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[Secrets]

Originally Posted by trevius

Secrets, what happened to the "The Divide" server project that you were working on with some guys? Hopefully you can find something to do that you enjoy soon so you aren't moping around trolling the custom server owners by generalizing them with a negative overtone :P Looks like you got quite a few custom server devs to pop in this thread to defend themselves and their projects. Honestly, I take a bit of offense to your post and I wouldn't be surprised if other custom server owners do as well.

I actually regret posting something like this now. The main idea is polished content is better than non-polished content. I agree, some of these concepts work for a smaller playerbase. I, in no way, meant to troll custom server owners. I just think that a lot of what people do could be more polished. Maybe that's a perception thing, I don't know.

I am sorry if I offended anyone; that was not my intent. I actually had a few people contact me about helping with their servers after this.

The Divide fell apart because I felt that it was not going to happen. I ended up slowly leaving that realm because of flaky people (not naming specifics.)

I have my visions, and people have theirs. I'm not telling people how to run their servers. I probably came off a little bad in that regard, however, I feel like some servers rush things way too often, because they are pressured by a demanding playerbase.

I'm just starting to see fundamental flaws in creations here, and I wish there was a way I could help out without joining people's dev teams. That is why I made this post, not to attack someone's hard work, but instead inspire creativity. That seems to be not the case of what I did.

And just for the record, I have no hatred for anyone's visions of games. I have my own, and they have theirs. I am more than often able to adapt to their visions, and offer my talent & ideas. I suppose I was acting forceful to this community.

I am sorry for posting this as I re-read it and it does seem very harsh, you are right. Hopefully this will clear things up a bit.

[Speedz]

Originally Posted by Secrets

I actually regret posting something like this now. The main idea is polished content is better than non-polished content. I agree, some of these concepts work for a smaller playerbase. I, in no way, meant to troll custom server owners. I just think that a lot of what people do could be more polished. Maybe that's a perception thing, I don't know.

I am sorry if I offended anyone; that was not my intent. I actually had a few people contact me about helping with their servers after this.

The Divide fell apart because I felt that it was not going to happen. I ended up slowly leaving that realm because of flaky people (not naming specifics.)

I have my visions, and people have theirs. I'm not telling people how to run their servers. I probably came off a little bad in that regard, however, I feel like some servers rush things way too often, because they are pressured by a demanding playerbase.

I'm just starting to see fundamental flaws in creations here, and I wish there was a way I could help out without joining people's dev teams. That is why I made this post, not to attack someone's hard work, but instead inspire creativity. That seems to be not the case of what I did.

And just for the record, I have no hatred for anyone's visions of games. I have my own, and they have theirs. I am more than often able to adapt to their visions, and offer my talent & ideas. I suppose I was acting forceful to this community.

I am sorry for posting this as I re-read it and it does seem very harsh, you are right. Hopefully this will clear things up a bit.

This post made me add my edit. But I stick to my theory of play/server OP experience evolution. The demanding playerbase I think is a major drive in the server types. Sadly I don't see that changing for a while. It seems ever since WoW came out, the general feel I got from the modern mmo players was "If it isn't spoon fed it's too boring to play".

We have a vastly different player base than once existed when EQ was young.