pack colors, the 3.1 rule question

I try to remain relentlessly positive (especially in the face of criticism!), but I'm going to drop some tough love in this post. Bear with me. <3

Member driven is not synonymous with member controlled. The original vision of member driven was to give players full agency over writing their own stories, pursuing their own goals (family, leadership, BWPs...) with minimal CM interference.

Somehow, along the way, community-driven has started to morph into an expectation about how CMs should behave. Perhaps this is something the CMs have inadvertently encouraged, by trying to balance the wants of the players with the need[s] of the game setting? I don't know... But I can tell you as a person who has only ever wanted to see this game be fun for all of its players, it is really discouraging to log on and constantly see complaints directed at the CM team.. Including because of a minor adjustment meant to improve accessibility. If anything I would have expected unanimous support from our members, given how often I see comments in Discord about how unreadable some pack colors are.

A reminder: This adjustment has no bearing whatsoever on the heart of WOLF-RPG, which is in-character writing! Wolves don't know what their pack colors are. I have never seen this come up in an IC post, lol.

The CMs recently pushed through several major tweaks to our rules on member feedback. We had several polls, we had several discussions -- we listened -- so it feels off-cuff to that a small update to our pre-existing color requirements has such a strong reaction. As does the insinuation that there needs to be more communication on minor rule tweaks that have no bearing on IC.

Not every policy that goes through will be polled or run through the members first. CMs listen to every single complaint that is aired on this forum - but that doesn't guarantee site policy revision. While the CM team's mission is to keep the game casual, simple, and fun, it is not the CM team's job to cater to every complaint about how poorly we're running things.

If players are feeling that strongly about colors -- purely vanity items -- then I would suggest you(g) take a breather for a bit. Go outside, draw, play with your pets -- whatever makes you happy.. And hopefully when you come back it can be with a fresh set of eyes and the perspective that the CMs are not evil fun-sucking goblins that want to take the pretty crayola colors from you. I was really disappointed by some of the responses here, which are frankly disproportionate to the subject at hand.

That’s it for me, folks. Off my soapbox now. <3