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Justin Chang
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« on: March 29, 2004, 07:47:02 am » |
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Hey, it it just me or are the TW message boards down. Thanks
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Why yes they are.
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Baltar
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Oh yeah they are down alright  It seems as though the database has gone corrupt. My hope is that PONAF has a recent backup of the files that we can just copy over the current ones. Even if we do this, it's a temporary solution as there is no guarantee that the same thing won't happen again. The hope is that with the backup copy we can save as much of the information in the forums as possible before pulling it off the server for good and setting up a new board service. If there is no backup, or if complications prevent it's use, then the forums will be back to ground zero.
I emailed Chad over an PONAF over the weekend and have yet to hear a response.
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youBastrd
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A correction: the Star Control: Timewarp project leaders have selected a different location for the project, which can be found here: http://timewarp.sourceforge.net/forum/. The forum features an open, friendly atmosphere, and access to the actual developers of this great game. Check it out!
The project's homepage is also in the process of moving. Its new location is http://timewarp.sourceforge.net/.
For those that are new to Timewarp, it's a game set in the Star Control universe. It features many ships and gametypes, including the popular survival game "Gob," and supports hot-seat multiplayer (multiplayer on the same computer), as well as limited Internet multiplayer (presently up to two computers can be connected; work is proceeding on improving the multiplayer code).
Be sure to check it out! http://timewarp.sourceforge.net/
As an aside, the list of people who can speak with authority about the Star Control: Timewarp project is located here: http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=13354
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GeomanNL
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It actually supports 8 players on LAN ... I think. I heard no complaints about that sofar.
In the timewarp forums (follow youbstrds link please) you can also find the Public Plot Initiative, which is a public effort to make a ... plot. Check it out sometime, your vote also counts.
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youBastrd
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Ok, so there's some controversy about where the Timewarp forums actually are. We'll post a more definative result when the dust settles, but its final home should reside at one of the two URLs listed here.
Guys, let's keep things civil in here please. We've all said our piece, there's no need to further repeat ourselves or contribute to a flamewar. Users are confused enough by what's going on, and we've got our respecive games to work on. 
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SorenV
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Perhaps being an outside users, I'm easily confused... Perhaps not, but when I see the biased, and rather one sided language that you used... And then I see a request for a word.... "civil"
I can't help but think of a completely different word- "Hypocrite".
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Baltar
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Unbiased indeed. youBastrd's post seems to suggest that the split between these two site occured solely because of some abusive conduct on our part in the TW forums. Nothing could be further from the truth. The core of this issue is simply that youBastrd is a relative newcomer to the project but has completely usurped a number of much older members such as myself and Dragst. Here is an excerpt from our own boards:
This all comes down to a difference of opinion between yB and the story team. We haven't seen eye to eye ever since he first appeared on the TW scene. In fact, he basically just assumed the role of a 'boss' trying to dictate to us how things are going to be. We don't appreciate this, and trying to talk with him about it gets nowhere. Since his appearance last year he has completely marginalized the story team. In his view, we basically don't exist since we work in secret. You can imagine how upset this makes us when we've been working as members of this project for quite some time when suddenly this new guy comes along and tries to redefine what the project is and who its members are!
At this point, I'm basically throwing up my hands in disgust and giving up on TW. I've talked to him repeatedly, and his view is no different than a year ago when he first showed up. He's hijacked the direction of this project and we aren't in a position to seriously challenge him. He claims his new vision is 'community based' but I see little reason to take that seriously. Certainly given his demeanor during past communications with him, he really isn't interested in the opinions of others. Time and time again, he says his time is too precious to be spent chit-chating, etc. He's regarded my past discussions with him as 'complaints'....not in the 'constructive criticism sense', but more the 'nagging' sense. By his own admission, he's really only concerned about building his resume. 'Community based' indeed. Anyone else see a conflict of interest here?
I will readily admit that some abusive language (although not from myself as yB seems to suggest) came from our party, but the nature of this situation has forced us to be defensive. Even so I wonder just what 'user agreement' he is talking about. I just did a brief perusal of the phpbb end user agreement and saw nothing in there in which phpbb dicates exactly which communications can/cannot occur via their software.
Speaking of agreements, youBastrd informed me some weeks back that he was pushing Timewarp development for participation in a contest involving cash prizes. I find this quite unsettling in that it suggests that he'd attempt to earn money off of another's ideas (TW, of course, being based heavily on Star Control). Also of note is the fact that the licensing agreement has been missing from the most recent releases of TW. I'm not sure whether or not that is a mistake. If it isn't, there's another legal issue here has Public License products are not legally able to be converted to something that isn't. Incidentally, this isn't the first time a coder in TW has played with licensing and pushed the product to further their own fame/fortune, but that is a story for another day.
Anywho, hopefully that is enough background for you to make an unbiased decision on.
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Hmmm... Baltar, would I be right in assuming that the other coder you are referring to was Tau? That guy a long while back that got everyone pissed off?
One thing though yB... You blame Baltar and the other team members for inflamatory language... Yet was it not you, who allowed your "brother" (hehehehe) to post rather insulting posts on Baltar's boards. Also, does it not seem odd that it happened after Baltar deleted your (rather obnoxious) advertisements for your own forums from his board and website?
I don't know why, but that just doesn't seem to add up. At all.
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GeomanNL
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Are you people actually going to continue the argument in the UQM forums ?? I hope not.
Anywho, hopefully that is enough background for you to make an unbiased decision on.
An unbiased decision can only be made if you compare original material from the two parties, not just one.
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« Last Edit: April 18, 2004, 07:46:08 am by GeomanNL »
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GeomanNL
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No, you gave an additional selection of facts and opinions to support your view ; people can't check their correctness by an independent source. Therefore, until youbstrd responds to your post and comments on the new content, people may still get a biased view.
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Arguments: you're both to blame. One of you has to make a decision to stop posting about the conflict here, sofar neither of you did.
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« Last Edit: April 18, 2004, 09:36:39 am by GeomanNL »
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