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Originally Posted by maximus_asinus
As for Minoc, sadly he has lost all credibility in my eyes. He preaches how we should convert the old, and try to preserve Classic's meaning but goes ahead and edits key historical landmarks to place his guild right in the middle of Graal City, and refuses to change it back.
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There was nothing on that spot, even before the reset.
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Originally Posted by Tyhm
Two theories on Classic - either it's Levels, or it's not.
Ironically, as one of the longest lived LATs, I don't think it's levels. If it was levels, then Graal2000 would have been a bigger success. I don't think it's a question of starting from the levels everyone liked and Building either, or Graal2000b would have been a bigger success still. I think Classic was only ever a state of mind, and neither going back to how the levels were when I was in charge nor building a new better overworld will change anything.
But feel free to prove me wrong.
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I believe the levels could have made Graal2000 successful, but it had failed for different reasons.
First, Graal1998 was a hellhole due to the legal cheating and the lack of staff. The conversion to Graal2000 wasn't announced, it had gone unnoticed by most, and therefore it lacked most of the original Graal1998 playerbase.
Second, the Graal2000 staff was terrible.
The server was managed by a bunch of 13-15 year old newbies, who had never played Old Main, and had no intention of preserving it.
In fact, the server was becoming "less Classic" than your version.