Reason why Graal X usually has Me as Owner ( I script everything ), and the Co-Manager as a really good GFXer. Then the rest will be gfxers, lat's, and ganis.

I usually rarely down an idea unless it totally is far from the main idea of the server ( in Graal X -- it's a non-realistic idea or too pk-centered of an idea ).

Or if we are not ready for it yet, in which it goes in the server ops for something to work on eventually when the time is to come.

All my staff have yet to quit on me, infact, I have staff that worked on old Graal X with me (2-3 years ago) that are now my head developers, co-manager's, lat admins etc. So yeah, most of my team stays loyal. If I was able to do GFX as well as scripting, I'd make the sickest servers ever :D.

o p.s. I'd help out with a zelda-styled server as long as it aims for an actual story line etc.. and zelda-styled as in "A link to the past" styled =o

Ingenious. How did you come up with such a great guess?

Anyways, there are servers like zenkou that should be done and put on the classic list soon.

Graal 2002 was worked on in 2001 and still called 2002. :asleep:

blookat didnt ;o

blookat made the basic movement sprites which really sucked xD as far as i can remember

no he made the bodies im sure and possibly even the guns.

Sorry Tyhm, but this isn't the case for everyone. There are still people who play Graal who have active imaginations and will put this into a server, it just takes time and effort to keep staff motivated, which most people find quite hard to do.

I agree with most of what you said, this is also a good point.

But this is especially a good point:

Note people: I'm asking about the next cyberjouers 2D server (like classic, g2k1, g2k2, and kind of zone...KIND OF!). 3D is not even relevant here.

Only because it's an uphill battle. "Hey Fred, good job on that lizardon cave graphic! Now I don't want you to think about how all your work is instantly my property and you have no claim to it no matter what, nor how even if you tried to open your own world I could demand it be shut down for stealing what is now My work, but do you think you could get started on this next project over here...?"

When the servers have their own Newbie Income (newbies are joining their server instead of being stolen from Graal X, etc.) we won't have to worry about what server's "stealing" what players. If servers got a cut of each player upgrading on their server, playercount becomes irrelevant vis-a-vis upgradecount. Thus, Fred can make whatever server he wants - he can make an identical twin to his boss's server, it won't make a lick of difference because instead of everyone peeing in the tiny Graal Community Swimming Pool, everyone's peeing in the vast Internet Advertising Ocean.

He made much more than that as well.

technicaly that little part of the agreement is an elastic, it wont hold up in court.

Oh, I had planned something similar to this for my server actually - advertising outside of Graal, it's a much better way of targeting then trying to steal existing players.

It's not encouraged though. As it stands, the administration isn't saying "Here's how to advertise, here - let us host your homepage, here's a template, here's how to bring in newbies" - so they may as well be saying "Here's how to steal players from UN, here's how to annoy the PWA into squelching 'competition' from within Graal's own microcosm"

*shrugs* I don't think many people would want to pay to advertise for their server that they paid to make for people to then pay to play, no incentive what so ever, so I understand what you mean. However, if you want more of a chance of gaining new populous, that, to me seems the best idea.

I'd love to restart DR, and take a more classic approach to it.
But I have a terrible network, and no RC. :(
I still believe the players have what it takes to make the best damn server out there.

Guys I'm talking about an official 2D graal server :[