Complaints

[Anon]

Lately it seems that Darkmoon is undergoing some drastic changing. While some of it's good, not all of it is. I remember this weyr was one that was friendly, and had a more relaxed environment. But lately everything seems rushed, and people seem to be left out or left behind (Even without their knowledge.) because they didn't post the day everyone wanted them to.

I can remember when people waited on other people to post, atleast a couple days, before asking the person if they could go ahead without them. And some people seem to have forgotten that people have real lives that tend to get in the way of RPing and having a good time. There should be more understanding and less blowing past them.

Speaking of that word fun, there seems to be a loss of that. Why? The answer, it seems to me, seems to be because everything is so rushed. Rather than take the time to enjoy the threads we have, we rush them to replace them with new ones. Dark Moon was never, in my time of role playing, a fast paced weyr. Dark Moon had something that set it apart from other weyrs and it was always the one weyr I couldn't stray from, while others I could drop easily enough.

But now I'm not so certain about this weyr. I don't like the way things are looking. To put it in comparison. Dark Moon went from quaint country town where everyone knows everyone else expanding to a fast paced city where people are too busy to get to where they're going to enjoy the journey and not care who they push past or bump along the way.

And my observations and opinions are in no way influenced by others. The only thing that influences this is the way I've been looking at things and taking things in.

[panther]

I can only apologise if you feel that way - however - generally we do tend to wait for people to reply. Occasionally a post might be skipped, and the fact that you haven't signed in to post this, does make me wonder why you feel you can't talk to us - which is a real shame. Because I feel that we're quite an approachable staff team.

Usually, the only reason I will skip a post is if we haven't had a post from that person in several days - or we've been permitted to post in the meanwhile.

Whilst change is generally good, I can appreciate that some members do still require a slower pace of RP, and most people will accommodate for that - though perhaps I could suggest, if you feel this has happened, you make it better known in the thread when you start posting? Though this is no excuse, we have had a lot of new arrivals - myself being one! - but generally we're all quite good with things like that Just mention it in the thread. I'm sure they'll oblige.

I also apologise for it feeling hectic. As an admin team, we've been under a lot of stress recently, and I hope you can bear with us! Again, I'm sorry you feel this way. Perhaps if you approach us on a more personal level we can resolve issues in a more case specific way.

Hope that helps

[Akki]

I too apologize that you feel this way. Like Pan said, we do try our best to wait for people to reply. However it sometimes take a long time for a certain person to post and it’s not fair for the others to wait upon someone. We may post around someone and we apologize if anyone feels that we’re doing this to anger them or anything. We, unfortunately, can’t wait for a long time for a post. Like Panther said – I too like to think that we’re a pretty approachable staff team.

I’ll fully admit that I have posted before another person but only because I felt bad for the other user in that board. It’s the only board they are currently roleplaying at and so I posted so they would have something to roleplay while waiting for the other member.

I personally enjoy a little faster pace for roleplaying. I like to come onto the site and have a few places where I can reply too. If you do like a little slower roleplaying, feel free to type at the top of your board ‘Please post in the proper order’ or something like that. This will let people know that you would prefer the traditional roleplaying.

Panther has pretty much covered all the bases so I’m left with not much to say. We appreciate the fact you are sharing this with us and hope you can understand how we are seeing things also!