I guess for me it seems odd that some are arguing that a restart will be fun for them so it should be good for all...everyone does know they were welcome to make a new character whenever they wanted right?
Alternately, I would support something just proposed...moving all old characters to a community controlled "experimental server". I am not sure how this would work, WinchGate would have to get creative and create a new GPL variant, testing environments, and rollout system, and probably a community driven proposal, request, and voting system for features...who knows, they might even pave the way for a new system of community-driven game/software development. I could see prospective developers/artists subbing just for the right to get game programming experience and content for their portfolio. Or schools buying "group licences". And of course, WinchGate, as part of the new GPL, would reserve the right to implement anything they liked from the experimental server to the actually "live server". The "live server" would be this new empty server they are now proposing.
Interestingly, this proposal is more a matter of administration as the community can be made to coordinate, organize, and approve the rest.
In this case, the "experimental server" would be like a running alpha version and the mass of different level characters we get by moving all our characters there necessary for testing.
Alternately, I would support something just proposed...moving all old characters to a community controlled "experimental server". I am not sure how this would work, WinchGate would have to get creative and create a new GPL variant, testing environments, and rollout system, and probably a community driven proposal, request, and voting system for features...who knows, they might even pave the way for a new system of community-driven game/software development. I could see prospective developers/artists subbing just for the right to get game programming experience and content for their portfolio. Or schools buying "group licences". And of course, WinchGate, as part of the new GPL, would reserve the right to implement anything they liked from the experimental server to the actually "live server". The "live server" would be this new empty server they are now proposing.
Interestingly, this proposal is more a matter of administration as the community can be made to coordinate, organize, and approve the rest.
In this case, the "experimental server" would be like a running alpha version and the mass of different level characters we get by moving all our characters there necessary for testing.