFeaturedServer. Brokenlens will be my forver home. My minecraft life might started with other servers like keinett and lbsgg but I found brlns as something irreplaceable. I blame myself for coming so late and only experienced this kinda treatment for just mere 3 years. Thankss for creating serverr for us vertx, this server created a lot of memories for us and introduced a lot of friends which i would not even think about in real life, a mere ugly lazy person who uses his inferiority complex for popularity. I'm glad that this place existed. I also hope that you, gab, will also treat yourself better now too. Thanks and take care of your healthh. I hope it isn't in a state that your mind think abot useless thoughts! Take Caree!! #BrokenLensFeaturedServer

 

Words are not enough to express how grateful I am towards this community. You truly made a special place and for many of us it was our second home. I appreciate and thank you very much for all that you have done. I hope all goes well with you, I’m always rooting for you ♡

Although it saddens me to see it go like this, I’m so grateful to have been apart of this lovely community. I have enjoyed my time here and I will miss all that this place represents. It’s been a pleasure to be apart of this family, but more than that - It has been such a big part of mine and I’m sure many others lives.

As with any special place it is the people who make it and it will be those I will miss the most. Even though this chapter has come to an end, we will always have memories of this place. BrokenLens our second home.

 

Being a player here from the start of this server was the best, all the friends i made along the way were so sweet and funny. It breaks my heart to see the server finally close its doors to everyone but as the saying goes nothing lasts forever. Im glad gab is focusing on himself now and i hope his journey in life goes well. This server has been a blast to play on and games were so much fun, aswell as the community being welcoming and accepting to anyone <3 Its been really fun making new friends and hanging around the mm lobby to see newcomers join. I have had my fair shares of being muted and warned but still didnt stop me from making friends ; D

 

it was a very good run, although i have not been active in the community like i used to be, thank each and every one of you for everything and every single memory from when i first joined the server over 6 years ago. you all made my life and i’ll remember all of you ( :

 

Damn. I wasn't expecting to see this today.

In 2016, I joined and met the people whom I talk about a lot in these forums. I met Voniblynn, whom I'll be enternally grateful for. The friends I made in 2019 are still here, and I absolutely cherish every one of them. If it wasn't for this server, I wouldn't have met them. I wouldn't have found Voni, and I'm sure we all wouldn't be as happy as we are without each other.

The lobbies were so much fun to explore, the games were amazing and diverse, and there was something for everyone. It was the first server for this version of MC to actually feel professional. Even Lifeboat didn't feel this spectacular. You rivaled them in my opinion, and beat them with an iron fist. Lifeboat doesn't deserve to be on the featured list. Especially considering how terribly they've run their server recently. BrokenLens will always be my favorite, and the one true unsung hero of MCPE networks.

Thank you for every memory, every friendship, and all the fun you've given us, Gabriel. I'll miss this place. It'll remain part of our history forever. May God be by your side in your future. Farewell. ♡

 

Really sorry that this happened, but hearing about your life is so unfortunate. I can't imagine all your hard work and the pressure you're having until now but I just wish you can find the perfect solution and have the best of luck to you.
Don't worry it's totally okay, we're definitely understand your mental & physical health are much much more important than this, after all of this fantastic journey you really deserve a break.

BL has been a huge part of my life which is really special & meaningful, I learnt a lot from this community. The moment when I found out this server, it's definitely one of the best out there. Even being accepted as a staff too? I just couldn't explain the excitement I had when I first time met you for that one accepted splt map, also brought good maps for the community which make me really happy to get this opportunity, it really felt like a dream.
I'll always keep these memories we had as a precious treasure. I'm really grateful for the community too for your supportive & encouraging words for me in this position of the staff team, also big thanks to the amazingly talented builders, staffs and surely a great owner. It's been a great ride, don't give up! Keep fighting!

 

I’m so thankful for all the wonderful people here, I’ve made so many friends and memories that I won’t be forgetting. The community here has made this place into something truly special and I’m glad I had the opportunity to be a part of it. Hopefully we can get one last raid of all the games in, I’ll seriously miss playing with everyone <3

 

-There are no words to describe how incredible the server is and will be in our memories of this great community that has been created after the passage of these years, time passed so quickly that I barely remember the day I registered in 2016, but we must thank you for the great effort that @vertx has made to maintain a server as great as BROKENLENS <3 today I say goodbye in a sad way but at the same time happy for the friends I had the opportunity to meet.

also without neglecting the work of the staff, who are good people and a great team.

First of all, thank you @vertx for giving us a few years of great happiness and taking away our boredom with all those mini-games that exist in BROKENLENS, very good job and I wish you the best of luck in the future!

 

I remember in 2016 when I would sprint home so I could play on BrokenLens and see all of my friends, I would sneak my iPad past 2am on school nights, there were even kids at my elementary school years ago who knew about the server and played it. On the first day of school last year, I introduced myself with my hobby as "Moderating Brokenlens" and two students who I had never met before knew about it and said they played it years ago too.

I've wanted to experience working for this server since I was a little girl, and I'm eternally grateful I got 10 amazing months with the most dearest staff team. They are my second family, and BrokenLens will always be a second home to me, a safe-place. What a dream come true, and the most rewarding experience and feeling.

When I lost my friends in 2017, I never felt like I really had to let go of them, as I still had the place we all met and spent our prime days in. It is a mix of emotions having to face this fear that I've buried, of losing all of my friends again. This community was brutal to you and you didn't deserve it, and it is okay to lose love and excitement in something you used to enjoy doing, you are never obligated to stick around to anything you don't enjoy any longer, or financially can't.

You're going to be okay, Gab.

Spoiler: .

 

honestly, as a person whos been here for awhile, i cant say i wasnt expecting something like this to happen, because i was expecting it at some point. just not this soon. it hurts knowing that the server actually is going to come to an end, but after reading all that, i understand why. throughout the time ive been apart of the server and forums, there definitely has been ups and downs on both of them for me personally. but in the end, id say that i had a great time on it regardless of the handful of bad things that went on. this server definitely was different from every other one that ive played on. yes, some of the games were the same, like skywars. but overall, comparing it to other servers, brlns still was my favourite server to play on all the time. i really enjoyed its uniqueness and the fact that it just felt different in every way. sure, there could have been some things that were changed or improved abit, but i still had a great time playing despite that. im grateful for all the staffs efforts and time they spent banning hackers and helping people out, etc. and im grateful for all the people ive met and all the friends ive made over the years too. this server definitely will remain as a memory close to me. ill never forget it. i hope the best for you vertx, and everyone else too <3.

 

I am in shock, I've only ever kept playing minecraft because of this server over the last few years. It's a been great run with everyone I've ever played with whether I was friends with them or not. Although, over the last few months I've been absent this server has been nothing but a lifesaver for me on many levels. One of them being my escape from reality. I'm sure many others can say the same. Murdermystery and the community will forever be a part of me. I wish the best for you Vertx and everyone else. You were a great server owner and I want to thank you for giving me an opportunity to play.

If anybody needs anything or wants to keep in contact.
My instagram is Dkysmilan

- Labyrinth ♤

 

Honestly the anger and grief I feel is immense, I have many memories on this server all the way back towards 2017, the good and the bad. After the decline of player count, I knew deep down it was time to move on gradually since I would play 24/7 all day, more than half the night during my high school years. Nonetheless, I'm glad to have had part in Broken Lens nearly since its beginning and its unfortunate end. I'm sort of in loss for words, farewell. ♡
dc; emili#1418
for anyone who wants to keep in touch.

 

This is not the end of the road

 

I can not believe this

 

An end to a perfect era.

 

Do not close forums

 

Honestly, considering that I've been on the forums far less than 1% of my waking time for the last 20 months and on the server even less, I'm surprised that I happened to log in today when this message was posted. Not a more opportune time could have been selected! I can't say I'm shocked, because very little shocks me. But, I was picturing logging into the forums 30 years from now for the first time, say, in 15 years and perhaps chuckling to myself about how the server has thrived over the years without my constant maintenance.


Oof.


(Excuse my dark sense of humor).


I probably joined BL at the least ideal time in my life--let's just say, I was not ready for online interaction (even if people viewed me as being polite and clean-mouthed). Additionally, I left the server right around the time that by the grace of God (yes, by the grace of God) I began to escape from the most hopeless and meaningless time of my life. Am I saying that was BL's fault? Lol no--correlation does not equate causation, kids. I was fully responsible for my problems, and BL did what it was made for--it was a great server with a thriving community that fought together with the administration to protect its young players (and as I would argue, its older ones in the same way) by putting down all kinds of players who breached the guidelines set forth. I still like the server, and although I don't have time to play much anymore, it has been in many ways a bright spot in my life, even if from my perspective it is stained with the consequences of my actions.


Thanks for the good times, vertx (et al.).


Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the difficult days come,
And the years draw near when you say,
“I have no pleasure in them”:
While the sun and the light,
The moon and the stars,
Are not darkened,
And the clouds do not return after the rain;
In the day when the keepers of the house tremble,
And the strong men bow down;
When the grinders cease because they are few,
And those that look through the windows grow dim;
When the doors are shut in the streets,
And the sound of grinding is low;
When one rises up at the sound of a bird,
And all the daughters of music are brought low.
Also they are afraid of height,
And of terrors in the way;
When the almond tree blossoms,
The grasshopper is a burden,
And desire fails.
For man goes to his eternal home,
And the mourners go about the streets.

Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed,
Or the golden bowl is broken,
Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain,
Or the wheel broken at the well.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“All is vanity.”

And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs. The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright—words of truth. The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.

-- Ecclesiastes 12

 

this is really unfortunate. as someone who has been here since 2017 and has far too many good memories on this server, i knew this was coming. i didn’t expect it to be so soon once coming to this realization just last year, i had truly hoped we all had more time to continue playing on this server. i cannot thank you enough for all the memories this server has given myself and all the other people on this server. i hope things do get better for you, vertx. i have personally had such a wonderful time on this server, although getting banned quite a lot for stupid reasons and for laughs(oops!). i have met some of my best friends from this place and i will truly never ever forget this place, it has had such a huge impact on my life these past couple years. as upset as i am, i do understand the reasoning behind this decision and accept this.