Wow man.. great post, thanks!
It's my guess that about 35% of the visitors that come to -VDWQ- are well capable of troubleshooting and solving the quests, and those comments are a sweet reminder that that's life. In other words, now I don't feel so bad for those who think it's more productive to stand there and say, "where gem where owner" rather then actually searching.
Yesterday, I came into to the lobby to unload a crazy amount of space suits I've gathered for the engines
(wanted posters are coming back! just need to code them!) and this little girl came in with the eventual questing response of, "where gem plz plz". After explaining to her that it would not be fair to my current winners to just give out answers and clues when those winners got none, she continued with that if you do quests you need to stay and help.
I mean, lets forget the fact that I've spent 120,000 credits on engines to simply give stuff away, spent countless hours gathering stuff to give away and having park builders help do the same, and the countless hours spent racking my brain to create half-way decently themed quests. With the team of builders that open the park whenever possible, that lobby can and has remained opened in the past from opening to closing in VMK. The little one's reply to such efforts and hours was, "so".
So after arguing back and forth with this stuborn lazy girl, I had realized then that she was there to represent the other 65% of questers who could care less about the efforts, and would much rather have a hand out. After such conclusions, I was ready to close the engines and just get back to old school VMK fun, but that would not be fair to the people that have backed and built the park from day 1.
This thread has made much of the efforts well worth the annoyances and irritations that come with the territory of quest hosting, on behalf of the entire build team of -VDWQ-, we THANK YOU ALL that have come and enjoyed the park and it's enjoying for us to read and hear that you did!
