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One thing that has saddened me over the past few weeks is the lack of development.

Recently I finished a library called "dta_admin". This library allows you to administrate a game, and can be extended using modules. My hope for this system was that people would go after it, write modules for it, and get back to me so I can include them and the library can be improved.

Except nobody did so.

Since the admin system of Cowed wasn't exactly working very much, I decided that it would be best if dta_admin would first receive some of the basics that Cowed would also be needing (i.e. a ban system, managing administrators properly) and that it could eventually be integrated into Cowed and then receive some special Cowed-exclusive modules it'd need (like setting the game time, toggling OOC and other things that are only used on Cowed).

However, I was feeling down; I had already done some work, and a new project was starting up at school that was taking up my time. Furthermore, I was contacted and asked if I could update console a bit. The solution is simple: query one of the other developers to do it.

Except I saw what I feared what would happen: they didn't do anything. Neither Oasiscircle nor "Peanut" did any work. They didn't even report with work, tell me what they had done already. Instead, they were apparently "busy".

Well, here's a message to you both: starting now you're both removed of power and demoted to Lieutenant under Thijsterhaar's wing. I'm not putting up with two piece of shits whose sole reason for having admiralship is that they happened to have been involved in Cowed's development in the past.

This is the present. If neither one of you can be bothered and step up to do some of the work, you don't deserve the position of Admiral and you don't deserve to have any say in how this game is run.

Yes, this means I've basically taken over. W12W is the only remaining administrator next to Levian who is too busy playing Mass Effect 2. But at least I've seen their work, and at least W12W has been at least somewhat active. And I can sympathise that he doesn't have much to offer.

But this does not go for the two of you. If you want your old access back, you're going to have to work for it: write modules for dta_admin, and submit them to so I can freaking implement them. Until that is done, you will not only remain powerless but Cowed will also remain without a proper admin system.

As for the rest of the community, you may think that I need to apologise and that I'm aggressively taking over, but you can't be more wrong; I fixed a hundred freaking bugs and made the game better thanks to the integration of a new dynamic lighting system, not to mention the trouble I've saved for those who previously had access to the source-code with all the changes I did on the inside to make the source something bearable to work with.

I've done enough work, and I'm still providing you with a server to host this website and the game. The only thing I asked is to bear with me whenever I go on one of my minigun crusades (which doesn't happen all that often as you may like to think) and to help me in making this a better game.

The latter still hasn't been fulfilled not even by the community; I still don't know whom to give access to the Player's Corner. But that issue is minimal, and to be honest may be caused by my own ignorance.

Thank you for reading this. Now please, do something useful.