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The fact remains that a bunch of people who do not play current classic have all of a sudden appeared and tried to push for drastic changes. How effective such changes would be remains to be seen, but let's try to put this in context.
A bunch of nostalgic oldbies see our server in its dismal state and see an opportunity to reclaim what was lost. They don't give a damn about the people who spent the past several years dedicated to a so-so server. They don't give a damn about what has been worked on in the past because, to them, nothing will ever be good enough compared to old classic.
It's obvious to everyone who's played or visited current classic that things are not looking good. But restoring everything from a decade ago is not the "miracle solution" that Classic needs. Classic needs a LOT of solutions, because we have a LOT of problems. There is no one single solution to automatically fix everything.
As far as I'm concerned, Classic doesn't need these old levels back. Nor do our players specifically want old classic back. The players of classic want the server to be fixed up, not replaced. If they wanted to play an entirely new server (which is essentially what you're suggesting,) they would have stopped playing classic a long time ago.
The fact of the matter is that you simply cannot simply come to our server after never extensively playing it, tell our staff team: "hey, stop everything you're working on because our idea is better," and expect them to drop everything and work on this massive restoration project.
From what I can see, you guys are just using our server's current state as an excuse to try and regain old classic. You sure as hell don't give a damn about us; you're just doing this for yourselves. Don't even play the "well this will help you guys" bull****. This is about you guys realizing your nostalgic dreams. Whether it was a good thing or not, old classic is dead and gone (reference to a song.) So don't show up one day, introduce your grand scheme, then expect to sit back on UN or w/e the hell you're from for several months while our staff works hard on your project. If you want old classic back, restore it yourselves. Don't show up one day and expect people to do it for you.
Classic, as it is, cannot afford to have the entire dev team work on this restoration project while the current players slowly leave over the many months it will take. You guys don't find that as a problem because you don't have to sit around all day waiting for a GC to log on to have some entertainment. You guys have the luxury of sitting around on UN or w/e until the project is complete. We don't.
In the end, we have to do what's best for our current players and current server. We can't afford to neglect them for months just because some oldbie players want their server back. We need to fix classic for our current players, not replace it for previous players.
I can already envision your counter arguments that range from "look at the polls you retard" to "this move would save your server idiot." Don't give me that bull****. This move is about saving your server, not our server. I miss graal2000; it was my first server. It had wayyyy more quests than classic might ever have. I wish it could return, but I don't around telling people to work for months on it just so I can live out my nostalgia. It's ****ing selfish to try and tell a server what to do for your own personal wants. Your idea would essentially kill our server, and from it's ashes, your server would be born. That's good for you; not good for us. Would it be best for the server known as Classic? Perhaps it would. But it's not whats best for classic's current players. We survived for years on a 30-40 avg playercount by hosting the hell out of our events while a variety of dev teams screwed around on the next "classic-saving project". The failure of the many dev teams has ultimately resulted in a massive decline for our server. We have to fix the problems we made; not cover them up in some levels from the early 2000s.
So there you have it. Whether you agree with that I said (however unlikely) or not, do realize it's going to take far more than a thread will a poll on a forum to bring back your old server. It's going to take hours and hours of work, something that you guys need to do if you want your server back. Classic's staff isn't going to do it for you while you sit around and wait for it to happen. |
05-06-2009, 05:49 PM
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