Programming is cruel. Whenever you make a mistake in the code - be sure one day someone will use this mistake to punish you for being so inattentive. Situation goes more terrible if your are using an open source version of program coded by some one else and barely suporting it.

Few days ago such a situation happened here at iccup, with our beloved starcraft server - someone used a bug(s) in pvpgn that allows him remotely bring server down by sending special packets. We tried to analyze log files and found that server goes down with "Segmentation fault" error. This error signs there is a memory problem, but it doesn't says where .. I am not a C++ specialist, just an "amateur" so this error totally doomed me. The only choice for us was to contact `CoolFaer`, our lead server developer. Due to summer time, jobs etc we managed to start working on problem only on Friday evening.

Around 14 CET at saturday we located the bug, fixed it and started server. Everthing was fine and ClanLeague matches should be able to start soon, but.. our enemy found that we fixed this bug and started using another one, so server went down again. After some researches, we fixed this bug also among with some others.. After a couple of tests and restarts we finally runed the server. I don't know if there are any other bugs, that can be used in evil purposes, possibly - yes, so everything is possible, but now server is stable.

Fixing those bugs wasn't possible without `CoolFaer`'s help.
Also we are all thankful for those who supported us, you let us stay motived.

Regards,
iCCup tech crew.

Dearest community,
due to the downtime of the server we have to postpone the CL playday for 1 week.
Thanks for your understanding.

ICCup.Juppi and Crew

Good evening every1!

The summertime is always hard to manage because there is always inactivity due to holidays and a lot of admins moving. That's why ICCup is currently searching for 4-5 Ladder Trail admins.

What requirements do i need to join the staff?

- at least 1h a day time and willing to work with a dedicated crew on complaints forum and on the admin panel
- fluent english reading/writing skills

Please, if you are interested, apply via pm to ICCup.go0g3n. He is our Trail trainer and will review your applications and decides who will get a spot.

Sincerly,
ICCup.Juppi
Head Admin

Dear players, we apologize for the inconvenience. At this moment we are perfomnig technial update.

The server would be back to work as soon as possible.

UPD: Due to some unexpected problems with our server-box we have to delay system start at least till Wednesday. No exact dates, since it doesn't depend on us.

sincerelly,
iCCup crew