I ask the Martian community to contribute.
Submitted By TheCyberMan on 11/12/06
Mars Explorer, Community, letter, aubrey, admin, killerdude
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Greetings,
It's time to send a letter to Aubrey through the postal service.
Aubrey's inactivity (so we think) is becoming a great concern. I invite you to share what you would like to be said in a letter to Aubrey. It is important that the community is represented in this letter–not just me. You will be quoted individually if the question/comment that you recommend is significant and personal.
I have tried emailing and instant messaging Aubrey to no avail. This letter is our communal appeal, so please keep your comments conscise and serious. Hopefully, Aubrey will respond.
Also, his postal information is private, so do not ask for it.
Sincerely,
Eric
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(Bagels) (PB) (PointyBagels)
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Posted 2011/12/06 - 1:56 GMT
Yet again I feel like the only mod left out of the loop, though I imagine if I dug deep enough I could probably find the postal information.
I'm not sure what has happened, but the servers are still running, so he has to be at least keeping those up, right?
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Only I have Aubrey's postal information. It was for a letter I sent him a few years ago.
Regarding Aubrey's servers, he has to pay for the master server, but he's not running it on his own computer.
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Haha... Do you really think this is a good idea? I mean, Aubrey could've abandoned all Mars / Syn3h things due to the fact that his cult-following is mostly composed 12 year olds.
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I'd say the average age of forum users is about thirteen, and his "cult following" is around fifteen or sixteen. But have you looked at his Evernote lately? He's working on Syn3h, and I bet he's working so hard he doesn't visit the forum.
Wow, you have Aubrey's address? Stalker much? :)
This could work, actually.
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I read ever note... it was blank.
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THERE we go... But the last post that isn't jumbled letters was a year ago. I sure hope I'm reading the dates wrong...
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The jumbled letters is his code for the game.
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I know. I was joking...
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I would sort of consider myself part of his cult following even though I am not on the forum much, and I'm 13.
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If you don't want a say in the letter, that's fine. I still want to know what is going to happen, and this is my ultimate attempt. I see no point in helping Mars still if it's abandoned. We mods do not have enough power to do more than moderate.
And yes, the evernote is blank. For how long was it blank?
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Haha I wasn't saying I didn't want a say in it! I'm just dumbfounded on anything at the moment.
I'm just not 100% sure he'll read it. XD
I'm just not 100% sure he'll read it. XD
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They aren't THAT composed. */wordplay*
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The evernote is blank and the letter sounds like a good idead aand it just might work
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So what are you putting in the letter, eric?
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For the next couple weeks, I don't have time to write the letter. Since there's some time before I will begin writing, I thought it would be right to have you all share you thoughts on what should be written.
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What are your thoughts?
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I personally am curious about when syn3h will come out.
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Who isn't it's the "Final Frontier" jk it's only the next frontier
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Looking at the evernote, it looks like he has been working on syn3h until AT LEAST 2 weeks ago, and since that is very recent, we can assume he is still working on it. Remember he is building it from the ground up.
What I find odd is that he is apparently up to Whirld 6 and Syn3h B3, yet neither has been released.
As for the average age of the forum, the cult follosing's median age is probably around 16ish, and the average age of everyone else is about 12. So forum average age is somewhere in between.
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SCRATCH THAT.
Anyways, you should tell Aubrey that the mars explorer comitee is falling apart. I don't think he can do much about it, though.
Anyways, you should tell Aubrey that the mars explorer comitee is falling apart. I don't think he can do much about it, though.
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I don't think we should pester Aubrey about Syn3h. Being a dev myself (although not for gaming), I'm always very annoyed when people ask "when is the next coming out?". Just do with what you have now.
In other news, Aubrey has been working on Syn3h. So, maybe you all should think about what you're saying before you say it.
Also, when Syn3h does come out, I'm almost sure that many of you will start complaining about things within the first week. I don't want to hear it, neither does Aubrey.
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Fai is right.
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That's understandable, but it's been a few months since Aubrey has kept in touch. We do have a right to know something.
I don't find it appropriate either to send a letter asking for a release date. I'm curious to see and would consider writing about what you guys would like to be said, however. Pestering Aubrey is not an option.
Eric
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I have him as a contact on Gmail, and he had been posting things with Google Buzz until it was taken down.
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I would like to know when/if the next version of Whirld will come out, as well as the next version of Syn3h. I don't want a deadline, just a timeframe of (if working slowly) when they should be completed. It's been almost a year since Syn3h B1 was released, and since only B2 has come out as well, it does raise many questions of what has been going on. I can wait a few months, but a year starts getting a little too long.
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Did you read the comments?
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Does it matter? It's what he wants said.
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I want said that: There are people on mars framing eachother and lying to everyone here. It should be taken into caution that the mods should keep an aware eye of whats going on and that Aubrey should be informed immediately.
Aubrey should be here to atleast see what is going on and he needs to speak his words. Thats what mars needs right now. Aubrey and his mods.
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You seem to be very fond of Mars specifically on your supposed death bed . . .
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What I was thinking, you would think there would be more important things to do.
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Like writing wills? yeah.
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Im not writing any will. -_-
And to Eric: what?
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Bagels and Fai get my point: Why are you still on Mars? Shouldn't you be resting? Shouldn't you be having constant family attention? Friends visiting? I mean, come on!
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Ive been sleeping all day and I want a break from sleeping. I had just waken up before I got on and I called the nurse in so she could hand me the laptop. I got on here to say im leaving.
Its 9Pm here my friends aren't coming in. My family went to dinner so I have no one to talk to but you guys.
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Thats the other fishy part. I feel like they would get food at or near the hospital and then come right back, or at least leave one person at a time with you. Your story seems unlikely.
EDIT: I am incredibly sorry if you are telling the truth, its just that you have a bit of a history of using questionable tactics and being overly dramatic.
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Well, I can't answer that for there not back yet. I try to make a call and see if there on there way.
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You doing any chemo? I hear that's pretty rough. I've done chemo. It's pretty damn hard to use a computer. I didn't even want to.
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No fai, I came here last night because I passed out and they wont tell me anything. Im not giving you any dam pity.
All I can say is im sorry for you and hope that whatever you have will go away and you will recover but you dont have to be an ass to me.
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I thought your family was with you? Rude to be on a computer if you're almost gone.
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Look, fai, BACK OFF. What moonwalker/colonelchamberlain is saying is a perfectly legitimate claim and should be treated with respect. If she doesn't want to provide proof, then she doesn't have to. If you were dying, you wouldn't want to have to prove it to the whole world, would you?
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I suggest we get this post back on topic. If you want to talk about Moonwalker's hospitalization then please talk about it in the appropriate thread.
Anyways....
In the letter I think that we should tell Aubrey how mars is. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I suggest that before you send the letter we address the issues and come up with possible solutions. Those we can write into the letter as well.
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Right there with you on that one.
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Here is a list of the good:
The Good:
We have some nice awesome people
We have great DFs in mars
We have great new worlds to explore and df in
We have awesome vehicles
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Aubrey has Internet, it's not that he can't figure out what's going on, it's that he's busy. Sheesh. Maybe he's gone on a family vacation or something, who knows. I know that if I had been awesome enough to make a game like this and have a community spring up around it (obviously I'm not, or I would have), I'd have preferred said community to be rather self-sufficient and not needing to be babysat every few days.
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We're not being babysat every few days, weeks, or months. The purpose of this thread is to collect important information that Aubrey should be notified of. No one has said anything that has impressed me yet to be in the letter. Again, it's not to pester or provoke him, but for him to acknowledge our main concerns.
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Hay Aubrey, if u reed this *professional* letter I want lotz uv nu whilds, a missle launcher on teh buggy and a pony! :D
PS you newbies, I have earned my right to a spam comment so chill.
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You don't have any special "rights" over anyone else whether you're a moderator, veteran, or newbie. I hope you weren't serious . . .
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I am totally serious Eric. I figure after everyone gets to enter a spam comment once in a while especially since our Strykeresque crowd enters several per hour at times. Balance is key!
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I'm actually going to hide this thread shortly. I found Aubrey's working Evernote on the Syn3h site, and I realize he's been busy.
Plus, there is nothing significant Aubrey should be notified about. We don't need a letter yet :P
Eric
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Good.
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Well I think we ought to let Aubrey know there have been multiple hacks on ATI accounts, probably all by the same person. So we ought to get him to improve the security, and possibly put an IP ban on the hacker.
So basically just put an IP ban on Stryker's hacked account, as that one is now in the control of the hacker, so the hacker's IP will be banned and not the real Stryker's IP address... And do the same with EmperorEctoshock's old account, since that one is also in the control of the hacker.
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That is something noteworthy.
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Is stryker really hacked?
can you explain further?
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Yes cause she has my phone number. And I got hacked.
How long did she have me phone number? A year.
And look at "Stryker"'s comment on the goodbye post. Speaks nothing like me.
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Who's "she"? First of all I'm not a she, and secondly I'm pretty sure I don't have your phone number dude... Perhaps explain what you're talking about?
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Aubrey, where have you been? You have been inactive for years. You don't even work on Syn3h much! Could you be like CT, who is active, works on Carbon Combat often, and kkep fixing bugs?
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Dear Aub'z,
If Syn3h is still truly in your blood and a full release comes our way, that would be awesome! However, I would fully (but sadly) understand if you let Mars slowly turn to cruft if that's what your life demands.
I am so grateful for the thrilling dogfights that we shared and for your friendship.
Be it good news or bad, you could put a lot of people (and possibly yourself) at ease by posting an update.
Sincerely, kruncher
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Aubrey,
Many in this community feel that, until the possible/eventual release of Beta 3 or the full game, it would be in Mars's best interest to appoint (FlyClub) as a game develloper. He is very competent, plays the game, has intrest in the devellopement of Mars and has told me he WOULD accept the opportunity to design a Mars Explorer 3.0. I wish that you offer a choice to the community, along with your own preference, if mars should be handed over to his trustworthy hands. I wish simply that you read and acknowledge the various letters in this posts, and make the final decision about the future. The time is now to make a choice. Please, answer this community, for better or worse.
PanzerAce
(a more comprehensive letter will be PMed to CyberMan for mail and Aubrey himself)
Many in this community feel that, until the possible/eventual release of Beta 3 or the full game, it would be in Mars's best interest to appoint (FlyClub) as a game develloper. He is very competent, plays the game, has intrest in the devellopement of Mars and has told me he WOULD accept the opportunity to design a Mars Explorer 3.0. I wish that you offer a choice to the community, along with your own preference, if mars should be handed over to his trustworthy hands. I wish simply that you read and acknowledge the various letters in this posts, and make the final decision about the future. The time is now to make a choice. Please, answer this community, for better or worse.
PanzerAce
(a more comprehensive letter will be PMed to CyberMan for mail and Aubrey himself)
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Dear Aubrey,
Thank you for creating this amazing game and putting it out there online for free. I am sure you are a great person for doing this just to cater to the wants of teens and preteens. However, your not being all that active in the community and lack of updates on Syn3h (even in the development blog) is troubling to me. I understand if your life demands you to pay more attention to it rather than this game, however since this game is so great perhaps development should not stop.
My suggestion (and a couple other people have thought this too) is that perhaps somebody else should take over Syn3h/Mars development and adminship. Please consider the suggestion.
The forums and game are also dying, and some may attribute it directly to your lack of involvement (but I disagree). The mods are burning out, and a lot of people are leaving, or thinking of leaving. New people coming in does help, but it doesn't do much to stop the pain of losing hordes of people.
Thank you again, and I wish you luck in all your future endeavors,
~Ender
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Even I don't play anymore. I play CC and do stuff in CC forum and HA.
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Aubrey,
You got a good game going, a game with not many problems. The players are friendly and the servers are quite enjoyable. People want the updates pretty bad.
Here are my two cents worth.
You have a life to live. Life is not all about playing games or making your players satisfied. Mars is not the biggest most important thing in the world. If you have reached a time in your life that you feel that Mars is not important anymore, then don't bother with it. Some people think you should pass off the responsibility to someone else. If that is what you want to do than do it.
Thank you for the enjoyable times that we have all had.
Sincerly Your Iresistable Paladin
You got a good game going, a game with not many problems. The players are friendly and the servers are quite enjoyable. People want the updates pretty bad.
Here are my two cents worth.
You have a life to live. Life is not all about playing games or making your players satisfied. Mars is not the biggest most important thing in the world. If you have reached a time in your life that you feel that Mars is not important anymore, then don't bother with it. Some people think you should pass off the responsibility to someone else. If that is what you want to do than do it.
Thank you for the enjoyable times that we have all had.
Sincerly Your Iresistable Paladin
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And that Paladin, proves why there should be a two cents button and a thumbs up button. lol nice work.
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Aubrey, as stated many times before, if Flyclub was given co-administrative duties mars would strive ever so much.
~Mad
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Dear Aubrey,
There's a lot of new, fresh worlds that have been made by the community, and they need to be placed into the game to get the attention they deserve. If someone else was given co-administrative privileges, that would simply be awesome, and allow these worlds to be placed into the game without much trouble on your part.
Thanks.
There's a lot of new, fresh worlds that have been made by the community, and they need to be placed into the game to get the attention they deserve. If someone else was given co-administrative privileges, that would simply be awesome, and allow these worlds to be placed into the game without much trouble on your part.
Thanks.
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@Paladin and @Ender, very touching words from you both, thanks.
