Originally Posted by
Fourkhan
to summarize, this is an incredibly entitled take
First off, CM is a game maintained by VOLUNTEER developers who dedicate our time to working on the game, not slaves to some bygone vision of what the game WAS in the past.
I don't enjoy roleplay on CM as a player or as a developer. I don't think that just because CM was a game heavily focused on RP in the past means it has to be one in the future.
The CM I have come to know has been from the start a TDM first and a roleplay game second, and I have gotten a ton of fun out of creating new and fun TDM mechanics for the game.
The idea that the game is somehow "truly" an RP game that has been "corrupted" by Devs introducing "arcade" mechanics is founded on the idea that CM belongs to the people who originally created it, people who without exception have moved on from - or were forced out of - the community. CM does not belong to those people, it belongs to the people currently working on it and maintaining it, not to cynical spectators who want the server to stay trapped in its past.
If you want to blame me and the people who work with me for degrading RP, go ahead - I admit it. I have actively worked to create a game that is fun not because of RP, but on its own merits as a TDM game.
Fact is, most players, myself included, want a TDM, and I am catering to them, not to boomers. Simple As.