Thanks man! You're most very welcome. It was interesting that I just came across it (I was hitting up the AoC site scrolling through concept art and stuff for some templates), and I noticed a mention of "Ascendant". I thought, "Is that Krawnik's Ascendant?", and what followed was a "holy crap" moment.
So super props to you guys man. World Firsts don't happen very often - That's a hell of an accomplishment.
I imagine those 1000 new visitors came from the AoC site, eh? (there's my Wisconsin accent coming out in print).
So, my veryist congrats to you guys.
Just trying to live up to our Code of Conduct
As for the visitors, from what I can tell it's been broadcast all over. Several fansites have it up on their front page, linking to our site and the AoC homepage. It's really kind of mind blowing. Had I known that screenshot would be such big news, I would've made sure the whole guild was in it.
Props to my crew in Ascendant. It's an absolute honor kickin' ass with you all!
P.S.
If you're wondering what goes into building the city through Tier 3 - it's roughly 600,000 resources and close to 1,000 gold for the blue prints. Helluva team effort went into this project!