Are you suggesting Neko leaving is a dream?

My god, man. Leave. No, run.

You'll come back anyway.

Then you can't really argue in the same vein that the game won't look forked. EZP will keep floating around with features Laanx doesn't have, and feel like a different game if they keep adding up.

The project seems to be forking to me too, even with the "testing" guise of EZ. If you have one set of features on Laanx, but then completely different set of features on the other server, when it comes down to it you have two different games sharing the same art and settings.

Most games, when they divide RP and regular servers, make the RP one different only with strict anti-PvP rules and roleplay enforcement. In every other way, it's the same game using the same mechanics. This doesn't seem to be what the PS team is aiming for, so I'd too love further clarification.

Anyway, on the subject of leveling, I generally prefer hard without being too repetitive to keep me active. The problem that's always existed in PS is leveling being the same thing over and over again, with no increase in difficulty - just increase in time.

Markus, your only option is to create another account using another email address. I think the directions were pretty clear.

Man, you guys. What the hell? :O

There is no stifling or censoring of any discussion here - you're free to bring up any topic you want. It appears as though we do not agree on some points, and there is some confusion floating around on what some of those points are. Nevertheless, disagreement does not equal to irresolute stubbornness. If an idea or proposal is shot down, there is a reason for it.

We barely have time to work on the client sometimes, and you want us in-game to "govern"? Besides, players cannot roleplay any government official - they have not the tools to enforce any rules, nor the extensive knowledge of those rules (some of which still need to be written) to play a convincing part. This suggestion has been made before, so if you're interested in reading some past arguments, definitely give it a search in the Wishlist.

How about texturing the sky with a cave roof?  And make the crystal the focus of the sky and don't vaguely obscure it behind clouds

The "sky" is far enough from the groundplane that you won't see cavern walls directly. There are clouds (as evidenced by our occasional rainfall), but as you go deeper down the levels, it will get darker and more cave-like. I greatly dislike our current skydome textures as well, so I agree that they should be made better. Just not entirely the way you envision, I think.

[...] change your settings to coincide with the technology you chose to render the world in.

And as CrystalSpace develops that technology, what do our setting members write? That "suddenly" all these things are now possible and the appearance of the world changes without reason, or some obscure reason that is forced onto the community and changes all their roleplay? People are more than willing to adapt right now and forgive us for not having next-gen graphics There's no reason to nitpick like this, really.

Second, why is there a ruined temple?  We're in a stalactite, so everything is underground by default and supposedly below us is a thriving world that we'll get to see someday.  So why is the first layer a ruined area?

The first level is most definitely not a "ruined area" :] The majority of it is thriving farmland, due to the closeness of the Crystal and presence of its light. A few ruins to signify past occupancy do not destroy this image. Sure, we can make everything farms right now - but I'd prefer some visual variety at first, too. Most of the graphics right now are those of standing and populated structures.

I understand how frustrating it can be to play in an unfinished world, but what else can we do but go on building it? Instead of choosing "This isn't finished yet - let's change it" we go with "This isn't finished yet - let's finish."