So its Sunday and again after a restart there is the same black screen again.... Cant quit the game and still get all the welcome text in the bottom corner!!! Anyone else facing this issue again???

You have to tab out of the game to close it. The black screen has been a bug for a long time and the server needs to be restarted when it happens. From what i have been told its from the first player that joins the server and quits/gets kicked before fully logged in and it makes the server not boot up correctly.