You make it seem like some unstable unplayable piece of crap. Nothing could be further from the truth, because VZ/TZ added much to the maturity of emu as anyone who has seen it over the years evolve can attest to. Your post you linked, you listed pathing. Really? That's just adding nodes to the zone, simple shit built into the emu core circa 2002. I never had problems with that and everything else you listed is irrelevant hyperbole as well.
There is not much difference in terms of stability and subtleties of gameplay between loading up a stock emu install and the red99 code, so let's not misconstrue it. The only major thing p99 can flaunt over any other server on the list is a high number of active devs to trim the fat here and there to make certain things more "classic", and the antihax .dll. Props where props are due. The only reason VZ/TZ died is because it ended up with Voidd being the sole coder who was a total tyrant who had been caught years earlier giving duped GM items to his pals (and subsequently removed, but came back when everyone else had moved on), and Keegan pulling the plug on hosting because he sells plastic man asses over the internet for a living.
Finally: Ridiculously low population? It was the strongest box in its place in history, for as long as it was around, higher than PEQ, killed KMRA, etc etc. at least until blue99. Not the boxes fault most people are fat vaginas even when it comes to video games.
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