Deciding to bring the servers down did bring a few good things. It sparked a healthy debate and it brought some ppl to the forums that would not have been here else.
The reason controversy made me mad enough to shut it all down is argument along the lines of "Overkill is not Xonotic" and ideas to hide modified server's in the server list by default. lunitix touched the subject of why Xonotic is a free game ("Free" shouldn’t be regarded as "I got it free and didn't pay for it". Free should be regarded as freedom of choice). For me its more then that, tough. For me mod, custom maps, and so on IS what makes (or should make) Xonotic. Its what made me like Nexuiz all those years ago, its what kept me with it and the reason im still here. If this community no longer have space for those things, if they get to popular, then i want noting more to do with it. I do, however, not think this is the case but rather that's just how i saw it in the heat of the moment.
As for the overkill server, i will have wrestled with the topic in my head for a bit now. I can just conclude that its simply not fair towards all the ppl who enjoyed playing there or the ppl who developed it to let be be a victim of politics. Thus im bringing it back online right after finishing this port.
Thanks everyone who showed their support here, and my apologies for any overreactions on my part.
The reason controversy made me mad enough to shut it all down is argument along the lines of "Overkill is not Xonotic" and ideas to hide modified server's in the server list by default. lunitix touched the subject of why Xonotic is a free game ("Free" shouldn’t be regarded as "I got it free and didn't pay for it". Free should be regarded as freedom of choice). For me its more then that, tough. For me mod, custom maps, and so on IS what makes (or should make) Xonotic. Its what made me like Nexuiz all those years ago, its what kept me with it and the reason im still here. If this community no longer have space for those things, if they get to popular, then i want noting more to do with it. I do, however, not think this is the case but rather that's just how i saw it in the heat of the moment.
As for the overkill server, i will have wrestled with the topic in my head for a bit now. I can just conclude that its simply not fair towards all the ppl who enjoyed playing there or the ppl who developed it to let be be a victim of politics. Thus im bringing it back online right after finishing this port.
Thanks everyone who showed their support here, and my apologies for any overreactions on my part.