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Ello

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tbh, I didn't know there was a staff page until a month ago. also, some older patch notes have other replies on them, so it's likely they weren't always locked. and oh.

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@Dakkokki I had my suspicions about the staff page honestly, because the FAQ is in dire need of updating as well. I wonder if it's even possible to volunteer to help at this point... & do not worry about the ramble, I can see you're frustrated and I know you're not alone in that. A lot of older site users seem to feel similarly and yeah, it definitely isn't without reason.

Well, whatever comes of Lorwolf, as long as the site is being hosted, I personally believe the community is what makes it fun, from my short experience here. I've never known a time of regular updates and staff communication so it's easy for me to be like "this seems fine!" haha - and like Damocles mentioned, I come from Arillio, which was literally 2-3 players keeping the site going for years on end, so this place is relatively lively...

I hope you get what you are seeking from this thread, genuinely - or at bare minimum a place to vent your frustrations and be heard by those who can empathize.

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You might genuinely have an easier time with the reality of the current state of the site if you just operate under the assumption that Alaunis isn’t working on the new updates anymore. If she came out and stated that clearly, would you stick around for a while and eventually taper off? Would you grab screenshots of assets you like and then just stop playing? Whatever you would do if she said it, you can just do now and it would probably cause so much less resentment even if it still hurts from disappointment. And then hey, if something does ever come out I’m sure there will be mentions of it on other sites and it will be a fun surprise and you can reevaluate your position depending on the new circumstances.

After the lack of seasonal update, it was clear to me that I genuinely have no reservations about sticking around even if there’s no updates ever again as long as CAs keep getting approved. I totally get that that’s not for everyone, and it’s okay to step away if it’s not enough to sustain you how things are for the foreseeable future ❤️

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Reave

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It would be nice, wouldn't it! We just keep on askin' for them to not just let the place rot and we get nothin'. I wish they'd just sell it, since they clearly don't enjoy the reality of running a pet sim, whose genre requires frequent small updates to survive & skin thick enough to realize that you don't get balancing passes right on the first go & that's ok, just keep tweaking.

I don't think we'll get it, though; we know the site can't pay for itself for a long time now (and probably hasn't been self-sustaining since the Second Silence tbh), we know the devs aren't interested in even the softest-handed feedback (not even critique, necessarily, even just neutral feedback and/or suggestions at all), and now we still have Halloween stuff in the mole market in mid-Jan and no event update for the 4 ~whole entire~ minimal art updates the site was getting a year. I have genuinely no idea if Quiche is still the one approving CA content in the background despite having stepped down as head mod ages ago, or if it's someone else entirely at this point.

I'm gonna ride it 'til the wheels fall off regardless, I've always said that~ My only wish at this point is for more of the community to stop pretending that the devs even want anything to do with this place and stop defending that for them. There is nobody listening to get brownie points from, and you're setting up any new peeps that come aboard for failure, which will make them leave all the faster than they already do. >:P Just let us be honest about the state of the place to the new kids without pretending user run events are the same thing as the site having legitimate updates.

The user run events are beautifully handled and lovely to see! But they can't replace the site getting actual content updates. New players can tell the difference, even if not immediately, and it has made the ones I've talked to and helped out resent this place a lot more than most of the people I know that left after the first big couple of silences.

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As a retrospective, I hope someone takes what works about the gameplay loops here, which are genuinely good but in need of some polish from folks with actual gameplay dev experience and not just a Fun Idea & a Kickstarter account, and makes a game that lasts as long as Flight Rising has. The Petsim community is in a real dire need of someone that understands it & how to run an actual business at the same time, lol.

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