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corvabird wrote: ↑

Tue 30 Nov, 2021, 9:29 am

I uninstalled Feral yesterday. I don't think I'll be playing again unless the situation changes. Here's a brief overview if you're interested in why.

Negative Feral drama, blockchain

To make a long story ... less long? The CEO Clark Stacey announced a AMA about their new blockchain-based MMO they're putting out. It was a disaster in which they didn't answer many questions, constantly contradicted themself, and made it very clear that 'we knew our players would hate it but we're doing it anyway' and 'this isn't aimed at you'. They also made it clear that stopping financial support would lead to Feral being axed, not the new game, Cinder.

I decided I would not be giving them money any more but might keep playing Feral for free, since I love the community and the game.

Then it was revealed on the website for their new game that they'd been 'testing the platform' for that MMO with Feral. All the art, characters, and locations for the new game seem to come directly from Feral. The most significant difference is that you cannot customise your character -- instead you can purchase and collect 'randomly generated' NFT characters.

The idea that they never intended to complete Feral, and that all their words about 'stepping back to have more room for better updates' and all their big plans about what the world would be like were just ... lies ... was too much for me. There's also some speculation that they might use Feral player-created designs as the basis for their 'random' NFTs which bothered me a lot, so I scrubbed my characters before I uninstalled.

The AMA is on the Feral Discord under 'Clark Answers' and 'Clark AMA' threads, and includes a badly sourced article from the CEO about why blockchain is green now and NFTs are good actually.

InspectorCaracal wrote: ↑

Tue 30 Nov, 2021, 5:48 pm

corvabird wrote: ↑

Tue 30 Nov, 2021, 9:29 am

I uninstalled Feral yesterday. I don't think I'll be playing again unless the situation changes. Here's a brief overview if you're interested in why.

Negative Feral drama, blockchain

To make a long story ... less long? The CEO Clark Stacey announced a AMA about their new blockchain-based MMO they're putting out. It was a disaster in which they didn't answer many questions, constantly contradicted themself, and made it very clear that 'we knew our players would hate it but we're doing it anyway' and 'this isn't aimed at you'. They also made it clear that stopping financial support would lead to Feral being axed, not the new game, Cinder.

I decided I would not be giving them money any more but might keep playing Feral for free, since I love the community and the game.

Then it was revealed on the website for their new game that they'd been 'testing the platform' for that MMO with Feral. All the art, characters, and locations for the new game seem to come directly from Feral. The most significant difference is that you cannot customise your character -- instead you can purchase and collect 'randomly generated' NFT characters.

The idea that they never intended to complete Feral, and that all their words about 'stepping back to have more room for better updates' and all their big plans about what the world would be like were just ... lies ... was too much for me. There's also some speculation that they might use Feral player-created designs as the basis for their 'random' NFTs which bothered me a lot, so I scrubbed my characters before I uninstalled.

The AMA is on the Feral Discord under 'Clark Answers' and 'Clark AMA' threads, and includes a badly sourced article from the CEO about why blockchain is green now and NFTs are good actually.

...Well this is an even worse outcome than I could have imagined. Damn. Now the pressure's back on to make a non-combat MMO

corvabird wrote: ↑

Wed 01 Dec, 2021, 9:34 am

InspectorCaracal wrote: ↑

Tue 30 Nov, 2021, 5:48 pm

corvabird wrote: ↑

Tue 30 Nov, 2021, 9:29 am

I uninstalled Feral yesterday. I don't think I'll be playing again unless the situation changes. Here's a brief overview if you're interested in why.

Negative Feral drama, blockchain

To make a long story ... less long? The CEO Clark Stacey announced a AMA about their new blockchain-based MMO they're putting out. It was a disaster in which they didn't answer many questions, constantly contradicted themself, and made it very clear that 'we knew our players would hate it but we're doing it anyway' and 'this isn't aimed at you'. They also made it clear that stopping financial support would lead to Feral being axed, not the new game, Cinder.

I decided I would not be giving them money any more but might keep playing Feral for free, since I love the community and the game.

Then it was revealed on the website for their new game that they'd been 'testing the platform' for that MMO with Feral. All the art, characters, and locations for the new game seem to come directly from Feral. The most significant difference is that you cannot customise your character -- instead you can purchase and collect 'randomly generated' NFT characters.

The idea that they never intended to complete Feral, and that all their words about 'stepping back to have more room for better updates' and all their big plans about what the world would be like were just ... lies ... was too much for me. There's also some speculation that they might use Feral player-created designs as the basis for their 'random' NFTs which bothered me a lot, so I scrubbed my characters before I uninstalled.

The AMA is on the Feral Discord under 'Clark Answers' and 'Clark AMA' threads, and includes a badly sourced article from the CEO about why blockchain is green now and NFTs are good actually.

...Well this is an even worse outcome than I could have imagined. Damn. Now the pressure's back on to make a non-combat MMO

Yeah, it's messy as heck.

Would LOVE a Cal non-combat MMO! XD

InspectorCaracal wrote: ↑

Wed 01 Dec, 2021, 4:51 pm

man, me too! But my two least favorite things to code are 3D Graphics and Networking and guess what makes up 99% of MMORPGs,,,,