Taking advantage of Opportunities (TMW Development)

[Bertram]

Hmm.

I would be fool not to listen at east once at what he has to say about it.

But anyway, the one willing to organize content making for tA has technically no access to get. Just organize things, put them right in order to be pushed and propose them to us, the evil developers.

Not forgetting that the content quality hasn't to be as high as for CR1, we could end up adding new things actually.
For instance, that one seems interesting:
http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... 13&t=10803
(Quest + map made by Liana)
But I'm sure there are other things worth including if someone can take the time to gather them and put them in good shape.

Regards.

[AnonDuck]

I do think someone needs to step up and head tA development. Everyone has gone off to work on CR1, which is a good idea in the long run but in the short run leaves the current playerbase and tA contributors stranded.

I'd be glad to step into this role if so desired, but admittedly I haven't as much time on my hands as I used to.

Perhaps an informal group of tA developers could be convened as the go-to people for contributors to work with? It worked quite well in the past, it's just that almost everyone who was doing it moved on to other things. We need some new blood.

These go-to people should play the game often, be semi-experienced in tA development, and most importantly be willing to help out people that are just getting started with tA on IRC, in the forums, etc. Without a active and friendly developer community, development will stagnate.. and it sort of has. I've seen many a potential contributor give up and move on to developing content for an alternate server.

Put me on that list. I have the qualifications, can review(and commit if desired) patches, help people improve their contributions to meet quality standards, etc. I've no qualms about making decisions of what content should be included, if I'm unsure about something I can just ask someone more experienced.

I don't have much time for helping newbies though, I'm better at dealing with people who at least know git basics.

To everyone: What can you do to help?

Also, I think to get some direction back in development, we should make a section on the bug tracker for tA TODO. Use it to handle projects, lead developers can assign priority and give direction to development, and anyone can contribute. Update the wiki/forum/etc so people looking for something to do can find it.

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MadCamel AKA Slicer

[Jaxad0127]

We think we have someone (or two) to head tmwAthena content development.

[AnonDuck]

phew.

[Bertram]

We think we have someone (or two) to head tmwAthena content development.

And the winner(s) is(are)?

[thedarkfinder]

Anyone find that completely and absolutely funny?


Dark water= The development of this server is dead.

GHP= No it is not!!!!!

Dark water= Oh ok. Then why when anyone wants to add something, it is completely grid locked?

GHP= There is no grid lock!!!!

Dark water=Ok, who controls the development of this server.

GHP= ......

Dark water= How can we help when GHP can not agree with each other.

GHP= We always agree with each other, if you want to complain go away, if you want to help suggest a quest.

Dark water= Reissue the tophat quest.

GHP= We have basic rules!!!!!!!

Dark water= And those basic rules are running this server in to the ground.

Amun=Make mad camel head of content development.

Dark water= We offically have grid lock

Ghp= We have are own people in charge of development.

Ghp= who in the hell is that?

Total thread= stunned silence.


How in the world can you guys do anything new or differnt, when you can not agree to reissue a old quest. You guys can not even aggree on something that you know works. Good luck with everything else.

[Jaxad0127]

We're going to try a content council for tmwAthena: Enchilado (poison_ivy on the forums), MrDudle, Fother, Freeyorp, and myself (for now; more may be added later). Enchilado and MrDudle will be given commit access when they show they can use git effectively.