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So now we're not even giving games to the tdm, we're declaring them dead based on plurk fans? Lmao

no. try reading

it's true though. imo mods shouldn't base anything on plurk likes or interest.

I think a lot of games like this have struggled because they seem to want to have a ton of players right away and don't realise most big games started off small and built over time. look at the Atlas Online mods ghosting on their own game and Ethyraia closing because the mods decided they didn't want to run a game for so few players. it feels like there's an attitude that if your game doesn't become a viral success and get swamped on the first tdm it's a "failure".

mods know how much work they want to put into a game and how many players they need to produce something sustainable. they don't have to put forward games that are going to be too much work just because a few anons will feel sad.

this attitude that mods are just closing games because they're greedy for a viral success is ridiculous.

assuming that getting 10 or so players on the first tdm means you'll never get any more doesn't make sense either. I know plenty of people who were planning to app into Ethyraia but the mods closed it before they could. games need time to build word of mouth.

i'm speaking from experience that 10 players on your tdm means you'll get about 1 app, because everyone was "waiting to see" or their friends joined a different game or something came up, they'll app next month. personally i wouldn't even bother opening apps.

note the "ime." i'm not saying mods should do this, i'm just saying what goes through a mod's mind when they're looking at the numbers. you're welcome to do things differently and report back if you have better luck.

Mods are people too and their time and effort should be respected, but I think we (as in the general "we") are kind of swinging too far in the other direction. Yes, mods can open and close games as they please, but if you're not prepared to be patient and put in a little legwork to build momentum, modding might not be a great fit. A sudden "whelp game's closed" with no prior warning is never going to go over well.

I would have killed to have 10 players when I tried to open a game, but it opened right at the same time as The Next Big Thing, and was promptly dead in the water despite a ton of interest on the tdm. :(

our fomo/bandwagon apping culture is obnoxious as fuck and i hate it. sorry that happened to you, anon. i'm sure you gave it your best shot.

I appreciate it, anon. I'll try again someday but it really knocked the wind out of my sails when only four people applied, and it just wasn't enough to sustain a game even though we gave it our best shot. Hopefully next time will be better timing-wise.

yeah i personally think a lot of mods are becoming discouraged if their game isn't the next Big Thing. busy personal lives, unexpected events and just plain burnout is totally understandable, but ghosting on your own game just because it isn't noctium-tier popular is pretty lame.

and yes, mods can do what they want, it's their game etc. but giving it a chance or at least some warning is basic courtesy. it's not that hard.

which is a completely different conversation from whether or not it's worth your time or effort to boot up a game that only 30 people are even looking at.

it might be, but these mods probably decided otherwise. and that's fine.

right. then it takes two minutes to say "sorry it's not happening". that's all that's needed, no justification required. anons will get over it.

can't argue with that

the tdm is only 1 day late, idk why anons here are acting like it's dead in the water

give it a week and if they're still awol then you can write it off

you guys gotta stop making elaborate scenarios and fanfiction assuming peoples' intentions with barely any information. maybe they had, I don't know, a life emergency or a work-related thing or a family obligation and could not get to posting a tdm for their fake rp game online the day of

well when you make a big deal with a count down timer, it leads to the assumption you're going to actually deliver something

at least say "hey we're delayed" in some public channel. they're not even replying to inquiries.

man, I really hate to break this to you but RL shit happens. They might not even be thinking about playing pretend on the internet.

think you should relax.

that's why you have a mod team, though. unless you're flying solo, someone else should be there to pick up the slack if shit hits the fan.

that being said, panicking after one whole day of no communication is a little extreme. i'd give it a few days before assuming the worst.

following occam's razor into assuming it's not happening due to lack of interest is hardly a panic, anon

nobody's panicking, we're just disappointed
you forget that we actually WANT to play at this game

like 70+ people have reblogged it though

Means nothing when people also blindly replurk invite only games that even ask not to replurk.

+1 i replurk new games as a signal boost, not because i'm interested in them

unless the first words are DO NOT REPLURK i'm not even reading them

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