Redbreaker, your plans sounds nice. However, the scene was at that point once. People shared their knowledge, files and fluffy programms to mod/edit the game. It ended up with indo leechers popping scam servers like pest flies. Therefore, nowadays stuff gets only shared in closed groups of developers.
Take us of Rohan 2.0 as an example. We do generally share everything with each other since we do have a working environment we can fully trust in. I dont need to worry that danger mouse would ever share my work, especially the new game dynamics, graphics and modding suite we created. Generally, noone of the team would ever do that.
Thats the crucial difference. If our stuff would ever get released by some idiot, the scene would be instantly dead since all the server popping would start all over again, splitting the small remaining community even more.
With Rohan 2.0 and uRohan however, we will see the rohan scene get a bit of health back and we will definitly center the community again. Just like BWG does aswell, competition is always nice.
As of danger mouse, he just changed his name in the progress of the rohan 2.0 project. We all did. Its no secret that he's Reqviem, nor is it a secret that im yurneroo. We do not want to hide ourselfs if thats what you are saying.
So to your questions:
a) We do not let other projects seem horrible nor irrelevant. Me shooting at ritoyuuki does not mean im making the BWG server bad. No, I do have a personal problem with one of the developers but not with the server they are creating. Im not making their server bad in any way. Thats what most idiots around here do not understand, unfortunately.
Furthermore, req wasnt making your project bad. His questions were reasonable and to the point. Do you plan to just do the payings and let others work while taking lets say 90% of the gross for yourself or do you want to make it a fair working team in which you yourself aswell work for the end product?
b) Monopolizing the rohan scene is not our goal. Competition is always good and always generates new developments. However, if some server will be monopolizing the scene, others will work harder to make their server better to generate competition again. Nothing bad here, there is no real monopole.
c) See above as of why people dont share in this scene.
No hate, make love.
PS: Merry XMas and a happy new year everyone.