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Drama / Blockland is getting old
« on: September 07, 2014, 02:17:33 AM »
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I've been looking around the forums recently, and have been slightly disgusted with what I've seen. I don't need to tell you exactly what, because to see what I mean, all you really need to do is go look into any topic.
I came to bring up some points that have been surfacing from the forums recently, and even from Reddit and other websites. Before you go and start getting ideas, I do not affiliate myself with any groups, especially not the people down at \r\BlocklandIsHorrible. If you're wondering why this is in drama, it's because of the replies I expect people to make.
From what I've seen, people have been bitching over and over again at the fact there haven't been very many updates, and in most cases, I would understand that. Hell, even I could go for some more updates to Blockland. The truth is, asking for a big update is looking very unrealistic at this point.
Let's be honest. It'd take Badspot months to modify the engine to, say, make server-sided fake-killed bricks. It'd take Badspot even longer to make it so you can walk on those bricks. Going off of the postulate that for every bug fixed, another bug will take its place, it's impossible to 100% fix a game. Even if it was possible, it'd take years to do, which is time Badspot does not have. So he provides a bug fix here and there. He could give one of you ownership of the game right now, and I guarantee you'd get bored of having to fix all of the bugs and give ownership to someone else within the same month. Don't lie to yourself.
Now to bring up another point. Going off of what I said, look at Badspot's age. It says he's in his 30's. Whether he keeps that updated, I have no idea. What man in his 30's would want to have to put up with the stuff coming from game he made when he was around 21 years of age? I know I wouldn't. So that's about 10 years of his entire life that he spent keeping this game alive. And you all wonder why he has so little patience with you all. He's been dealing with twelve year old boys who can't help but say "forget you" every other sentence, and the eighteen year old males hitting on those twelve year old's. If I had to put up with the same stuff, I'd go insane by the time I turned twenty.
Now, look at the Add-Ons board. It's been months since any huge Add-Ons, like Slayer, or VCE, or Modular Terrain bricks, or even ZAPT, were made. All of these changed the game in a positive way, and they were great. I see Slayer getting updated constantly, and that makes me happy to know. However, even updates to Slayer are old news now. Not many Add-Ons are even that exciting to play around with anymore. Half of the fun of Blockland was when there were cool Add-Ons that nobody had seen before, where people would host servers showcasing them, and that server would reach 20 players. Then another server would host, say, parkour mod, and it would reach 20 players. Looking at the way things have been going recently, I haven't seen a single Add-On that could excite me enough to even download it.
Another thing I would like to point out is the lack of any interesting news. Especially of anything good. Granted, many of our jaws dropped when Badspot started "the purge", but even that is not as big of a deal as people made it. Badspot bans people more often than you think. Then there's all the negative events happening. "Computermix is at it again." "Ephialtes left and took RTB with him." "/r/BlocklandIsHorrible has a secret plan." Can you honestly go on and tell me that these are that exciting?
I'd like to remind you all that this game has been kept alive by Badspot for 10 years. You all go on to bitch about how the game needs more updates and how it deserves more from its owner. Badspot is been dealing with this stuff for 10 years, and you all can't even give him a week-long break without finding something to bitch at him about.
Grow the forget up.
I've been looking around the forums recently, and have been slightly disgusted with what I've seen. I don't need to tell you exactly what, because to see what I mean, all you really need to do is go look into any topic.
I came to bring up some points that have been surfacing from the forums recently, and even from Reddit and other websites. Before you go and start getting ideas, I do not affiliate myself with any groups, especially not the people down at \r\BlocklandIsHorrible. If you're wondering why this is in drama, it's because of the replies I expect people to make.
From what I've seen, people have been bitching over and over again at the fact there haven't been very many updates, and in most cases, I would understand that. Hell, even I could go for some more updates to Blockland. The truth is, asking for a big update is looking very unrealistic at this point.
Let's be honest. It'd take Badspot months to modify the engine to, say, make server-sided fake-killed bricks. It'd take Badspot even longer to make it so you can walk on those bricks. Going off of the postulate that for every bug fixed, another bug will take its place, it's impossible to 100% fix a game. Even if it was possible, it'd take years to do, which is time Badspot does not have. So he provides a bug fix here and there. He could give one of you ownership of the game right now, and I guarantee you'd get bored of having to fix all of the bugs and give ownership to someone else within the same month. Don't lie to yourself.
Now to bring up another point. Going off of what I said, look at Badspot's age. It says he's in his 30's. Whether he keeps that updated, I have no idea. What man in his 30's would want to have to put up with the stuff coming from game he made when he was around 21 years of age? I know I wouldn't. So that's about 10 years of his entire life that he spent keeping this game alive. And you all wonder why he has so little patience with you all. He's been dealing with twelve year old boys who can't help but say "forget you" every other sentence, and the eighteen year old males hitting on those twelve year old's. If I had to put up with the same stuff, I'd go insane by the time I turned twenty.
Now, look at the Add-Ons board. It's been months since any huge Add-Ons, like Slayer, or VCE, or Modular Terrain bricks, or even ZAPT, were made. All of these changed the game in a positive way, and they were great. I see Slayer getting updated constantly, and that makes me happy to know. However, even updates to Slayer are old news now. Not many Add-Ons are even that exciting to play around with anymore. Half of the fun of Blockland was when there were cool Add-Ons that nobody had seen before, where people would host servers showcasing them, and that server would reach 20 players. Then another server would host, say, parkour mod, and it would reach 20 players. Looking at the way things have been going recently, I haven't seen a single Add-On that could excite me enough to even download it.
Another thing I would like to point out is the lack of any interesting news. Especially of anything good. Granted, many of our jaws dropped when Badspot started "the purge", but even that is not as big of a deal as people made it. Badspot bans people more often than you think. Then there's all the negative events happening. "Computermix is at it again." "Ephialtes left and took RTB with him." "/r/BlocklandIsHorrible has a secret plan." Can you honestly go on and tell me that these are that exciting?
I'd like to remind you all that this game has been kept alive by Badspot for 10 years. You all go on to bitch about how the game needs more updates and how it deserves more from its owner. Badspot is been dealing with this stuff for 10 years, and you all can't even give him a week-long break without finding something to bitch at him about.
Grow the forget up.
ty