A couple of weeks ago i reported to you about Ducci's new server which could be connected to with the IP adress ducci.terminalx.info and using the port 8079, i said it was empty, deprived of members and needed updating however in that same post i reflected on the fun aspects including the choice of character names, the new radical approach to adminship and the ability of a whole new world to play with, sure it wasn't great but it was moving and i was willing to give it a chance.
I saw it through, logged on quite a few times and said hello, chatted with admins and actually attempted to play the game as best i could and overall i thought the admins were in good spirits and ducci did seem determined to continue with development, however this was to be short lived.
It soon surfaced that development was slowing, the admins were becoming less frequent and not as friendly, heard all this before? Yes i thought you had seeing as it's exactly what happened to endless online itself and you could see it coming from a mile off. With all small online game the enthusiasm is enough to drive development and attention at first and response may be good but eventually the admins realise they're losing interest and also how much work it really is to run a game, and slowly the game disintergrates and unfortuneately endless oracles was no exception.
Eventually Oracle's admins lost interest and got distracted and moved on to other servers and other friends, ducci found it hard to cope and people found holes in the server and slowly yet surely the server began to collapse, fortuneately and regrettably i say this, there wasn't much to collapse but it still stood to be taken down, and now it seems as if Oracle's days are numbered. Accusations have been made about Ducci's programming capability's which i'd like to dismiss in retrospect and ideas have been thrown out there which attempt to demerit the server orducci's work, but at the end of the day Ducci went and did something and it didn't work and there's nothing lost overall, i'm still behind him and the server through and through but it seems in vain now due to this hopeless situation.
Is this an omen for servers to come? Surely this is all that can come of private servers due to the frailities of poor programming and lack of attention but i suppose we'll see. For now this one's floating in the water, bring on DF's server the next lamb to the slaughter.
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"Lamb to the slaughter" isn't that a short story...?
I had to do an essay on it in English class. lol
We could say that. We could also look at it as:
Endless Online was once good too; Things went well, Community was actually pretty good. Then the down fall came, Cheaters, Account stealers etc etc. Finally, All the admins started to just quit or stopped caring, Some were even in it for the attention more than anything else.
I think most of that was Vult's fault, Although most players don't wanna say Vult did it but when it comes down to it, The only person that can take control of a game is the one who created it.
They have the power and must use their judgment wisely. When they see things are going down, They have some options.
Get some new staff members, light guides or something at least for a trial run. Shut down the game or they can do just what Vult has done and make little tiny updates here and there in hopes of shutting everyone up. Basically just giving up on it, calling it a "Hobby" and paying more attention to his puzzle games instead which has lead Eo to the current condition.
For Df's server, Who knows how it will come out really. I don't agree with all of Df's choices trust me on that and think there are better ways to go about things but I'm gonna give it a shot.
All there is to do is try.
Ducci's server hasn't fallen. And it won't. Ducci just chose two bad admins. Arure & Misterx, who are gone now. There are admins on regularly, as well as players who continuously log on and enjoy the server. I being one of them :)
I've nothing to say about Ducci's programming skills thus so far. But the server is going well. And will continue to.
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