> I dont have a lawn mower, nor would I know how to work one, can's and > everything, right now my mother is so far in debt that we need to move away > from all my friends and make my life even more miserable and I may have to > go to the worst school in the city. I hate the elements, being outside also. > > Right now, my view on life is a bit negative. I been through a lot within > the last 3/4 months. I am also getting annoyed, very annoyed, and my ability > of making people mad. Everything with this project has gone wrong, and I'm > honestly on my last nerve about it. When Dnal (my mud) was up, we had little > builders, to many coders (inexpierenced at that), and the whole staff > besides myself was not dedicated. Is this truely worth it? > > If this sounds mean, I'm sorry. It just seems that all the work I do do is > unappreciated. Ok, friend, it seems you and I are in a similar boat on getting a mud up and running. I too have tried to start a mud and was met with some pretty evil things. I also had a staff of people who just weren't really dedicated at making things work. So, in the end, my suggestion for you is to basically do the same thing I'm doing. Find a compiler for your computer, get circle to run on your own machine, then work on the thing yourself. Don't hire coders, learn to code it yourself. There are some excellent books on c programming out there, heck, that's where I learned everything I know about coding. I'm not just talking about doing the coding yourself, I'm also talking about doing the building yourself. In the end, you'll have a fully coded and built mud ready to be played, and won't need to hire any immortals to work on your mud except to help out the mortals. But then that leaves you one more problem. Where are you gonna host your mud? Well, since you built your mud on your computer, wouldn't it be fitting to host it there as well? Yeah, it may cost more, but it's more worth it. I know your saying, "I can't afford it." But look at it this way, it'll be a long time before you get your mud to the point where you feel that it's finished and just needs players. You won't need a host untill then. And if you dont' want to host it yourself, there are a few windows based hosts, if that's what your computer is. At any rate, it's just a thought, and it's what I'm doing. Jason Yarber -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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