I can only agree on one thing: Stop saying what the Devs should and should not do. You haven't said what they should and should not for the past 8 years, so please stick to that and do it the coming 8 years either. Just because Tremulous is popular now does not mean you hold any right to make demands of any kind. This is just plain ridiculous. If you want to keep the devs away from the community, this behaviour is surely the way to go.
A second note: The people who are actually working on Tremulous never needed a forum thread like this to get to work, did they?
That's about the most ridiculous thing I've heard in ages. What good is a community if nobody is allowed to voice their opinions and suggest how to do things? Why don't the dev's go jump into a sheltered hole then, take nobodies advice, and release 1.2 in 6 more years. I'm terribly sorry if the devs have no social skills at all and can't take any suggestions. Maybe in that case Ender should be the new dev team, by himself. He's the only one that's letting people know "Hey, I'm doing this. What do you guys think?" Like whoever it was said above, no normal player of the game who has no interest in coding/modding tremulous is going to hunt around IRC for public information about the next release. Even then, some people who ARE interested won't know where to go, because of the absolutely pathetic release of information. Go with the guy, accept that he's here to help, and listen to his suggestions instead of getting your ass in a bunch over a name.
Now that trem actually has a player-base, the players are going to suggest ways to improve the game in the future. Giving previous dev's this "Invincibility to criticism" is absurd. It's a god-damned open-source GPL'ed game. Anybody can do anything with it as they would like. Hell, anybody can call anybody else lazy, or point out their flaws too.
The responses I saw in this thread to Ender's completely legitimate post made me furious. I'm used to people in the modding section who post ideas without doing shit being shot down, but look at what Ender's done. He's improving the game, adding his choices, and calling it whatever he rightfully wants and can. Then, when he lets you guys know, you throw a shitstorm of flames at him.
And one more thing. You can call the dev team whatever you want. They get the credit for making the original game, but anybody can create the next version of the game. Nowhere in the law does it state that Ender can't release 1.2 before the devs if he believes his changes are good enough to make 1.2. Ender can release version 1000 if he wanted to, and it wouldn't make a damn. One thing you have to realize though, is that yes, the dev team made an incredible accomplishment in creating the original mod, but nobody is official. You can call them the official dev team, but Ender has just as much a right of criticizing them and suggesting what to do as any joe schmo you find on the street.
And Lava, regarding your last post, are you completely forgetting that Ender is saying "I've DONE the work, and I'm nearly ready to finalize it"? He's not asking for help. He's saying "Look, this is what I've DONE, what do you think?" This thread should be considering his changes, and making suggestions about them, instead of bashing the guy because he worked for the interest of the game.
It's assholes like you, Lava, who can't be pleased with anything unless it's "Official" that made me quit Trem. Go double-check what type of game you're playing and post accordingly.
Ender, good work. I'd appreciate you releasing this, just to say that "FUCK YOU" to these assholes in this thread that take no appreciation of your hard work.
-Bull
