Hey, Ethixx...
Let me apologize here....
I did not intend for you to feel like I was being so 'hostile.'
I cannot speak for everyone here, but let me step back, and say 'welcome to the forums...'
I am yet as noob as any, and so i don't mean for you to feel like I held you to scathing criticism...
Good luck here, and again, welcome to the forums...
Let me apologize here....
I did not intend for you to feel like I was being so 'hostile.'
I cannot speak for everyone here, but let me step back, and say 'welcome to the forums...'
I am yet as noob as any, and so i don't mean for you to feel like I held you to scathing criticism...
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I was most definitely feeling resentful and defensive in regards to your reply about the 32 client server...
I wasn't trying to advertise, except that I would like for people to know that, if there is a need or desire to get back to a large client server (i.e. The prior request for a 20-slot server), the community already has a server that is open for use....
I put the connect here because I already understood the satire of the request for a 20-slot server (16 clients is the max), but I actually do already have a place for people that want to host a match or party with a lot of players/spectators outside of the masterserver, and being the community that we are here in this game, I felt pertinent to share.....
You'll find this to be a recurring theme among free, open-source, cross-platform, multiplayer online FPS: Usually there is a lot of sharing going on...
Your offer seems completely legitimate and you have every right to pose such an offer...Additionally, it is a clever business model to aid people who may otherwise never bother to host a server, while also recovering some of your own investment in the process....Kudos there...
But I did legitimately have technical curiosities with which I posed legitimately phrased questions...
It is your right to cast my requests for details aside, and I will push you on the matter no further... But I do ask that, if nothing else, should you become successful in your venture here, that you would remember to tithe back to the game that has enabled such success to occur....
For many people here, we put hours of futile effort into this project game, and expect nothing in return but to enjoy the fruits of our labor...
It is inevitable that some of these folks will indeed be skeptical of your intent, but it is only because many of us have been collaborating and working using our own money and time to provide what we do to the community without asking for anything in return for it...
It is part of a fascinating hobby game niche community that many people will never fully understand...It is in that sense that I know there will be Cubers forever... <3
However, I cannot deny there is some incredulity in my spirit that you would ask money for hosting AssaultCube servers...
At the same time, there are a lot of people without the technical aptitude that could easily flip a dollar your way to have their own name on their server and get admin....Indeed, many times when new clans form, the first step they take is to get their own servers up and running...For many it is a symbol of stability, and for others it is a place to be able to control their own user experience in-game...I can see a demand for the service even if not for the price...
You have brought something to AC that may or may not turn out to be beneficial to the community....There is always friction to be discovered when posing a new idea involves contrast to the established paradigms and protocols...
Take what you will from this, I don't imagine you will lose any sleep over it, and neither should you...
I wasn't trying to advertise, except that I would like for people to know that, if there is a need or desire to get back to a large client server (i.e. The prior request for a 20-slot server), the community already has a server that is open for use....
I put the connect here because I already understood the satire of the request for a 20-slot server (16 clients is the max), but I actually do already have a place for people that want to host a match or party with a lot of players/spectators outside of the masterserver, and being the community that we are here in this game, I felt pertinent to share.....
You'll find this to be a recurring theme among free, open-source, cross-platform, multiplayer online FPS: Usually there is a lot of sharing going on...
Your offer seems completely legitimate and you have every right to pose such an offer...Additionally, it is a clever business model to aid people who may otherwise never bother to host a server, while also recovering some of your own investment in the process....Kudos there...
But I did legitimately have technical curiosities with which I posed legitimately phrased questions...
It is your right to cast my requests for details aside, and I will push you on the matter no further... But I do ask that, if nothing else, should you become successful in your venture here, that you would remember to tithe back to the game that has enabled such success to occur....
For many people here, we put hours of futile effort into this project game, and expect nothing in return but to enjoy the fruits of our labor...
It is inevitable that some of these folks will indeed be skeptical of your intent, but it is only because many of us have been collaborating and working using our own money and time to provide what we do to the community without asking for anything in return for it...
It is part of a fascinating hobby game niche community that many people will never fully understand...It is in that sense that I know there will be Cubers forever... <3
However, I cannot deny there is some incredulity in my spirit that you would ask money for hosting AssaultCube servers...
At the same time, there are a lot of people without the technical aptitude that could easily flip a dollar your way to have their own name on their server and get admin....Indeed, many times when new clans form, the first step they take is to get their own servers up and running...For many it is a symbol of stability, and for others it is a place to be able to control their own user experience in-game...I can see a demand for the service even if not for the price...
You have brought something to AC that may or may not turn out to be beneficial to the community....There is always friction to be discovered when posing a new idea involves contrast to the established paradigms and protocols...
Take what you will from this, I don't imagine you will lose any sleep over it, and neither should you...