Do P99 Devs, GMs and Guides Have Jobs?

[Tecmos Deception]

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

Sometimes I think it wouldn't suck so badly if we had a few of the RNF mega-nerds as Staff instead, who actually took this shit seriously.

P99 doesn't suck.

Basically every post of yours since you got upset about the p99 raid scene, got butthurt by your Slave account being banned, left to play LoL, keep saying you're taking long breaks from P99 and yet still are on these forums nonstop yelling about the raid scene? They suck.

[Ephirith]

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

that should not go for naught due to uncaring developers and GMs.

You're concluding the developers and GM's are uncaring because they aren't policing the server exactly the way you'd like them to. I don't think that's something you should be so bitterly angry at them for.

If you're so emotionally invested that you feel the need to go Full Harrison on them and spew your shit all over the forums because you think you're going to contribute to the salvation of the server, maybe you need to step away and accept that they aren't going to be able to make you happy.

[mrmop520]

Not said enough- Thanks guides/devs for volunteering your time to make this server a fun place!

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by mrmop520 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not said enough- Thanks guides/devs for volunteering your time to make this server a fun place!

^

[Tecmos Deception]

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

There is very little to no impetus for me to be polite, or subtle, or likeable, since I did all that with my other account and it was banned regardless.

I'm not talking about you being less-than-gentile or something. I'm talking about how every single thing you post is a rant about the endgame that is entirely premised on the FAULTY premise that the server and all the hours everyone spends on it are meaningless just because TMO dominates the raid scene.


Example:

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

People are not upset because 1 guild is getting all the loot.

People are upset because the game mechanics under Variance (something that never existed on this Earth until P99) favor zerg guilds unClassically, resulting in the above.

People are upset because this has been THE issue on P99 for a long time now, and even though steps were about to be made in the right direction, they were recently reversed and no explanation was given as to why.

People are upset because the developers seem to favor TMO in game mechanics and GMs seem to favor them in rulings at every opportunity to do so.

People are upset because they see the PnP continuously trampled by a single group of people on this server, and are never punished for it.

People are upset because they see their loyalty and time put into this server all becoming meaningless due to an artificially created status quo that seems extremely sketchy and nefarious and perhaps is supporting Random Mother Theories.

You posted that in a thread that was about no drop being removed, in a thread where no one before you had mentioned the devs, variance, the raid scene, TMO, or people being upset about loot, PnP, or anything like that. You even went down the staff RMT conspiracy road, for Christ's sake. You single-handedly took everything that populates R&F posts and brought it into a normal server-chat thread.


No, the raid scene is probably not ideal, and most people agree. But raiding is just one small facet of the game of EQ, especially since we're just talking about gods/dragons because anyone can still do fear/hate/sky/chardok/whatever, still "raiding." The raid scene being flawed doesn't warrant whining about how the server sucks, the staff doesn't care about anything, the staff is incompetent, TMO are evil, etc.

[Aaron]

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

Give it another year. I'd be absolutely shocked if you didn't have a little bit more to say about the totally non-responsive and ever-disappointing Staff after that.

I say what I say with 2.5 years of P99 experience. When you have also put that amount of effort into this server, to see years of favoritist policies and GM decisions consistently in favor of TMO, you may then criticize my approach.

I've beeen here longer than you. Can i criticize your ridiculous opinions?

[Uggme]

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

No, because I'm much smarter than you as evidenced by your typos and syntax errors.

This makes even less sense that usual, which is saying a lot.

[Droog007]

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

Sigh, you guys.

Do you say "sigh" in real life?

I do ... just curious.

[August]

This server is free to play on. It's their rules.

Honestly, staff COULD be corrupt and RMT and make profit and whatever the hell they want. Someone is paying for hosting. They are providing a service, which they don't charge for. If they profit, that's their business. The fact that the server is so popular that there is RMT going on is a testament to how desirable this server is to play on.

You have no skin in the game. You have invested time into something that was given to you for free. Nobody owes you anything. They could shut down tomorrow and you lose all your characters and plat and there's not a single thing you can do. You have no contract. You have nothing at stake beyond your own time that you willingly gave for your own enjoyment.

If they started charging a monthly fee, then you have a right to bitch and moan. Don't like the end game? then don't play the end game. Don't like the server? Don't play on the server. You have no obligations here. Staff also have no obligations - they are volunteers - not paid. They owe nothing to you.

Take Ephi here - he says he spends 10 hours a week on this project. He works as a technical consultant at a large international firm. I bet his time billed out is at least 150/hr if he works with external partners - if he's an internal bill it may be even more. But let's say he may only get half of that. That's 750/week he's putting into the server. That's 3k/month. That's 36k/yr. What are you putting in besides complaining on the forum?

Don't devalue time spent. Don't pretend like you're owed anything, because you're not.

[August]

Originally Posted by odiecat99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

holy shit and Im the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, where's the proof?

Honestly what proof is required. The numbers I quoted are low-ball estimates for software development. You can command 75/hr after a couple years work as a freelancer pretty easily.

But yeah ok draw the argument away. Fact doesn't change that you are contributing nothing and are receiving a free game.