This is something that I feel is complete bullstuff, but that I'm sure many people think is awesome. Perhaps you've seen DrenDran's new "General Client Enhancement" add-on in RTB. I hadn't until I joined his server to find this message as the welcome:
It sounded a tad absurd that he was kicking people who didn't download the add-on, but I went in and started DMing, and almost literally once every minute this goddamn message flashed in my face until I was kicked after less than ten minutes on the server simply because I had not downloaded the add-on.
Intrigued, I went back to the server and clicked the link. I almost immediately facepalmed:
I don't have time to scrutinize the spelling there, but
really? That's hardly a way to advertise your stuff. But I read on to find out that the add-on does little more than forget with your screen, it seems. It zooms in sometimes, alters the color, and there's some GUI stuff or something in there. Think about this; he's essentially kicking people from his server for not giving him the ability to forget with their screens. Fantastic.
But still, I kept trying to play on the server, and still the server kept trying to force me into downloading the add-on. Every few minutes, messages like these would pop up:
So he's using Eval... I'm probably wrong, but I thought Eval was an incredibly bad thing to use on your server... Anyhow, I tried to ignore the kicking of people who didn't want to participate in DrenDran's crawl into the RTB top picks, and continued playing. Of course, this message popped up every minute or so:
As if to say:
"Look at how many people have my stuff and don't get kicked! You should let me forget with your client, because everyone else has this stuff, and you don't want to be the only one without it!" And judging by the testaments of the mod's users, it seems so worthwhile:
In the end, it just seems like a poor ploy to get to the Top Picks on RTB by kicking non-users and loving with the screen zoom/color of the people who actually decided to download this crap. The mod really doesn't sound enhancing at all, but incredibly irritating. What do
you think?
