Posted by Grief Hero

I'm still alive.

Someone showed me a thread of you saying your goodbyes.  

Posted by viy

Someone showed me a thread of you saying your goodbyes.

But he's back now  

Posted by ToshiHiro*

But he's back now

Dope.  

Posted by Grief Hero

I'm still alive.

<3 Miss you  

Posted by Reno

That would make my day

Maybe you can charm him into it

Haha, not sure what chance I have getting back in given some 'do gooder' will alert unixmad I'm part of graal reborn the moment I step in the door.  

Posted by Tricxta

Haha, not sure what chance I have getting back in given some 'do gooder' will alert unixmad I'm part of graal reborn the moment I step in the door.

Yeah snk said no it was bound to happen though.  

Just name yourself Trixctb and I'm sure no one will notice.  

Posted by Cookie Xanadu

Just name yourself Trixctb and I'm sure no one will notice.

This is genius, I'm not sure why I never thought of it earlier.  

this  

Posted by Vendhin

Lag is a problem too, but we've done all we can with scripts to try and fix this.
Unfortunately, that could only really be fixed by toonslab upgrading the hardware

Go on strike, force them to upgrade :p  

Posted by Kay9

Go on strike, force them to upgrade :p

Staff who went on strike about the hardware issues would be fired and replaced swiftly I would think.  

Posted by Reno

Staff who went on strike about the hardware issues would be fired and replaced swiftly I would think.

Uh, oh no.  

Posted by Reno

Staff who went on strike about the hardware issues would be fired and replaced swiftly I would think.

Replaced with who? Lol, anyone who posses talents to work for a server, either do or don't want to. That's why PR team is overflowing and dev team is lacking on really any server.

Graal thrives off of conning people to work for free. If there is no one who knows how to do the jobs required, Graal goes away simply because they don't hire professionals and rely heavily on volunteers.

The flaw with this approach is that you are limited only to the people that actively take in content from Graal, and out of those, the ones who are willing to learn what it takes to dev. Which if anyone has been paying attention, is dwindling lower and lower as the time goes by. People would much rather take the easier approach by calling themselves a "PR".

Fun fact, Graal needs scripters, however those that do know how to script don't help or share that knowledge with others in a widespread basis (this could be because it is harder to teach scripting, idk I don't script, just speaking on what I've noticed over the years). Compare that to something like GFX or LAT, anyone can pick that up because that community is larger and people get help and feedback quickly alas helping them improve.

If you need more scripters, train some  

Posted by Jester Lapse

Replaced with who? Lol, anyone who posses talents to work for a server, either do or don't want to. That's why PR team is overflowing and dev team is lacking on really any server.

Graal thrives off of conning people to work for free. If there is no one who knows how to do the jobs required, Graal goes away simply because they don't hire professionals and rely heavily on volunteers.

The flaw with this approach is that you are limited only to the people that actively take in content from Graal, and out of those, the ones who are willing to learn what it takes to dev. Which if anyone has been paying attention, is dwindling lower and lower as the time goes by. People would much rather take the easier approach by calling themselves a "PR".

Fun fact, Graal needs scripters, however those that do know how to script don't help or share that knowledge with others in a widespread basis (this could be because it is harder to teach scripting, idk I don't script, just speaking on what I've noticed over the years). Compare that to something like GFX or LAT, anyone can pick that up because that community is larger and people get help and feedback quickly alas helping them improve.

If you need more scripters, train some

That's why Testbed is now a hosted server.

That being said it's hard to just 'learn' GS2 because let's face it, it's a poorly implemented language. It requires access to a server to even debug. In my opinion this is the main reason there's a lack of scripters, it's not an accessible language.

Toonslab couldn't give a toss about the old development tools, or even real documentation. Discounting the function lists you can find on the bible, there's no 'real' documentation. To combat the very obvious scripter drought Toonslab should have either adapted their older tools, or even recreated them from scratch, to be compatible with GS2 or have real and thorough documentation created by a professional. I assume they have the resources to do that.

The community created tutorials either finish too early, not covering all of the essentials, or focus on aspects that aren't helpful for server creation. Some just aren't complete.

I wish it was as easy as just 'training' scripters =/

And yeah, getting volunteers to assist in creating Graal servers and moderate them probably makes Toonslab laugh their way to the bank lol. I understand that they do employ some people though, outside of the Graal community.

P.S I'm aware that GS2 needs a server because it talks to the NPC-Server etc. I'm sure that an editor could be created that could have a modified NPC-Server emulated inside it.  

Posted by Reno

That's why Testbed is now a hosted server.

That being said it's hard to just 'learn' GS2 because let's face it, it's a poorly implemented language. It requires access to a server to even debug. In my opinion this is the main reason there's a lack of scripters, it's not an accessible language.

Toonslab couldn't give a toss about the old development tools, or even real documentation. Discounting the function lists you can find on the bible, there's no 'real' documentation. To combat the very obvious scripter drought Toonslab should have either adapted their older tools, or even recreated them from scratch, to be compatible with GS2 or have real and thorough documentation created by a professional. I assume they have the resources to do that.

The community created tutorials either finish too early, not covering all of the essentials, or focus on aspects that aren't helpful for server creation. Some just aren't complete.

I wish it was as easy as just 'training' scripters =/

And yeah, getting volunteers to assist in creating Graal servers and moderate them probably makes Toonslab laugh their way to the bank lol. I understand that they do employ some people though, outside of the Graal community.

P.S I'm aware that GS2 needs a server because it talks to the NPC-Server etc. I'm sure that an editor could be created that could have a modified NPC-Server emulated inside it.

I was added on Testbed by my friend Deshi but I have no idea how to start off learning GS2, no one ever teaches me how.