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AtDusk · 02-03-2006, 01:51 PM

Here's a link to an entire AIM (?) dialog, spanning several monthes, between Lothos and Vassago.

This log and Vassago's own comments on other MUD's, their administrators, ROM codebase, and his "IRC warrior days" should shed some light on the real person behind the game.

I was approached even before Lothos to have a voting program written, back in 2000-2001. This was when Realms of Despair was constantly #1, and he just couldn't "figure out how", even though they had 3x as many players logged on at any time. The deception and cheating are but bubbles in a pool of problems that plague the game's administration. The people posting in Vassago's defense are not people who have dealt with him on a personal level, or been involved in other aspects of Materia Magica.

Lothos has been an outspoken critic of changes and problems on Materia Magica, but he has also been a valuable supporter and resource to the game and administration. His website alone is the most full featured, highest traffic site the game has ever seen. The time and effort he has spent developing PKZone, working with administrators to fix bugs, and even writing code for the game itself, far surpasses that of any player on the game. He was not a person who ever badmouthed or disliked the game, but one who hoped open dialog could spark positive changes. His characters were deleted not for cheating or being a troublemaker, but because he decided to speak out against Vassago's censorship on his own site.

02-03-2006, 01:51 PM	#24
AtDusk New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3	Here's a link to an entire AIM (?) dialog, spanning several monthes, between Lothos and Vassago. This log and Vassago's own comments on other MUD's, their administrators, ROM codebase, and his "IRC warrior days" should shed some light on the real person behind the game. I was approached even before Lothos to have a voting program written, back in 2000-2001. This was when Realms of Despair was constantly #1, and he just couldn't "figure out how", even though they had 3x as many players logged on at any time. The deception and cheating are but bubbles in a pool of problems that plague the game's administration. The people posting in Vassago's defense are not people who have dealt with him on a personal level, or been involved in other aspects of Materia Magica. Lothos has been an outspoken critic of changes and problems on Materia Magica, but he has also been a valuable supporter and resource to the game and administration. His website alone is the most full featured, highest traffic site the game has ever seen. The time and effort he has spent developing PKZone, working with administrators to fix bugs, and even writing code for the game itself, far surpasses that of any player on the game. He was not a person who ever badmouthed or disliked the game, but one who hoped open dialog could spark positive changes. His characters were deleted not for cheating or being a troublemaker, but because he decided to speak out against Vassago's censorship on his own site.