Bump in Appreciation of Gandalf Parker

Alderanas · #1 June 10th, 2008, 01:45 AM

what you do is pure amazingness if that were a word!!! Continue the amazing work.

Leif_- · #2 June 10th, 2008, 01:50 AM

"There are no gods but Illwinter, and Gandalf is their prophet." You've always been the embodiment of the Dominion community spirit Gandalf -- don't let some changeling and deildergast annoy you.

Rathar · #3 June 10th, 2008, 01:53 AM

Seriously folks.. Gandalf has done more for this community than 99.9999% of any of us.

Whomever it is they shall be playing only single player games if their name gets out.

Omnirizon · #4 June 10th, 2008, 02:09 AM

what kind of doosh would do something like that?

it's people like Gandalf that make Dom3 a worthwhile game. without people like him putting in the amounts of personal effort and time that it takes to even create the servers that this game and community depend upon, there would be no Dom3.

Lingchih · #5 June 10th, 2008, 02:25 AM

Well, it wasn't me. I have had a game go down due to Gandalf's hardware problems recently. But I have offered nothing but encouragement. I think he needs money instead of encouragement, but I have little of that.

Edi · #6 June 10th, 2008, 02:55 AM

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Rathar said:
Seriously folks.. Gandalf has done more for this community than 99.9999% of any of us.

Whomever it is they shall be playing only single player games if their name gets out.

I heartily agree with this. It's people like Gandalf and llamabeast who provide server space who keep the MP community alive and who enable it to run as smoothly as it does. We all owe them a debt of gratitude.

They do not deserve abusive asshats getting in their face about it. Let said asshat first run his own server and then maybe he will have some perspective. But I doubt it.

Endoperez · #7 June 10th, 2008, 09:08 AM

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Leif_- said:
"There are no gods but Illwinter, and Gandalf is their prophet."

Wow. Just, wow. I laughed, and I want this for a t-shirt. I want a flag with this thing. Can I get a special first page for my manual with this?

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Innocence said:
Which server did he loose? Couldn't find the thread

The thread is in Shrapnel General forum, not in here.

Gandalf Parker · #8 June 10th, 2008, 10:40 AM

OK OK OK.
Thanks all. and I will strive to return to the game.

Now go forth and spread this to all of the other free things you've been gobbling up. Your favorite servers, favorite mods, favorite maps, favorite strategy. Anything being shared for free that you wish the person would do more of.

If people dont do them for money then you might find that "paying" regularly with some appreciation will help to keep things going. For that matter, add free patches and free forums to that list.

hunt11 · #9 June 10th, 2008, 12:27 PM

just so people understand something, not all teenagers are bad or rude. I was one of the people who lost games because of the crash, and i never complained once about it, i just took it and wait for them to start up again.

QXel · #10 June 10th, 2008, 12:46 PM

hunt11,

yes, you're right.
Sorry for my rant. I sincerely apologize if I have hurt some people. I really do.
Nothing agains youngs ... except beeing younger than me of course

It not belongs to age, but to people's state of mind.
I can only say that I see great excesses these days, at least in France, with people who only know free Internet, and who believe that evething must be free and accessible immediatly. No patience, no gratefullness, and too often, no respect for other people. And I see it very often in public forums (hopefully NOT here!).
Same apply in the everyday life in general.
But I believe that my parents said it about us when I was young, and my gran parents about my parents, and so on

Well, again, I apologize for my rant.
I suggest that this subject will remain private by now.
If you want to complain, you can in private messages

QXel