02-02-2007, 07:30 PM
As I stated in the "XUO pvp? spamming." spamming topic, I'm taking a break. There is a lot of reason to my decision. I've been virtually working by myself the last two weeks, even by the help fallzone and iza provided, this is too much. This by itself would not be all that bad. I'm used to working by myself, and working a lot and hard to achieve a goal. Problem here is the goal. When we spoke about the merge on our dev/merge forum, we decided to make a list of things we really needed on the server from our old servers, a merge is after all a mix of two servers into one.
XUO's list was quite short, I quoted my post below for simplicity.
Now the PvP is in question, even though I've clearly stated that I would never have worked my ass off if the server did not have XUO PvP. This should not be a big stretch for you guys, as the IN:R PvP obviously blew and almost everyone hated it. Yet, even before the server has actually been up, before you tried it enough, a lot of you are being judgemental. PvP sucks cause of this or cause of that. Spam ruins the gaming so much, I can't role play, I quit. Now I've taken the time to explain spamming. How it is thought to be used, how it is important to the XUO PvP, how it's the essence. This has not helped a lot and only started a flame/you suck war on the forums, very few people have actually come with constructive criticism. I've tried to tell you guys how I play to limit the spamming, so that it is only used for the purpose if it's supposed to be used for, yet this is not accepted.
No one is expecting you guys to love it right away, or even to want too try it, I'm only asking for a fair chance to do something that I think is good in the long run. I'm trying to create something that I "grew up" with and learned to love and appreciate. This is not enough though, cause "XUO" is taking the whole IN world apart and making it theirs. The fact that I read every post on the forum, that I consider every suggestion to try to integrate our two shards isn't considered, that I'm actually trying to control the "hating" on this forums in discussions such as the one about the pits and the spams, none of that matters. At the end of the day, XUO and I, is being made out to look like we are trying to hog the whole server.
I've said it many times, the server has not yet been "converted" into what IN1 was. This is due to the amount of time everything else takes to make. I decided to program the big systems first, in which PvP is included, and that is why IN:X resembles XUO more than it does IN. You claim that you need someone to watch over your interest, which then implies that I am not. I'd like to claim that I'm the one that is watching over your interest the most. I going out of the "normal" XUO thinking line to try to think up something good and amazing that would fit a hybrid of our sort. I'm probably one of the few people on these forums that read the other "sides" post with an open mind, looking for improvement and not flaws. Yet, every other post someone yet again claims about the butchering and the push of XUO influences.
I seriously thought that we would create the best shard out there, both for sphere fans and new people coming to UO. We had huge ideas about role-playing and quests, great ideas about PvP events and systems. We have made some new decoration that you guys have not yet seen in preparation for the new quest area. A lot of things have been done to assure the greatness of this server, and in spite of that, there is an extremely negative attitude on these forums.
Now don't get me wrong. There are people that come and provide us with ideas and ways of solving our problem. Ideas on how to better merge the two shards and play styles together. It has seriously been a blast talking with you guys and change ideas. It is really refresh to somehow see the game from another perspective, a perspective that I had either forgotten or never experienced. Props to all of you. It is just such a shame that the negative majority is heard more than you.
Now, all that aside. I HATE making these kinds of posts. When ever I see them I've though: "Damn, that's a bitch made admin". When you take this "job" you know that you are out to get a lot of shit. You know that people will whine and bitch and complain. You don't really do it for the thrill of it, you do it for some other reason. My decision was made because I want to create a solid "Sphere" shard that will last a long time. I wanted to create a shard with similar game play that I used to love when I was younger. This is not a post to get attention or to force anyone into a corner, frankly I don't care much how it comes out as. This is just my explanation to why I'm doing what I'm doing.
I will take all the whining, moaning bitching and being unappreciated. I will NOT take it when someone questions my intentions over and over again. Especially not when you've seen development being made. You have seen commitment being made. You've most likely seen something that you won’t see again in quite a while, if you don’t play a sphere server that is going to crash a month after you join it. I'm sorry you guys think the shard is like shit and that you are going to quit if this "middle" man doesn’t come. Sorry that you guys feel that IN:X is deprived of all things that are imagine nation. I'm sorry that some of you are illiterate and managed to miss the shard name: "INX Beta 1". I'm especially sorry that I've been stupid enough to start this project and devote time to it when I could have done something else.
Point being. I'm just going to take a break until this so called middle man, that will do the job better than I, pops up. Hopefully the shard will magically turn better super fast when I'm gone. I'm not going to be part of creating something where half the population claims they will quit cause my work sucks. That is just a waste of time.
This post is not directed to every one, just a very vast majority. If you felt that you've done your best in helping the server out, then you are not a part of this majority.
Peace.
PS: I assume that someone from the staff and administration team will post on how things will be while I'm doing my RL shit.
XUO's list was quite short, I quoted my post below for simplicity.
maka Wrote:List of things that the XUO staff members feel needs to be on a merge shard. If you got questions, post and let me clarify.As you guys see, most of those things actually fits the IN ideal, the things that don't I've tried to specify so that you guys would know what’s coming. IN had a list where they specified their/your things, part of our agreement was that everything that we have not specified would be let up to IN. This merge would not have happened if our lists didn't match. Now, I obviously know that some things go totally against the IN standards so I've brought them up for discussion. Duel pits being one of these things. I wanted to make sure that IN players had a say in how their future shard would be, so that you guys can feel at home. This was done even when it was on our "must have" list. It was said that we are supposed to try with and without pits, then see what you guys had to say about it, to see what you thought. I repeat once again, this was done even though we had it on our list.
- Maka as admin.
- The PvP(Tweaked Sphere .51 PvP. Our PvP involves fake spells).
- The events(1v1, 2v2, replacement events, CTF, CW, death match).
- "Xtreme" in the name
- The different ladders and various statistics (Tournament ladder, duel ladder and guild ladder).
- Injection allowed (I've blocked EVERY single injection abuse there is. No "cheat" difference between injection and razor).
- Needs to be some kind of rewards for tournament winners/ladder winners.
- RP won’t be enforced.
- Server must stay true to TUS.48/Sphere.51.
- The Xtreme Armour (as a memory of XUO).
- 10-20% of the "feel"/world. This is obviously very abstract.
- idle area.
Now the PvP is in question, even though I've clearly stated that I would never have worked my ass off if the server did not have XUO PvP. This should not be a big stretch for you guys, as the IN:R PvP obviously blew and almost everyone hated it. Yet, even before the server has actually been up, before you tried it enough, a lot of you are being judgemental. PvP sucks cause of this or cause of that. Spam ruins the gaming so much, I can't role play, I quit. Now I've taken the time to explain spamming. How it is thought to be used, how it is important to the XUO PvP, how it's the essence. This has not helped a lot and only started a flame/you suck war on the forums, very few people have actually come with constructive criticism. I've tried to tell you guys how I play to limit the spamming, so that it is only used for the purpose if it's supposed to be used for, yet this is not accepted.
No one is expecting you guys to love it right away, or even to want too try it, I'm only asking for a fair chance to do something that I think is good in the long run. I'm trying to create something that I "grew up" with and learned to love and appreciate. This is not enough though, cause "XUO" is taking the whole IN world apart and making it theirs. The fact that I read every post on the forum, that I consider every suggestion to try to integrate our two shards isn't considered, that I'm actually trying to control the "hating" on this forums in discussions such as the one about the pits and the spams, none of that matters. At the end of the day, XUO and I, is being made out to look like we are trying to hog the whole server.
I've said it many times, the server has not yet been "converted" into what IN1 was. This is due to the amount of time everything else takes to make. I decided to program the big systems first, in which PvP is included, and that is why IN:X resembles XUO more than it does IN. You claim that you need someone to watch over your interest, which then implies that I am not. I'd like to claim that I'm the one that is watching over your interest the most. I going out of the "normal" XUO thinking line to try to think up something good and amazing that would fit a hybrid of our sort. I'm probably one of the few people on these forums that read the other "sides" post with an open mind, looking for improvement and not flaws. Yet, every other post someone yet again claims about the butchering and the push of XUO influences.
I seriously thought that we would create the best shard out there, both for sphere fans and new people coming to UO. We had huge ideas about role-playing and quests, great ideas about PvP events and systems. We have made some new decoration that you guys have not yet seen in preparation for the new quest area. A lot of things have been done to assure the greatness of this server, and in spite of that, there is an extremely negative attitude on these forums.
Now don't get me wrong. There are people that come and provide us with ideas and ways of solving our problem. Ideas on how to better merge the two shards and play styles together. It has seriously been a blast talking with you guys and change ideas. It is really refresh to somehow see the game from another perspective, a perspective that I had either forgotten or never experienced. Props to all of you. It is just such a shame that the negative majority is heard more than you.
Now, all that aside. I HATE making these kinds of posts. When ever I see them I've though: "Damn, that's a bitch made admin". When you take this "job" you know that you are out to get a lot of shit. You know that people will whine and bitch and complain. You don't really do it for the thrill of it, you do it for some other reason. My decision was made because I want to create a solid "Sphere" shard that will last a long time. I wanted to create a shard with similar game play that I used to love when I was younger. This is not a post to get attention or to force anyone into a corner, frankly I don't care much how it comes out as. This is just my explanation to why I'm doing what I'm doing.
I will take all the whining, moaning bitching and being unappreciated. I will NOT take it when someone questions my intentions over and over again. Especially not when you've seen development being made. You have seen commitment being made. You've most likely seen something that you won’t see again in quite a while, if you don’t play a sphere server that is going to crash a month after you join it. I'm sorry you guys think the shard is like shit and that you are going to quit if this "middle" man doesn’t come. Sorry that you guys feel that IN:X is deprived of all things that are imagine nation. I'm sorry that some of you are illiterate and managed to miss the shard name: "INX Beta 1". I'm especially sorry that I've been stupid enough to start this project and devote time to it when I could have done something else.
Point being. I'm just going to take a break until this so called middle man, that will do the job better than I, pops up. Hopefully the shard will magically turn better super fast when I'm gone. I'm not going to be part of creating something where half the population claims they will quit cause my work sucks. That is just a waste of time.
This post is not directed to every one, just a very vast majority. If you felt that you've done your best in helping the server out, then you are not a part of this majority.
Peace.
PS: I assume that someone from the staff and administration team will post on how things will be while I'm doing my RL shit.
