Feral Heart
Game & Forum Discussion => Game Discussion => Topic started by: MistyFeather4 on March 23, 2014, 01:13:48 am
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Hello all.~ ^-^
So I was in FP a few days ago sending out movie advertisements for an rp, when it suddenly hit me- We used to send out advertisements in the general chat! I had completely forgotten that we ever used it. And I'm not going to lie, when I first saw the announcement that the general chat in public maps was going to be removed, I wasn't very happy.
'How will roleplays get members if we can't send out ads?' 'What price are we going to have to pay for this?' That's what I was constantly thinking- but here I am today, perfectly immune to using movies to get members. It surprises me how I could get upset over something, only to forget about it later. c:
Looking back, I realize how much I, and many others overreacted. So what about you? Have you forgotten about the general chat as well? Or are you still wishing that it would come back?
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Honestly, I pretty much nearly forgotten about general chat, Ofcourse all of us misses general, but the staff had a decision...so that happened, it will be the best for us anyway, the movie clips are a bit useful though, but it gets hard when people spam, so that's what I'm saying for this topic :P
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I'm still wishing and waiting patiently for its return. Too many negative changes have happened due to its removal to me. There has been some positive things but the negative side outweighs.
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The General Topic really was put to a end a long time ago, and if i remember correctly i believe the staff dosn't want anyone to be starting up anything that has anything to do with the "General Chat" topic on here. So this thread might get locked just cause of the theory that it might spark up tension with other users.
General Chat removal does have its Positive and Negative topics in it, but generally its best to always look at the brighter part of things. It is unknown if General Chat will ever come back, but in the meantime it will be unusable in game.
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See, I haven't been around long enough to miss it!
I literally had general chat for a WEEK, before it was removed X'D And I was busy being a nooblet not understanding basic controls and such, so the difference doesn't bother me at all...
MANY MANY MANY people have complained about it, and, I'm afraid, are still complaining about it. Whenever I'm chilling at SB, there's always that one person who brings up the want for general's return - so I don't think it's over yet. :3
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I almost forgot about the General chat >.>
I never used the General Chat but I knew it was important for some peeps.
Not completely sure but I think General won't visit Feral-Heart again because the spam might happen again.
Not that this is negative I still wish General will be brought back to life.
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In my opinion, General will never truely die. There will always be on of us older members who've been around for years to complain about the "Good Ol' Days" and how much better things were. I honestly never really used General. It was pretty much just for people who were bored to go and make random conversations. I can't remember who, but I believe a few years back one of the admins, it was one of the earlier ones, said something about it being for people who just wanted attention. I completely forgot about it until I saw this.
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I miss it. Movies work.. sometimes, but General gave me and other roleplay creators the chance to be much more creative and informational then movies do.
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Answering your thread question, yes, I remember the General Chat. However, as addressed by Feareh earlier, the discussion of General Chat was put to rest a while ago. Due to the sensitivity of the topic, it is preferred that we do not bring it up for open conversation. I will agree they were both positive and negative consequences to having the chat when it was active, but there has already been time for input on the topic, and it's locked now. Mostly due to the growing aggression towards fellow members, namely the staff.
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Of course I remember General Chat, but I've grown to live without it. To be honest, I rarely ever used General chat. I'm usually too busy roleplaying with friends or just chatting with random people in local to even think about it.
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I still remember it, yes. I do miss General chat. Yes, I still want it back.
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Aye, well...
For those of you who may be wondering, there is a reason why this thread has remained open for so long, due to its relevance to General discussion (which we've locked many discussions on in the past due to the high tension and drama that tends to surround them, with nothing getting done in them). We'd seen it the day it was posted, and have been monitoring it closely. But why hasn't it been locked, you ask?
It's mainly because this thread is very borderline in its original topic--but not so bad that it needs immediate locking. It's close enough to the General discussion to be locked, but we don't want to lock everything that even whispers the word if we don't have to. (We actually don't like doing that.)
The question is not "Why was General removed?" or "Should Gen be given back?" like it has been in the past. Instead, the question is, "Do you remember when we were like that, with everyone still upset, and does it still ever really cross your mind?"
This said, it's a tricky one, but for now I think we're going to let this one remain open for now, so long as the discussion remains civil (and doesn't deteriorate into a "WAHH GIVE IT BACK" crying session, because that's old material, stirs up negative feelings, and it's off-topic to the original post if you read closely).
As for my personal take.. No, I never really forgot about it, though sometimes I find myself being thankful that we don't have people abusing such a far-reaching chat (Fluorite and South Pole in particular). The only times I do miss it is when I'm sitting there, watching RPs try to advertise (it's a challenge no matter what), since they weren't the ones that deserved an extra challenge for gaining new members. Just as well, it also makes advertising events (like the RP day, or FH parties, etc.) less direct. So I understand, and it does cross my mind on occasion.
One other reason I think it might've been received so poorly, is simply because we already have a game that hasn't been updated in over two years. What functions we do have are limited because of this, and the fact that something had been taken away due to its repeated abuse over the years (rather than given something new) will almost always spark someone to be unhappy about it. It sounds materialistic when you think about it (you know, the whole "eww the game works they should just be happy with THAT" nonsense), but that's often how gaming works. People like to have new functions, and will likely lash out when something is taken away. FH in particular is no exception, and the reaction was probably augmented by the fact that any "new" content or functions are not necessarily in the foreseeable future.
After the backlash, though, and the initial shock of it, it gave the community a chance to settle down and get back to life as usual. Fears of RPs not being successful have died down considerably, and most of us have seemed to adapt without it. This said, it wouldn't be surprising if someone had found themselves relaxing, now, even if you do have to be a little creative with your advertising.
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How could I forget it?
It's where I made many a friend.
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(I think as long as we stick to remembering General and not get into fights about bringing it back, this topic should be ok to stay open)
I remember General when I first joined, back when the word Role-play was alien to me. I stopped playing for a long time and when I came back this January, General was no more, so it didn't bother me too much. I remember all the chatting that went on, and how so many RP's were advertised on there. I do remember how many Warrior Cat RP's there were, I guess they always have been around. Also how many spammers there were, so annoying! >:( I do wonder what it was like the day General was removed, I imagine a bunch of wolves/cats running around, freaking out, and a small group of others laughing like crazy at the sight. :D
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I was only on FH for a month before it was gone, so I didn't really miss it! I didn't mind it being gone, and still don't. So it quickly became normal from me :)
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I've been here since 2011 in-game, so yeah each time someone mentions Gen-gen I get hit with nostalgia. I think that gen-gen was something better to use, since the movies cut off the text if you put too much in, so yeah.
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I never did much on General chat so I'm fine with it being gone, it seems less cluttered and wrecked now in my opinion. The only reason I liked General chat was for the random conversations people can start.
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Oh my, I nierly forgot! I have been playing IT from the start, and then feralheart from the verry first days on my old account. I miss it, but to be honest, I kind of like it how it is now. :-X
I mean, general had spammers all over...
Just
right
there.
I do miss it a lot anyway. :-[