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Why do I hate Allakhazam so much???

It is entirely possible there may be nothing really wrong with Allakhazam as such, but I was perfectly happy with Ogaming!!! I knew how to navigate it, my main character was my name, my questions was answered rapidly, the server was quick!
All of the above does NOT apply to Allackazhlam.

I have spent 2 hours trying to figger this site, and this is my first (and, judging by the content, maybe the last) post on the forums.
I hate Allazhkahms for destroying ogaming!!
I hate having to dodge commercials like a freakshow to get to the info I need POSTED FOR NO PROFIT BY PLAYERS WANTING TO HELP OTHERS!!!!!!!!!!

I've always thought of ogaming as a free-spirited community, relying solely on information volunteered by members of this community, needing only a very few commercials to fund the upkeep of the site.
Allazakham seems to me more like Yoko Ono. (Feeding off the rancid blood of the cowardly slain ogaming Kate Monster.)

AFAIK I have to make 15 posts to be eligible for judgment by my peers, so I'm severely tempted to make 14 more with nonsense just to see what others think of my opinions stated in this post.

I'm starting to get the feeling that only Allashahickna-lovers are generally able to rate others here, so you're prolly right.
It doesn't much matter since my login name ATM is a high number in the names I had to ask for to finally be able to post at all.
If the admin's really decide to answer my posts in a serious manner, I will probably be changing my signature, (I hate I hate I hate Allakhazam!!) but right now it is the only appropriate statement I can think of.

I must admit I like the way the forums work on Allah. All exept for the Karma system which effectively excludes any critics of Allah, but nevermind that.
It's pretty easy for me to find my own posting history and gain an overwiew on new replies and ratings.

Looking back at things, I think the real mistake was made when clicking on our old Ogaming links led us directly to Allah. (No pun actually intended here)

If people like me had been told Ogaming had been shutdown or bought out or destroyed in some other way, but now Allah was trying to rebuild the info Ogaming style, I would definately not have responded so negatively!

I'm all for looking forward and making the best of the future, and thinking back thoroughly enough, I remember the Ogaming server was also down once in a while, so the server stability wasn't perfect before the takeover. Allah must likewise be allowed some leeway.

Thx for paying attention to my post. :)



Lemme try to explain: I'm not complaining there was no warning. (Which I probably wouldn't have noticed even 6 years in advance) I am saying that instead of a redirect, I would have chosen an error message or the likes suggesting a visit to Allah who was trying to carry on the legacy of Ogaming.


I'm doing my best to keep an open mind now.

The karma/rating system here is pretty sad, and those few who wave it around like a caretaker admonishing a child just look silly. Sadly there's no getting around the unfortunate forum software here. At least not for now.

Maybe it's different servers or perhaps different circles of players that we interact with, but I have yet to see one person in-game railing against the merger. The "outcry" such as it was, has been limited, in my view, to a dozen or so vocal dissenters here on the boards. The in-game player community has been largely silent on the matter.

The databse is updating rapidly and has been more consistent with it's updates than even pre-merger. The players are responding and the amazing OGaming DB community has kicked back into gear. Just looking at the main page you can see the daily database entry updates which can number in the 2 or 3 dozen daily which, considering the manual formatting and QA that goes with each entry, is no small accomplishment. Coupled with the improvements that the administrators of the site have made based on user feedback (comments, sortable search, improved result layout, and more), I'm just not seeing the lack of improvement that the scenario you are alluding to provides.

We are all working vigorously to lower your karma...lol jk.


We'll I'm was a die-hard (ex)ogaming poster, and was a big fan of the regulars and format there. But honestly, the server here is faster...the regulars seem nice as well, and the DB is the same. I will miss some of the old regulars if they don't make the transition, but hopefully more will (or great new people come along) once they start to hear that it's not so bad afterall :)



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Im so glad we have peace and unity on these boards...

It is a snarled mess.

1) People are upset because ogaming was incorporated into Allakhazam. They feel that Allakhazam bought them out and ruined ogaming. When in fact it was the people that owned Ogaming that bought out Allakhazam.

2) People are scared of some RMT connection seeing as how the people that now own Allakhazam (and who previously owned ogaming) also own IGE. However Allakhazam had it written into the contract (the man is a lawyer in real life after all) that Zam.com will remain RMT free and be completely autonomous of IGE and any IGE profits and vice a versa.

3) The premium question. Some people are worried that the Allakhazam EQ2 site will become premium only. Despite the fact that the admins have promised this wont happen and also the fact that all other MMO Zam sites are free to use and have been for years now.

There are also a number of people who are having a hard time adjusting to the allakhazam set up as well. However once you get the hang of it it is pretty intuitive.

There is an ad server, the ads have just been removed from the site temporarily. Hopefully they are being reworked so that they are less invasive than they were before.

Advertising revenue, the site gets more hits than any three other sites combined.

Premium revenue.

Allakhazams black market asian baby smuggling ring.

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Here I have to say that most of the Quests and such like items from the beginning like City stuff and even Robes are not even in the database, but they were in OGaming, if all the info I say were true people would not post flaming posts; just as an example, I was looking for items on Ogaming and I found them even old ones or brand new items such as Robes and weapons or such. Here NO WAY I will even be able to look them up the database is 2 years old and was never updated.ITems like an old quest called Blood of the Brood.. is not there or the items or walkthrough is non excisting. However, if you see that some of the posts were taken over from Ogaming well I have to say that is true, on the other hand the fact is that hardcore posters like on OGaming left and therefor, this site will die when it comes to new updates. I miss Ogaming more then everybody else it was a cool site and it will never be the same. Money talks and thats the fact. As it is the fact that even if they claim that they will never charge you it will happen sooner or later when the fees come to a point where they have to charge you. The good point is people will leave and find something else and they will spawn the word ... therefor I am not afraid of such problems gaming people will always find a way to comunicate without having to pay or doing what a persons wants them to do. I just hope this site (after almost 4 years knowning it) will change to become something better then it was in the past.

Heads up guys and lets kick this mule to make it run