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Message ID: 2422
Date: Wed Dec 1 16:43:39 GMT 1999
Author: Patrick Trant
Subject: Re: Reconsider the Sit-in!
> From: BROWNCA9@...------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Read this and reconsider the sit-in!
>
> Greebo (Stratics Moderator) said:
> -----
> I have a very old friend who contributes to the
> Guide program. Naturally, I
> can't say who, but in the interest of preventing a
> similar fiasco as with
> the Monk sit-in, I will confirm that players in
> Fenin's Fear Plane were
> lagged out due to over-loading network resources on
> the server which houses
> both Fear and West Freeport.
>
> The server didn't crash, the network resources were
> overloaded, and so
> people lagged out, leaving the Fear Plane with a
> half-linkdead party, which
> died, followed by people reconnecting into Fear as a
> now very lonely, and
> shortly after very dead, person.
>
> Fear plane did not crash itself - that would have
> made the players safe -
> because Fear does not populate for some time after a
> reboot. Instead, the
> overload of players on the server caused the tragic
> and needless deaths of
> people who just wanted to enjoy the game, and made
> their corpse recovery
> even harsher.
>
> Clerics and Necromancers, I urge you - find a better
> way to protest. You are
> going down a path which will, again, bring needless
> suffering on those who
> are not participating. Non-violent protest is
> admirable, but if it causes
> death, its no longer non-violent, is it?
> -----
>
> I believe a sit-in, now that it is known that it
> causes problems to other
> players, is not a good way to protest. Please invent
> another form of
> peaceful protest, for the sake of others!
>
> ~ Briza X`Ris ~
> ~ Mistress of Innoruuk ~
> ~ Fennin RO ~
>
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