Kurva Gaming

Kurva Gaming is an online community that hosts primarily SCP: Secret Laboratory servers in conjunction with other services capable in response to player demand. The community is currently in charge of maintaining the US East official SCP: Secret Laboratory server, granted by Northwood Studios.

Kurva Gaming

General Information
Established	2018
Owner	CTCookiie
Registered Members	6,186 (as of December 9, 2022)
Joining Process	Participation
Website	Website
Social Media
Discord	Discord server
Patreon	Patreon

History

2019

On May 20, Kurva announces that the servers are offline, citing issues with PayPal and obtaining funds. The servers returned 3 days later.

On June 1, previous community owner Alby makes an announcement on the official Discord server with a server-wide ping which is an advertisement for IcedHost.

On August 3, a bot attack was launched against SCP: Secret Laboratory which interrupted a community event scheduled for the same day. A workaround was attempted by using a direct connection IP address which was unsuccessful The event would later go on due to a reprieve in the attack.

On December 14, Kurva announces the desire for a Lua developer to work on a "newer game". Compensation is promised.

2020

On January 14, Alby makes an announcement calling attention to Wendy Williams who allegedly made fun of a physical disability they share. With a server-wide ping to 2,000 people, Alby asks members to "investigate" an attached tweet and that they were "outraged by the fact that someone could do this". Alby would later clarify that they do not endorse attacking the subject.

On March 4, Kurva announces the launch of a Rust server.

On March 8, staff member Cherry announces with a server-wide ping that community servers are down due to insufficient funds, that a temporary server had been established, and asks members to consider pledging on Patreon. 4 hours later, Alby would clarify that the servers were actually down to to their inability to go to their bank and pull the funds necessary to pay the server bill.

On March 26, Kurva announces that their 2nd and 3rd SCP: Secret Laboratory servers were being turned off to make space for the Rust server which had accumulated 119 concurrent players.

On May 16, Cherry announces that the Patreon is raising $203 monthly and thanks the community for putting Kurva in a financially stable position.

On May 19, Kurva calls for artists to create a new logo for the community. Compensation promised was a $20 STEAM Gift Card. The result of the call for logo voting, ending May 27, is the now current logo.

On May 28, Kurva announces the hosting of an SCP: Secret Laboratory tournament. It would later be cancelled due to a key organizer being unable to attend.

On June 6, Alby announces that there was a situation where there were numerous "bans, mutes, and general fuckery" on June 4 and apologizes for the behavior. They state that all future major events in the community will be ran and monitored by them.

On July 19, Kurva announces that a staff member's account had been hacked and to not join server invite links they may send.

On August 24, Kurva announces the termination of a high profile staff member due to their failure to maintain confidentiality and the abuse of elevated privileges. The subject would later make a ping in the official announcements channel to a high profile server role on September 18, and make a server-wide ping on October 16.