Considering that these forums get new user registrations of at least 2 a day, but the number of posts is under 10 per week (with most of those being me and dj--alex ) I thought I would post a little poll to get a feel for who is really in this for the long haul and who is just passing through.
If I forgot an option, please post your thoughts below.

You need the option “Very interested, I intend to run my own serverâ€

EQ2 is the one I want emulated, and I am extremely interested. I do read a lot of the forum, but a lot of the technical posts are still out of my range. However I am here for the long haul, intend to learn how to work with a server, and hope to see this become a fully functional emu. Thanks for the hard work!

[quote="Tyr"]You need the option “Very interested, I intend to run my own serverâ€

[quote]You need the option “Very interested, I intend to run my own serverâ€

Tweaked option 2 "I only want to play/run EQ2Emu, very interested" as to not invalidate those votes.

I had actually forgot all about this emu, or i thought it was dead. Then a post in the eqemu forum brought me here!
I'm pretty excited..

Well, Im a real fanatic of EQ2, but aint got the money to play on retail. So I've been following this project since, 2004?, and checked every month when it where down. So im kinda imnterested in this project, as a player, tho' I haven't got the skills in any way of programming.
Thanks for me. Please excuse my bad english // Stormen

I believe each Mmorpg must have option create server. Without this possiblity game are only a half-game.

Make a poll "would you donate some money if it speeds up emulator creation?"

Progress is being made - you just don't see us talking much because we're busy coding and testing the content. Everyone is welcome to sign in to TessEQ2 to test our work as we develop it. EQ2Emulator does not accept donations (currently) simply because once people donate, they "expect" something and then it becomes a job, and is no longer fun.
There are many ways to speed up progress that you, the community, can do yourselves. Grab the packet collector and start collecting zones, quests, items and spells etc. Grab the source code from SVN and add functionality - submit your changes via diff until you are an official part of the team.
Donations aren't the answer, my friend. Community involvement is.

"I only want to play/run EQ2Emu, very interested"
The reason I suggested this and not the fanatical one is that I have next to no intention to donate (although that might change, depending on the quality of the finished product), I have no real skills to contribute, and I don't have a current subscription to EQII - so I have no real way of contributing past being active on the forums and being a cheerleader (but don't ask me to get a uniform).

There is not the slightest hint anywhere here that donating is an option.
But seeing you in a cheerleading outfit is probably something I'd pay to see.

John Adams wrote:There is not the slightest hint anywhere here that donating is an option.

Well, I was laying out reasons why I was useless to the community in any real sense. Won't donate, no skill, and can't log on and snoop on the live servers for data.

John Adams wrote:But seeing you in a cheerleading outfit is probably something I'd pay to see.

1) It wouldn't happen, and 2) no, you wouldn't.
Trust me on both points. :v

Wyn wrote: Well, I was laying out reasons why I was useless to the community in any real sense. Won't donate, no skill, and can't log on and snoop on the live servers for data.

I would estimate that maybe 99% of the users of any open source project are like you, although they won't admit it That is fine though - that leaves more money for the other 1%. Wait, we don't get paid... that sucks