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In effort to increase transparency between staff, MOTS, and the general public, I am making a collaborative list of anonymous recommendations for the forum and game to be sent directly to staff for discussion. Although unofficial, I encourage you to submit any ideas and suggestions you have. I also included some questions regarding transparency that may be helpful to the staff on what should be worked on. Answering each question is not required. Please be honest, and do not abuse the anonymity feature. If you have any questions you are free to contact me or reply here.
Feel free to send the link anywhere Feral-heart related, as I am hoping for data that includes as much as the community as possible—not just the forum. Again, this is unofficial and is not sponsored by staff. Also keep in mind that certain things cannot be edited because staff do not have the ability to edit the source code given the game’s current circumstances. Since staff are now able to edit the source code, please feel free to make suggestions pertaining to new game features.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19HFjImV2nB_VfbXcnmJf-0WfkyjmUl4679elw0Yj9K4/edit or tinyurl.com/FHpoll2019
UPDATE (QUOTE taken from Feral Neighborhood Discord Server): @l3irdie and I have made the decision to publish the results and restart Feralheart (FH, not FHU) anonymous polls we managed during our time as former MOTS. All results are now public and the data will be monitored by @l3irdie and myself. You can now see what your fellow community members anonymously suggest for FH! https://feral-heart.com/smf/index.php?topic=66053.0
RESULTS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iGNCxS4xjUlUZ8qBbW1OTDhwtYL_w6EHBuUB37tVb0s/edit?usp=sharing
Notes: The "N/As" signify new questions that have not been answered, as the questions did not exist during the time former responders submitted data. All new poll question responses will start at ROW 75. 2019/2020 staff data has been split in order to see any possible differences in data. Some charts can be seen all the way to the right of the document. Birdie's old data will continue to be added shortly.
Please note that this is not an official document, although FH staff do have access to it. If you have any comments or suggestions, please message me. If you need help on understanding the spreadsheet, I'd be glad to help.
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finally.
just
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Awesome!!!
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This is a lovely idea. I'm sure everyone is happy to see this and this is a great way of going about it and involving the community. Thank you for this. <3
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Love it, been waiting to see something like this pop up, bless u Alpha ♥
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Done and done!
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I've seen this before, but for a different reason. Sometimes it's easier for people to voice their ideas with the safety of being anonymous.
Nice idea Eclipse. =)
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Thank you for this!
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I’ve sent mine!~
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Thank you all for the responses so far! I made a document of them all and sent what was recieved so far to staff. Please feel free to resubmit if you have more ideas.
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This is really helpful, thanks Alpha!
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Thank you for taking the time to make such poll! It's a great idea. +floof
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Submitted mine, thank you so much for making this!
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I'm glad to see something like this was created. Many thanks for the poll, Alpha!
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I sent :3
I hope that will be helpfull
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Thank you all for your contibutions so far! Almost up to thirty responses! Again, anything helps!
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Thanks Alpha <3
Bumping this.
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I wanted to submit a huge thank you for everyone that has submitted suggestions so far—we're up to 53 replies as of today! I never expected so many, and I have been reading every one of them, along with the current MOTS and staff. If anyone wants to share this poll, feel free to use the link tinyurl.com/FHpoll2019.
I do want to take time to personally respond to some of the suggestions I am able to respond to (as some are more sensitive and specifically for staff). I will also be adding a brief description of the most popular suggestions both for the game and forum, as the responses are not public (because of discussion of bans), yet I feel the public should still be aware of what others on the game may be interested in. Good source of inspiration. For my responses, I will only be responding to what can be actively edited without the source code. Regardless, suggestions that require the source code are NOT ignored and are always welcome!
Regarding OLD FH music: Unfortunately, the FH music was replaced because of copyright issues, so the old music will likely not make a comeback. Still, the old music is on a playlist on YT, so anyone is free to access and listen there!
Regarding items/markings: This can be actively fixed and staff are aware that changes need to be made. This is also important as users should be allowed to use all markings by default for presets, but because mass markings includes markings without explicit permission from their owners, they aren't able to be used. Hopefully this will change in the near future!
Regarding GUI: Thankfully GUI can aesthetically be edited and the placement can also be edited to a degree, but unfortunately, certain aspects cannot be 'fixed,' such as movie maker. Still, maybe a font change would be a great way to make the text more readable.
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Most common GAME suggestions: Revival of old maps and/or improved maps, general chat revival, cleaner GUI, better character customization, better markings & items (make all official) and manes, animation changes, staff changes, rule explanations and specifications.
Most common FORUM suggestions (besides no changes): Total forum makeover, make easier to read, login tab changes.
I also want to mention that the anonymity of this poll does not give a free pass for any aggression towards individual members of staff, etc. Future MOTS will have access to responses, so please keep that in mind! Thank you.
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Thank you all so much for your continued patience and support of FH. By voicing your honest opinions & leaving your suggestions here you all supply the staff with countless bits of helpful advice and materials that we can use to better the experience for you. Staff have been reading through these and we truly appreciate it all. Though we can’t meet every expectation, I promise that we will try our best to come through for you guys how ever we can. As progress is made on things we’ll be sure to keep you updated as well. Thank you Alpha for starting this little anonymous poll survey also <3
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This is also important as users should be allowed to use all markings by default for presets, but because mass markings includes markings without explicit permission from their owners, they aren't able to be used. Hopefully this will change in the near future!
asdfghj I don't want to sound rude but I think some of the default markings were made by Nala91 and she doesn't want people to use the them for presets. She made a thread about this a long time ago but I currently can't find it, however she does have a Deviantart journal regarding it. https://www.deviantart.com/feral-hearts/journal/Markings-being-used-for-presets-Big-no-no-328155419
As for the rest of the markings I'm not so sure though.
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This is also important as users should be allowed to use all markings by default for presets, but because mass markings includes markings without explicit permission from their owners, they aren't able to be used. Hopefully this will change in the near future!
asdfghj I don't want to sound rude but I think some of the default markings were made by Nala91 and she doesn't want people to use the them for presets. She made a thread about this a long time ago but I currently can't find it, however she does have a Deviantart journal regarding it. https://www.deviantart.com/feral-hearts/journal/Markings-being-used-for-presets-Big-no-no-328155419
As for the rest of the markings I'm not so sure though.
There is only one of Nala91's markings in the current version of the game. The rest of Nala91's markings were re-done in Patch 1.15. This was to avoid this issue so people could use the markings on their presets.
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This is also important as users should be allowed to use all markings by default for presets, but because mass markings includes markings without explicit permission from their owners, they aren't able to be used. Hopefully this will change in the near future!
asdfghj I don't want to sound rude but I think some of the default markings were made by Nala91 and she doesn't want people to use the them for presets. She made a thread about this a long time ago but I currently can't find it, however she does have a Deviantart journal regarding it. https://www.deviantart.com/feral-hearts/journal/Markings-being-used-for-presets-Big-no-no-328155419
As for the rest of the markings I'm not so sure though.
There is only one of Nala91's markings in the current version of the game. The rest of Nala91's markings were re-done in Patch 1.15. This was to avoid this issue so people could use the markings on their presets.
entirely out of curiosity's sake which one even is left?
i vaguely remember seeing this debacle years ago but i can't remember for the life of me what's been replaced and what hasn't
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This is also important as users should be allowed to use all markings by default for presets, but because mass markings includes markings without explicit permission from their owners, they aren't able to be used. Hopefully this will change in the near future!
asdfghj I don't want to sound rude but I think some of the default markings were made by Nala91 and she doesn't want people to use the them for presets. She made a thread about this a long time ago but I currently can't find it, however she does have a Deviantart journal regarding it. https://www.deviantart.com/feral-hearts/journal/Markings-being-used-for-presets-Big-no-no-328155419
As for the rest of the markings I'm not so sure though.
There is only one of Nala91's markings in the current version of the game. The rest of Nala91's markings were re-done in Patch 1.15. This was to avoid this issue so people could use the markings on their presets.
entirely out of curiosity's sake which one even is left?
i vaguely remember seeing this debacle years ago but i can't remember for the life of me what's been replaced and what hasn't
Staff based the markings replacement off of the markings list that was put on the forum. No markings of hers were intended to be left in the game after the 2016 patch, and the one that's still in there was left as a mistake. I plan to replace it in the future
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This is also important as users should be allowed to use all markings by default for presets, but because mass markings includes markings without explicit permission from their owners, they aren't able to be used. Hopefully this will change in the near future!
asdfghj I don't want to sound rude but I think some of the default markings were made by Nala91 and she doesn't want people to use the them for presets. She made a thread about this a long time ago but I currently can't find it, however she does have a Deviantart journal regarding it. https://www.deviantart.com/feral-hearts/journal/Markings-being-used-for-presets-Big-no-no-328155419
As for the rest of the markings I'm not so sure though.
No, you’re all good! I was mainly refering to only mass markings because even if the artists don’t mind users using their markings in presets, it was never explicitly stated, making it a shot in the dark, considering some of the artists are unknown and/or retired from FH.
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There is only one of Nala91's markings in the current version of the game. The rest of Nala91's markings were re-done in Patch 1.15. This was to avoid this issue so people could use the markings on their presets.
I honestly never noticed that. Thanks for the info!