251: back in my day wank meant something

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Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

has anyone just seen the announcements for golden peacock.... https://www.plurk.com/p/3fv4i1loqt idk how to feel about this. i was hoping to apply but it feels almost impossible since i don't know anybody in game who would vouch for me

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

me too. i'm a nobody and so is the character i wanted to app so i won't bother trying. i get why they're doing it but it's still a disappointment

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

the mods mention you can be engaged on the tdm and that could be a possible way get an invite but like ???? even then.. that is hoping the person is nice enough to do so and it feels awkward to just pop up in their dms going "HEY WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GIVE ME AN INVITE?" IMO. like please 😭 this is going to be so discouraging for players who don't know anybody. they could have just raised the player cap without making it invite only and that would have solved the whole fucking issue, i feel like

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

That's even assuming anyone currently in game is going to bother tagging you on the tdm in the first place since they're probably overloaded with game tags, and if they're going to be tagging out to anyone, it'll be their friends or canonmates or whatever

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

i feel like this is a weird take. my thought is that you play in the test drive and if you impress someone enough, they’ll extend you a invite because they would like to keep playing with you.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

yeah ngl i'm disappointed because i'd been considering tossing a character onto the next tdm but right now the muse i'm feeling the most is from an incredibly obscure canon so the chances of me getting an invite are pretty much zilch and i don't know anyone in the game well enough to feel comfortable asking for an invite from one of them.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

i’m kind of curious how current players are feeling about this

i think the wait list for apps is a good idea. but I think it’s a bad idea to place the burden of invites on players when there’s been an intense amount of interest in this game.

they could have accomplished the same thing just by having a wait list.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

from what i've seen on the plurk linked there is a lot of positive reaction?? although it's just a select few atm so the current playerbase might not have seen it yet. i still think the mods could have either raised the player cap or done a wait list like what you mentioned. either one could have worked better than making the game player invite only. especially when the mods are aware that many people want to join

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

Hate it. Now it'll become friend clique central.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

It isn't what I would've done, or perhaps not how I would've done it, but given the amount of interest and work the game needs, I understand it. I think the six month mark and the tightening AC constraints will open more slots soon, and being active on the TDM will become a more tenable way to get an invite.

It's a good sign the mods are taking into account the potential longevity of the game, and that's a good thing at the end of the day.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

i'm willing to wait and see how it works in action. i think they're probably trying to cut down on getting a really long wait list by putting in an extra step to get on there.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

Love it. It’s pretty clear that they don’t want to be the next big public game and that’s fine. Someone else can open a sex game and relish in the popularity.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

In the long distant past I've seen other huge games try to lock down to limitations like caps and invite policies and their playerbases and prospective players acted like they were cliquish for daring to keep people out, so they didn't go through with it. Then I watched the mods burn out and those same games gradually imploded under their own weight or their mods just eventually burnt out and had to close down.

The game is immensely popular and going invite-only, capping, and waitlisting it is the smartest thing they can do, given the interest. Anyone that complains about that isn't factoring in the lessons learned from some of the dead mega-games of RP past. The more popular it is, the more methods they're justified in using to lock it down, including using multiple methods simultaneously.

It's disappointing but it's the trolley problem. The health of a game for the majority matters more than some players having to find their fun elsewhere.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

I suspect the problem will get better as new sex games open up, honestly. Right now the major issue is that there's very few choices to spread people out.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

no skin in the game, as i have no interest in joining gp, but i don't see going invite-only as solving their problem, given the current size of the game. if even 20% of the playerbase extends invites, that will cover all their available slots, meaning a bloodbath is inevitable when apps open amd the waitlist will stay interminable. the only difference is who's moisturizing in the massacre.

choosing to go invite-only for crowd control makes sense when you start (and can be worthwhile for other non-cap reasons) but opting for it now won't help until player numbers have gone down.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. Yeah, some people are understandably bummed, but thems the breaks. Tag around on the tdm or go elsewhere. You don’t always get what you want.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

It sucks but with how popular the game is, I don't think the mods can sustain it as an open game so it makes sense. Another sex game is opening up so anons can try that one instead.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

true, though having checked that one out I feel like it’s going to be niche. the setting won’t work for many characters.

problem is too that no one really wants to step up and take on the work of an accessible public game. understandably - it’s a ton of work with very little reward. public games in general seem to be on the way out for this reason.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

as a prospective player, i don't like it, but i completely understand why they chose to do it like this and i don't think they were going to find a solution that made everyone happy and didn't drown them in work. i'm not going to bother trying to app anymore, but honestly, i think that's for the best for me and the game. they have a set group of players and an atmosphere they're happy with and that makes me feel like it would have been an uphill struggle for someone who didn't have a friend group going in.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

+1

everyone's acting like this is a bad decision because it means the game is less likely to pick up randos who just want to sling in an app because the game is popular. maybe the mods are happy with their playerbase and want to keep it. not every game is going to be available to everyone.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

it's a little disappointing but i'm going to post in the tdm anyways once a new one pops up. hopefully someone will be nice enough to extend an invite

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

Invites open on June 1 but the TDM doesn't even go up until June 15. With only 20 (ish) spots available, this really reads as being set up so that only current players' friends can get invites, which is boring and disappointing.

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

wait really??? oh :( i was hoping the tdm would be posted much earlier

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

... what kind of logic is that? i used to be in labyrinthum (which also required invites) and they would put the tdm up two weeks before invites opened so that people who tdmed had time to find someone to get an invite from. i thought that was how invite-only games normally worked?

Re: GOLDEN PEACOCK

[(Anonymous)]

still worth doing the tdm if you’re interested and want an invite. it might take a while but a waitlist means you want to get on it and have your place in queue sooner rather than later. i have applied for queue games before and the best time to try to get in line is now rather than later. you can always leave the line if you lose interest but if you join the line later on then you’re just gonna be further back than if you went for it initially despite knowing you wouldn’t immediately get in.