[Charmy]

I will be the first to say, my skills as a programmer are not in anyway "l33t" just ask khan i have been working on the same damn error in our patcher for the past week. But i will say that i agree with khan and cooter in that the public -> Dev communication is terrible, i admit that indeed alot of questions out there should be ignored, but at the same time alot of them should be looked at, and more than often answered by devs. Not becuase they are the only ones out there who would be able to find a fix, but becuase they more often than none have a fix for it.
Now i understand that server fixes that are present on WR will often not make it into the CVS becuase wiz i am sure is proud of his server, and he also uses an older version of the code which would be difficult to pick and choose what fixes should be added.

Just look at quite a few of the people with Developer Status, alot of them have under 100 posts, and still some even have under 50 posts. What it was that got them dev status, i am guessing it is the fact that out of the 50 posts they have made 49 of them were all page after page of code fixes, which i bow to you for. but should a developer always hide int he dark behind his walls of code? Personally i believe a dev should have to get up and talk with the public, answer the questions that are perhaps "new" not the ones the post about somthing as common as "My EQClient has crashed, why?". But questions about recent code fixes the dev(s) made, and how they changed the server.

Now i know that not all the devs don't talk in just code, infact quite a few of them are very fun to talk to. Wiz, Bush, BS, image, and devnoob before he left.

As for the JD program, i agree that alot of people probably posted for the title, my question is, why are they not just Devs? they have proven they have the ability to program, they know what the hell they are doing, so why not just make them Devs?

And finally reguarding the arrival of the Pig Farmer. There are some things i appricate about it, and some things i think are just plain stupid. I admit the form needed some revamping, but giving out Titles like "I need to flame to feel self-worth" well, i just don't see a need for it, maybe i have no sense of humor, and i am sure i will earn some gay ass title for posting about this, if i might request "The Annoying Jew" would be nice.

Or him making "put down" comments about other servers not only on the formus but in our irc channel as well. and before you ask where, i will remind you of the fact you assumed KhaN had warezed out his copies of 3dmax and maya, which although i am sure no one cares, does make us look bad to people who don't think warez is legit, becuase well.. it isn't. or when we were suggesting about things in our irc channel you popped in listened and made comments about how dumb an idea it was, and how you didn't think it would make any change to the game.
But that doesn't mean i don't like some of his work, he spends alot of time monitoring the boards, and... changing them, and...
Well not all the stuff he does it bad, just.. alot of it people don't really like.

I have no end to this, so i take a small bow. ~George Carlin.