Ich's Games

[Tyrant]

Meglobob said:

Just to set the record straight, it is a rare occurrence that Dom3 MP games do not get completed. I would say about 1 in 10 games are effected this way. Its just bad luck really in the real world effecting the host.

It ain't that rare, you've either been careful about your choice of hosts or lucky. It puts players in a bad spot- on the one hand it sucks to get really into a game and then have it poof on you, on the other hand , a host is always doing you a favor ( a pretty big one IMO) and it's just not right to give them [censored] about it under just about any circumstances. That said, i'll go ahead and speak ill of the departed 'cause i don't think we will be seeing Zachariah anymore- all three of his game i was in collapsed and he never once responded to my messages. I was annoyed. In contrast Ich/GP are long time pillars of our community, they have done me many favors, i am grateful , and i will not blame or rebuke them if they are unable or unwilling to continue doing me favors.

I would not want to be associated with any negative method of dealing with this("Hall of Shame"), but an update of the host sticky in the MP section that listed the currently active proven hosts might be a good way of letting newbies know who's likely to be a solid host might be helpful. Given the difficulty of getting into this game it's important to do what we can to make sure we don't scare off fresh blood. Having your first MP game collapse could very easily turn you off permanently.

[JimMorrison]

Tyrant said:
...That said, i'll go ahead and speak ill of the departed 'cause i don't think we will be seeing Zachariah anymore- all three of his game i was in collapsed and he never once responded to my messages...

This is what I'm talking about. The guy is a member of the community for over 4 years, is an active game host, and until the day of his disappearance, a rather active forum member. The guy could be dead or in a coma right now, and because of whatever personal catastrophe ended his long-standing record of reliability, people seem pretty eager to stomp on his integrity.

I've been here 3 weeks or so, if I was hosting a game and bailed, all I could expect is "wow, what a flake". After 4 years, I would hope for better.

[Tyrant]

Now wait a minute here Jum, first and foremost, i did not "stomp on his integrity", I said i was annoyed. Second, Zach's games did not all disappear at once due to some sort of emergency, they withered away one by one 'cause he pretty much abandoned them and started new ones. Third, Zach is not dead and if he was ever in a coma it did not last long and he recovered. (http://www.evilzombies.com) Since you have only been here three weeks, may i ask how you have determined that he was "a rather active forum member" or evaluated his record of reliability?

[Sombre]

Why are you linking to the 'evil zombies' website?

Also, are they related to 'bomb the bass' who worked with the Bitmap Bros?

[Tyrant]

That is Zach's fine website which has been in operation all along, from which i deduce that he has neither died nor fallen into a coma.

I have no idea what your second question means.

[Lingchih]

I have seen Zachariah on these forums since the demise of his games. I don't want to beat a dead horse, those games are long dead now. But still, if we had a Hall of Shame for hosts, Zach would be on it. He could have at least transferred his games to another host.

I don't know what is up with Gandalf's game server. Perhaps he just does not have the resources to get it going again. I definitely do not blame him, because he at least sent message that his server was down, and would be indefintely.

[lch]

Lingchih said:
I don't know what is up with Gandalf's game server. Perhaps he just does not have the resources to get it going again. I definitely do not blame him, because he at least sent message that his server was down, and would be indefintely.

Gandalf wrote about his situation and the resources thing in the Shrapnel General forums, here: http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...?Number=610225

[JimMorrison]

Tyrant said:
Now wait a minute here Jum, first and foremost, i did not "stomp on his integrity", I said i was annoyed. Second, Zach's games did not all disappear at once due to some sort of emergency, they withered away one by one 'cause he pretty much abandoned them and started new ones. Third, Zach is not dead and if he was ever in a coma it did not last long and he recovered. (http://www.evilzombies.com) Since you have only been here three weeks, may i ask how you have determined that he was "a rather active forum member" or evaluated his record of reliability?

Jum?

Anyway, I'm sorry, I see a lot of people online act toward and speak of others as if they weren't real people, and that their lives revolve around whatever service they are providing for just the satisfaction of providing the service. Maybe I'm just still a little raw after seeing the whole thing with Edi last week.

Anyway, as far as Zach goes, I was extrapolating from the information presented. It was stated that he had hosted a number of games reliably, before he "fell off the face of the earth". I think looked up his user name on these forums, and saw that he was averaging 1-2 posts a day for the week or so prior to the last of his posts. This seemed to illustrate to me someone who wanted and enjoyed their involvement here. I reasoned if he would be so active (and some spoke well of him, only people were mad because he was gone), and quit rather abruptly without any notice, that it might have been out of his control, and thus -potentially- a more than valid reason for nonexistence (death is pretty valid >.>).

Anyway, I feel my point is rather valid, but I apologize, as it seems that it didn't need to be made. <3

[SsSam]

No response from either Gandalf or Ich.
I'm guessing these are dead but would like some word.

[Endoperez]

Gandalf posted about his situation on Shrapnel General, but not here in the Dom3 forum. If you haven't checked out the thread there, I suggest doing so.