Boxing

[nilbog]

For those of you who missed the beta forums.. this is like resurrecting a dead horse, to kill it, then beat it some more.

The original arguments for boxing additional clients were wrought with bias, conjecture, and future-prediction.. on both sides.

I'll reiterate myself once more, though:

Summary: Boxing will not be allowed until there is a need. The need will be determined by such things as .. a declining population growth, the inability to complete encounters, and a general consensus that it is needed. None of those things are present here, so this is not an issue. I am very happy with my decision.

The general theme of these discussions was that anti-boxing players raised concerns for their own favor and benefit, and pro-boxing players addressed likely issues for the server. There was a blatantly obvious disparity in the tone, rationality and altriusm (for lack of better word) between the two groups.

In defense of.. what I consider a good community of people, the well-written opinions were mostly sent to me via private messages. I don't blame them for not wanting to join the flame arena.

I would be pretty impressed if the hardware could handle over 500, and personally, id rather see us fill up 500 single player chars, then use our current population and kill the server hardware with boxing.

Server hardware + connection would handle around 1000 clients at the moment.. and I hope not a single slot ever gets filled with a boxed character.

[Deathrydar]

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

Server hardware + connection would handle around 1000 clients at the moment.. and I hope not a single slot ever gets filled with a boxed character.

I want to have your babies, Nilbog!

[Takshaka]

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

Server hardware + connection would handle around 1000 clients at the moment.. and I hope not a single slot ever gets filled with a boxed character.

Wow, I just created my account here the other day. Friend told me about this. I was actually worried that an emu server wouldn't be able to handle much more than what is currently connected. This makes me pretty darn happy. To see that this has only been out of beta for a month(I think I am correct here) and the current growth is pretty impressive. Here is hoping that it continues and someday the server gets a little closer to its limits.