Session Start: Wed Dec 13 12:20:03 2006
Session Ident: #step
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[8:28pm] <@stephen> hey juju
[8:29pm] <+juju> hey
[8:30pm] <@stephen> whats up ?
[8:30pm] <@stephen> if u see pandy or e, let them know i am looking for them ya ?
[8:31pm] <+juju> sure
[8:34pm] <@stephen> gonna do some changes to gc, so wanna consult them first
[8:35pm] * Belial tickles stephen under the chin
[8:36pm] * Belial just got up >.<
[8:37pm] * +juju eats cake
[8:38pm] <Belial> mmhh... i want cake
[8:38pm] * +juju considers giving belial a piece
[8:38pm] <+juju> do you like choc yule log or whatever its called?
[8:39pm] <Belial> Could be miscontrued
[8:39pm] <Belial> yeah
[8:39pm] <@stephen> hey b
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[8:39pm] <@stephen> u got the update on the ship list ?
[8:39pm] * Belial will do it today
[8:39pm] * @stephen planning to do some changes to gc
[8:39pm] <Belial> I had to start again
[8:39pm] <@stephen> 1. remove all shielding
[8:39pm] <Belial> Couldnt find the copy i emailed to you
[8:39pm] <Belial> ...
[8:39pm] <@stephen> 2. remove all various weapons, so u`ll only have 1 type
[8:39pm] <@stephen> 3. remove all x class systems
[8:40pm] <+juju> o.o
[8:40pm] <Belial> stephen, Go on the chat, and just ask gc what they think of that
[8:40pm] <@stephen> 4. all gc game log will only store 7 days (current = 30 days)
[8:40pm] <@stephen> 5. all fed forum will store only for 15 days (current = 31 days)
[8:41pm] <@stephen> at least this is the feedback i`ve been getting for ... well, a long time
[8:41pm] <Belial> Really?
[8:41pm] <@stephen> with less event logs, i believe the game will be much much faster (loading wise)
[8:41pm] <@stephen> also plan in jan to get gc its own very server
[8:41pm] <+juju> but o.O the ships
[8:41pm] <+juju> bet they aint happy with that
[8:41pm] <Belial> The event logs etc yewah, how many p[eople and who have been suggesting removing weapons and mods
[8:41pm] <Belial> thats the only thing GC has
[8:41pm] <@stephen> so if there is a lag problem with uc, it should not be effected as currently its being shared with uc.gamestotal.com
[8:41pm] <Belial> Thats the STRATEGY int he STRATEGY game
[8:42pm] <@stephen> thats why wanna talk with you first to see what u think
[8:42pm] <Belial> Well, Run that through Pandy, and why not amke a forum thead
[8:42pm] <Belial> let the players give some feedback there
[8:42pm] <Belial> And well, GC is also screwing up for me now
[8:42pm] <Belial>
[8:42pm] <Belial> Problem occured
[8:42pm] <Belial>
[8:42pm] <Belial> It could be caused by :-
[8:42pm] <Belial> 1. Server busy (due to heavy traffic)
[8:42pm] <Belial> 2. Server is refreshing
[8:42pm] <Belial> Server refreshes every day at around 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM (Server time)
[8:42pm] <Belial> clearing the memory and reloading all game-memory to speed up the game
[8:42pm] <Belial> 3. Bug
[8:43pm] <Belial> Cant even login
[8:43pm] <@stephen> gah
[8:43pm] <Belial> Anyway stephen, The thing id suggest is amking a forum thread, and then seeing the response
[8:44pm] * @stephen doing some changes to the servers, reorganizing it
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[8:48pm] <@stephen> what do you think about this ?
[8:49pm] <@stephen> usage in gc has dropped by a brick, at the rate its going gc is gonna die off soon :(
[8:49pm] <Belial> Personally, I think its terrible, but you said people want it, which is why im suggesting you make a forum thread
[8:49pm] <@stephen> so hoping this will improve things a bit
[8:49pm] <@stephen> terrible ?
[8:50pm] <Belial> The shield ods and weapons is what gives GC the challenge, the utter lack of new features, things being removed from it, and UC being a pay to win game is whats killing GC
[8:50pm] <Belial> But, thats my opinion
[8:50pm] <Belial> I still suggest make a forum thread, and ask the players
[8:50pm] <@stephen> hmm
[8:50pm] <Belial> You said people wanted it, but that could be the minority, oir i could be the minority, only way to find out is to ask.
[8:50pm] <@stephen> let me look for pandy n e see what they think
[8:51pm] <Belial> If you want, id create it and ask people to email you
[8:51pm] <Belial> k
[8:51pm] <@stephen> this is just tossing some ideas around
[8:52pm] <Belial> If i was to give ideas, Get things that were removed for bugs fixed. (Fed voting, MArket removal). Improve thigns that people now long left have wanted like a better federationw ar system where people can win, Mabye a new Design, something new instead of removing things
[8:55pm] <@stephen> where people can find ?
[8:55pm] <Belial> People can find what?
[8:56pm] <@stephen> i mean people can win ?
[8:57pm] <Belial> yeah, Fed A is at war with fed B, have a points system, show stats, who took planets form who, or have a little box that shows the empires your at war with, how much DP
[8:58pm] <Belial> Get something if after an amount of time, if they amange to get a percentage of the feds planets
[9:00pm] <Belial> Theres been lots of good ideas emailled to you, the old forum has a LOT of brilliant suggestions. But they ahve all left in waiting
[9:00pm] <@stephen> :(
[9:01pm] <@stephen> how about removing the x class planet for now ?
[9:01pm] <Belial> Thats something, but the game needs NEW things, removing something is just going to get people further down
[9:01pm] <Belial> If you go intot he forums ad read the threads
[9:02pm] <Belial> people arent happy, people think the games being dismantled, people think you ahve forgotton what GC is
[9:02pm] * @stephen thinking of starting small, trying to fix things whcih is already there
[9:03pm] <Belial> Well, Why not make a forum thread
[9:03pm] <Belial> Ask people
[9:03pm] <Belial> They might have ideas
[9:04pm] <+juju> and if they see you asking for ideas that will make em a bit happier
[9:04pm] <+juju> cus your paying attention to what they are saying
[9:05pm] <@stephen> hmmm
[9:06pm] <Belial> Even just spending 10 misn a day visiting the forums and posting
[9:06pm] <Belial> Get a feel for what people are thinking and wanting
[9:06pm] <Belial> Very least, ask and then follow it up
[9:09pm] <@stephen> hmmm
[9:10pm] <@stephen> i`ll go do that
[9:10pm] <@stephen> ty
[9:10pm] <Belial> p
[9:10pm] <Belial> np*
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[9:43pm] <+juju> well
[9:43pm] <+juju> he left then
[9:45pm] <+juju> Belial
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[9:45pm] <Belial> Wouldnt be surprised if it goes up in the UC forum
[9:46pm] <+juju> meh
[9:47pm] <Belial> Though, for some reason i still have 3 GC forum pages refreshing every 30 seconds in hope
[9:47pm] <+juju> you know
[9:47pm] <+juju> how hard is it to just post a thread
[9:47pm] <+juju> and say he wants ideas
[9:48pm] <+juju> just implementing a few things
[9:48pm] <+juju> would make hi popular again
[9:48pm] <+juju> would make gc a not popular again
[9:49pm] <+juju> a bit*
[9:50pm] <Belial> Ive seen this happen enough times not to get my hope that far up
[9:52pm] <Belial> How out of touch to the game he is is just shown by the removal of shield mods. The only time ive heard for that being called was the thought of putting a seperate GC classic server based on 1.03 rules
[10:12pm] <Belial> Well... nothing on any of them, even checked UC
[10:13pm] * +juju sighs
[10:13pm] * Belial just intermingled the disapointment in with the two mins of hope
[10:13pm] <Belial> Spread it out a bit more =P
[10:13pm] <+juju> lol
[10:14pm] <Belial> Might as well redo the ship list anyway, even if he has had it emailed to him twice
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[10:16pm] <+juju> lol
[10:16pm] <+juju> eternus should have been here earlier
[10:16pm] <+juju> stephen wanted to speak to you
[10:16pm] <@Ete-Away> pfft
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[10:17pm] <Belial> Well, he wants to remove all shield mods and weapon types
[10:18pm] <@Ete-Away> ?
[10:18pm] <Belial> Exactly what it says on the tin
[10:19pm] <Belial> <Belial> Couldnt find the copy i emailed to you
[10:19pm] <Belial> <Belial> ...
[10:19pm] <Belial> <stephen> 2. remove all various weapons, so u`ll only have 1 type
[10:19pm] <Belial> <stephen> 3. remove all x class systems
[10:19pm] <Belial> <juju> o.o
[10:19pm] <Belial> <Belial> stephen, Go on the chat, and just ask gc what they think of that
[10:19pm] <Belial> <stephen> 4. all gc game log will only store 7 days (current = 30 days)
[10:19pm] <Belial> <stephen> 5. all fed forum will store only for 15 days (current = 31 days)
[10:19pm] <Belial> <stephen> at least this is the feedback i`ve been getting for ... well, a long time
[10:20pm] <@Ete-Away> he can do that to UC it'll probably help
[10:20pm] <@Ete-Away> but GC's fine
[10:20pm] <Belial> GC needs new things, not things removed
[10:20pm] <@Ete-Away> yeah
[10:23pm] <@Ete-Away> more missions more projects (to an extent) maybe tweaks to fed content it'll be fine
[10:23pm] <@juju> im off to work
[10:23pm] <@juju> be back later
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[10:27pm] <@stephen> new idea