Tom,
On 15 Jul 2002, Tom Whiting wrote:
> Does anyone else see the irony here?
> No this isn't meant as a flame, but look at it from a different
> perspective here. What would happen if the first time someone critiqued
> our mud, and said you know what, it plainly SUCKS, we shut it down? What
> does that say about the individual doing so :
> For lack of a better phrase:
> "It's my toy and I'm not going to share it any more"
This is not the first time this has come up - and I'm sure, if you were
told over and over and over that the community didn't approve of your mud,
you'd have serious thoughts about shutting it down.
> This list is one of the best resources out there for ANY rom designer or
> creator. What may be "valid" discussion for one is most certainly not
> going to be valid discussion for another. Spamming the list with email,
> treating ANY list as your own personal code tutorial and help is not one
> of them however.
You're about as stubborn as Daniel. He was no worse spammer than the rest
of you who engaged in the flame fest.
Now all of you grow up and stop bickering like a bunch of 5 year olds.
> As far as archives go, I shall work on what solution I can come up with
> myself, if Dom's set on not bringing them back.
>
> > The last time someone tried to bring up a "true problem" - all the noobs
> > (the majority of the list) decided that it was too hard of a "problem" -
> > and the thread subsequently died a rather quick and painless death.
> Once again, what may be a TRUE problem to you, may not be to someone
> else. However, spamming the mailing list with problems that you're too
> lazy to find solutions for online is not one. Most of the questions
> asked by the individual above were easily answered by searching through
> any variety of methods (one being the now defunct archives).
>
> Whether you used them once or a hundred times (I actually went through
> the archives a few times a week myself, looking for how X mud did this
> or what Y person said about this), the archives themselves were and are
> a GREAT resource. To see them taken offline because of all this, well, I
> believe I've made my point clear there. It's a sad, sad day when that
> happens.
Other people use stuff to further their own political agenda all the time
- why shouldn't I?
As for Mr. Daniel - all I want, is for him to eat his words, and
publically apologise. The moment I read the email, I will open the
archives again.
It's as simple as that.
--
Dominic J. Eidson
"Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-menu!" - Gimli
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