07-30-2012, 09:32 PM
Wow this thread got really ugly, IN has existed for over a decade, it was bound to end eventually, running a UO server is a lot of work, costs a lot of money and as the owner you can barely ever take a break without things going to shit, you can't expect someone to keep that up forever, it isn't fair to put this on Taran and especially when the server is nearly dead anyway. On some level we will all miss it, the UO nostalgia does tend to come back from time to time, but the glory days were over 10 years ago now, you can't blame Taran for that, it's just a fact.
If it hadn't been Taran running the server it would have died a long time ago, seriously, I tried my own server once, I ditched it much faster and with a much higher playerbase than IN currently has because it takes a lot out of your life. If you haven't tried to do it you can't understand the stress, the constant need to be the guy making the decisions, the huge pressure on your spare time, the fact that it becomes more and more like a job and not a game, that more and more people expect things of you that aren't really fair to expect from a hobby, the whining (there is always some, about literally anything).
If you doubt what I am saying then go for it; make a server. You can DL runUO, all the scripts like battle chess, auctioneer, player vendors, karma bongs, banks, auto-tournies etc. etc. are all available on the runUO forums. You can even get "out-of-the-box" race systems, PvP scoring systems etc. You barely have to be able to code c# at all.
Most the major customisations don't take that long either if you want core.SL = false, insurance = false etc.
Getting the system to resemble Sphere would take a long time, but I think you'd be better off going with a no-insurance no-artefact AoS or pre-AoS system, you can always disable all the skills and take off the skill cap like they did in sphere .51a if you like, not that I would recommend it.
Anyway I am rambling, my point is that you can do it yourselves if you want, and not one person is doing it and I can tell you why; it's a lot of work and it devastates your free time, social life and bank account. You know it's true or you'd be doing it yourself. So maybe you should appreciate everything Taran did for IN so far and accept that he wants his life back now.
I'm definitely not trustworthy
Seriously though, I'm not aware of any of the staff wanting to continue running the server, so it isn't like Taran has any alternative choice anyway.
If it hadn't been Taran running the server it would have died a long time ago, seriously, I tried my own server once, I ditched it much faster and with a much higher playerbase than IN currently has because it takes a lot out of your life. If you haven't tried to do it you can't understand the stress, the constant need to be the guy making the decisions, the huge pressure on your spare time, the fact that it becomes more and more like a job and not a game, that more and more people expect things of you that aren't really fair to expect from a hobby, the whining (there is always some, about literally anything).
If you doubt what I am saying then go for it; make a server. You can DL runUO, all the scripts like battle chess, auctioneer, player vendors, karma bongs, banks, auto-tournies etc. etc. are all available on the runUO forums. You can even get "out-of-the-box" race systems, PvP scoring systems etc. You barely have to be able to code c# at all.
Most the major customisations don't take that long either if you want core.SL = false, insurance = false etc.
Getting the system to resemble Sphere would take a long time, but I think you'd be better off going with a no-insurance no-artefact AoS or pre-AoS system, you can always disable all the skills and take off the skill cap like they did in sphere .51a if you like, not that I would recommend it.
Anyway I am rambling, my point is that you can do it yourselves if you want, and not one person is doing it and I can tell you why; it's a lot of work and it devastates your free time, social life and bank account. You know it's true or you'd be doing it yourself. So maybe you should appreciate everything Taran did for IN so far and accept that he wants his life back now.
Mito Wrote:It would be nice if someone like Nasir, Eru or even Overdose(xd) would continue with the shard(idk any of the other staff, I've been told Loki is a trustable guy also)
I'm definitely not trustworthy
Seriously though, I'm not aware of any of the staff wanting to continue running the server, so it isn't like Taran has any alternative choice anyway.