Gandalf's Servers

[Tyrant]

This is the second time in a month that a beloved member of our community has gotten ticked off over a post from some yahoo, and it both annoys and befuddles me. Gandalf, you are absolutely beloved by the Dom3 community. This is not conjecture or opinion, it is fact. The anonymous coward who abused your kindness and generosity is a dip [censored] loser and his opinion is a fart in the wind, ignore him. Why do you care what some ignorant dork thinks? Surely you have noticed by now that some gamers and internet citizens have impaired social skills. Those of us who have been around long enough to know how totally awesome you are and how much you have contributed to our hobby respect you and hold you in great esteem.

Thank you for all you have done! My sympathies for your troubles, i hope things get better soon.

[Ballbarian]

I don't think I could express my feelings on the subject any more clearly than Tyrant just did. My SemiRandom projects were a direct result of your brainstorms and many features in the program can be traced back to emails, ideas and suggestions from you. Hell for that matter, you were my first exposure to working remotely with a web server. With the help you gave me working with your own donated web space I had the basic knowledge to learn more and have actually created a fairly impressive web space for the county that I work for! This small county in Kansas never had a web presence until now.

Gandalf, just remember when you start feeling like all your work is just a small drip in the ocean and unappreciated, that it is actually causing many ripples and that in the end you impact many, many people in rather large and dramatic ways.

Eh. I suspect that I may be starting to ramble...

But, I do want to emphasize something that Tyrant said:

The anonymous coward who abused your kindness and generosity is a dip [censored] loser and his opinion is a fart in the wind, ignore him.

[Gandalf Parker]

Actually I was just responding because I wanted to and his anonymousie tactic saved him from a direct response (this time).

I had already considered myself blown off the forums by people far more talented than this one. I was greatly irritated at his assessment than I let the games slide from my server. It actually turned out that when I stopped drumming up business for my server like the fanboi I was called, no one seemed to care for a long time. The only reason the blitz games started back up was because it was requested by one of the players.

[Zentar]

Tyrant said:
....Surely you have noticed by now that some gamers and internet citizens have impaired social skills...

Thank you for all you have done! My sympathies for your troubles, i hope things get better soon.

You are one of the immortal legends here Gandalf [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon17.gif[/img] , and the name person who wrote the anonymous e-mail isn't worth knowing. Thank you for all of your contributions. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon41.gif[/img]

[lch]

I have now started a donation thread in the Dominions 3 forums, here:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...?Number=618128

[Gandalf Parker]

Thank you everyone who helped make this happen.
I am pleased to announce that the main server is BACK online and all of the domains are fully operational again.

[Gandalf Parker]

I know I havent been paying as much attention to this thread as I should have. The only reason I drug my feet about saying thanksyous was because I felt rather pensive about whether I would be able to honorably use the money for its intended purpose. The more that the house seemed in danger, the more I was mindful of the donated funds. Not that I would have misused it but I wouldnt have had a DSL line to hook the server to.

I now can feel relieved, honorable, and suitably thankful to everyone. And since the repairs fell short of the funds you provided, the server also received a ram boost.

[Ballbarian]

That is great news Gandalf!