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04-01-2005, 09:04 PM
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Fire Beetle
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Guildwars Server Down - Discuss
Here are the last screenshots of Guildwars being up.
After these screenshots were posted on the Guildwars forums the forums were all locked.
Discuss.
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04-01-2005, 09:04 PM
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Fire Beetle
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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04-01-2005, 09:05 PM
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Fire Beetle
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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04-02-2005, 02:14 AM
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Sarnak
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 37
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I just wanna say its fucking bullshit that you guys closed down the server, many people donated hard erned money to the server. You cant just close it b/c a coupple faggots were being disrespectful. Devnoob, I kno there were alot of people saying shit, but come on its an online game, this isnt real life and besiede a coupple retards, alot of people really respected the work you and image put into the server. If anything, bring GW back for the donators, the people who supported the server, and filter out the jackasses that didnt appreciate it.
-Gambit
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04-02-2005, 03:05 AM
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Dragon
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 583
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GW down to staff drama?
Who'd have thought.
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04-02-2005, 03:11 AM
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Demi-God
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,066
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People have donated some hard earned money to keep the server up, and according to the donation schedule they were paid THRU the end of May.
If you must close the server, especially on a petty issue like this, I think it's only appropriate that all persons who sent a donation for April or May get refunded.
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04-02-2005, 03:25 AM
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Dragon
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 583
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Originally Posted by RangerDown
People have donated some hard earned money to keep the server up, and according to the donation schedule they were paid THRU the end of May.
If you must close the server, especially on a petty issue like this, I think it's only appropriate that all persons who sent a donation for April or May get refunded.
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Clearly they were disrespectful bitches who deserve nothing back.
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04-02-2005, 03:32 AM
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Demi-God
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Heaven.
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Originally Posted by Wiz
GW down to staff drama?
Who'd have thought.
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My thoughts exactly.
On a side note, let me just say now that if this thread gets too roudy it will be locked.
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04-02-2005, 03:58 AM
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Fire Beetle
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Sacramento, CA USA
Posts: 14
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Here's a link to my irc log. I was afk for the whole thing so I didn't know about this crap until this morning.
http://techrono.net/other/guildwars.txt
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04-02-2005, 04:51 AM
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Dragon
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 776
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Disappointing to hear - I was really interested in how guildwars would shape up this time around, because it's a really good concept for a pvp server using eq mechanics.
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04-02-2005, 05:04 AM
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Fire Beetle
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 15
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Originally Posted by RangerDown
People have donated some hard earned money to keep the server up, and according to the donation schedule they were paid THRU the end of May.
If you must close the server, especially on a petty issue like this, I think it's only appropriate that all persons who sent a donation for April or May get refunded.
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Originally Posted by RangerDown
I think it's only appropriate that all persons who sent a donation for April or May get refunded.
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Originally Posted by RangerDown
refunded.
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ahahahahahahaha
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04-02-2005, 05:19 AM
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Dragon
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Earth
Posts: 818
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refund
asking for a refund is silly...
I think the term donate...means just that....
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I want a refund from that bum I gave a dollar to... he didnt use it for food.
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04-02-2005, 05:26 AM
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Dragon
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Originally Posted by sdabbs65
asking for a refund is silly...
I think the term donate...means just that....
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I want a refund from that bum I gave a dollar to... he didnt use it for food.
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If you donate to the Red Cross, would you be a-OK with them spending the money on booze?
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04-02-2005, 06:29 AM
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Sarnak
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 39
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Guild Wars was a perfect example of people who have great ideas, good programming skills and not enough PR savvy. It would have been a great server if those guys (Image/Dev) were the main design team but someone else actually ran the server.
Don't get me wrong, there were a lot of idiotic low-lifes that had absolutely no appreciation for the hard work that was put into creating and running the server- and that has got to be frustrating. But frankly, Image, but moreover Dev honestly, had some serious powertrip/ego issues and little to no patience.
Again, I respect the hard work and diligence that went into the server, but because of wide variety of ages and, uh, "mental capacities", of some of the player base, it takes a very mature, "non-ego-based" personality to keep the server up and running smoothly. Clearly, this wasn't the case here, as evidenced by the numerous times the server has been up and down and up and down again.
Great ideas, not enough management skill- but hey, not everyone is cut out for dealing with the fickle and often rancorous public. God knows, it's not an easy job.
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04-02-2005, 06:52 AM
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Fire Beetle
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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About "donations"
"I think the term donate...means just that...."
You were right if this was actually a donation situation.
A donation to the law is the of giving to a fund or a cause; it's a gift, a grant. If you stick to that it does sound right for GW case.
However take a look at the definition of a contract and let's see the differences.
It is set of promises made by one party to another for the breach of which the law provides a remedy. The promise or promises may be express (either written or oral) or may be implied from circumstances.
In the case of GW, they were taking so-called "donations" and promising to keep the server up for "X" amount of time with it. But the main problem is that donators were actually getting advantages and services from it such as guildwars "donator" items. It was more like "We are taking donations for the month of may and for every X$ you get you will receive this".
Hence according to that mere fact, it is a contract and they have to either respect their engagement or refund the buyers. That's right they were buyers not donators because they did receive their share in the trade.
GW can't hide behind the laws there saying it was a "donation". Any company would offer you services for money down and call it a donation when they feel like dropping you. You can't call it a donation if there's an actual exchange/trade proper to this very donation. It's a contract *period*
Thank you
p.s. I did not donate I just wanted to set things straight and I don't really mind if they closed the server.
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