Member Questions

Why would I report anything when any time I ever did before, it goes completely ignored or I am told its out of your hands? Or the "hypotheticals" I mentioned earlier, staff in this thread tell me it's not reportable despite it being metagaming so why bother? This is my point. It's exhausting, it feels more like I'm just annoying staff as opposed to actually trying to help you guys out by pointing out troublesome players or anyone who may be abusing the system for their own personal gain. So no, due to me not feeling like an actual part of the community here and more or less just a cog in the machine for "main players" enjoyment, I have wholly given up and just look forward to closing off my plots with certain members so I can leave entirely. 

Essentially the quote above "but while we are member-driven, this is a site run by staff" essentially comes off as "it's our site, we will do what we want in the end". Which is the case so far from our perspective and we are currently trying to tell you guys how we feel about all these tread conversations. We are bombarded with hypotheticals as opposed to maybe being heard on an issue and forced to defend our own concerns publicly as opposed to feeling pleased that maybe we contributed even if it's just a note in the staff board. These discussions become arguments as opposed to just stating our opinions. It's absolutely frustrating. 

As for the breeding season, again, the majority wanted the breeding season to be abolished - and again, this is one reason why we don't feel like we are being heard since it was just a "compromise" of it being extended as what staff wanted originally anyway. We know that staff often already made up their minds before bringing it up to the public.. It's quite obvious since all staff at every instance just defend one another as opposed to having a discussion like everyone else, its obvious staff have already spoken about it and have come to their own conclusion and decision and just try to convince us it's for the better. I am just repeating myself at this point.

I admit I really don't follow this view point. Why wouldn't you want to report a rule break? If you don't report it because you don't trust a member of the CM team will handle it appropriately, how does that help facilitate better game play? It just feeds into the issue, where players expect CMs to be all-encompassing in their observance of every aspect of the game play.. and that is frankly an unfair expectation to put on anyone's shoulders. We cannot read minds. If you don't tell us there is a problem, how do you expect us to know there is a problem?

Currently the CM team is fielding a lot of complaints and accusations in this thread - some of which I feel, as a human being, are very unfair. Including the accusation that the CM team is self-serving in their interests. If that was the case and we did what *I* wanted, PPCs wouldn't exist, WF wouldn't exist, we wouldn't have non-native wolf species, and no one would be allowed unrealistic designs. But that's not the WOLF the majority of the players (or even the CM team) wants.

The decision regarding MERs & breeding season was not predetermined prior to the poll. We put a discussion up to inform our decision. It's literally written there in the first post by me. The attending ACMs at the time can attest there was no decision made before the poll was posted.

Again, I don't have a single report from you. I looked at our reports all the way back to 2016. I admit I am really not following that accusation that the CM team doesn't care/doesn't do anything about reports. No one on the CM team can help you if you don't speak up and tell us directly what the problem is.

I urge everyone who has chimed in with some grievance or complaint towards the CM team to strongly consider volunteering for the ACM rolls. This is exactly what the ACM role is set up for. You will see, as an ACM, how many of these issues are discussed ad nauseum in the chat, with lots of back and forth in attempts to find an appropriate compromise that meets player expectations without sacrificing enjoyment for all -- including the CMs, who are players too.

I also want to take a moment to reiterate that members need to approach us if they are unhappy with something, versus posting vague accusations in threads and leaving us to piece together what they're referencing. We can't handle a problem if we have no idea that problem exists. Yes, we are aware members are feeling unheard. Have any of these members taken it upon themselves to message us or open a dialogue privately with the CM team to gain insight on how decisions are made? Or offer solutions on how a compromise can be made?

With a site was large as this, compromise is the key. Not everyone is going to get their way all the time. That is not the same as being unheard.