Avellion wrote:
Also, I'd like to add, this is all free. Like, you're paying nothing but your own time for it. I know this might rub some people the wrong way, but seriously if you aren't here playing a PRIVATE SERVER with the expectation it could all but shut down in the blink of an eye in the back of your head, you're in too deep. Just my humble opinion, though.
The "It's free so you can't complain!" argument is tired and doesn't really hold up anymore. Everyone here is passionate about the classic FFXI hobby or they wouldn't be here.
For better or worse, Nasomi's server has become so successful that, for all intents and purposes, it is the only classic FFXI private server anymore. The community for this hobby isn't limitless, so when one of the private servers grows this large, there's not many people left to populate any others.
So, if your hobby is classic FFXI and you like playing with more than 5 other players, Nasomi is your only option whether you agree with the way it's being run, or not.
In and of itself, the success of this server is neither good, nor bad. It's just that: Passion + Restriction = Friction.
Thus the drama.