community eo server

just wanna throw this idea out there and see what you guys think

as this game is kinda getting to the point to where there arent as many people playing it and updating your servers to keep up with each other is getting to be really competetive.... I would like to propose a
"community" developed eo server.
a completely freely hosted server not to gain new players but for elite eudemons developers to get together and try out new things and develop new projects "together"
keep in mind I am NOT suggesting a free for all noob server.... this is for the "elite" developers in this community only.

I would like you guys to give me feed back on this idea and if possible suggestions on an effective yet secure way to impliment this...

looking forward to your responses

I like your thinking but no one is going to put work into a server where some one else is going to come along and ruin it... if anyone can access it or even a few people what happens when that one person decides he is mad at something or for what ever reason decides to delete stuff, wipe it ... delete back ups... even if it had a daily back up system or weekly the hassle of restoring it and the hassle of finding who done it, i wouldnt trust most people as far as i could throw them. bunch of random people getting together to make a server is kind of asking for trouble.

Like i said i like your idea but it dosnt sound secure to me... If they can edit they can delete

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Originally Posted by stedabest321 I like your thinking but no one is going to put work into a server where some one else is going to come along and ruin it... if anyone can access it or even a few people what happens when that one person decides he is mad at something or for what ever reason decides to delete stuff, wipe it ... delete back ups... even if it had a daily back up system or weekly the hassle of restoring it and the hassle of finding who done it, i wouldnt trust most people as far as i could throw them. bunch of random people getting together to make a server is kind of asking for trouble. Like i said i like your idea but it dosnt sound secure to me... If they can edit they can delete

that one is not so hard to overcome by setting proper permissions actually considering it wouldnt be a live server ....
sure the community database/server folder would probably be a mess
but also giving each user permissions to their own database would keep things from getting lost easily enough.
and troublemakers would be easy enough to weed out as there arent "many" to begin with.

however having said that when i wrote this post I forgot to consider on key factor which doomed this idea from the start....

not enough of the people who edit this game actually like each other well enough to work with them on something like this.

oh well was worth a thought i guess ;)

Well if you ever need a hand with anything let me know :)

I dont do eo anymore but I do have an interest in keeping the game alive as it benefits me indirectly... ill keep that in mind though

when does a developer is skilled enough to join the elite group?

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Originally Posted by magewarior2 when does a developer is skilled enough to join the elite group?

the ones who wouldnt need someone else to tell them what things are and what to do with them for the most part I would assume...


if you were to list all the eudemons developers it would be a huge list
but if you were to remove all the people who have asked "how to make the redlight green" or "how do I make a pm" etc in the last year or two, that list would be very small indeed.

well im sure im not in that elite but i would like to get involved into something like that.