I literally cannot believe what I am seeing.
While I haven't been as active as I used to be as of late, I still constantly swing by to see how things are going and pop in-game every now and then.
I've been a member of this community since 2011.
I've seen the DRASTIC changes this game and community has gone through in the course of those years, and this is by far the most ill-conceived concept I've ever seen forced down this game's throat.
I don't know what goes on behind the scenes, but the fact that you didn't even go to the STAFF TEAM with this idea before launching it is absolutely unacceptable and just might be the part I am the most pissed off about.
This team of moderators works their hindquarters off for this game, and has done so diligently since the very beginning. A game like this that has a core community of minors 100% NEEDS in-game mods to keep things from becoming mass hysteria, and they have done just that and kept things running as smoothly as humanly possible. Now you're just going to undermine them? Treat your own staff as if their hard work means nothing and that they can be "replaced" by this new "system" you've suddenly decided to come up with? I'm sorry, and forgive my anger, but it's absolute bull crap. This staff team has done more for this game than Raz has. I've never seen him involved with the community, at in-game events, etc. Now you're going to drastically change the core of this game just because you can? You may hold the server in your hands, but that does not by any means make you better than any of the hard working moderators that keep this game afloat.
This new system is going to be an absolute train wreck, and is going to turn off SO many people to this game. Being a part of FH since basically the beginning, I've seen its fair share change. It already seems to be going downhill in terms of member numbers and general interest to people as many of us are growing up and no longer have the time for it, but that said, this new "moderator-free" month is by far going to slam this game into reverse.
This system is SO easily going to be abused. Innocent people are going to be banned simply because the power is now basically in the hands of the average user. The age group that now plays this is vastly composed of children from what I've seen, and by giving EVERYONE the power to ban ANYONE is not only unfair, it's absolute lunacy.
I won't stop logging in and swinging by. I will never give up on this game that has been such a huge part of my life for a very long time, but I know I may be in the minority now.
So congratulations, Raz.
If your goal was to kill this game, you may very well have set it on the right track.
