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Well, barbie, in order to join such a group, one would have to exist.  Considering the number of players left on Faldon, I suspect such a group has yet to be founded.  It is this reason that I spend my time refreshing the "New posts" page on these forums in between job applications, hoping for another like minded soul to strike up a conversation or make a post.

Have any of you GMs talked to Tim about the script he was editting?  Per his request to stay away from said NPC, I would hate to see him not log on and fix the changes being made before someone tries speaking with them and crashes it again (if Zer even reboots the server).

On an additional note, I think Zer may have went ahead and rebooted it, as my client that has been running for the last X days just crashed due to a lost connection (which was not on my end).  Crossed fingers over here hoping for good news

--And it would appear my finger-crossing has been a waste of time lol

Last edited by Frosty (December 9th, 2013 5:26 PM)

@anonimous

Some of us do continue, and haven't given up.  That's why after a month of the server being down previously, the day it came back up there were 3 of us online lol

As far as "disclosure" of the game goes, which I can only take to mean getting it out to the world...  I would love nothing more than to see the game grow, but to be perfectly honest, I don't want more than 70-100 people playing it anyway.  It loses the community feel it's always had once you get into numbers like that.  Back to the point though, I've got a website sitting on my WAMP server here at the house, but until the GMs start caring and Zer starts showing some interaction again, that is where they will stay.  As cheap as a web server/domain may be, I'm not going to spend any money on a game when the people who can do something with it refuse to.

I also know many others that still have websites for Faldon up and running, as well as many youtube videos of Faldon.  The problem isn't getting the name out there, it's getting the people that can do something with it to care and start doing.

I've spoken to a number of new players that found the game via forums and youtube videos, and many of them tried talking their friends into playing.  Everyone has the same complaint though....  Why would they play a game that has no signs of progress?  Faldon, in it's current state, requires more than just being a gamer in order to enjoy.  You have to look beyond graphics and gameplay.  You have to be either an achiever or an addict, and in the midst of that, you have to be able to deal with flying solo.

One last point, and then I'll be done with my daily ranting (I think).  These forums aren't helping the game a single bit...  For those that do come across the main page, other pages, forums about gaming, youtube videos, or whatever else, and decide to look into some strategy or see what kind of people play, they get to see the forum boards spammed with messages from all the current players talking about how dead the game is and how nobody cares.  Yeah, I'm one of them, but since the game is dead anyway, I don't really care lol (see the irony?  it's a cycle of failure).

The only solution to see Faldon come back to life, is to completely wipe it all.  The server, website, and forums alike all need to be completely reset and start over fresh.  End the existence it currently has and give it a new life to start fresh from.

Last edited by Frosty (December 9th, 2013 5:43 PM)

I hope he told Zer which script was causing the problem so Zer can edit it after he reboots the server. He can still let me know the name of the script so either of us can disable it whenever we find the server up and running again.

If you read this Tim, I can be reached at itsmrspy AT gmail.com. I'm not entirely sure what brought you back, but it took Zer like a month to reboot it last time so I don't know if you want to keep checking if it's up for that long.

The only day I decided to reinstall Faldon and I couldn't log in.  I thought the game retired so I uninstalled the client.  I decided to check on the forum one last time and, correct me if I am wrong, it seems like the server had crashed due to a certain script?  Looks like Zer will not going to reboot the server anytime soon... at least not this year...

Faldon!!!!

Faldon has no max lvl, but there is no content past a certain point. Items, gear, stats, skills and quests all stop.
Imagine being immortal but confined to an infinite space of nothing. That is the gaming equivalent of Faldon. If the game was half as good as most the people who stick around make it out to be; it would be overflowing with life and prosperity. Most the people need to come to term with a few things, one of them being at the end of the day this game is nothing more than an old project for James to which he will never really give it much attention or care what his players think or feel about his hiatuses. With all the far more advanced games out and available, this game doesn't have the appeal it once had many years ago. Games become obsolete so fast these days. A game that has been basically abandoned for like 8 years outside of GM orchestrated frivolous content and minor changes done to the items; is beyond obsolete it is ancient. At this point even if he did finish the new client, it is already outdated. Faldon contains a few unique and innovative game features but leaves a lot to be desired. If it didn't, like I said before it would be much more than people who occasionally check in or come here to shoot the shit or troll.

Faldon was a great project in its hayday. I can hardly fathom the hours that I spent playing this game on and off over the years. Once and a while I pop in on the forum hoping that the game has gone open source, or had a renewed level of activity. I sense that the end is near for Faldon. It was a great game with some very unique attributes.

i love both of those options... and if faldon ever truly ended i would just have to recreate it myself... faldon will never die! 

I'm pretty sure Faldon isn't running off a box in Zer's basement - when the current iteration was released the server was moved to a hosting facility.  Admittedly, I haven't been paying much attention in the last several years, so maybe it got moved back to his house, but I doubt it.

Just pointing out that your potential scenarios need modification - you'll need to do a B&E on a hosting facility, not on some random house.