Ok, after reading 20 pages of this, I need to chime in. People on one side of the fence are not fully explaining their argument, and the people on the other side are assuming the best. Let me lay out for you the worst case scenario:
Zealot isn't really paying for a server, but rather has a job in which he can basically run a server with little to no additional cost to himself. He hosts the server box in his house somewhere. This "server", for anyone not familiar with modern technology, is simply a computer in his house that he will keep solely dedicated to hosting cRPG.
What this means, is that he will have physical access to the machine that not only hosts our game, but also has all of our CD key and personal IP information on it. Even if he does not have "admin" on the server, he has direct access to the files. This means that he doesn't NEED admin to screw with the server, steal CD keys, or generally cause chaos.
He will also have direct access to be able to shut down the server to influence strat battles. And NO, I don't necessarily think chadz will do anything about it, because if Zealot DID do such things to influence outcomes, he'd no doubt claim that there was a power outage or some other reasonable excuse for what happened.
Zealot showed that he is willing to be a terrorist to the NA crpg community by illegitimately obtaining a password from someone, then using it to harm other people's enjoyment of the game. Is this the person you want in charge of even a power cord that he can plug in or unplug at his pleasure? Of course not.
And as far as LLJK in general is concerned, they have started to take things too far lately. They have recently started doing personal searches on the people behind the characters, looking for criminal records or any other dirt they could use to directly attack people's lives. I promise you, you do not want ANY of your personal information in their hands.
Most people who are supporting Zealot are vocally doing so with the understanding that he will NOT have the control or access outlined above, which is to say, "Have the server be physically accessible to him". If this is truly not the case, and there is a guarantee that he will not have physical access to the server, and therefore no access to information, why don't you, chadz, make that statement. You DO owe it to the community to let them know, not because of anything to do with the game, but because you are endorsing someone from a group KNOWN to attack people's personal lives, with personal information, and suggesting that we possibly give them a way to OBTAIN such information.
I am fairly sure I know why chadz has not said that yet. He hasn't said it because it is not the case, and he recognizes the possibility that Zealot CAN potentially do harm in the situation he'd be in.
I support an official NA server. I support an NA server run by the dev team. I even support Zealot paying for it. But I DO NOT support him paying for it directly, or hosting it in his home. If Zealot is going to do this, let him do it by giving the money to chadz, and letting chadz put the server in his name.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am not interested in LLJK having access to my personal information/CD keys/etc.
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