I might/can overlook the lack of ingame maps (etc.) BUT, what fun is being stuck in the deadzone for almost a week? Yes I try to follow others then plummet to my death over a unseen clift. Wheee fun  <-- ever consider looking before you leap?

"Pstruth" just admit that you are an enemy of the game. You are not some crusader looking for a bastian to express yourself freely your recent comments make it clear you have not been in game for a long time due to a ban. Mmorpg.com continuing to tolerate this transparent poison is a great source of sadness for me. 

We did our best to make a sincere effort to post straightforward views of issues.

When one individual is permitted the chance to "run the table" and say whatever they want unfounded or not there is a problem. I have called upon mods and been answered well.

At this point I will have no more to do with this forum. I thank the kind mods who did their best to make sure a fair dialogue occurred here. 

This "pstruth" character clearly has a destructive agenda aimed at tearing down the game and the fact that he is in any way tolerated or believed to be a neutral poster is so far beyond what I can reasonably accept that I will have no more to do with this forum.

I hope to the gods that he will not come back to ps after his ban is lifted. (despite protestations to the contrary this is a person banned for trolling).

We are moving into a new phase and as such we are now actively seeking new artists and coders.

Anyone who would like to donate some of their time to help provide support to an ad free, fee free, mmorpg with an open source engine code base, please apply to the team.

We can be found on irc @ freenode.irc.net #planeshift if one wishes to speak to us live about joining.

Try again now. Download and then run the updater.

It's time for a new PlaneShift update! Release 0.4.01 has been just packaged and it's now available to you for Windows, Linux and MacOSX (10.3.9 included), be sure to get it from our download page.
Be sure to read the detailed changelog and enjoy PlaneShift!  -Talad.

/me reads pstruth's post before responding.

Yes you are right we will work to do exactly what you have suggested in future posts. Your wisdom and tolerance exhibited here and elsewhere are a lesson to us all and I thank you for the many constructive posts you have made.

This topic, like many others is being blown out of proportion. It is tiring to be held to some subjective definition of "integrity" by folks who clearly have some anger toward the project.

There is little merit in the arguments of Kordo, this if furthered by his or her overt attempts at anonymity both on this forum and originally on our forum.

Anyone can be a troll via a proxy and say whatever they want.

What I would like people to be able to see is that developers of PlaneShift must work against complaints of this nature and it takes time away from building the game.

We don't have budget or sufficient volunteers for an extensive PR department, so when someone slams the game or the integrity of the people who give countless hours of their free time to the game that seems to be the only impression that is left in places like mmorpg.com or tlgt.

One may think they are crusaders for truth and in some cases be well intentioned but the net result is a smear that ps can hardly afford the time to defend itself against.

Happy gaming.

There are still some minor issues to settle but the confirmation email should work for 99% of people now.

Good luck and happy gaming.

Well if you take all this in aggregate  PlaneShift may in fact be worth trying.

We are narrowing down this problem now, if any of you can retry and share any failures here we can work on getting you in and getting this fixed.

Difference between newb and noob.

Actually there are a lot of people registering. It is not coming up here because mmorpg.com is not a leading way players find out about the game.

I certainly encourage you to give it a go.

Here is  how the  people  on the PlaneShift forums responded: http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=32466.0

If one will look one will see, most people take this in the humorous manner it is intended.  It is just clean fun.

We now have guild houses in many cities.  The gm team is also planning some guild house oriented events that are not predicated solely on $$$ so that should be cool. We do hope eventually to have guild houses out in nature, in the death realm, in the sewers, and other more "dark" locations.

Currently we are working very hard to produce a bug fix release for 0.4.00.

I hope everyone is enjoying Steel Blue.

I think a normal reaction was given considering the extensive post history formed in the PlaneShift threads.

I accept apologies when they come with behavior that reflects the sincerity of the apology.

Dev (a la XilliX):

   My castle stands upon the hill.       
   it shines of whitest bone.             
   when noobies came here noobies died.
   from them I make my home.             
   Their skulls adorn my throne.         

Noob:

   dude omfg
   wtf?
   you just pwnt my ass.
   I'm calling a ref.
   and where are the mounts?       
   and why can't I fly?           
   and which way is south?       
   and what if I die?             
Dev:

   once came nooby from nooby town, 
   the noobiest noob around.         
   he came and went in ignorance     
   until his bones I ground.         
   his cries were not profound.
   
Noob:   

   give me a longsword.             
   please give me some cash.
   I don't read a word,   
   please do a podcast.     
   and where are the mounts?
   and why can't I fly?   
   and which way is south?
   and what if I die?       

Dev:   
   
   the waypost here has warning:           
   "Dear noobies, Stay Away!"             
   and yet they tread on my dark path     
   a nooby game they play                 
   I make them rue the day!               

Noob:   
   
   Hey wanna cyber?
   where do I sell hides?
   hey, where do I mine?
   I hate reading guides.
   and where are the mounts?             
   and why can't I fly?                   
   and which way is south?                 
   and what if I die?

Dev:   
   
   Then hundreds upon thousands came     
   far too many to kill,                 
   I dug a pit to catch the lame.         
   My sign read "Blood will spill."         
   Alas the noobs came still .             

Noob:   
   
   Make me your buddy
   hey, check out my site.
   what is your email
   now where do i fight?
   and where are the mounts?           
   and why can't I fly?                 
   and which way is south?               
   and what if I die?                     

Dev:   
   
   As time wore on I wanted peace
   millions and millions dead.
   the flow of noobs would never cease
   many a forum thread
   where useless noobies said:

Noob:   
   
   Hey wanna cyber?
   where do I sell hides?
   hey, where do I mine?
   I hate reading guides.
   and where are the mounts?               
   and why can't I fly?                   
   and which way is south?               
   and what if I die?

Dev:   
   
   My noobskin coat it serves me well.
   as I make noobies cold.
   They are no aid to man or gods
   I waste no time to scold
   complaints make game devs old.

[Bridge then Primary speaker becomes secondary]

Dev:

I hate noobs too much
I pull out my hair.
This chorus won't end.
I start to despair.
No there are no mounts,
Jump this cliff to fly
and that way is south
and I'll help you die

Noob:

A pop-up came! I hit the X.
I have no one to blame.
now i'm lost. What do I do next?
this game is so hard
but i won't read a guide
I fell off a mountain
slipped and I died.

Dev:

When I lost patience for the noobs
I divined what to do.
3 letters newbies never know
placed on the hill below
my sign read FAQ

Dev:

My castle stands upon the hill.       
it shines of whitest bone.             
when noobies came here noobies died.   
from them I make my home.             
Their skulls adorn my throne.   

[Extra points for anyone who records and posts a musical interpretation]

I think rather that I prove that people like you have a marked tendency to make a lot out of a little.

I think it is very easy to demonstrate that you have a marked tendency to over-inflate the facts of any case in some misguided effort to denigrate the efforts of the developers of planeshift.

I think watching your posts on mmorpg alone, any objective observer can see a profound effort to cast planeshift and its developers and gms in a negative light.

I think that you have clearly misrepresented the intentions of the developers in regard to their behavior, their "business model," and the extent of their effort to manifest the dream of an ad free fee free mmorpg.

I think you have systematically ignored and even belittled every voice from among the community that has come here to say that you exaggerate what actually occurs in the community.

I think that you insist on dominating just about all coverage of PlaneShift on this forum with a negative spin.

I think you take this as a personal crusade, and I think you really should consider the damage you cause not only to PS but also to the good people who visit mmorpg.com to see what is said about the game only to find an entirely negative spin placed on it by you.

I think you cost the community many more players than all the devs or gms have ever lost the game due to their efforts to moderate the forums in the manner they deem appropriate.

I think you also have a tendency to need to have the last word.

I think that your scant examples out of PlaneShift's 335199 Posts in 27584 Topics by 27344 Members, in no way prove the systemic pattern of abuse you are eagerly decrying.

You just like to argue and find fault, get over it mate. Your posts here show a pattern of looking for any flaw making some up and misconstruing others.

I do not want to draw any more attention to your arguments than is needed. I hope you will find a more constructive hobby than tearing down the efforts of hard working people.

I said there are instances of temper flare ups.

Characterizing that as abuse is Lame.