>I'm sick of seeing one sentence responses and locked threads,
>with responses like "Players like you don't DESERVE the whole
>story." He's clearly not advocating for himself, but the
>entire playerbase.

Was kinda covered, dude was given a title and chose to whine about it in a prayer. From my veiwpoint, brought it on himself by going ooc.

>The playerbase DESERVES to be treated like adults, like they
>have SOME input in how THEIR game is ran. If the option we're
>choosing is to withhold information and shut down discussion,
>then yeah, you're going to get a lot of very angry, confused
>players, and in my opinion, you've got it coming.

Not our game though is it? We get to play it, for free no less, and thats what the forums are supposed to give, some input, but hell there has been a lot of whining as of late, and to me it mostly seems like folk with thier nose out of joint because everything is not going thier way.

>There are more civilized, responsible, respectful, and
>constructive ways to deal with an explosive situation than to
>simply play the reactionist. Be proactive. If not all of the
>info's there, that's easy to rectify. But not while you guys
>hide behind locked threads and a vague sense of superiority.
>As long as this continues, it's not going to get better.

Why should they have to respond to something posted on another site? Again, my take, these volunteers are spending thier own time to make the game for us, if you don't like the descisions, get into a position to do something about it, and while youre at it take some of the wieght from thier shoulders.

>Having participated in the administration of several
>large-scale games, and having administrated forums for these,
>I have to say anymore it seems like you guys are utterly
>incapable of handling these situations in a constructive way.
>It's like you're not even trying anymore. And that doesn't
>exactly inspire ME to try to be a good player. If our admins
>don't care about taking our concerns seriously, why should we
>care about the game at all?

See above.

>If there's one thing that will kill a game faster than any
>other, it's a crappy staff. And maybe you guys are wonderful
>coders, roleplayers, and rules enforcers, but you're goddamn
>awful at handling playerbase drama, and that's a cancer you
>have to control if you want a playable game a year or two from
>now.

I reckon there are a few folk who on the other hand are superb at creating drama, its all about reading between the lines in my opinion.