The server's existence is based upon a few factors, all of which are interchangable and replacable if needed.
Whoever is legally tied to paying for the forum/server box.
Whoever is technically capable of keeping both running and solving every issue ever.
Whoever designs the content for it.
Whoever sorts and implements it for patching.
And then whoever makes up the ''consumer'' base.
The top rows would be the individuals who ''lead'' the server in your sense of the word. All are interchangeable and replaceable. So much so, that it is not worth the effort to even consider who is ''leading'' because at any point it can be changed if needed. Hell, even if you argue that the person who has the power to ''pull the plug'' does not really matter, because most greens have one or two kinds of full server character backups saved on their personal PCs. That is why there is no reason to worry about someone in a seat of power going rogue.
TL;DR it is a pointless question.
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PSA: If you have been having stutter/FPS lag on Disco where it does not run as smoothly as other games, please look at the fix here: https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthrea...pid2306502
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(05-12-2017, 08:31 AM)sindroms Wrote: Hell, even if you argue that the person who has the power to ''pull the plug'' does not really matter, because most greens have one or two kinds of full server character backups saved on their personal PCs.
That's nice to know. I guess forums are also backup-ed?
ok, see? SPAZZY'S dialogue Is vaugely akin to what I was looking for...
so, your answer is, conrad has the keys...where is he now? Hawk is long gone & moved on so he is irrelevant to the issue...& lately conrad has a little public war w/ alley & doesn't participate publicly in the community. Alley on the other hand, participates in the community, yet pretends otherwise.
Where is the box? is it in a professional server farm as it used to be, or is it run in someone's house now?
Be specific.
It's only fair to be transparent before we move on.
We have two boxes, forums and server.
Alley holds the keys/payment contact to the forums, also does IT stuff for all of the boxes involved.
Hawk handles the paypal. Conrad, however, is the person whose name the server is on - one forwards payment to the other.
Both of the boxes are handled by a hosting solution in France, it is a service we pay for. Each box has its own contract.
So basically it is a ''we are all involved one way or another'' and each part is replaceable.
That would be the TL;DR of it.
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PSA: If you have been having stutter/FPS lag on Disco where it does not run as smoothly as other games, please look at the fix here: https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthrea...pid2306502
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(05-12-2017, 08:49 AM)Marburg Wrote: so, your answer is, conrad has the keys
Seems to me you misunderstood his reply. There is not any single person which would "hold the keys". If someone is in such position, he can make ultimative decisions on his own, like shutting things down. That´s something nobody can do in case of Disco. Even if Conrad would stop paying for the server, someone else would take his position.
As I understand it, keys to Disco are on the peg so to say and several people has access to them, but no one can take them away for himself because several staff members have reserve keys.
I'm still here because people take up responsabilities then do not uphold them and decide to play Overwatch instead. If you consider it a problem I'm kind enough to stick around to fix things and keep them running despite I should not even be doing this anymore, then be my guest, tell me and I'll be on my way.