publicly? there was some sort of disagreement on expiation's pacing and overall direction. the game was fairly slow-paced at the time, but note that it was also always billed as a game with bimonthly events
after one event, jade and a few other players got frustrated and left feedback that there was too little for the characters to do and that they didn't feel that the event reflected the premise of the game. (for context, expiation's premise was that characters were accused of a crime and sent to expiation to await their sentencing. the first event involved dealing with a food shortage in the town, with characters dividing up into different groups to try to solve the issue their own way. there were people who stole food from the neighboring town, some who tried to hunt for their own food, etc.)
the head mod responded that they wanted more time to build up to the themes of the game and that the initial months were meant to help the characters get settled, asking for more patience, but added that they would consider changing the event format to better accommodate the playerbase. a sotg went up subsequently, then another event that was a bit meatier, so it seemed like everything was fine.
then the mod put up an announcement for people to be kind to each other and emphasized that no harassment or bullying would be tolerated, stepping down and leaving the game entirely shortly after. i am not privy to what exactly transpired, and i think only the parties involved would be, but the whole thing seemed very off given how much effort the mod put into the game up to that point and how they were always stressing how grateful they felt to the players who gave the game a chance. the identities of the other mods who were helping the head mod were never made public as far as i'm aware, but they also did not stick around. what resulted was a complete mod changeover, with big overhauls to the game as a result
it was alarming at the time, and i recall a lot of people being worried for the head mod. talking shit about them behind their back to other players is a really shitty move on jade's part
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after one event, jade and a few other players got frustrated and left feedback that there was too little for the characters to do and that they didn't feel that the event reflected the premise of the game. (for context, expiation's premise was that characters were accused of a crime and sent to expiation to await their sentencing. the first event involved dealing with a food shortage in the town, with characters dividing up into different groups to try to solve the issue their own way. there were people who stole food from the neighboring town, some who tried to hunt for their own food, etc.)
the head mod responded that they wanted more time to build up to the themes of the game and that the initial months were meant to help the characters get settled, asking for more patience, but added that they would consider changing the event format to better accommodate the playerbase. a sotg went up subsequently, then another event that was a bit meatier, so it seemed like everything was fine.
then the mod put up an announcement for people to be kind to each other and emphasized that no harassment or bullying would be tolerated, stepping down and leaving the game entirely shortly after. i am not privy to what exactly transpired, and i think only the parties involved would be, but the whole thing seemed very off given how much effort the mod put into the game up to that point and how they were always stressing how grateful they felt to the players who gave the game a chance. the identities of the other mods who were helping the head mod were never made public as far as i'm aware, but they also did not stick around. what resulted was a complete mod changeover, with big overhauls to the game as a result
it was alarming at the time, and i recall a lot of people being worried for the head mod. talking shit about them behind their back to other players is a really shitty move on jade's part