What will Bomy Island will be like? - Page 4

farte6 · #1 09-06-2008, 11:57 PM

Whenever a server switches power a bunch of things are always "lost" to never return and someone pretty much tries to start all over.

konidias · #2 09-07-2008, 12:57 AM

The problem will always be there unless something changes. Because there is no incentive to spend countless hours building a server, and eventually life takes priority. You can only do something as a hobby for so long before you feel you should be compensated for your hard work and time put in. Especially when someone else is going to profit from it.

There's just no real reason for anyone to want to spend one or more years of their life working on something that will only get some thanks from players who appreciate it. Especially people who have to work and pay rent and support family or other people. It's fine for people who are young or supported by someone else, because it gives you a lot of free time to do whatever you want. But even then, where is the reward for all of the work?

That's why it is so hard to get a playerworld completed. If the manager could even stay around for several years, they would still have to find scripters and people to make content who also could work several hours a day for free. It's just a lot harder to do when everyone wants to make their own server and only have skills in certain areas.

Oinkness · #3 09-07-2008, 04:18 AM

Koni, I was looking forward to Oasis to the point where I would log on once in a while and try to talk to you. I never even knew you started on BI after that. You really saddened me with your failures. I had a lot of respect for your work but alas it seems like none of it was ever completed.

konidias · #4 09-07-2008, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Oinkness

Koni, I was looking forward to Oasis to the point where I would log on once in a while and try to talk to you. I never even knew you started on BI after that. You really saddened me with your failures. I had a lot of respect for your work but alas it seems like none of it was ever completed.

Sorry to disappoint... I really am. It was never my intention to hype up my work and not finish it... All the work I did was going to be for the community to enjoy, so please don't hold it against me or anything.

I wish I could have found enough people willing to help, but as mentioned I have a pretty high standard for quality... and while I could have lowered my standards, I think the server would have suffered more for it.

WanDaMan · #5 09-07-2008, 10:05 AM

I for one am greatful for all the work you've done. Very very impressive material on BI from what I've seen.

farte6 · #6 09-07-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by WanDaMan

I for one am greatful for all the work you've done. Very very impressive material on BI from what I've seen.

Same here, I think you were one of the last developers I thought could pull something off. But ya know life takes priority, my life has done the same thing.

Dan · #7 09-07-2008, 05:39 PM

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I wish I could have found enough people willing to help, but as mentioned I have a pretty high standard for quality... and while I could have lowered my standards, I think the server would have suffered more for it.

The only one having a crazy high standard is Rufus x-x

WanDaMan · #8 09-07-2008, 06:05 PM

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The only one having a crazy high standard is Rufus x-x

I'm assuming he's only got a high standard because he'll be keeping the current material on BI which is very very good!1

Alure1316 · #9 09-07-2008, 09:45 PM

konidias, I appreciate the work you've done. From what I saw on that short sneak-peek you gave me, Bomy Island was looking really good. The mining system was actually fun, not just hitting D over and over. The fighting system was way improved. It just looked good overall.

What I would like is to have the Bomberman level back at least... I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't mind being in the waiting room playing that game while the server is released. Even if it does come out in 2099 [/sarcasm].

Oinkness · #10 09-08-2008, 02:05 AM

Well on the one hand, lowering your standards may have made the world's quality suffer a bit.... but not as much as having your project fail, which is about a 100% suffering percentage? x.x

maximus_asinus · #11 09-08-2008, 04:10 AM

I am kind of upset that Rufus has control of the server now. He has no planned release date, or even a schedule/deadlines.

James · #12 09-08-2008, 05:07 AM

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I am kind of upset that Rufus has control of the server now. He has no planned release date, or even a schedule/deadlines.

At least it is being worked on. If he was getting paid to develop it'd be different story.

maximus_asinus · #13 09-08-2008, 05:09 AM

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At least it is being worked on. If he was getting paid to develop it'd be different story.

Anyone can work on it the way he is. The key is to find someone who'll actually put a reasonable release date out there and stick to it.

konidias · #14 09-08-2008, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Oinkness

Well on the one hand, lowering your standards may have made the world's quality suffer a bit.... but not as much as having your project fail, which is about a 100% suffering percentage? x.x

If you want to look at it that way... lowering the standards would make it so the server would get done... Then people would play it for a while until they noticed how everything was crap and then leave... effectively killing the server over a long period of time, and wasting everyone's time even more.

Crono · #15 09-08-2008, 11:38 AM

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Then people would play it for a while until they noticed how everything was crap and then leave... effectively killing the server over a long period of time

Fair prediction but in the world of Graal where everything is crap, this doesn't happen. Just look at Zodiac.