CravenPython108
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Would you be willing to explain why it hasn't been returned after months, and why the discord channel was deleted if it was only down temporarily?
My Brutally Honest Opinion
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Katitude
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The entire MM mode would’ve needed to be recoded, and it would’ve taken quite a while; they decided to just remove it, but their intentions originally were to fix it until they realized all of the errors in the coding and such. Also, I believe (not 100%) that the owners would like to pay attention to their main attraction(s) to the server, which explains why HH won’t be having any updates anytime soon as well ._.
I think the owners should make a post about this.
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There's a LOT of things they need to make a post about
general2673
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if their intentions were to return it, and then they found out that was not able to happen, they should have been straight up, not waited over 6 months, then quietly deleted mm discord and not say a word on it.
something called "getting ahead of X" bad news is a reality. **** happens. how a team, group or person handles this news says alot. they should have, as soon as it was clear mm would not be able to return made a post expressing their reasons behind the takedown, and stressing their apologies. hell, opening the server, even in its glitchy state to allow people to recover their maps would have been a good step in the right direction.
with news breaking there is a very short period called the "shock" period. this is essentially the person telling the new's only chance to say what needs to be said before others start creating their own narratives. in this case, this is not just a messup, as it would have been if the owners were straight up, its a coverup,a lie, breaking of trust between player and staff, and another blow to the overall reputation to the server.
now that map maker is poof, among other things, i think as well as im sure others do, that an explanation on what happened is overdue. it happened, and nothing short of its return can change that. be honest.
im going to use an analogy.
you owners are like the executives of a startup, funded by investors. these investors take a share of the company in exchange for granting you money.
everything's great. the company makes money and the investors get to go along for the ride.
now lets say you suddenly shut down three key projects and consolidate to a single one. lets also say that project is not clearly succeeding (certainty is something investors like). the investors will be nervous. they feel like they are partners in the success or failure of this company and like to be informed. in bad times the execs may call an investor meeting, to explain certain things happening. this is typically done on a quarterly basis for companies. if the shutdowns i said above happened and the excecs didnt show for the meeting to explain. thats a big red flag. some may pull out (sell their stock and withdraw their support).
@IgnitingIce @Jacobg1998 quite simply, the players are your investors and you are responsible for them leaving or staying on top of maintaining and growing the company (the server) one cannot exist without the other. you need to make the decisions in the background, im sure we all get that, but you also need to be present- to explain these things to those that support you. as mangled fury proves. former friends make the most dangerous enemies.
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I like your analogy, but I feel it'd be a good idea for the owners to create a post about all of this so players don't quit, or jump to conclusions that they're doing zero work. I think they're definitely putting a lot of their time towards the server as usual, but because of their communication errors, they make it look like they aren't doing any work, and players will continue to bash the owners unless they make a post regarding all of this. The owners didn't lie, they just haven't given any updates or reasons to what/why things are occurring with MM and other areas of the server.
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then we agree. I know that the owners do work to keep this server active and well. on the business side they are great. for a server our size to last as long as it has and still be growing in content- thats and achievement and they are owed credit for that. however, how it looks on the outside, paints a very bad picture. I'm sure there is a logical explanation. maybe its not the greatest news, but i think they will prefer it to people making their own assumptions on what is happening. Im literally writing a paper on the idea of "trial by media" as i have come to call it. in this case the community is the media. in my research i read a quote of a press secretary comparing the media to a pack of dogs. throw them a bone to send them away. when they return, throw them another. the owners need to throw us a bone, or the community will continue choosing its own topics.