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Old 01-07-2022, 02:59 PM
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As unfortunate as it sounds, I believe you are right..the only hope is for the staff to release expansions on p99 for that dream to be realized.
I'm not saying it's impossible; obviously P99 has done it, so others could too someday.

I'm just saying that most EQ servers are run by a single nerd who installed and tweaked the EQ Emu software ... ie. a "dev". For another community to have P99's (one-box) success, they would need someone with a skillset extended beyond just "dev" . They'd need a community builder and organizer, ie. a "manager" and "recruiter".
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Old 01-07-2022, 04:11 PM
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The fundamental reason why no one but P99 does single-boxing is that having a single-boxed server isn't a technical issue ... it's a human one.

To have a single-box server you need GMs who actively police that policy. No other server has such dedicated staff, or any interest in trying to recruit a community of them, so they do the easy thing and don't police boxing.

P.S. To be fair there absolutely is a technical aspect too, with blocking the same IP address and stuff, but my point is VPNs will always get around that unless you have 2-boxing "police".
This is correct. The biggest obstacle to a new one-box server using TAKP's source and database is this. Finding competent and reliable people to GM for free is near impossible; and even if you find them, building trust is required because nobody can read minds. Be grateful p99 exists. I don't know how they manage it.
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Old 01-07-2022, 05:39 PM
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The fundamental reason why no one but P99 does single-boxing is that having a single-boxed server isn't a technical issue ... it's a human one.

To have a single-box server you need GMs who actively police that policy. No other server has such dedicated staff, or any interest in trying to recruit a community of them, so they do the easy thing and don't police boxing.

P.S. To be fair there absolutely is a technical aspect too, with blocking the same IP address and stuff, but my point is VPNs will always get around that unless you have 2-boxing "police".
This is correct. This is why on live there technically wasn’t a rule against it but when we had the resources to we would police it if it was causing zone disruption or otherwise allowing people to camp things without allowing others to participate
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