So, let's clear the air, a message from your friendly Dark Ascension Shaman

[nilbog]

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I find it hard, however, to believe that you really think the players here are just "a little bunch of ants". ...
I'm not saying the players should be your motivation to do anything or that your own reasons shouldn't be paramount to put this much time and other personal resources into the project, but don't the player's matter at all to you? I hope you aren't totally honest when you say that they don't.

Well, think about it this way. EQlive got completely fucked by listening to its playerbase. We don't want this looking or feeling like wow, so opinions on how we should run shit are dismissed.

At the end of the day, Do we ban people? Do we make new content? Are you allowed to play it? Are there guides/GMs resolving issues? Do we fix our mistakes? Are bugs fixed? The server being up every day should be a testament of how we feel about the players.

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

DA wasn't banned because they contribute to the continued existence of P1999 through monetary donations. You cannot ban an entire guild and cut off a cash flow that has been coming in steady for several months.

It always comes back to whose pockets are being filled with cash.

So everyone that is wondering why....here is your reason.

Still on with this? If you want conspiracy theories, I can do the same. Aren't you the one who wanted to 'throw money' at a new server, so you guys could have a rotation game? Once again, no thanks. It's getting old.

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

Sadly, P99 has turned into exactly what live was. Whoever cheated better won.

Let's see if I got this right.

-Exactly like live hm. Like how they never banned anyone for trying to cheat, only exploit.
-Dark Ascension, if that's who you're referring to, won somehow.

I still think shit can change come Kunark...but the devs need to step on the pissants that ARE ruining their game. The sandbox is only fun if people keep playing in it.

-We banned someone, and because of this, the game is doomed.
-It wasn't enough for you.
-Players will leave this sandbox because someone got banned, and everyone now knows about it.

Makes no sense bro.

[Humerox]

[QUOTE=nilbog;181235}Let's see if I got this right.

-Exactly like live hm. Like how they never banned anyone for trying to cheat, only exploit.
-Dark Ascension, if that's who you're referring to, won somehow.

-We banned someone, and because of this, the game is doomed.
-It wasn't enough for you.
-Players will leave this sandbox because someone got banned, and everyone now knows about it.

Makes no sense bro.[/QUOTE]

Makes no sense the way you took it...this wasn't a slam against you or the server, it was a slam at some the dirtbags that contaminate it.

Good players will NOT leave because scumbags are banned. I think you guys are too lenient...but that's just an opinion.

[Humerox]

Quote fail.

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

Let's see if I got this right.

-Exactly like live hm. Like how they never banned anyone for trying to cheat, only exploit.
-Dark Ascension, if that's who you're referring to, won somehow.

-We banned someone, and because of this, the game is doomed.
-It wasn't enough for you.
-Players will leave this sandbox because someone got banned, and everyone now knows about it.

Makes no sense bro.

Makes no sense the way you took it...this wasn't a slam against you or the server, it was a slam at some the dirtbags that contaminate it.

Good players will NOT leave because scumbags are banned. I think you guys are too lenient...but that's just an opinion.

[Zarcath]

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

-Exactly like live hm. Like how they never banned anyone for trying to cheat, only exploit.
-Dark Ascension, if that's who you're referring to, won somehow.

Dude, we banned cheaters.

What some of you guys fail to realize is that catching people who use SEQ takes time and resources. While it might be obvious to you, the player, it still requires a person on the staff to observe the same behavior. These guys are just volunteers and they want to play too, you know.

You should also understand that Live GM's weren't hired for their sherlock holmesness. They weren't hired to catch cheaters, they were hired to manage volumes of player complaints. The rank and file GM's were not supposed to become too involved with investigating cheaters because it took too much time away from handling regular complaints.

With P99 it's probably easier to convict, in that sense that they don't really need to come up with a convincing case to some middle-manager that someone is cheating.

[Zarcath]

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

Dude, we banned cheaters.

What some of you guys fail to realize is that catching people who use SEQ takes time and resources. While it might be obvious to you, the player, it still requires a person on the staff to observe the same behavior. These guys are just volunteers and they want to play too, you know.

You should also understand that Live GM's weren't hired for their sherlock holmesness. They weren't hired to catch cheaters, they were hired to manage volumes of player complaints. The rank and file GM's were not supposed to become too involved with investigating cheaters because it took too much time away from handling regular complaints.

With P99 it's probably easier to convict, in that sense that they don't really need to come up with a convincing case to some middle-manager that someone is cheating. It's a lot easier to ban someone who isn't a paying customer.