Metalliclops, I'm guessing you meant well but your post comes across as a little harsh. Partially due to the fact that you only have 3 posts & therefore aren't known well here.
1) Usually plenty of Brazillian players around. Their time zone is close to yours. The Rawhide server fills up most evenings. Several other US servers that see action. Ever try playing a little earlier than 9pm?
2) I know people who use Autodesk products that can't figure out how to create a new text document by themselves.
Seriously. He sits right next to me at work & I hold his hand every time his printer needs ink. And I'm not knocking your credentials. I use Autocad & similar software all day, every work day, all year. I'm just saying that at a minimum, some expectations are required to be met by the end user. If someone doesn't know how to correctly extract a zip file is that our fault? Though we do go out of our way to help if asked.
3) Yes, we could use more updates. I won't argue with that. Most of us on the dev team have been out of high school for ten, twenty, or more years so I hope you can appreciate the fact that we work for a living & have real life obligations. When you sit at a pc all day long for money, it can be tough to get motivated to do the same thing
for free in spare time. Improvements seem to come in spurts around here, though not lately unless you count tutorials & a few projects here & there. That's just the way it is. My initial goal when ICI turned over this game to us was just to keep it alive. All of the updates released since WQ3 version 2.0 is just icing on the cake in my eyes. Frankly, I never imagined it would grow as much as it has. The next official version will be released when it's deemed ready & not before. Sorry if it's overdue. The 1.1b4 is available until then.
Talented game developers with plenty of free time, enthusiasm, & respect for the game would be nice. I don't see a line of volunteers. If there's something you can do to contribute, other than suggest a meeting or create a facebook page, get off the soap box & show us something worthy. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.
My in game server browser works fine, though apparantly some folks have trouble.
Monster Browser is extremely handy & works fine as well. Perhaps your firewall needs investigating?
Thanks for voicing your concerns, opinions, ideas. It's a good thing! Although, I would have preferred a new topic for it in the saloon rather than a 5 year old news post.