To clarify, I'm not dissatisfied that he needs to bring the server down to fix something; I'm questioning the prospect of doing it for an extended period of time without telling the players anything until they come here and ask. That is extremely inconsiderate, and it appears to be a trend in Jenco. It's usually acceptable because it's not that huge a deal, even if it's a bit of a nuisance that you log in one day to see your spells wiped and your char placed in a tutorial zone which then takes an hour to fix so you can leave and another couple of hours before the spell merchants are actually loaded, to pose a similar example. This is different, though - if noone had come on here and asked, I would have thought that Jenco had pulled the plug on the server. When you're administering a server of any kind that has a userbase, you're expected to let those users know if you're bringing the server out of service for any significant length of time. Especially since Jenco has a previous case of GMing a server and just one day vanishing, as seems to be the case according to reports from players of that server.
We all appreciate the work that Jenco puts in, and I have very few complaints about him as a GM, but I wish he wouldn't leave us in the dark like this. I hope that next time he makes some major change, he warns the players a day or two in advance so that they're not caught by unpleasant surprise too often. I don't currently play, but I intend to return at some point so I follow the server's status. It should make no difference whether or not I am currently active, and I believe my point goes for any player on Jenco's server. It would have been completely unacceptable if we had been paying customers, and even though we aren't, I think that anything which doesn't go with paying customers is something you should do your best not to do in any case. If he wants to keep a playerbase, that is.
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