Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:45 pm Posts: 21
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So what's actually there? Is it only useful for developers of ages to test stuff, or is it a more publically usable Uru client/server thingy that we players can log into to see some of these famous, but obscure, fan ages in progress (and maybe even give feedback to the age creators)?
I'm just really confused, cause by the announcement from JWPlatt, it sounds like a public test shard, and a step forward of some kind. And possibly even something I could install and play to test and give feedback to age developers, as a player(who are, you know, their intended final audience).
But I don't know without signing up for yet another board if "public" means us end users of URU or if, like the source code itself, the server is only useful to those who know what they are doing.
Even just a bit of a non-technical discription on the Openuru.org page for what the terms used to describe a server mean on a non-technical level would be a big step in the right direction, I feel. For instance, what does "Testing of Fan Ages" mean? I know it has something to do with Fan Ages, and presumibly playing them on a server. But I don't know if that means you want the public testing them, or if they only work locally for the age designer, or if there even is any Fan Ages on the server yet.
Quote: I do not see the Shards & forums being an open free for all with the 'blackhats' running a muck. It is expected folks will protect their Forums & Shards & servers. If you want to play or test bad enough you will jump through the same hoops the rest of us do. It is expected some shards will not be suitable for the casual player. I can not speak for Merc or his forum & Shard & server. Join his forum an talk with Merc your self like the rest of us have done and you will know what is and what is not.
(This isn't aimed directly at you semplerfi, but more at the way people have been about discussing/linking things that require signing up somewhere else in general. So please don't take it personally, despite the quote.)
If this announcement was aimed at the technically minded(those who "jump through hoops", I guess), it should have been posted to the technical forum, not the general forum. Since it's here, I feel it should be in the rights of the non-technical users of this forum to ask what on earth it is, without having to sign up for a forum that may be aimed at just the technically minded to find out.
What the above quote proposes is akin to saying "To find out anything about the Guild of Writers, go make an account on the forums, even if all you want to know is who the Guild of Writers are." Such a setup is downright redundant and would result in a lot of accounts on GoW that arn't active at all. It's especally rude when in this case, all I asked for was a summary of what this even was so I could make an informed decision if I was even the right type of person they were looking for.
Perhaps, if the forum software allowed it, the owner of Atlantis could make a publically viewable part of the board titled "Summary of Atlantis", with a topic explaining what it is so that we could actually be informed before making an account there.
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