Developing should be free for servers that are staff-only

[cyan3]

Originally Posted by Trak

Its a great Idea
but wouldnt EVERYONE try and get one? wouldnt it cause some major lag issues D:

How would it cause major lag issues?

[Trak]

I was once told that all private servers are ran off the same engine or w/e they said
so if one server was to cause some major lag issues, the rest suffer

[Twinny]

Originally Posted by Trak

I was once told that all private servers are ran off the same engine or w/e they said
so if one server was to cause some major lag issues, the rest suffer

Graal servers run in Linux VServers which do use shared resources. Depending on the configuration, it is possible for an intensive process in one vserver to disrupt the other vservers (e.g. thrashing the disks) but there are probably limits setup to try and prevent this.

I think the virtual servers are spread accross a few hosts as it wouldn't be a good idea to host all UC worlds on a single server.

[Trak]

oh

[TESTRETIS]

Return of Staff accounts!

[Galdor]

Originally Posted by TESTRETIS

Return of Staff accounts!

oh yea I had "GaldorGFX" I think :P or something like that...
But I like the ideas you guys have =D

[Pelikano]

Originally Posted by Stefan

My 2 cents:
Please play and develope for Graal if you have fun with it, don't get a headache by making weird business proposals. We know ourself that the best way to make money with Graal would be to take some successful server, stop development, making it Flash or so, and make tons of advertising (advertising for and in the game). But that wouldn't be Graal. The interesting part of Graal is that the players can take part, can submit their own graphics for heads, become FAQ, get RC, make their own server, work on interesting projects. We currently have a clear plan for Graal, that is releasing v6 in the near future to make the game run fast and bring a lot of new possibilities for players and developers. But we know that Graal will not make us rich, we are happy if the subscriptions can pay for the costs of running it. That's why we take the opportunities and try to expand into other areas, including iPhone and mobile devices where the future of computing and gaming lies, and use our experience with online game.

intrepend it how you want

[fowlplay4]

"iPhone and mobile devices where the future of computing and gaming lies"

I hope not..

[Crow]

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

"iPhone and mobile devices where the future of computing and gaming lies"

I hope not..

Of course not. That's complete bull****. Mobile gaming is a minority, and that won't change either.

[LoneAngelIbesu]

Originally Posted by Crow

Of course not. That's complete bull****. Mobile gaming is a minority, and that won't change either.

Doesn't mean money cannot still be made!

I "intrepend" what Stefan said as, "Hey, Graal is a development platform. We'll provide major core updates from time to time, but our goal isn't to create a game, but to allow you to create your own games. We don't envision profiting off of GraalOnline, because it was never meant to be some huge, money-making MMO. (So stop trying to push your business models on us, unless you're a degree-touting professional businessperson!)

"To ensure that we remain a viable company, we're focusing our efforts on mobile gaming, an emerging market with new possibilities. You may not like this, but I'm pretty sure you'd not like not having Graal even more. Caio!"



Anyways, this proposition has some neat aspects. Developing for free is a neat idea, but you have to find a way to offset the monetary loss of people not paying to upgrade their accounts. That's where you'll lose most companies.

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Crow

Of course not. That's complete bull****. Mobile gaming is a minority, and that won't change either.

This isn't true. Many more people have phones and such rather than consoles, and games on the very popular iphone and ipod touch are purchased by a vast amount of people!

Last I recall, it only took the Tank game creator ~3-4 months before he quit his job and lived off of the loads of 99c purchases people had made, giving him at the time ~$240,000

[oo_jazz_oo]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

Last I recall, it only took the Tank game creator ~3-4 months before he quit his job and lived off of the loads of 99c purchases people had made, giving him at the time ~$240,000

Maybe if that happened with graal, we would never have to pay for a server again. -_-

Then again...if that did happen, we would probably still have to pay for servers just because...

[Vman13x]

Exactly how I interpreted it, or well most of it.

[Darklux]

Funny but unrealistic idea, as development playerworlds probaply quite bring in the money.

[James]

Just look how many people have downloaded Bomber Online or whatever for the iPhone and multiply that by $3.