From me joining the server as that guy in the hockey skin, to the beaver, to...uhhh....girl skins (#blameMerc)
Damn right, you are welcome my friend.
But on a serious note, whilst "I told you so" may be appropriate here, this is no laughing matter. You put your heart and soul into this place and for that I think everyone has to give you some merit. We as friends had our ups and downs just like the server, and although it pains me to see both it and you go, it's good to see that something more will rise from the ashes. I will definitely be peeking at that GitHub and the world download when they're up you can be sure of that, who knows maybe at times we can all work out a kind of "reunion" where a server is hosted for everyone to say hi to their old friends and see what comes of it; either way I am glad you decided to move forward, and I wish you the best in your future endeavours (all of you).
But hey, let's not be sad bud; at least we finally figured out that durability bug before this happened amirite? One for old times /)