Formal Apology to Disco Community

[masternerdguy]

Foreword
As you may or may not be aware, when the server went down I took "initiative" and posted an article on ModDB about the problem. However, I soon discovered that the article was incredibly offensive to you guys.

I can see how it might hurt your mod, but my goal was not to do that or endorse the attacker. It was to try and get people against the attacker.

I could not find the correct place to delete the news. Finally, I found out that i could delete it from the comments page (ususally i delete it from the top-level page).

So it is taken down now. So that's transgression 1 solved.

Accusing the Mod of having a Worm
I know someone who is a WAN engineer. I was talkin to him about suggesting the use of a tarpit to try and prevent the attacks, and he said he reccognized the attack. He said that it was very possible that someone gained backdoor access to the server, put malware on the mod, and when it got released it made that computer DDoS attack the server.

I did some research and saw this was pretty plausible, so I made that post. I tried my best NOT to blame the modders/admins, but the focus still fell on them from you.

Honestly, it was a possibility and since i had seen nothing on it I wanted to explore it. I even said that i didnt know if it was true.

But since I have offended you so greatly, I am sorry. I truly did not mean you to take offense from it.

"Suggestions" (permadeath)
Some of you guys dont like the fact I've suggested programs I have written to be included with the mod. These programs include....

1. Death Scanner -- Causes you to lose ur ship when u die
   
2. Dynamic Jump Holes - Would generate 3-5 random jump holes at every server restart, cleaning up old ones.
   

I can truly see how assanine it was to suggest #1, the death scanner. It would totally mess up this mod since most char development is in ship form.

I didn't think idea 2 was bad, but Igiss said no and I respected that. I did not try to push it furthur.

I am not trying to ruin the mod by putting malware, or by wtfpwning its gameplay mechanics. Lets be honest, who here wouldnt want to see an idea of theirs included?

In conclusion
That is my formal apology. I think I've just about covered it. Please don't post here just to +1 "you suck" or "get off discovery" because I really do like tihs community. My behavior recently, though, has been totally out of line and uncalled for.

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Send the fat kid in to see if its a trap