[Dean]

There we have a prime example of what causes most of the problems in Graal. People like Elk who really haven't got a clue, people who feel the need to give uneducated support for nothing more than recognition and other ulterior motives. You're the one who is causing the problems, because you really haven't got a clue but Stefan and Unixmad listen to you, because nobody likes to know they're doing wrong. It's not the community that is contributing to the problem, in fact they are the ones that are keeping this show running.

Graal was never intended to be a development platform or host and to say otherwise is just embarrassing. Back in the day when all we had was Classic, the level editor provided a way for the community to contribute, produce personal levels such as housing, and allow people to share their creations and creativity. The user-generated content was never intended to become a dependency for the game servers to progress, but it did. Graal is marketed as a game, not a development platform or hosting company.

Elk you really have contributed little to the game compared to most people, and those people that did contribute a huge portion of what makes the game semi-successful today have similar feelings to the majority of people in this thread. Perhaps that is because they're honest about the circumstances that both the community and developers are having to put up with these days, not saying what Stefan or Unixmad want to hear in order to worm their way into some kind of position. People like Antago, Konidias, Tyhm never had to do such things. The development for Graal was honest, the ideas were produced and the game grew. If there was a bad idea thrown into the mix, the community spoke about it, and the developers responded much like in every successful online game, but this no longer happens. In that respect the communication between administration, developer and playerbase is lost, yet you seem to think it is about talking to Stefan? Personally I don't think most people really care for that.

Stop sucking up because it encourages the horrible direction we are going in now, and if it does continue then the playercount is going to dry up fast. It is really not hard to see that the direction that Graal is heading in is not a positive one, and there is many opportunities to fix this but whether it will be is another thing. The players are not trying to promote some kind of bad aura on the forums, they are showing concern for a game that they play and so they should.