Game Feedback: !IMPORTANT!

[abstruse]

Game Feedback: Stage 2


Hello good Discedians! Hope you're all having a good day. This is the second part of the regular feedback post. Please make sure that you read this post in full, as it has some extremely important information that concerns everyone in the game. While it's not required to comment with reasoning, we greatly appreciate any input that may be involved.

THIS POST IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE IT.


This coming November, Discedo will be celebrating its fifth year anniversary. Some of you may already know that, others may not. It's been a HELL of a six years too with lots of great events, player plots, CR, and interactions. Old man Discedo really is an old man, and has seen many players come, go, and come back again because my golly who doesn't love this place?? We've had our hardships too, but we pulled through like complete troopers and we, as the current mod team, love you all dearly for being as fantastic as you've all been.

But, as we all know, all good things must come to an end in order to make way for other, equally fantastic things to continue to pave the road of, well, everything. Guess you guys can guess where this is heading at this point right?

Unfortunately, the current mod team have all reached a point in our lives which running a full blown DWRP is becoming too difficult for us to handle. Many of us are about to be wrapped into some very BIG changes in our lives, making modding a game possible. While we discussed the possibility of doing a mod overhaul, truth be told, the conclusion ended up being that Discedo's storyline has finally reached its final chapter. DON'T PANIC, we have choices for you guys, and as per usual, what happens with the game is completely up to you guys.

After discussing the issues, the mod team narrowed it down to a few choices which you guys can talk out and vote upon, so read carefully, think it over, and come back with your decisions.

» Game over
Self explanatory. Discedo will take the typical end route. The game will run as normal for some months with regular events in place before the final event, which will remain a SURPRISE until the very end (oh my o: ). After the final event, the game will be finished, and the moderators will no longer work on the game.


» Dressing Room
If it is the case that Discedo doesn't wish for the game to take a complete end, the game will switch over to Dressing Room format. Occasionally, say once a month, meme-esque events will be offered for two to three weeks, and players are welcome jump on board and goof around with each other. Many of the things typical of a game will cease to exist, such as regular plotting memes, HMD, and applications. If the DressingRoom route is something we take, Maresuke will take over as full time mod of the DR.



At present, there are still a LOT of details that need to be hashed out, on your end AND on ours, but we didn't want to move forward without having discussion with the playerbase. If the DressingRoom route is taken, there may be an extra feedback post to cover what else that may entail.

To those of you who are concerned about time frames you have to work with, Discedo will cease to be a full-blown game within two to four months. Later we'll have a more exact date, as both options could result in different time spans to work within.

Again, thank you everyone for all that you've been, we really appreciate all of you, and await your thoughts and ideas about the future of Discedo.

Poll #11884 Discedo

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25

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What should become of Discedo?

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End Game
12 (48.0%)

DressingRoom
11 (44.0%)

Doesn't matter
2 (8.0%)

A note about the poll: PLEASE vote with your <b>CHARACTER JOURNAL</b>, and PLEASE only vote ONCE.

Comments

[ochitashinigami]

Can we do both? Can we have one big final event then convert to a dressing room?

[dewebbed]

yeah, this is what I was thinking! i know a lot of games do this, and it would make the most sense for the game...i think with the huge plot here it wouldn't make sense for this not to have an endgame, but the relationships that have been carved out here over the years shouldn't die.

[abstruse]

catch all response to both of you: if the game becomes a dressingroom, then there more than likely will be a final plot in order to readjust the game for an environment like that, so no worries about that. Think of it more like a "transition plot," i guess.

If you want it that discedo does that, then vote for dressingroom.

[mysterycross]

^I feel as though this accurately discribes everyone's reactions^

[stardustreverie]

VERY MUCH SO!

[ilyana]

This was my exact reaction. This EXACTLY!

[dreamermoa]

DRIVE-BY COMMENT

[bauhinia]

I voted for the first option. I think that if the game has reached a point where it's no longer progressing and it's becoming difficult for the mods and players to keep up with its decline (which is natural as we get smaller and smaller and things move more slowly), then it should be allowed to go out gracefully, as it were. I know we all have some amazing memories here and I think having some closure would be the best way to preserve those memories.

As the post itself says, the game has reached its final chapter and I think it's best to let that occur naturally. Personally, as much as I love this game, I don't think I'd be inclined to stay on if it became a dressing room. However, that's only my thought and I fully respect that others might feel differently and would want to keep playing. I just wanted to share my thoughts a bit!

I also think it's in order to say a big thank you to the mods for all their hard work, always, but especially recently. I really appreciate that we've been able to play here. And this, of course, goes for my fellow players also. You're all amazing. ♥

[abstruse]

ps thanks for putting this back up. it's honestly how i feel about things as well, you just worded it a lot better than i could have haha. i migt be more inclined to stick around if it takes to a DR, but it seems like it going into full out endgame is just better for the game itself.

[bauhinia]

It's not a problem at all - I hope it can help a little somehow? I thought of saying more, but I feel like this sums up my thoughts right now. It'd be too difficult to try and compress the 24+ months I've been a player at this game into one solitary comment. Just know that I really appreciate everything you guys do and I'm happy to have been here as long as I have.

[entreats]

Just wanted to +1 everything in this comment, since it's exactly what I think too, just much better worded.

[liquidate]

+1, YOU ARE SO GOOD WITH WORDS, CLARA-SAMA.

I'll be super sad to see this game go...

[ready2go]

I feel that regardless of what happens, we should have a post talking about how we should end current cr between players. A bit of closure would be swell.

[abstruse]

That's actually a fanTASTIC idea, thanks for bringing it up! I'll be sure to make something like that happen sometime in the next week, so be on the look out. We can probably do a second one, too, after the final decision is made, in case people want to be more specific or change stuff around.

PREPARE THE TLDR!

[ilyana]

I... honestly had known nothing about this as I've been sort of out of it that last week or two. But this... this comes as a really big shock to me. I can't really vote on it yet because... I REALLY don't have any idea what to think about all this! I really love the CR I've built in Discedo, and all the great players here. To think I'll have been in another RP to have closed this year? And two of those being RPs in which I had Ilyana as a member? I'm starting to think my poor starving mage is cursed. I was even hoping of bring Haer'Dalis back here someday... but I guess that's just not going to happen either.

I can understand though if the mods can't really keep up with this though. I'm just glad I didn't try to convince one of my friends who I'd convinced to join an RP of mine that closed a month or so afterwards, to join Discedo because... wow that would have been a bad track record for me.

Okay but honestly though... I think I'm okay with this as I've been having a hard time keeping up with Brooke and Ilyana here lately. I've been sort of feeling guilty about it but this might actually be a blessing in disguise for me. This may not be the best place for me to rant about all of this but... seriously, I need to get all this off my chest ;_;

What I think I'd like to see is if there is an endgame plot, perhaps have it be one where the scientists approach the citizens and inform them it's time for them to go home? That they have one week before they'll be leaving for their respective homes, or perhaps to a location of their choice? (For those who wish to keep their CR and move to another com, or for characters who have potentially died.) Have it be that the experiment has successfully concluded, or perhaps they gathered enough data, or even that they had decided it was just too risky to continue for some reason. I think this would give people the time they needed to say goodbyes, or to make sure they went with their designated buddies? Something like that.

So yeah... wow... this is just... all so surreal to me. For some reason... I didn't quite see it coming, even though in retrospect, there were probably signs.

[fierybluebird]

I'm pretty cool with doing both an end game event and then switching into DR-style.

Can't lie, I've been starting to get burnt out on Marco here, as evidenced by how it took an extra month to do a plot I'd had in the works for months. Throw in my own CFIDS and I can even claim I'd be much help in keeping the game going.

All good things must end I guess :