Hey there,
As many of you have noticed, the server has been having quite a few issues lately. In response to this, on Monday January 13th at about 10 AM Central Standard Time the server will be taken down for extensive maintenance. We have tried fixing things while you the players are on, but this often times creates more problems and the original problem doesn't really get fixed. Since we are coming close to pulling out of Beta, we have a long list of things we need to get done. As such, this maintenance session should fix a large number of problems that have been discovered and have yet to be fixed. We will also take this time to update several plugins and hopefully speed up the efficiency and increase the efficacy of Bukkit and the plugins we use.
While the server is down, there may be times that the server is up but it will be white-listed. Don't worry, this is only part of the maintenance process.
I estimate that the server will be offline anywhere from 2 to 4 hours. We will for sure have the server back open to the public by 3 PM CST.
Thanks for playing on Cyclone!
-Will