TFC:FF?

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I have plenty of people tell me that the reason why they don't check out FF is because they don't think their comp will run it. Mind you these aren't the younger gamers really, most of the people I have on my friends list are late 20's to mid 30's. FF is really easy to get a concept of the basics, whether or not you played TFC before.
The community has really taken a huge hit, I've heard rumors as to what happened, and it is what it is. I guess it's just a little staggering to me that while there are so many of us who preach that we need to save FF, nobody has stopped to even think of what that really means?
I've had discussions with people who have said that FF was created for a handful of people who wanted to play among themselves, and that FF was never created with a community or pubbers in mind. There are others who say that a certain community got ban happy, very ban happy. Yet still more others who want to point the finger at the devs and say that they really didn't give a shit about fixing bugs and things of that nature.
Regardless of all that, there are plenty of things that each and every person who plays FF would like to see done. Some just want more maps. Others want the classes tweaked, etc etc.
There are some of us who have really nothing vested in FF except the time we've played. Others have spent not just hours, but weeks, months and more working on some aspect of the game.
I'd love to see the devs open up as to what needs to be done, and see if there are people who are able and willing to help. Whether it be helping mappers with lua files, or working on scripts and different game formats.
I think the addition of bots would be a good thing, probably the best thing that could help draw new players in. I think a lot of games now are including skills training maps where you can play against bots, you could offer a package similar to FoxBot in that server owners can add bots if they so choose. Yes, I understand that the person who was working on bots gave up on it, but I'm sure he wasn't the only person who is capable of undertaking the project.
I guess it all returns to asking for help, and being willing to help if you can. Also regardless of how old FF is as long as the tools are still there, there is no reason for it to ever become antiquated. I've seen how far FF has come over the years and I also see where it could go, either good or bad.
Anyway, let me step down off my soap box now.