I'm quiting

[emeraldfool]

If PS had 7.5 million more people it'd be the next World of Warcraft

Fixed.

I mean, if PS had 285 more developers, it would attract 7.5 million people because it would be so awesome. How do you people not get that? WoW is the top-grossing, most popular online game ever. But like Lordra said, it took around 1,200 years of communal effort between them to make it there. I'm not talking about anything other than statistics here...

I think Em meant developer-wise.

Aww, she called me 'Em' 

[Idoru]

The problem with WoW is that it is a large majority of the 7.5million that ruin it.

[Cinerar]

It is certainly fine that Cinerar is leaving, of course.  99.9% of our 340,000 have left. :-)

Leaving because of slow progress though, is a shame, because his expectations are so unrealistic.  This project has been going about 7 years.  Compare that to Linux, which is more like 17 years.  I just heard last night that php has *1400* registered code committers, just for the language itself--not for the projects using the language.

Now compare it to commercial MMO projects.  NWN2 had a team of 121 full-time people, according to the credits.  WoW had over 300.  EQ2 has over 150.  Most of these take 4 years or so to actually release client 1, so that is 500-1000 man-years of time in those games.  To get to what they have.

We have like 15 guys, working in their spare time so perhaps 25% time instead of full-time, so we are a team with less than 1% of the capacity of the commercial teams.  I think we have a game which is more than 1% of what those games are. :-)

- Venge

Venge did you asked yourself why you have 340 000 accounts and only 15 guys working with you? 
Do you really think that only 0.0044% can contribute something?
And yes, you have done an excellent work, but hey, 3 weeks (for me) with gold working like moneymaking machine for everyone killing all my hopes to see a real economics here at this stage of development.

[Xordan]

Venge did you asked yourself why you have 340 000 accounts and only 15 guys working with you? 
Do you really think that only 0.0044% can contribute something?

1) Yes we have.. well people come and leave for whatever reasons so it's been a lot more than 15 if you include all the people who have contributed in the past.
2) Yes, that's the case really. It's a very small minority of people who have the skills for software (and game) development. As always, people are welcome to apply if they want to help.

[dying_inside]

Is quitting the new craze or somthing?
And why is there a huge need to advertise it?
Why not just... quit?

[Idoru]

Is quitting the new craze or somthing?
And why is there a huge need to advertise it?
Why not just... quit?

I could not possibly agree with your sentiment more.

[emeraldfool]

Is quitting the new craze or somthing?
And why is there a huge need to advertise it?
Why not just... quit?

If it's someone I know or have seen around I'd like to know whether I'll ever see them again. Even if it's to avoid making RP plans based around them or something...

[Parallo]

It doesn't matter. They always come back anyway.

[emeraldfool]

It doesn't matter. They always come back anyway.

I've quit tonnes of stuff I liked, and still like, but never went back. Mostly 'cause I'm either too lazy to get back into it, or have too much other stuff to try.

For example, I used to play another Alpha-stage MMORPG called 'Era of Faith', which I quit after a year. It's been like 4 years and I still haven't gone back, even though I wonder how much better it's gotten...
I don't see really the difference between that and Planeshift...

[Parallo]

I ment that the people worth keeping always come back

[Karyuu]

I've quit tonnes of stuff I liked, and still like, but never went back. Mostly 'cause I'm either too lazy to get back into it, or have too much other stuff to try. [...] I don't see really the difference between that and Planeshift...

Welcome to PlaneShift, little green crystal Once you're here, your life changes. It's not yours anymore. You won't leave. You will try to leave, but you'll never truly sever the tentacles that grip your mind.

All your base are now belong to us.

[emeraldfool]

Welcome to PlaneShift, little green crystal Once you're here, your life chances. It's not yours anymore. You won't leave. You will try to leave, but you'll never truly sever the tentacles that grip your mind.

All your base are now belong to us.

Hehe, 'tentacles'...
But that's just not fair. I don't want my life to chance
I never signed up for this...

[Volund]

Is quitting the new craze or somthing?
And why is there a huge need to advertise it?
Why not just... quit?

because the people who do advertise this just want attention or and cant bear to leave.

Welcome to PlaneShift, little green crystal  Once you're here, your life changes. It's not yours anymore. You won't leave. You will try to leave, but you'll never truly sever the tentacles that grip your mind.

Yeah, I cant quit, I keep playing time low, but I dont quit.

[zanzibar]

I ment that the people worth keeping always come back

More or less.  I've seen plenty of people return to the game, but their level of involvement and impact with regards to the community is never the same.

[Garile]

hmm I agree there are different levels of playing and the "desillusioned returner" is often not comparable with the person before the break.