Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (Wall of Text)

[Cyrano]

Originally Posted by Skope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Some deserved it.

Bumamgar, anyone? Leaking database info? Getting banned from other EQ servers for cheating then coming here and creating a mess.

Players are always suspicious when there are devs in guilds, but that's also been common on P99 since the server's inception. They stare at code and mull over scarce info on the web while getting no pay, and then get blasted on forums and in-game. They deserve a whole lot more credit than they get, but that doesn't mean they're not human. They're very much human and prone to mistakes. Regarding Raren, I remember getting my money back I lent someone to buy a manastone from Raren. Rogean caught him that night, gave me back my money (thanks) but then took two weeks to ban Raren... two weeks! And he wasn't even banned permanently because he was welcomed back a couple months later. Mistakes happened, and I'm sure they happen now and will keep happening, but one shouldn't jump to extremes. The GMs aren't gods and the devs aren't angels, but neither are they douchebags who are out to benefit only themselves.

I think that some of the crap Xzerion was getting was partly due to the other cheaters you were harboring, and for a very long time too -- I don't think you guys knew about it, though. I'm sure Tixel would have never given out the druid's info if she knew someone was just going to SEQ on it. I've never spoken to Xzerion, but he was a good dude from what I've heard and Uthgaard went paranoid and overboard, but I also recall 12-14+ people from IB getting banned for cheating as well. If anything, Uthgaard had his finger pointed in the wrong direction, but was certainly right to point a finger. It wasn't just IB either, but the entire server (we had 3 people caught and 1 app. One of whom was caught joined IB just a couple weeks after).

That was rampant everywhere, don't forget the TMO scandal with them allegedly getting tipped about the software update. Didn't like 400+ accounts get suspended for this? Not making excuses for the people that used TPP, but either way we can agree that the raid culture on P99 has hindered timely server development. At one point every major guild had a dev on the team which I'm ok with, but people allowed guild politics to turn into smear campaigns to try and get players to either quit or lose access to their dev accounts.

All that said, this is still the best EQ server out there. Mac sucked.