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As expected, dude is now making accounts to argue with people. I would advise not responding at all on threads or otherwise if you can manage it, just report the post or contact mods if he is bothering you privately and we will take care of things with minimal fanfare.
Hey All,
Wow, I never expected to see a thread on DoD or any predecessors before it. I kind of find it interesting the views on how the database was transferred. It's been stated, but as one of the admin that was apart of the transfer - I thought I would give my insight a bit.
As has been stated, the database was never originally Vaapad's - but it's more than that. Vaapad used that game as his own personal play ground and would come in for a few days out of a month or after a few months and cause all kinds of havoc. He couldn't be stopped because he was the head wiz. Additionally, the code was constantly being improved or renovated by the Coders that we had at the time. I would argue that quite a bit of the code used by the time it was taken, was not what Vaapad had originally and had no part in.
Vaapad was causing a massive problem and the game was headed for destruction, so the decision was made to transfer it over. For a time, it prospered. As with all things, that did come to an end ofcourse. I don't regret that decision because I don't feel like Vaapad really owned or had any stock - it was a personal play ground for him.
I'm not sure if I was in a position now, if i would do it again though. Man, this feels like a life time ago as well.
Anyway, my two cents from an admin who was apart of it for what it was worth.
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@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I picked up a freelance writing gig.
I hate it. I am very close to going 'Look, I've already put over 10 hours into this. It's not worth $90 anymore' to the guy that hired me. Whoever he has as his 'editor' for the writers is a fucking idiot.
Edit me for grammar. Edit me for phrasing. Edit me for legibility. But if you can't follow the bouncing ball of the topic and concepts like 'According to studies [link]....' have you whining at me 'We can't make unfounded claims!' (lady it's not unfounded the link to the fucking study is right there I'm not going to rehash the entire medical study in copy that's supposed to be 'lighthearted' and 'easily consumed' jfc) maybe you need a different line of work.
If you're editing for content as well as grammar, you need to do the research on the topic, too.
I should've followed my instincts that this was not a worthwhile gig.
I ended up firing them as a client. Because it was clear the editor just did not know what they were doing nor were they following the guidelines set forth. Which was putting me in a terrible position.
But the outcome now is that they're not paying me for the time/effort I did put in.
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@Selerik This is a bit of a thread-necro, but I just noticed this topic and wondered if you ever continued this exploration or what the conclusion was?
Just to add to this, I love the idea but the time requirements are just not quite possible for me. On certain days I'd not be able to post at all in fact. But I love the idea in theory!
