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BatMUD Forums > General > Re: BatMUD and it\'s future
Imagine this: all the batmud related material made by players vanishes from
the net. Just like that, poof. No more Twomi\'s, Dryads, Zithromaxes nor any
other players own fan sites anymore. No area, eq, damage message, map nor
other information.
It would _really_ suck, imo.
What I would like to see instead of up/down/guild/race tunes is content which
supports my playing experience (I don\'t mean detailed quest information nor
all area secrets revealed). And which doesn\'t just vanish when someone gets
pissed (kudos to Twomi, what you did really hit the spot).
Cynical old bas*ards probably don\'t need that content, they already have
minmaxed themselves and raped all the monsters many times. But for new players
that supporting material is quite essential and it\'s part of their playing
experience. It states in help Getting started:
How to get started?
One word: explore.
Now imagine how you do this without Twomi\'s and Dryad\'s maps. It\'s
possible, but for new player it also raises the starting level into skies.
Basically the point of this whine is to wake somebody who plans the future of
BatMUD. Add more gaming supportative content into BatMUD\'s site (snif, I want
reinc sim back) and make sure that it doen\'s just go away. Here\'s my wish
list:
http://anylo.dyndns.org/BatMUD_content.jpeg
Thank you for reading this whining, I\'ll quit it now.
Jumbo
the net. Just like that, poof. No more Twomi\'s, Dryads, Zithromaxes nor any
other players own fan sites anymore. No area, eq, damage message, map nor
other information.
It would _really_ suck, imo.
What I would like to see instead of up/down/guild/race tunes is content which
supports my playing experience (I don\'t mean detailed quest information nor
all area secrets revealed). And which doesn\'t just vanish when someone gets
pissed (kudos to Twomi, what you did really hit the spot).
Cynical old bas*ards probably don\'t need that content, they already have
minmaxed themselves and raped all the monsters many times. But for new players
that supporting material is quite essential and it\'s part of their playing
experience. It states in help Getting started:
How to get started?
One word: explore.
Now imagine how you do this without Twomi\'s and Dryad\'s maps. It\'s
possible, but for new player it also raises the starting level into skies.
Basically the point of this whine is to wake somebody who plans the future of
BatMUD. Add more gaming supportative content into BatMUD\'s site (snif, I want
reinc sim back) and make sure that it doen\'s just go away. Here\'s my wish
list:
http://anylo.dyndns.org/BatMUD_content.jpeg
Thank you for reading this whining, I\'ll quit it now.
Jumbo
Rating:
19
Votes:
23
There is not much we can do to control the playermade material. The
idea behind support.bat.org was to avoid doing duplicate work - if
me or someone else from the administration has to code webstuff,
it's always time off from something else. But I guess that experiment
didn't work, our legal safeguards from preventing this kind of
incidents in the game (where without warning, something relevant
gets deleted) don't extend to this kind of content.
I like the idea Jumbo posted (the image), and as you know Favorit is
already implementing a replacement solution for the most critical
part we lost, the map.
That being said, we are not about to cave in to the drama that this
has caused. We will continue to develop and tune the game as we feel
is necessary to keep the game challenging and interesting, and no
tantrums or whines about how muds will die will change that.
-- Gore
idea behind support.bat.org was to avoid doing duplicate work - if
me or someone else from the administration has to code webstuff,
it's always time off from something else. But I guess that experiment
didn't work, our legal safeguards from preventing this kind of
incidents in the game (where without warning, something relevant
gets deleted) don't extend to this kind of content.
I like the idea Jumbo posted (the image), and as you know Favorit is
already implementing a replacement solution for the most critical
part we lost, the map.
That being said, we are not about to cave in to the drama that this
has caused. We will continue to develop and tune the game as we feel
is necessary to keep the game challenging and interesting, and no
tantrums or whines about how muds will die will change that.
-- Gore
Rating:
20
Votes:
20
Gore
A r c h w i z a r d
8y, 275d, 21h, 35m, 11s old
Level:
600 [Wizard]
Yes we need supporting material. Even a template/space on the bat-server to
put a forum where we can post some of our trash would be nice. The point being
we can't delete it, so you can pick and choose (like now) the information you
trust from what sources. I know the major problems with Bat Ry giving "help"
sites is that it takes away from some of the mystique and they wizards don't
want to give the "real" information to players. So let us build our own stuff
that can't be deleted in some forum on your website. And like favorit has
done, make some of those things like Map which doesn't require much "secret"
information.
(*==-- /\/ --==*) BatMUD Council Representative (*==-- /\/ --==*)
put a forum where we can post some of our trash would be nice. The point being
we can't delete it, so you can pick and choose (like now) the information you
trust from what sources. I know the major problems with Bat Ry giving "help"
sites is that it takes away from some of the mystique and they wizards don't
want to give the "real" information to players. So let us build our own stuff
that can't be deleted in some forum on your website. And like favorit has
done, make some of those things like Map which doesn't require much "secret"
information.
(*==-- /\/ --==*) BatMUD Council Representative (*==-- /\/ --==*)
Rating:
-1
Votes:
7
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