Whoa, what happened? (PEQuest)

Jonathan5 · #1 10-21-2007, 06:56 AM

www.projecteq.org Just saw this. The project was ganked from you?

number6 · #2 10-21-2007, 08:50 PM

What a shame. The forums had an enormous amount of goodwill and excitement about the project. I don't understand the logic in wiping all of that out, no matter what sort of differences people on the team seem to have had. I was quite excited about the potential of the server. Ah well.

sdabbs65 · #3 10-21-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by number6

What a shame. The forums had an enormous amount of goodwill and excitement about the project. I don't understand the logic in wiping all of that out, no matter what sort of differences people on the team seem to have had. I was quite excited about the potential of the server. Ah well.

That the way the code crumbles...
egos kill it everytime.

froglok23 · #4 10-22-2007, 10:30 AM

Hey all,

NMo weare far from dead, we just restructured and became more organised, we are now on /server irc.peeringsa.net in the #eqc channel

Cheers,

froglok

**TheLieka** · #5 10-22-2007, 04:28 PM

Wacky.

Dax

John Adams · #6 10-23-2007, 01:42 AM

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We would like to inform you all that PEQuest has been discontinued.

-Tcsmyworld

Karma is a big, fat bitch, ain't she?

suavo · #7 10-23-2007, 04:29 AM

not really john, infact if you could read a few posts up, you will see that that was just a premature statement...

Monkeybomb · #8 10-23-2007, 05:01 AM

So there was some sort of drama and now the project has to "restructure" in order to get it back on track?

People need to learn to just get along.

**WildcardX** · #9 10-23-2007, 05:25 AM

/grouphugs on

"Error: invalid syntax."

DAMN!!!

sdabbs65 · #10 10-23-2007, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by WildcardX

/grouphugs on

"Error: invalid syntax."

DAMN!!!

%touch me
%chmod 000 me
%touch me
touch: cannot touch me: permission denied
% make ' ' bang ' ' with gun
make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target ` '

Sathiran · #11 10-23-2007, 07:55 AM

http://www.eqclassic.org/

Angelox · #12 10-23-2007, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Sathiran

http://www.eqclassic.org/

You have a loggin server? I always had a soft spot for old stuff, and would play

Wizzel · #13 10-23-2007, 11:52 AM

We're not the new project. We are the project. Come visit us at www.eqclassic.org.

John Adams · #14 10-23-2007, 01:14 PM

The new site is very spiffy. I love a clean site... and continue to wish Wizzel well in his (ever)quest.

I have no idea wtf the other business is about, and could care less. Just make it happen, and don't let the boners get ya.

gernblan · #15 10-23-2007, 01:27 PM

Hey if you guys are like Compiz, and those guys are like Beryl, maybe you'll both do cool stuff then merge back later after a big kiss and making up session (which I don't want to videotape, thanks)... with a project far more advanced than it ever could have been until someone shook up things.

Oftentimes, a fork like this just makes everyone realize that communication sucked on account of all parties, and usually a few things happen after this (in order of most common to most rare):

1) BOTH projects die because they are spread too thin.
2) One project survives, the others go cry in a corner (see xXorg vs. X-free86)
3) Both projects do very well standalone (see just about any Linux distro)
4) Both projects do well, realize they are wasting time duplicating effort and then they get humble and merge back together (see Beryl and Compiz).

My examples come from the OSS world.

Read all about them on da Google. Frankly, what's going on with them, and their histories, is amazing, and QUITE the lesson for people trying to work on shared projects.

The experience of others can teach you what to do and what NOT to do.

Regardless how this turns out (let's cross our fingers that we can cross off #1 at the very least shall we?) GOOD LUCK!