The Abyss gone again?

[John Adams]

Heh, Amra. I certainly was not directing my observations towards you, specifically. I was being vague, and general. And yes, one more thing you do need as a successful server is a community of supporters. Be that people simply willing to play and call your server "home", or people hell bent on "developing" something. Me, I prefer good ol stock EQ, that me and my fellows from our old server can bounce around on when the occasion strikes us.

I guess that's another point... having lofty goals does imply you have lofty time to spend on the project. I am way too simple for that, and I think most others are as well, which is why their servers last 2 weeks (that, and they get a D on their report card for spending so much time 'developing' and mom takes their computer away ~snicker~)


edit: let me add another observation while I am on a rant... the problem isn't the admins who decide one day they are out of interest or time- it's the players who chose a particular server and planned to live out their days there, then usually -=poof=-, everything is gone with or without an explanation. That's the part that pisses me off about people experimenting with public server emulation. The players get disenchanted, don't trust anyone, and getting players on your server becomes a task not worth your time (generally speaking)

[Amra]

Originally Posted by John Adams

edit: let me add another observation while I am on a rant... the problem isn't the admins who decide one day they are out of interest or time- it's the players who chose a particular server and planned to live out their days there, then usually -=poof=-, everything is gone with or without an explanation. That's the part that pisses me off about people experimenting with public server emulation. The players get disenchanted, don't trust anyone, and getting players on your server becomes a task not worth your time (generally speaking)

I agree with you. The problem is that when the op gets burnt out the don't offer their db up to a willing person to host it. I understand why most of them don't. I am sure they don't want to "give away
their work". Which is a shame. That's what this project is designed for.

I am offering as I don't have time to put into it at the moment. And I really don't want to develop Zeb as it's not the direction I want to go in. But I realize many people love it and want to play on it. I intend on finding a person who will give it a very good and stable home. Meaning having the proper equipment, knowledge and "devotion".

I am bit stoned at the moment. I will edit later

edit: If I don't find a host able, I will get together another pc and host the server permanently. Can't promise much will go into development for a while but it will be there. I have a fios connection with a nice upload speed. Will be a few weeks when get layed off

[onurisgfx]

Is server down again? Don't see it on server list.

[manc]

Originally Posted by onurisgfx

Is server down again? Don't see it on server list.

it seems the server will only be up when the host wants it to be up

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by manc

it seems the server will only be up when the host wants it to be up

Well, in that respect, that is their right. As bad as I feel for players who invest time in p/t servers, there's not much you can do but play one of the servers you know isn't going anywhere - like Grand Creation.

[Amra]

The server is or was down due to (I believe) my motherboard crapping out. It's old and ready for an upgrade. This system has been slowly dying for a while. It will be fixed in about a month. Unfortunately, that's the best I can do right now.

As for it being up only when I want it up. That is very true. And in my right (as john said) being that it is my computer and connection that I pay for. I do my best to keep it running. I certainly don’t shut it down to be malicious. I am not at home all the time to restart the server. When these crashes occur it does not reboot but freezes. So there isn't a way to reboot it until I do it manually.

[whitetrash69]

hey amra could you send me a messa ge im intrested in getting a copy of the DB

[manc]

Anyone having problem login ?
It wont let me login today