Man, I really don't understand you guys. How can you really be so rabid for this UI that you're willing to stick up for Zonx so? Here's a news flash:
FETISH HASN'T BEEN UPDATED FOR THE LAST 10% OF EQ2'S TOTAL LIFESPAN!!!
Zonx wants to be paid? WTF does Linus Torvalds get paid for the Linux Kernel? Who on earth would develop an EQ2 interface FOR PROFIT? Zonx, you need a reality check. Millions of programmers write code, which is significantly more difficult then editing XML i might add, AND GIVE IT AWAY. Moreover, THEY FIX BUGS AND ADD NEW FEATURES REGULARLY. Even Microsoft GIVES away versions of it Software.
If Zonx thinks that new features like Zone Reuse or Guild Recruiting tools are "not game breaking" he basically tells certain segments of his users that there needs aren't important. When new features that don't work are considered "non game breaking" he is showing that he really doesn't care to maintain this UI.
When I see people like Torvalds who give away massively complicated peices of software for free and then see Zonx complain when people are upset that this abandoned UI hasn't been updated for 10% of EQ2's life cycle, I really see the true underlying arrogance he has. If you want to profit, if you think your time is more valuable, then please quit. Someone else is sure to take Fetish and make it run. Or some other UI modder will create something better.
I, for one, refuse to lick the jack boots of a guy trying to profit off of someone elses' creation. I'm sure SOE wouldn't be to happy if you made Fetish pay to play, would they? And I'm guessing that's why he uses the term "donation" instead of fee, to prevent the lawyers from running him down. So if you guys want to continue kissing up just to have a chance at getting fetish back, so be it. Congratulations, you're weak.
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