You’ll find some fossil-level posts in this forum about this topic. Stuff so old it looks like it was carved into stone with a laggy mouse. And you know why? Because this game was never made to serve the players.
Look:
The folks running the masterserver think that managing it means managing the community. Spoiler: it doesn’t. And they’ll be remembered as the ones who managed to ruin something that used to be amazing. Like, “Congrats, you figured out how to mess up pizza.” What a shame.
But I get it — it’s something like: at least someone is doing the job... if I weren’t here, this game would’ve died already. Well, to those people I say: do it right or don’t do it at all. Maybe if you weren’t here, better people would’ve stepped in, and the game could’ve grown instead of ending up where we are now.
And none of that really matters in the end. What they truly want is to feel good exercising the power to ban, block, unban, etc.—judging players for reasons known only to their egos. That’s the reality. It’s been seen and documented here, on Discord, in screenshots, and in the minds of many of us. “I am the king!” — that’s what they need to believe.
Look:
- Counter-Strike 1.6 (2000) – People still play it like it’s the World Cup finals, on servers held together by duct tape and nostalgia.
- Age of Empires II (1999) – Strategy so sharp it could slice bread. Still has tournaments with folks who take it more seriously than their taxes.
- Ragnarok Online (2002) – In Brazil, this is basically a religion. Events, drama, in-game weddings—you name it.
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004) – Fans keep it alive with mods, patches, prayers, and possibly deals with Nosferatu.
- Neverwinter Nights (2002) – Active servers, fresh content, and a community that refuses to let it die.
The folks running the masterserver think that managing it means managing the community. Spoiler: it doesn’t. And they’ll be remembered as the ones who managed to ruin something that used to be amazing. Like, “Congrats, you figured out how to mess up pizza.” What a shame.
But I get it — it’s something like: at least someone is doing the job... if I weren’t here, this game would’ve died already. Well, to those people I say: do it right or don’t do it at all. Maybe if you weren’t here, better people would’ve stepped in, and the game could’ve grown instead of ending up where we are now.
And none of that really matters in the end. What they truly want is to feel good exercising the power to ban, block, unban, etc.—judging players for reasons known only to their egos. That’s the reality. It’s been seen and documented here, on Discord, in screenshots, and in the minds of many of us. “I am the king!” — that’s what they need to believe.