How COULD you destroy Ogaming like that!!Follow

Sorry, the current Allakhazam service is a major step downward from our beloved Ogaming.

* The advanced quest search is way way less functional that Ogamings
* The quest comments were half the value of the quest db, and you delete them??
* The general Allkhazam interface looks like the work of a 5 year old. Ogaming's interface was good.

I am very disappointed.

I will try avoid using the Allakhazam version of Ogaming as much as possible and rather get my information off eq2boards.


Edited, Dec 19th 2006 5:38am by Mentin

Again with people coming out of the woodwork to whine.

I didn't much use the DB for quests, but it's my understanding that with the exception of the user comments it is the exact same database now ported over from OGaming. The actual quest information should be no different, just missing user comments.

As for performance, maybe I'm rolling in from the good side of the tracks or something, but the site seems to perform faster now than it ever did on the OG servers.

They couldn't port the comments over, just wouldnt have worked. You can make new comments if you wish. I think also that Tamat, Draknorr and a number of the former ogaming staff who are now working on this site have shown that they are more than happy to take suggestions and implement them. So input and patience is more valuable than getting in a huff and ~ing.

Go use Eq2i if you must but that site all but plagiarizes all its content stealing it off eq2 warcry, the old ogaming and a couple other sites verbatim (read they copy+paste quest info off other sites). That seems like a less than honest way of going about gathering data.

I need a nap as well.

Oh well remind me to take the time to fill in my "Data Submission" post and I will include a part on how to add new comments. If people really wanted to they could goto google cache and ctrl+c/ctrl+v them onto allakhazams.

Any information left behind can still be copied over if need be I believe. The old site is not deleted yet.

There's no doubt that the forums here are horrible in comparison, but as for the main site...not only is it not bad, it's not /that/ different. Certainly not different enough to be all up in arms about.

Maybe you can try to actually contribute something instead of just registering a flame name just so you can ***** and moan and look like a jackass.

It's the same database (more info, actually). It's still free. It retains function. Give yourself time to get acclimated to the new layout. Voice things that you would like to see fixed or changed. I mean look. People pointed out the column header sorting in the database. It's being fixed. People were down about the comments being missing; a dev (Danalog) swoops in and says that they are indeed bringing them over now. Look at that. As deficiencies have been found and reported they have been swift about correcting them. This is everyone's chance to get in on the ground floor and build this up into what we as a community want it to be. There are things that need to be fixed, sure. But pointing them out civilly and constructively gets them fixed. Not "lolz0r look how clever I am with my 'funny' new board name 'ih8allaomgwtflolz' u all suck this stinks!!111!".

unfortunately the database is not user friendly. Nor does it allow the same level of access to information. Also the data is not the same, maybe most of it is but the few quest I looked up had incorrect data. The lost of the comments was critical as the comments had updated information that Ogaming may not have placed in the description. Thus by coping bad information you shot yourself in the head.
Here you must know the item or quest by name, Ogaming you did not. Here you see no comments for free, or your lacking in comments on everything quest I looked up. Ogaming you saw everything.

You state it free which may be true but the site handicaps the users so bad it like saying you can walk for free but you can not use your legs.

I have to agree with the other complaints in this thread. The search is slow, the forums are slow, the interface is clumsy, most of the up-to-date useable content on O-gaming was user submitted comments, which are missing.

One of the searches I tried here said I needed the Firefox plugins, which I'm not going to install. The forum search said I needed premium membership, which I'm not paying for. Trying to comment on this thread took well over a minute to bring up this reply form. In that time I looked up three quests on MMOdb.com.

Then you have what looks to be a moderator or admin calling the commentors in this thread Jackasses and that they need to take a "nap". Whatever. If that's what I can expect from this new site, y'all can keep it. Why don't you try to listen to the people's complaints instead of writing them off as 'whiners'. This site has a long ways to go before it provides the value and content the old ogaming site did. And it ain't going to get there without contributions from the user base.

Maybe you'll "get it", maybe you won't. If you eventually get there, maybe I'll find my way back. In the meantime, there's better, faster, easier sources for the info I need.