I dont see why answering the person's question was so hard...
Furthermore, I don't know why posting off-topic replies in this thread helps anything. The user most likely has given up his search due to the fact that he couldn't get a straight answer (especially from the board admin... tsk tsk)
If not, the fact still remains that the first reply to this user's question , by Shawn, was rude and sarcastic (do you dislike eqemu users to the point of needing to cop that type of attitude with naive users?)
I had much respect for the developers and it's testors... but if a senior member mistreats another user, I'll lose sight and spectacle of this miraculous emu effort and quit using it. I realize this means dick to you all, but had I been a member of the staff, I would have answered the user's question then had saved the sarcasm for irc, icq, whatever.
The eqemu project is no doubt, at the least, maddening. Constant users bitching about patches, incompatibility, constantly having to repeat yourselves... regardless of the 10 hours you spent writing a readme to avoid such things... but throwing attitude at any user of your project is, at the very least, extremely inappropriate. Can't stand the heat? Then give your seat up to someone who actually does this for the joy of it.
I respect all of the EqEmu devlopers, and furthermore.. all the people that decided to add their hours of effort to this project (eg windcatcher, shawn319, Drawde, stormgod, ariak, baronsprite.. etc etc etc) but Shawn using attitude toward the user that asked if there were any free servers for eq (obviously a less-than-well-thoughtout question) was rude, and completely gained NEGATIVE respect from me (as a serious eqemu follower, user, and worldbuilder - yes.. I don't just download eqemu and bitch when patches break the emu). Grow up. If you wish to be a board moderator, then act like you're a bit older than 15, please?
I want to respect what you have to say... shawn... not automatically expect you to say something sinnical, sarcastic or just plain rude. (please excuse spellings... my deutsch is better than english).
If I get a single flame off this message, then maturity just isn't that user's forte, now isn't it?
