More proof that server is going to hell

[mitic]

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

you really must be the biggest fucking retard ever. your guild leader is the reason this server is fucking going down the drain.

with that said, we all know Xzerion is using inside info to keep TR alive.

please provide evidence cause i dont see any in above post.

protip:
1.) go to server select
2.) double klick irreverent
3.) lvl 70 in one or two days (depends on class)
4.) go to vp (dont need key there) and slay dragons 24/7 till you know the zone by heart

also,
when i actively raided in TR for months, i havent seen xzerion leading a raid once. added to that, xzerion was maybe on 20% of the time we raided stuff. and on top of that, as a ranger, i was mainly in charge tracking stuff while we raided and it was me who called the spawns and not some 3rd party programm

besides that,

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all iam seeing on this forums lately is this:
1. my guild is not organized enuf to coordinate raids upon spawns
2. QQ
3. read forums and see ppl accusing TR to cheat
4. "that must be the reason!"
5. join the witchhunt

[Deuces]

Was that before they started using hacks and didnt need rangers to track anymore?

[mitic]

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

Was that before they started using hacks and didnt need rangers to track anymore?

stop flattering me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. its not like iam the only ranger on the server (besides druids and bards or feign shk/monks/necs on spawnpoints)

besides that it helps when u know when a boss was killed last, ya know

[superapan]

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

This person is in TR, btw. The continual denial and attacks on Uthgaard coupled with the cries of innocent are only coming from TR members. Interesting, I wonder if there is a bias.

It doesn't help their case that they continue to post 'anonymously' without presenting their true affiliation, it further raises the suspicion. Thanks for the heads up in this thread, Slathar.

[Daldolma]

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

This person is in TR, btw. The continual denial and attacks on Uthgaard coupled with the cries of innocent are only coming from TR members. Interesting, I wonder if there is a bias.

Also, learn the difference between their and there.

Then let me fix that. I'm not in TR, never have been, and never will be. I have a lot more friends in TMO than TR, and honestly, don't like most TR members I run across in-game. That being said, the reason for Project 1999's success is the level of professionalism brought to it by Nilbog. He is the one and only difference between P99 and EQClassic, or any of the other failed emulated attempts. The server was a success before Uthgaard, and it's still a success after him. He had a distorted image of his own station.

If you're an adult, you've interacted with people like this. People that are hard-working and well-intentioned, but ultimately undone by their ego and lack of respect. Ego is the important thing here. Uth clearly felt he didn't get enough credit from Nilbog and Rogean. He felt undermined. He felt that minimal contributors like Xzerion were afforded equal status, and that bothered him. So what's the biggest wave Uth could possibly make? How does he assert himself as the third leg of a Nilbog-Rogean tripod? By taking down another Dev who happens to be an officer/leader of the #1 raiding guild on the server. That's the big-dick move. It makes him top dog. But he ran into a couple problems. #1, his evidence was CLEARLY insufficient. He had a developer looking into some basic facts of a yet-to-be released raid zone. Not exactly damning. And he had some info from TR's site that suggested they had created an exact-replica of P99's VP. Except Nilbog has the database secured and KNOWS that not even Xzerion could access that information -- meaning the claim was essentially braggadocio. TR's info was garden variety fact collection. The fact that they nerded-up their own server for practice is embarrassing, but not illegal. Is it possible that Xzerion was abusing his position? Sure. It's been a source of speculation for years. But there still isn't any evidence, and given his level of access, it wouldn't be as easy for him to gain an unfair advantage as most seem to believe.

Uth did a lot of good for this server, but he was all wrong on this. It's reverse scientific method. He made his conclusion, then found facts to fit the narrative. He's made posts in the past asking for Xz to choose between GL and Dev status -- it was clearly something that bothered him. He presented the information in a highly inappropriate manner, was disrespectful to his superiors, and eventually leaked information that harmed the server in order to exact his own punishment on Xzerion, regardless of Nilbog and Rogean's opinions. It was poor form. I hope bridges can eventually be rebuilt, because there's no question Uthgaard was a net-positive for the server. He was all wrong on this, though, and he owes the entire staff -- Xzerion most of all -- a big apology.

[YendorLootmonkey]

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

He had a developer looking into some basic facts of a yet-to-be released raid zone.

The developer who happens to be guild leader of the guild that is presumed to be the ones in that raid zone first, who would stand to benefit most from their guild leader knowing how VP works on P99 (since damage formulas, AC, resists, etc, are all 'approximated' from Live and therefore the guides that already exist out on the Internet.) Perception is 90% of reality. Why not send a different developer to do that checking to avoid the potential drama?

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

Is it possible that Xzerion was abusing his position? Sure. It's been a source of speculation for years. But there still isn't any evidence, and given his level of access, it wouldn't be as easy for him to gain an unfair advantage as most seem to believe.

I thought the entire point of Uthgaard's accusations was that Xzerion was on the version of the P99 Veeshan's Peak, after not having done any dev work in a year, running GM commands to glean information from that zone -- information that could be used to fine-tune TR's version of the VP server they are using "to practice" on?

Is there absolute proof that those were the intentions, or that the communication of that data back to whoever's managing the DB for the "practice" server ever took place? No, of course not. That is the "beauty" of it... the only people who can prove it are the ones allegedly doing it, if that was in fact what was taking place -- and they would know that. So all Uthgaard is left with is speculation, and then there's the perception of what's going on behind the scenes that the rest of us are considering 90% reality, because... come on... can anyone make this look more suspicious if they actually tried?

You got a dev who also has a play character. Fine.

That character also happens to be guild leader of a guild. Eh, okay.

That guild also happens to be the guild that gets most of the raid targets on the server. Come on now.

The dev was poking around in VP and there is news of a "guild practice VP server" going up for that guild. Seriously?!?!?

Whatever the true story is... someone has GOT to understand how this looks to the rest of the server.

[YendorLootmonkey]

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

(since damage formulas, AC, resists, etc, are all 'approximated' from Live and therefore the guides that already exist out on the Internet do not completely reflect what will be the case on P99, necessarily.)

FIFM

[Glitch]

You know, I'm seeing a lot of posts about people wanting to quit p99 because of cheating and GM corruption. It actually makes me want to come back and play. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Waedawen]

All the Uthgaard fanboys didn't even play server when he wasn't a guide.

There is so many bullshit topics going around right now and most of them involve one key thing: him. Ever since he joined the team this whole "lawbringer" attitude has done nothing but agitate unhealthy competition between guilds and unhealthy resentment towards "the authority" which, in my mind, no doubt led to an increase in SEQ etc.
They want to down the Target as fast as they can so they do not have to deal with any bullshit that Uthgaard and his new self-imposed policy has to bring.

There used to be at least 80 people in Fear or Hate on any given night, back in the day, and you'd only hear about it if something -truly- hilarious went down. Now, any time TR and TMO are in the same Zone together, somebody's cheating and somebody's in the wrong.

Healthy competition is replaced by unhealthy competition (cheating) on the development of unnecessary regulation. Nilbog has a point with his, "there are no Nilbog Hate Threads" statement because a laissez-faire policy on end-game raiding is, QUITE OBVIOUSLY, the correct route. Obviously, as Nilbog said 'security cameras' are necessary but an 'armed guard' would do everything but promote fair play.

It was much better without him, it will be much better without him.

[nalkin]

Why is it even allowed for a developer to be a guild leader? Should be only one or the other... not both.