Eliteone Posted July 31, 2005 Posted July 31, 2005 UnityHQ is proud to sponsor the Petition for a Release patch to address the exploits in the game and for the Master Server to become more reliable. If you'd like to sign the petition click this link Nolf 2 Exploit Patch and Master Server reliability We have included website and forum codes on the forum here so people can spread the word about the petition.
Factor Posted August 1, 2005 Posted August 1, 2005 very nice idea e1 Sp@zz signed, and he made Factor sign it too
Belladonna Posted August 1, 2005 Posted August 1, 2005 I encourage you all to pass this petition on to anyone you know who plays NOLF2 that might not visit these forums. Thanks!
Leesy Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 About to hit 50. I'll make sure all of FF5 sign it.
Factor Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 we gonna need a lot more than that... if we reach 100 we might have a leg to stand on...otherwise we prolly in trouble...
Eliteone Posted August 2, 2005 Author Posted August 2, 2005 we gonna need a lot more than that... if we reach 100 we might have a leg to stand on...otherwise we prolly in trouble... 9701[/snapback] Have some faith
Factor Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 im a chirstian feller... the only thing im not lacking in is faith i just always have to be a little pescimistic...
Eliteone Posted August 3, 2005 Author Posted August 3, 2005 Wanted to add the goal is to get the exploits fixed server side and to have a more reliable master server. People in this gaming community have been really resistant to apply mods or even custom maps. So it is logical to do the fixes on the serverside or via a game version patch. While it is very commendable to release downloadable Mods, I personally respect the efforts of Dan to fix the game through the "fix" Mods and I am personally an advocate of converting to these to correct the problems . New players wouldn't know about it and would get the can't join or even find the servers. Players who won't download these would stop playing. Look how many have embraced having to run a mod to play the no cheat server (traffic is 1/25 my regular DM) But the logical way is for it these fixes to be released as a version patch (version 1.4 for example) That is why we need to have this petition.
Koyuki Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 How often does anyone take notice of these things, though? Not to knock the idea, as I've already thrown my lot in with the 55+ others, but there's the very real possibility it will not go anywhere. A shame, because I'm sure many others have declined in participation because of the rampant exploits - I know it's a major reason I have.
Leesy Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Lets face it - It won't get anywhere. 60 people isn't going to make a company change their minds and take a developer or two off other projects. That said - "he who dares, wins", A very wise TV personality said that. We've got to give it a shot.
Spacko Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Right. I mean... What's the point of saying nothing at all? In a pinch like this, anything is better than nothing, and this is a good and grown up effort. In terms of percentage of the community having signed the petition, I'm sure we can get pretty high.
Eliteone Posted August 3, 2005 Author Posted August 3, 2005 Right. I mean... What's the point of saying nothing at all? In a pinch like this, anything is better than nothing, and this is a good and grown up effort. In terms of percentage of the community having signed the petition, I'm sure we can get pretty high. 9787[/snapback] Well put. Since I put this petition up on Sunday (not an eternity ago) it's not over. I know from server stats that more play the game. So what everyone needs to do is tell everyone to come sign it. Not post pesimistic posts.
Moody Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 OK, I will force people to sign this..STARTING NOW! Aggy where are you!!
=NS= Aries Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Yeah good idea, i hope that this can change something. i´m nr 11 =)
Belgaron Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 60 or 100....................It doesn't matter. These are people that GAME! If not Nolf2 it may be another game. The point of the matter is, that for the few that "circumvent" the rules, the rest of us suffer. If we bring this point to the attention of Sierra/Vivendi, and let them know we are tired of it, Something will be done. Most, if not all of us buy other games...............some of them Sierra/Vivendi products! Do the math, 60 people, 2 other games, at around 50 bucks a pop.....................Its money out of their pockets! Remember, the customer is always right. Each and everyone of us should contact people we know that have played Nolf2 and ask them to sign..................Who knows, it may bring some of them back.
Hysteria Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 As much as I'd like them to, I doubt VU will actually do anything. Spending money to fix up a dead game that never did sell well is not something most companies will do, unless their customer service is amazing. Oh well it's worth a try. Some quotes from TGF. These are pretty much my views I think the idea of the petition is a nice one, but what is being requested just isn't going to happen. VU isn't going to spend money having Monolith fix exploits. NOLF2 is just too old and too small an audience for them to want to do that. Punkbuster got into Call of Duty because CoD has something like 10,000+ players online at given time. As well, CoD is based on the Quake 3 engine integrating it would have been much easier than trying to add PB to the Jupiter engine. A petition asking VU to move the master server to Gamespy (with the appropriate client side game patch) the way NOLF 1 and CJ are would make more sense. (It gets the whole master server problem out of their hair.) Asking for *one* thing is more likely to happen than asking two separate items. (That's because it is easier for VU to say they can't do one item and thus say no to everything in the petition.) Dragon is right. VU is not going to be going to any great bounds or spending $ to fix up what they consider a dead game. You're best bet is to ask for the master server to be moved to GameSpy and then you guys can simply run your anti-exploit patch on all servers.
Eliteone Posted August 3, 2005 Author Posted August 3, 2005 As much as I'd like them to, I doubt VU will actually do anything. Spending money to fix up a dead game that never did sell well is not something most companies will do, unless their customer service is amazing. Oh well it's worth a try. Some quotes from TGF. These are pretty much my views 9866[/snapback] Well we don't give in so easily Read the petition part of it is asking for a more reliable master server I know from Experience in enough make noise people listen (was a big part of the season 4 Save Enterprise campaign) We wrote them petitioned them etc. Like Belgron said most of us own or buy Sierra /VU games. I guess I have this to say about those who want to give up without even trying. Might as well uninstall your Nolf 2 then. I on the other hand don't give up so easily as I suspect most other don't. My DM server averages over 900-1200 unique players using it per week. So if all those people made "noise" Sierra VU would most likely notice
Hysteria Posted August 4, 2005 Posted August 4, 2005 Well we don't give in so easily Read the petition part of it is asking for a more reliable master server I know from Experience in enough make noise people listen (was a big part of the season 4 Save Enterprise campaign) We wrote them petitioned them etc. Like Belgron said most of us own or buy Sierra /VU games. I guess I have this to say about those who want to give up without even trying. Might as well uninstall your Nolf 2 then. I on the other hand don't give up so easily as I suspect most other don't. My DM server averages over 900-1200 unique players using it per week. So if all those people made "noise" Sierra VU would most likely notice 9874[/snapback] As for the master server, well that's why dragon and I suggested it be moved to gamespy. GameSpy is reliable and would take the server out of VU's hands. Win win for everyone. Making enough noise works, I'm not saying this won't, I'm just stating some doubts. But I'm pretty sure about one thing, we'll need alot more signatures. Just for the record my NOLF2 is uninstalled. I haven't given up on NOLF2, I singed the petition and pestered a few others to sign as well.
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