HMD | June 2012

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

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[(Anonymous)]

That first paragraph literally comes down to "Things were badly communicated to the playerbase, but they still should have come forward about this badly-communicated thing if they had a problem with it." I don't know if that's what you meant to say, but that's how it's coming off. This isn't on the playerbase if that's the case; it's on the players running the plot in the first place.

This was badly-communicated and poorly-planned. You can't fall back on "Worse things than this have happened in the past" for why this should supposedly be seen as okay - the playerbase has shifted since Tarantulas was here. It's shifted a lot. What matters is that players are coming to you now, highly uncomfortable about this, and you can't just dismiss their concerns like that without coming off as condescending. This is bothering several members of your current playerbase, and telling them what the playerbase was okay with over a year ago isn't going to help the situation.

[fonic_sight]

We're not dismissing a thing. I am just saying that while we are trying to find a workaround and a way to change it to adjust to everyone's liking, that NO ONE is required to post to it nor will they be held accountable for choosing to ignore it and not touch the issue. We're not dismissing anyone or anything. We're just saying that no one will be forced to play in it right now.

However, this isn't something that can be fixed in ten minutes. The issue was brought to us late. The plot has more than just Mei and Ara involved; we have to contact the others involved as well, and they are not up right now. We have to change the plot and find a workaround that will reach the conclusion of the plot without upsetting people. I'm addressing it now because the people replying are personally sounding as though this cannot be fixed. It CAN, and it WILL. It will just take longer than five minutes, and it will have to wait a few hours without condescending, dramatic remarks and accusations.