✮ THE MODLY TRIO ¬ (colligomods) wrote in colligo, @ 2012-10-04 14:02:00 |
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Hey, everyone.
As you may have noticed (and if you didn’t, what rock were you under?), the game was gone for all of last night and today. For those still wondering what was going on, no we were not attacked by hackers or vengeful trolls. Basically, we deleted the game temporarily to see who would even notice or acknowledge the fact that the game was gone. We’ve seen a lot of problems, and we feel like the time has come to make a serious stand on how things need to be in this game. We love Colligo and we have put three years into it, and we do not want to see it die. As such, we are going to be taking a firmer stance on things. These are the major problems we have noticed.
- People are not playing their characters. We have several players who do not play their characters. Activity is important to the survival of the game, and in many cases we just aren’t seeing the necessary activity. If you have too many characters to play them all, you probably need to drop some. We are going to be instituting regular activity checks to address this, though regular does not necessarily constitute monthly. But the fact is, you’re all adults and need to be able to regulate your own play.
- People are not interacting outside their fandoms. This isn’t everyone, but many players are not having their characters spread out beyond their fandoms. This is a panfandom game. If you want to interact solely with your character’s own fandom, there are fandom-based games for that purpose. We have plenty of characters from lesser-known fandoms who get passed over for interaction because people would rather play with their canonmates, and we have had players bring this problem to us. Characters need to branch out. Soon we are going to have another plot to facilitate this, but it shouldn’t take plots to force you to interact with people.
- People need to play with players outside their own OOC friendships. Just like lesser-known characters are often passed over, we have plenty of players who are largely ignored, and that is not okay. We’re not saying you need to be best friends with every person in the game, but we want our players to make a concerted effort to branch out and interact with more players than just one or two. This applies to everyone, not just you guys. If you feel one of the mods isn’t living up to this standard, please talk to us. If you don’t feel comfortable talking to one mod because you feel they are one of the ones not acting how they should, then please contact one of the other mods. We are not afraid to call each other on things.
Although not the only issues with the game, these issues are the major ones that we're attempting to tackle right now. In order to even deal with these issues, though, we need your help. That means that we need each and every one of you committed to doing your part and not simply skating by with the bare minimum. We aren't saying Colligo is the only game you can be in. We aren't even saying Colligo has to come first (although obviously we wish it would). We're simply saying that we need you to take personal responsibility for yourself, help us know if there are issues with others so we can deal with them before they become a big issue, and will make a focused effort to branch out both yourself, and your characters, to the best of your ability in order to make Colligo a fun, and welcoming, environment for everyone.
If you don't feel this is something you can do, or that the vision we have for Colligo is not one you agree with, you're obviously free to leave. In fact, we encourage you to do so as it will avoid us having to remove you in the very near future.
For those of you who do want to stick around and be a part of this, please respond to this post. By responding, you are acknowledging that you understand the issues as we've explained them and are going to do your part to help resolve them.
And that's about it. As mentioned, simply respond to this post with your name and a list of your characters if you'd like to stick around. Or, respond here with a list of your characters so we can remove them, otherwise. You have until Sunday night at midnight to respond. Monday, we will be removing anyone who hasn’t.
Thank you for your time and, as always, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, whatever, you can always contact us.
Sincerely,
The Colligo Mods