http://herc.ws/board/blog/28-positive-developers/ Positive Developers Syndication Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:56:55 +0000 haru@dotalux.com (Hercules Board) IP.Blog 60 http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-114-how-to-start-your-own-server/
1. Think you already know everything
2. Hire a developer for things you do not know.
3. Hire a developer for everything while you do not have time for your own skill development only to find out that you can't handle being an owner of a server.

What you're really supposed to do, and if you are really serious about creating your own server is:

1. Get a mentor
2. Start learning according to your mentor's guidance.
3. Only hire a developer for things you already know and bored to do. This way you can focus your time on things you haven't learned yet, and be able to grow more as a developer/server owner.

If you only depend on hired developers, you might end up in a future where in all of them are busy, and your server is a mess and you don't know how the hell you will fix it, because all of your server's life, you've been just handing tasks you didn't know how to make yourself, therefore you have no idea how to make a repair.]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 02:43:00 +0000 http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-114-how-to-start-your-own-server/ http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-106-life-as-a-paid-ro-dev/
Let's start with my msitakes before I pin point other paid dev's mistake.

Accepting tons of client:
In the past I accepted way more client than I can handle(current limited to 3). In result I got too much pressure and in the 4th client I was kinda dishonest when it came to the delivery date. I think it was fine to accept more if I was more honest and next time I sure will. But anyhow this client didn't go home sad, good thing I had another paid dev contact so I made him do the stuffs and it went well. Client was happy and I wasn't put in trouble xD But yeah next time, I'd either not accept or at least tell them with all honesty that the delivery is like this because i have other clients at hand at the moment and offer to look for someone else if they're in rush or can't accept my delivery ETA.

Underpaid:
This is way way back before I decided to be a paid RO dev and was just doing other freelancer tasks such as project management. Being underpaid or accepting projects in a rate/cost that is very low that you feel demotivated to do it is kinda unhealthy for you and your client. But it all happens at first and after a while, I got hang of it and now I mostly give out fine prices that I am happy to work with so that the client gets high quality work and I also get high quality payment xD

The challenge is when you don't even know your worth. So I have to read tons of stuff to know my worth. In the end, no matter what you do for others freelancing is freelancing, don't think you should get paid low cause its RO dev only if you're going to be unhappy for the cost that you said. Think of your hourly rate, then think how long it would take for you to finish the job and give the client a max and minimum time, with all honesty. If you finish it sooner, then he pays lesser, if you finish it at max then he pays more. Simple as that, or take the average or best guess and make that the fix quote. Be honest because if your client finds out, he's not coming back.

Experience with other Paid Devs
Now it's time to point out other paid devs mistakes based on ppl I worked with. Hopefully you don't get mad but really, I feel like everyone should know this. People look for a paid dev because of either low quality by free devs/no free devs or they want high quality service, and these mistakes are all about that.

Underpaid after all these years:
I've seen some paid ro devs with years of experience, released a bunch of stuff, but still the price is so low and guess what. The client is unhappy with the service provided. I don't know what's wrong really, or if the developer is even happy with the price. There is no problem with increasing cost if you can't do anything because you're underpaid xD I know a client that paid 120 for a guy who didn't even do anything.

Unable to update the client/employer:
I don't know if it's because the guy is underpaid that he can't even update the client for what's going on.

So far these are the main things, I had in mind. As you can see being underpaid has its disadvantage to both the client and the developer. I hope this blog will help people understand that they should ask for the right cost and clients should pay for the right cost too, and not settles for whatever they can get cheaper which is okay but don't pay till you know it's cheap but high quality.

I'm happy I made some mistakes and now have learned and grown. I hope this helps other paid devs and clients when it comes to developing pretty much anything.

Thank you for reading! have a nice day!
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The good thing is you don't even have to remember them, but of course you will probably memorize them by time if you use them often.

Below is a cheat sheet that will help you easily learn linux over time. Anyways I just thought it'll be worth sharing.
http://www.cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/linux-command-line/

Screenshot:


Thank you for reading! May your RO server prosper and live long!]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:16:00 +0000 http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-105-linux-commands/ http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-102-positive-developers/
I want you to stay with me, and stay positive and here are the benefits of that.

• When you are positive in life, you will easily overcome frustrations, issues you will experience in running your server and your life.
• You will have enough time for the things that you want to do, like learning more.
• You will never give up or at least take years before you do so.
• You will learn things fast because you are positive that you can do it. You can be as Awesome as GMOcean. Cause what ever he can do, you can to.
• And many things really, be positive = you will no longer be affected by any problems in life, even if something bad happens you will always be able to find the good things in it.

There are only 2 ways of living, positively or negatively. You can solve a problem while being frustrated and eventually your energy consumption becomes twice as high. Or you can solve the problem positively, and almost not run out of energy. You can be positive on almost anything.

Examples of being positive:
A player is cursing you, using your server's main chat. A huge person of GMs would just ban/jail this dude. A positive one will get his attention positively by PMing him and asking what is wrong nicely. Cause he knows if someone complains about something, or does something bad, there is a reason, and there is a problem, and that problem can be FIXED by understanding one another not by ban hammering and never talking again. With this you can turn that bad player into a good one, and your server community will get better therefore more people are going to play it.

Some might say "easier said than done", true in some cases your subconscious might kick off type @block and boom xD You have a new bad review on RMS, facebook groups etc.

You found a script you want to use, but damn it was bugged, and the author takes time to fix. Now, you want to fix it by yourself however you have 2 options.

• Believe in your that you can fix it, there are tons of resources you can use to solve the problem. Try and try until you get it to work, cause if you can imagine how the npc will work, then it is possible.
• Do not believe in yourself and give up half way.

You want to learn but you do not have much time. However, you probably have something similar to a guy who says do not have time but has time to go to facebook and scroll down for like forever xD
Be positive, you do have time for the things that you want. 15 mins of learning daily is better than 0minutes of learning daily.


Always remember, if there is a problem then there is a solution. Its just you don't know it yet, however eventually you will, you can either discover it while being frustrated therefore increasing risk of being unhealthy, sad, etc. Or you can discover the solution with a smile in your face, because you believe in yourself and/or whomever you worship.

So yeah, Be Happy always, and your RO journey will be awesome.

I hope you find this article helpful, If you have any situation that you've become less positive and can't find why in any way you'll be positive let me know on the comments.]]> Sat, 29 Nov 2014 02:56:00 +0000 http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-102-positive-developers/ http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-89-how-to-keep-your-server-alive/ Keeping a server alive is really an easy task if you're fine with keeping it despite having low/high population.
As a server owner of a 5 year old+ server. These are few tips you can use to keep your server alive for as long as that(or even more).

1. Do what you want and give it love!
When you do what you want, be happy with it. Don't think about negative stuffs that will happen because you're doing what you like/love/want. The most important things in keeping your server alive is to keep you alive and healthy, if you are stressed a lot, then it will affect your server and shorten its life just as it shorten yours.

I know some might say, what if the setting I like is very unusual that no one would like it? Well, I'd say, would you want it if no one would like it? you probably want it cause you think it has the potential to be something great, cause if you don't think its great then why want it? why would anyone else think its great?

2. Listen to your players but not to everything they say!
When they give you suggestions, some of them are things you like some are not. When you see something you do not like, before rejecting it completely try to see every aspect of it, and if its really not a good thing for your server or you don't like it then don't do it lol. If you implement too many things you don't like, then you might end up just leaving the server or closing it down due to depression.

3. Learn a lot of things!
Don't just hire a developer to do everything, learn a bit. That way you know what your devs are putting in your server. I know its painful and all, but you could eg. give yourself 15 minutes a day or less or even more to study about scripting etc and best if you learn a little bit of c programming too. Learning few mins a day is better than not learning at all. If you're not that lazy then just learn everything in 1 week or 2 its possible, just believe in yourself and your capability as a human being. If this guy can do this, then you can too.

4. Donation System
If you're making a server for some donations or you can't sustain your server alone then it is fine to put a donation system. Whether you want to put balance donations or not is up to you really. There are people who plays server with OP items there are people who do not. This goes us back to #1, do what you want and give it love! I've seen servers who've put OP items yet even stayed longer than 5 years, servers reported doing bad stuff and yet still alive for many years. I am not saying put OP stuffs because you can, but just put them if you want them, if you don't then don't.

5. Don't give up
When you just started, don't give up, some servers took 1 week to gain a decent amount of players, some took a year or even more. But if you see any of those servers now. It is because they didn't give up, they kept on developing. When your server didn't have any player after months, or even years it doesn't mean you failed. It means you have to do something and giving up is not the right answer to that. You could change the rates if you like, or add something. + if you don't give up, you get to brag that you didn't, it makes you a survivor

6. Keep yourself healthy
Cause it contribute to your stress level. But if you will spend 2 days straight setting something up then do it positively. Don't stay up late complaining and telling yourself how bad it is to do what you're doing, cause you will only get more stressed. Again, if you will do something, love doing it. Give yourself love and only then you can give love to other things and people.


You might notice there's nothing about advertising and other stuff. Those are really easy stuff, you can have all the money you can spend on your server to be advertised/fully developed but if you're not in the right mindset, and you get depressed often then your server will be depressed as well and give you bad result.

These are not all the tips you need, but I hope you find them useful. Follow the ones you agree on, and disregard the ones you don't. Live happily and your server will be a happy place as well ]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:02:00 +0000 http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-89-how-to-keep-your-server-alive/ http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-87-how-to-deal-with-extremely-boring-tasks/ Sometimes while developing something, there are some boring tasks and one of that is the one I'm going to work on in few minutes from now, although I have always done some stuffs about it, I decided to google and now I am sharing the guide that I found.

You will find the guide on this link below or just read the rest of the post.
Source: http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2011/08/16/get-the-boring-tasks-done/
Credits to the Original Author: HENRIK EDBERG

Not all tasks of the day are inspiring, fun or exciting. Some just feel dull or boring. But you still have to wash those dishes and take care of those monotone, routine tasks at work or in school.
So what can you do to not get lost in procrastination? How can you get going with those tasks you don’t feel much like doing and get to done?
In this article I’ll share how I do it, how I get some motivation and find more pleasure in what may seem to be a boring task.

• Think of why you are doing the task and how good it will feel when it is done. Instead of focusing your mind on how boring a task may feel focus your thoughts on why you are doing this and how good it will feel when you are done with it. If needed, sit down for a few minutes, close your eyes and see in your mind and feel how good it will be when you are there, when you are done with the task. Then go to work with that motivation and those positive feelings in your body.
• Do it mindfully. When you sort papers, do the laundry or do the dishes be fully there. Focus 100% on just the fork with all your senses – how it feels, looks and smells – as you are scrubbing it and nothing else. Don’t get lost in daydreams. If you are just there I have found that even such a simple and mundane task becomes more enjoyable and something that can bring inner calm rather than distress.
• Don’t think too much. Get going instead. The more you think about the boring task the more boring it seems in your mind. And so it becomes harder and harder to get started and to get to done. So try to think very little about it. Just make a decision to start doing the task, get up and go do it right away.
• Make a deal with yourself and set a timer for 10 minutes. It is often in easier to do tasks like these in small bursts. So make a deal with yourself to make a dent in this task. Make a deal to just spend 10 minutes on your inbox, mundane reading or cleaning the house. Set a kitchen timer and say to yourself that you only have to do this work for 10 minutes. When the timer rings you can continue doing it if you feel like it (this often happens to me because getting started is the hard part). Or you can stop and go do something more interesting instead.
• Create a pleasurable distraction. If possible, try to listen to the radio, your favorite songs, an audio book or watch a movie or TV-episode while doing your boring task. You don’t always have to do just one thing at a time in silence. I often listen to music or watch an episode of the Simpsons while doing the dishes or other routine work at home.
• Reward yourself. When you are done with your task then reward yourself. Take a walk in the sun, move on to a more fun or creative task at work or in school or have a tasty treat. This habit can make it easier to get started and to keep going each day. Because you know that you can look forward to not just being done and the long-term payoff from that but also your immediate reward right after you are finished.

What is your tip for getting the boring tasks done?
If you found this article helpful, then please share it with someone else. Thank you! =)]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:01:00 +0000 http://herc.ws/board/blog/28/entry-87-how-to-deal-with-extremely-boring-tasks/