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Star Wars Galaxies Forum » General Discussion raquo; SWG EMU Discussion - read before posting

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  Stradden

Managing Editor

Joined: 7/08/05
Posts: 6729

 
7/29/06 11:12:32 AM#1
Hello,

It has come to my attention that there have been far too many threads regarding a specific Star Wars Galaxies EMU server. As you may or may not be aware, MMORPG.com does not condone the discussion of EMU servers, as they are, at best, a gray area.

As you may have noticed, our moderators have removed such threads from the forums. This is not because we wish to limit what you can talk about here, but rather that these discussions were causing a number of unnecessary headaches for our staff as they work to make MMORPG.com a plesant place for all of our members.

Continued discussion of this topic will result in warnings and/or bans, as approrpiate.

I apologise for any inconcenience this may have caused.

Sincerely,
Jon "Stradden" Wood, MMORPG.com Community Manager

Cheers,
Jon Wood
Managing Editor
MMORPG.com

  dookseid

Novice Member

Joined: 7/05/06
Posts: 283

...and then this crap came shootin'' out of a wooden tube and I was all like "WTF!!" Kirk sploitz!

7/29/06 11:15:19 AM#2
I was wondering when we'd see another sticky....
  maxanto

Novice Member

Joined: 1/21/06
Posts: 777

7/29/06 11:18:07 AM#3
Thank you for making this clear and for the stickey. It was a grey area till now.
  jrscott

Novice Member

Joined: 5/05/05
Posts: 1254

SOE tired of waiting for Classic Servers.

7/29/06 11:26:48 AM#4

What I wrote probably belongs in a PM.  My Bad.

I realize I said I quit. I never said it was forever :)

  SpiritCrawler

Novice Member

Joined: 3/26/05
Posts: 157

7/29/06 11:36:28 AM#5
Thank you, Stradden. You've taken away a major headache for a lot of community members. Again, thanks.

Regards,
SpiritCrawler

"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don''t." -Blaise Pascal

  Shayde

Novice Member

Joined: 9/26/05
Posts: 4551

The game isn’t designed to keep people playing." - Smed

NOW you realize that! - Shayde

7/29/06 11:44:39 AM#6
So what happened to the "You can talk ABOUT it, just not link it" rule?

If it creates too many posts, why not make an emu thread like the hate $OE thread?

Shayde - SWG (dead)
Proud member of the Cabal.


It sounds great, so great in fact, I pitty those who canceled :( - Some deluded SWG fanboi who pities me.
I don't like it when you say things. - A Vanguard fan who does too.
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  miagisan

Hard Core Member

Joined: 7/28/06
Posts: 5125

7/29/06 11:49:53 AM#7
/agreed...being a staunch SWG fan...something like this HIGHLY interests me. It should be allowed to be talked about, especially if LA is being involved. But just like the real swg devs, the emu devs are really being no better (due to NOONE wanting to say anything)

How are people, such as myself supposed to get information regarding the state of the game i once loved and could spend countless hours playing? Then to get little rays of hope like the EMU and LA possible EMU...only to be once again left in the dark with no way of knowing about anything.

So basically....once again the players are treated with utter disrespect...cause once again, we are left in the dark to blindly follow nobody.

Honesty and truth is all i ask, and to be informed of what is going on

Originally posted by Shayde
So what happened to the "You can talk ABOUT it, just not link it" rule?

If it creates too many posts, why not make an emu thread like the hate $OE thread?


  acmtalk

Novice Member

Joined: 7/17/04
Posts: 403

7/29/06 11:52:33 AM#8

Originally posted by Shayde
So what happened to the "You can talk ABOUT it, just not link it" rule?

If it creates too many posts, why not make an emu thread like the hate $OE thread?

QFE ,   I hope these forums don't become like SOE's one,  I see no harm in talking about it, as long that u don't post any links, guid or server info about it.  But again, Money is what moves the world, and I am sure SOE has The word in this forums , as long that they pay them right?  

  SpiritCrawler

Novice Member

Joined: 3/26/05
Posts: 157

7/29/06 12:17:34 PM#9
There isn't anything wrong about talking about the "duck", but when you direct links to communities that don't wish to have attention it causes major problems. This is one of the major reasons why MMORPG is taking these measures.

Regards,
SpiritCrawler

"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don''t." -Blaise Pascal

  Spathotan

Novice Member

Joined: 11/19/05
Posts: 3889

7/29/06 12:26:44 PM#10

Originally posted by Shayde
So what happened to the "You can talk ABOUT it, just not link it" rule?

If it creates too many posts, why not make an emu thread like the hate $OE thread?

That wont fix the problem though. If there were a sticky made about it, it would go up in flames within 2 pages. Also it would just give another reason for their little douche devs to show up again crying.

"There's no star system Slave I can't reach, and there's no planet I can't find. There's nowhere in the Galaxy for you to run. Might as well give up now."
— Boba Fett

  blondeh

Novice Member

Joined: 11/05/05
Posts: 511

SWG PRE-CU FTW!

Currently playing SWTOR

7/29/06 1:15:37 PM#11

looks like my post got deleted and i didnt post any links to any communitys.

Why was it removed?

  tjvoodoo

Novice Member

Joined: 1/18/06
Posts: 294

7/29/06 1:28:40 PM#12

Originally posted by Shayde
So what happened to the "You can talk ABOUT it, just not link it" rule?

If it creates too many posts, why not make an emu thread like the hate $OE thread?


I think this is a great option - i still want to play SWG i still want to discuss SWG, but after being told before christmas that me as a vet was not part of SOE's target audience and "Thrown aside" where else do i discuss SWG under a development team that wants me.
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  Rabia

Novice Member

Joined: 1/31/06
Posts: 627

Not to worry, Master, we are still flying *half* a ship.

7/29/06 2:21:09 PM#13

Originally posted by Stradden
Hello,

It has come to my attention that there have been far too many threads regarding a specific Star Wars Galaxies EMU server. As you may or may not be aware, MMORPG.com does not condone the discussion of EMU servers, as they are, at best, a gray area.

As you may have noticed, our moderators have removed such threads from the forums. This is not because we wish to limit what you can talk about here, but rather that these discussions were causing a number of unnecessary headaches for our staff as they work to make MMORPG.com a plesant place for all of our members.

Continued discussion of this topic will result in warnings and/or bans, as approrpiate.

I apologise for any inconcenience this may have caused.

Sincerely,
Jon "Stradden" Wood, MMORPG.com Community Manager

Well, we better not discuss Linux either since it is an emulation of UNIX and POSIX.
  Wildcat84

Novice Member

Joined: 1/31/06
Posts: 2315

7/29/06 4:23:26 PM#14

Originally posted by Rabia

Originally posted by Stradden
Hello,

It has come to my attention that there have been far too many threads regarding a specific Star Wars Galaxies EMU server. As you may or may not be aware, MMORPG.com does not condone the discussion of EMU servers, as they are, at best, a gray area.

As you may have noticed, our moderators have removed such threads from the forums. This is not because we wish to limit what you can talk about here, but rather that these discussions were causing a number of unnecessary headaches for our staff as they work to make MMORPG.com a plesant place for all of our members.

Continued discussion of this topic will result in warnings and/or bans, as approrpiate.

I apologise for any inconcenience this may have caused.

Sincerely,
Jon "Stradden" Wood, MMORPG.com Community Manager

Well, we better not discuss Linux either since it is an emulation of UNIX and POSIX.


Or mention the fact that you can buy 3rd party toners for your printer cheaper because it was reverse engineered...

I don't care, I intend to continue to discuss the "duck" and if I am banned from this site I'll quit reading it and consider it as biased towards advertiser boot licking as IGN is.

BTW, I note that MMORPG.COM takes advertisments from credit/gold sellers.  That violates the TOS and EULA of every MMO out there.  So I see this stance as hypocritical to say the least.

  Spathotan

Novice Member

Joined: 11/19/05
Posts: 3889

7/29/06 4:34:54 PM#15

Originally posted by Wildcat84

BTW, I note that MMORPG.COM takes advertisments from credit/gold sellers.  That violates the TOS and EULA of every MMO out there.  So I see this stance as hypocritical to say the least.


No, it isnt. As long as this site is not advertising them on the servers then they arent violating anything. If a representitive from this site were to make post on say the Offical Blizzard WoW forums advertising them, and log in the game and spam it, then yes that is violating Blizzards or whoevers game it was in EULA/TOS.

"There's no star system Slave I can't reach, and there's no planet I can't find. There's nowhere in the Galaxy for you to run. Might as well give up now."
— Boba Fett

  Rekrul

Novice Member

Joined: 2/09/06
Posts: 2963

7/29/06 4:37:40 PM#16
I just hope that everyone is clear on which posts were deleted. Yesterday was a flamefest like not seen in a while. It almost bordered on the uproar around NGE.

The discussion is still allowed, but all the posts that really carry no information and serve as flamebaits only were and most likely still will be deleted. No real problem there.
  Xcathdra

Novice Member

Joined: 3/22/06
Posts: 1028

"Eliminate the Impossible, and whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"

7/29/06 5:28:16 PM#17

Originally posted by Stradden
Hello,

It has come to my attention that there have been far too many threads regarding a specific Star Wars Galaxies EMU server. As you may or may not be aware, MMORPG.com does not condone the discussion of EMU servers, as they are, at best, a gray area.

As you may have noticed, our moderators have removed such threads from the forums. This is not because we wish to limit what you can talk about here, but rather that these discussions were causing a number of unnecessary headaches for our staff as they work to make MMORPG.com a plesant place for all of our members.

Continued discussion of this topic will result in warnings and/or bans, as approrpiate.

I apologise for any inconcenience this may have caused.

Sincerely,
Jon "Stradden" Wood, MMORPG.com Community Manager

Heya... first thanks for clarifiying.. I have a question though... Any chance you guys could ask LEC for comment to see whats going on?

Having access to a billion $ IP - Billions of dollars..
Having access to a massive fan base of said IP - Even more Billons...
Singly handedly alienating them due to stupidity - Priceless.

  MrArchy

Novice Member

Joined: 2/12/06
Posts: 645

"The NGE sucks." - Me

"SWG NGE is the fools folly..." - JestorRodo

7/29/06 7:00:32 PM#18
Stradden - great move, and on behalf of the SWG community, thank you.

SWG Veteran and Refugee, Intrepid server
NGE free as of Nov. 22, 2005
Now Playing: World of Warcrack
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  Shayde

Novice Member

Joined: 9/26/05
Posts: 4551

The game isn’t designed to keep people playing." - Smed

NOW you realize that! - Shayde

7/29/06 7:56:52 PM#19

Originally posted by Wildcat84

Again, until gold farmer adverts (and discussion) is banned from mmorpg, the moderators/etc have no standing whatsoever to ban discussion of swgemu used in non profit, legal ways.


Well.. an EULA means diddly-squat. Thus breaking an EULA isn't breaking a law.

Now EMU's skirt the grey legal issue... it CAN be illegal in some cases.

Not that I'm defending their stance, but gold farming IS NOT ILLEGAL... I still think we should be able to discuss this openly without links... and I think deletion and not simple locking of posts went too far. BUT...

What's done is done.

Shayde - SWG (dead)
Proud member of the Cabal.


It sounds great, so great in fact, I pitty those who canceled :( - Some deluded SWG fanboi who pities me.
I don't like it when you say things. - A Vanguard fan who does too.
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  Distopia

Drifter

Joined: 11/22/05
Posts: 11050

If it contains the words video and game, it must be a WOW clone.

7/29/06 8:00:24 PM#20
They deleted the story about Milo . What did milo ever do ? 

For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson

If you can't argue the point don't say anything at all.

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