Thats a nice idea :) I will create one over in Social Side of Elanthia. I will call it: Alterations - Look what I got.

If you have comments or questions on the above,please dont hesitate to email me at DR-Cecco@play.net

Cecco
- Message Boards Supervisor, DragonRealms

When are the play.net forums going to join the 21st century? I honestly have never understood why we're talking software that's barely more efficient than a system of pneumatic pipes. All joking aside, have you ever tried finding accurate and current information on here? There are almost countless topics and threads discussing aspects of the game that haven't existed in this decade/century/millennium. I mean really, when we can quantify the age of data in millennia, we need to re-evaluate some things.

I don't mean to 'rag' on the forums, I rather enjoy having a place to talk to other DR players, but at the same time I can't really say I'm impressed with them. I feel that I can say without exaggeration that there are free forum services that put ours to shame.

I also understand that there is some degree of sentimental value and 'legacy' that people cling to, but if we're really being honest with ourselves, when do you ever read it? I'm sure that most people, if they honestly thought about it, would realize that they enjoy the IDEA of the forum's history rather than the content itself. Am I saying erase it? No, not at all. Archive it, put it somewhere that people can access i and relive their glory days and reminisce on fighting claw trolls and whatnot, but leave the past in the past. Let us walk holding hands into the future using communication software created by people that are still alive.

> I also understand that there is some degree of sentimental value and 'legacy' that people cling to, but if we're really being honest with ourselves, when do you ever read it?

I see what you did there. You're having a quick wink at the fact that people can't read your message unless they're reading the boards, when you're alluding to the fact that nobody reads the boards.

+1

I dunno, a quick search pulls up posts from back in 1998. Semantics aside, it makes me a sad panda.

Also, I wasn't implying that nobody reads the forums, I was implying that a decade from now you won't be reading over my suggestion with a glistening eye and reminiscing on the gold old days of the times when we communicated over vast distances via hand-written notes tied to rocks.

Ah, well I'm sure whomever transcribed from those tablets did a fine job. I recant my previous statement though as I just time traveled back to 2003 to learn how to BOLD. No man can stop me now!

>>Also, while I'm on my soapbox, that gentleman at billing is a pleasant chap, but I'd rather not have to renew our friendship every time I reactivate an account. How can we solve this?<<

Pretty sure you can reactivate your account via the web. No phone call necessary if you have the correct information like account name, password, etc.


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NMUs are not people. -GM Armifer

Reactivating accounts via the website including specific character selection has been possible for a while. Reactivating a specific character on an already active account is what requires billing's help.

But I'm sure you knew that, and it just slipped your mind. The thin air up on those high horses can cause all sorts of problems.

-Evran

Gay, geeky, and a little bit cheeky.

I just wonder if it's really impossible, or if it's more of a practically impossible thing, ie hiring a software engineer to figure out a solution wouldn't be practical considering the amount of money it might cost. The first option I find hard to believe. I've worked some jobs in the past where I saw two completely incompatible systems bridged by a good software engineer. The second, I find very much possible. While I have no doubt Simutronics is a successful company, I doubt it has a massive budget for something that's pretty much not going to increase it's profits any.


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