Another FL server lost
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You’ll always have issues with people who won’t play certain types of mods or play on certain servers, that will never change. Just look at Discovery, i’ve only ever tried it once and never again after being talked down to and treated like a 2 yr old by the admins there just because i questioned some of the RP elements for new players.
Merging of servers, mods and communities will never happen, it’s how it is now and will stay like this until we’re all dead or finally move on. There’s a few hundred players left, about two dozen modders who actually know what they are doing and that’s it. Face it, it’s a dead game and we’re all holding a candle from the good old days, problem is we’re running out of wax.
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I know what you are saying, but I think with DX9 we could potentially have a chance at adding a bit more wax to the candle.
I know a merge won’t happen I’ve been around FL long enough (off and on) to know the score - it was just wishful thinking.
I personally had a bad experience with discovery as well, it was pretty much their way or the highway, I don’t agree with that in a game that is supposed to be a “do what you want” in an open ended universe.
As for me I tried something to revive this game before, you may or may not have been here when the uberlancer project was around, boy were there some debates about that!
But, I’m going to try something again because I pretty much think this will be the last effort anyone will be able to make as there won’t be many players left one or two years down the line.
So this time I am sticking around and returning to modding, something I was fairly decent at back in my day. Lets hope I can pull it off this time
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Big bummer news here. Lots of fond memories on this server / mod. Was like a kid in a candy store on my first run through that neat multi-level minefield. The trek to Sol… Druid system at the end of the other minefield… First encounter with a Phantom >< Beautiful X2 ship imports, the dinky little 2k hull zingers that were such a blast to fly in a dog fight (Harrier & Zephyr). Lots of interesting additions to the game I won’t forget any time soon, plus my old buddies from GoM I actually met on Starworlds.
salute Thanks Tekagis for an outstanding run and pretty outstanding staff. And another for the departed.
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From my point of view, Freelancer is only a dead game because of defeatist people who give up.
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I’m sure the thousands of ModDB followers for a variety Freelancer mods would like to learn FL is dead.
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Always sad to see a server close
BUT
“It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMkOY6DQtPk
poignant video
Apply to your love of the game -
If you like to mod the game just do it, don’t worry about how many players are left. So many games out there that it’s hardly surprising so few play this one anymore, but don’t let it put you off.
I play a stupid amount of games, but i still like to mod fl when it takes my fancy. Been making a mod for years now, probably never finish it, but who cares, it’s fun.
