Topic: The Galaxy Merger

Quite simply I feel the community should have been consulted, the forum has the power for these polls, use them. I know there will always be people who won't be happy no matter what is decided, but shouldnt the majority have some kind of sway?

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Re: The Galaxy Merger

Needs an "apathetic" option.

While it would be nice to have half a dozen galaxies again all with hundreds of players in them, I realize that the game barely has the playerbase anymore to sustain even a single galaxy. And honestly, I don't know that anything that's been done since I last played really encourages people to play again, never mind new players to play. That's the crux of the problem.

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i want MilkyWheel!

Rchie

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Rchie wrote:

i want MilkyWheel!


hey! thats my joke >_<

Been dreaming, I've been waiting, To fly with those brave ponies
The Wonderbolts, their daring tricks, Spinning 'round and having kicks
Perform for crowds of thousands, They'll shower us with diamonds
The Wonderbolts will see me right here at the Gala!

5 (edited by Bird Flu 14-Jul-2013 02:27:22)

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I disagree that the general opinion of the playerbase should be consulted and asked about changes especially in this stage of the game.  Very few players left that even know the game as a whole well enough to put a balanced opinion in.   Opinions get swayed by the roles players have, with a handful of decent attackers left it gets swayed by the opinions of bankers typically.

In a perfect moderating system, the mods should be a well balanced team of experienced players who know every aspect of the game.  Allowing the game to be setup and changes to be made through balanced thinking and know what is needed and what the best routes to take are to get to fixing those needs.  That is where IC falters, Most of the mods have never been good or knowledgeable about one aspect of the game nonetheless the game as a whole.  They rather have people who are nice but know little.

Allowing Bad player base opinions sway unknowlegable mod decisions just leads to horrible changes.

Also, when the mods made a lot of polls to ask opinions a few months back, they got bashed for not taking the bull by the horns and doing their jobs lol

You have now been infected with Bird flu. Good day.


~Testudinae~

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As far as the Merger goes, It was time.  Player base is small, Pinwheel was already filled with 50% mw players, 25% inactive multi's, and then some pw players.

The differences between the two galaxies that pinwheel players talked about as the reason they enjoyed pinwheel was no longer there.

You have now been infected with Bird flu. Good day.


~Testudinae~

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The merger was 100% effective, although it doesn't beat all the great updates recently, I think that's still a better reason to leave lol. smile

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we all have choices. i dont want to play the new MW. so i wont smile

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Testudinae wrote:

As far as the Merger goes, It was time.  Player base is small, Pinwheel was already filled with 50% mw players, 25% inactive multi's, and then some pw players.


I'd say 50% mw inaktive players (idling in PW while they try a zhanze at MW), then 25% multis and 25% real players.

Anyway, you say the modteam has a little knowledge about the game and I agree, but what do you ezpekt when the owner of the game has zero knowledge about the game??

Here lies a main purpose, make up the game for the arses, in the way, if you have ezperienzed veterans modding the game, or developing, you'd get a game even more komplikated to play for new players, diffikult to learn the ropes in some days, and right now we gotta realise 1 new player is way more valuable for Stefan than all the vets kommunity.

It's a matter of haveing a klosed sekt or a game for all (but not for the sekt).
The ideal szenario would be the vets sekt giving a warm welkome to new players and mentoring them, but that showed to be impossible thru the years bekause many vets in the game are just a bunzh of greedy assholes.

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Experience doesn't mean the game would become more complicated just that the right changes and decisions have a much better chance of being made.

You have now been infected with Bird flu. Good day.


~Testudinae~

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Well if the Mods had even one testicle between them then things might be different, they're just yes men that volunteer for free and give up their spare blah blah blah, good luck modding yourselves eventually. smile

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MotherJedi wrote:

we all have choices. i dont want to play the new MW. so i wont smile


Yip, the way we Pinwheelers were treated I'll never play in Starburst. (which is a lolli where I come from haha)

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Testudinae wrote:

I disagree that the general opinion of the playerbase should be consulted and asked about changes especially in this stage of the game.  Very few players left that even know the game as a whole well enough to put a balanced opinion in.   Opinions get swayed by the roles players have, with a handful of decent attackers left it gets swayed by the opinions of bankers typically.

In a perfect moderating system, the mods should be a well balanced team of experienced players who know every aspect of the game.  Allowing the game to be setup and changes to be made through balanced thinking and know what is needed and what the best routes to take are to get to fixing those needs.  That is where IC falters, Most of the mods have never been good or knowledgeable about one aspect of the game nonetheless the game as a whole.  They rather have people who are nice but know little.

Allowing Bad player base opinions sway unknowlegable mod decisions just leads to horrible changes.

Also, when the mods made a lot of polls to ask opinions a few months back, they got bashed for not taking the bull by the horns and doing their jobs lol

Testudinae is right. I dont think the IC community need to be consulted as the player base is getting smaller and smaller. to be honest, it's almost impossible to have a good family anymore as there are too many inactives joining, not caring about the family's wish to thrive in ranking. Also, there is not enough attackers because there are so few of us that's really good at it to carry family to the top. Also, that can be sucky when u land in a family that has no attacker. That's why I always go with attacker race. I never liked banking anyway. I miss old days. Anyway, I think Stefan made right decision to revamp IC into new looks, hopefully to attract more players.

Proverbs 11:14 "Where there is no guidance the people fall,
But in abundance of counselors there is a victory."

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Yes but some of us can't even play the dumb thing! If that's what he wanted then he's done a great job. What if the "new" players can't as well? Then numbers are going to sky rocket right? Lol.. Also the FALSE advertising is laughable "thousands of players"? Hahaha there's even a spot on the front page claiming there's over 70 people online at once? Hahaha I doubt we get 20 online at one time lol. Shame on this game. big_smile

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i am sure they r working to fix these problems...

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How sure?

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Yeah, exactly.

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everyone is right to a certain extent. its not just 1 thing that's put IC into a downturn. but players still need to have at least one choice and that is the galaxy they play in. yes numbers are small atm but they are smaller since pw was axed and i dare say will be smaller still after the new mw round is over

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PW wasn't the only galaxy that was axed. There's no more MW either. My biggest complaint about Starburst is that it's a stupid name and not even the name of any galaxy. tongue Or even a name that makes any sense whatsoever for a galaxy. Ditto for Supernova, but at least Supernova isn't a candy.

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So.. Is it worth logging on for another round or should I just not bother? tongue

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Apparently he's working on a different game, so no, take care peeps. wink


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u guys need to grow up. no pw wah wah. play SB. its the same damn thing. if everyone just joined instead of whinning there would be more competition. but i guess the PW players dont like competition?

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you can be such a dick at times soccer tongue
there was plenty competition in PW. the difference was mainly the way the two galaxies were played. MW was a bit more serious than PW, the rounds were longer duration than PW and the PW galaxy was still very community minded.
Neither galaxy was perfect but one was more perfect than the other for everyone smile
At least we had a choice ....

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You are stuck in your mindset of how PW was years ago, MJ.

Pinwheel hasn't been how you described it the last few years at all.

You have now been infected with Bird flu. Good day.


~Testudinae~

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maybe not, and i am well aware of the changes in attitudes and play. and PW hasn't been as convivial as it used to be, but it hasn't been as vicious as MW either smile

I believe in angels and unicorns