you can say whatever. but its atleast not a money grab server like realesta or nostalrius. I agree that he's doing a terrible job with the "updates" and that hes losing his core players cause of this. I think he lost his chance on a succesfull server and that the current world will never be truly alive as it could have been. Hope he will open in the future some highrate server. Like medivia has pendulum/purity. Im sure that can be a succes.
"Core players", "lost chance" - keywords that indicate the usage of the two unwritten rules:
I know it's an ever-since tibian rule of retirement, that the one who has quit always claims the server is dead and will never exhaust himself of arguments to support that thesis (which he will often use to justify his own discouragement then, regardless of the actual reason). So I'm not really going to discuss it, just wanted to mention that I've been hearing of the server being dead since April and still cannot find any data to cover that. Basicly all data we are able to track (and so are you partly:
Tibiantis Info - Max Online (https://tibiantis.info/stats/max)) shows Tibianits is probably one of the most stable servers out there. Of course people get bored and quit, but others come in their place, it's a natural cycle. Also the server is still under development, never was it abandoned. So speaking of it as if it was a past is a non-substantive argumentation.
But of course you will find a hundred of reasons why the people who do play Tibiantis should not count, and that's another unwritten rule: tibian players often seem to think they are in some way more important than the others.
Before you complain on how the OT scene is full of "money grab" servers, it's good to understand why it is like that. So let me tell you. Whatever do you think, such project does not make a living. We're earning here a few hundreds euros a month for all the effort and those insults.
The "money grab" servers you put your hate on are incomparably more profitable for much less effort. So every hoster begins to wonder, why even care, if I get complaints and insults either way? Xioniz is actually doing his nine to five for a minimal wage in Poland, working on the update, and some of you are literally standing over him telling to work harder and faster. Everyone would get sick of this. Would YOU even lift a finger in such job?
That being said, it takes real passionate and STUBBORN people to work on such project. Of course we are fucking stubborn. If you haven't yet realized, this server wouldn't have ever been made if not for that. The moment you realize it's not a "money grab" server, you should also realize you are dealing with hobbyists, not a freaking corporation.
Thats why its so frustrating that the best 7.4 server to ever exist will never be as popular as it could be only because of stubborn incompetent admins.The server had great potential but Kay/Lord delaying everything/ignoring community destroyed it
People like Tusk~ are literally the reason why OT scene is the way it is and why there are so few interesting projects. You think that we're delaying anything for a whim or due to our laziness? I really do understand the frustration of waiting, but you also need to understand there are reasons behind this. Not only we had more work than initially planned but one guy left the team a few months ago, which is crucial.
You have a "not money grab" server, nearly bug-free, that's running for 10 months without a single crash or rollback, with admins that never did favor anyone, and where cheating is probably limited to the level no other server was ever near. But when the update is failed to be delivered within the ETA, you instantly bash on how incompetent the admins are. As if the "best 7.4 server" (as you named it) was made by itself, and was not put online by the exact same people.
Again, we do understand the disappointement, but it is not like the 3 months of delay were put on a whim. It's also not like any of you would praise us for releasing rushed content.
I'm not really going to comment on that more (it really does feel like a waste of time at this point). You either need to have better understanding for people who already put more effort in their projects than they get in return (business-wise) and stop being so demanding, or you should stop complaining on "money grab" servers. Or just do as
@BoneZ suggested - move on and keep waiting for your dream server, where premium costs 1 euro, admins work 36 hours a day, do everything you wish, and always deliver everything with no delays. I wish you good luck.
Luckily the above does not apply to the whole community. There're still supportive old tibia lovers who are also able to differ constructive criticism from whinning and demanding, and thanks to whom this project will continue in developing. With or without you, that's only your will.