Originally Posted by
Fewher
This statement echos what I said for years while I was Manager, you just cannot make everyone happy but you have to do what you thinks best.
Time and time again the community has shown that they have absolutely no idea what they really want or know whats best for them.
Staff constantly have to make tough decisions that will anger the community momentarily in order to to maintain balance to their best beliefs and ability.
I've said this so many times on CM, but if the playerbase could just for one moment pull their head out of their own asses for a moment and think of the bigger picture we'd be able to avoid a lot of these drama/bullshit issues.
The arrogance of this statement is a bit staggering. I had thought that the vibes I was getting from other staff decisions was my own paranoia. I attributed the goofy decisions on grey areas and lack of policy; but if you are truly confirming its because "staff knows best"... just wow.
The community has been very clear on what we want, on a variety of issues. You are confirming this isnt negligence, but a culture among the staff of "its our game, you are just allowed to play it".
This same dumb attitude is what causes the "drama/bullshit issues", because if the game is YOURS... well you can do whatever you want:
I dont like this player? Ban him on some technicality.
Anyone who complains? Well Daddy knows best.. ban them too.
I am ALLOWED to spawn whatever i want cause.. its my game (Emerald bullshit).
The people who create and maintain whitelists, they are just PLAYERS not OWNERS, fuck them (what you did to the synth council when you pulled the "staff makes final decisions in lore").
Its MY game and I don't like some things.. so I will label it as LRP and ban it. But its my game.. so if I want to spawn a giant talking spacecarp.... well that is just FUNNY and TEMPORARY.
You arent allowed to ruin my fun in MY game, banned for meta/murder. But I spawned 50x xenos after I died to "speed up the round". Ruled okay in staff reports.
Anger/ taunting/ drama isnt allowed guys! Deadchat muted. Oh you didnt like what I spawned in the game or said? Here let me play the salt.mpg a couple times then tell everyone to "get over it".
Its my game so people dont REALLY know what they want. When I change the game entirely (like permanesting) and the community disagrees... well its just because they are players. All they do is PLAY the game... they dont matter.
If staff are committed to this road.. fine, I wish you the best. But you will continue to bleed players, burn out devs, and lose staff over arguments.
And Jesus dude, are you the ex manager because you now work for activision or EA? "You think you want it, but you dont".