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Excited for genes but surprised by the mostly boring skin winners. Some really beautiful entries were skipped.
I'm really disappointed by the festival apparel tbh, you can basically achieve the same look with the Spring Antlers and the Faerie Rose Thorn apparel :/
da I'm really surprised by how close it is to existing apparel!! there's so much wasted opportunity with nature in particular, which has one of the most widely liked aesthetics.
Adding only two new slots for the winning skins/accents is disappointing. We have gotten so many new breeds and yet, only -two- more slots?? We should be getting two more breeds this year, which is four poses alone.
Also not looking forward to the genes potentially replacing one of the apparel slots, maybe even permanently.
Also not looking forward to the genes potentially replacing one of the apparel slots, maybe even permanently.
i would certainly like it if they boosted it to 18 slots instead of just 16
shoutouts to anyone coping with some shit this weekends. you a real one. good things are coming.
Nature flight taking the L with this apparel tbh but at least the slink is cute, if generic.
huge disagree!!
faerie rose thorn apparel is absolutely different shades; spring antlers have a way different design (imo the seasonal antlers ended up awkwardly proportioned, which is a real loss but that's the subject for another thread); I've also seen a comparison to the Naturalist Adornments, but similar placement of horns notwithstanding the actual aesthetics involved are way different (rustic vs. elegant).
I'm nature flight and I adore this apparel. I feel like we have gotten a disproportionate number of really bulky pieces over the years, and I'm super grateful to have something delicate and graceful that is more easily combined with other apparel.
faerie rose thorn apparel is absolutely different shades; spring antlers have a way different design (imo the seasonal antlers ended up awkwardly proportioned, which is a real loss but that's the subject for another thread); I've also seen a comparison to the Naturalist Adornments, but similar placement of horns notwithstanding the actual aesthetics involved are way different (rustic vs. elegant).
I'm nature flight and I adore this apparel. I feel like we have gotten a disproportionate number of really bulky pieces over the years, and I'm super grateful to have something delicate and graceful that is more easily combined with other apparel.
o7 thanks anon. hope life goes up for you soon as well.
I wouldn't mind if they boosted it to 20 skins, but with the caveat that they aren't all just stuck in the GE for treasure.
At the moment I definitely do not want more than 20 max skins, because you only have a week to get them (without having to rely on RNG) and the more there are, the bigger FOMO will get. I do know that you don't have to get them all, but there are some fests where I *do* want nearly every single one (and a couple where I wanted every single skin).
What I would like to see is them add more skins to various site activities. I feel we could get two more in baldwin (for 4 total skins released that way), Maybe some swipp skins (available all the time through the GE). Maybe even some for fest currency, again available through the GE.
But, until we get more site activites that would be a good way to release the skins (where you aren't so heavily reliant on RNG), I don't think more than 20 would be good.
At the moment I definitely do not want more than 20 max skins, because you only have a week to get them (without having to rely on RNG) and the more there are, the bigger FOMO will get. I do know that you don't have to get them all, but there are some fests where I *do* want nearly every single one (and a couple where I wanted every single skin).
What I would like to see is them add more skins to various site activities. I feel we could get two more in baldwin (for 4 total skins released that way), Maybe some swipp skins (available all the time through the GE). Maybe even some for fest currency, again available through the GE.
But, until we get more site activites that would be a good way to release the skins (where you aren't so heavily reliant on RNG), I don't think more than 20 would be good.
Very very late but apparently we have an answer now, but boy would I love some context because this seemingly came out of nowhere and... What the fuck?
https://ibb.co/xhBR1dF
Text version:
"Hey all,
We would like to address the members of this community regarding a recent letter posted by a former moderator of Lorwolf, Qhersek. As some may already be aware, this individual was dismissed earlier this year due to a longstanding history of unprofessional conduct, contract violations, and the persistent harassment of Alaunis - as well as several other moderators - over the past few months. Despite numerous attempts to reach an amicable resolution, this individual exploited Alaunis' empathetic nature and made multiple appeals to the admin team, aiming to induce guilt and secure reinstatement as a moderator. This individual does not represent the values or ideologies of Bashful Games LLC, and our team wholeheartedly denies many of the claims presented in this letter. Contrary to the beliefs of this individual, the Lorwolf staff are here to facilitate the enjoyment of Lorwolf, especially with the help of our new Community Manager, Quiche. Quiche’s arrival marks a pivotal step forward in bridging the gap between our valued players and Lorwolf’s dev team.
If anyone has questions or would like further details regarding the firing of this individual from the moderation team, or would like proof of any/all instances of Qhersek threatening and harassing Alaunis or our other mods, we invite you to reach out to Alaunis at alaunis@lorwolf.com - who has recorded and stored screenshots of all communications with this former moderator. We hope this has offered some clarity on the matter, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Moonsblessings,
The Lorwolf Team"
I have no idea what this letter is, where it could be, or even if I could find it now. Probably got deleted if it was on LW somewhere.
https://ibb.co/xhBR1dF
Text version:
"Hey all,
We would like to address the members of this community regarding a recent letter posted by a former moderator of Lorwolf, Qhersek. As some may already be aware, this individual was dismissed earlier this year due to a longstanding history of unprofessional conduct, contract violations, and the persistent harassment of Alaunis - as well as several other moderators - over the past few months. Despite numerous attempts to reach an amicable resolution, this individual exploited Alaunis' empathetic nature and made multiple appeals to the admin team, aiming to induce guilt and secure reinstatement as a moderator. This individual does not represent the values or ideologies of Bashful Games LLC, and our team wholeheartedly denies many of the claims presented in this letter. Contrary to the beliefs of this individual, the Lorwolf staff are here to facilitate the enjoyment of Lorwolf, especially with the help of our new Community Manager, Quiche. Quiche’s arrival marks a pivotal step forward in bridging the gap between our valued players and Lorwolf’s dev team.
If anyone has questions or would like further details regarding the firing of this individual from the moderation team, or would like proof of any/all instances of Qhersek threatening and harassing Alaunis or our other mods, we invite you to reach out to Alaunis at alaunis@lorwolf.com - who has recorded and stored screenshots of all communications with this former moderator. We hope this has offered some clarity on the matter, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Moonsblessings,
The Lorwolf Team"
I have no idea what this letter is, where it could be, or even if I could find it now. Probably got deleted if it was on LW somewhere.
i have no horse in this race but if theyre willing to share proof why in the world would they only do it via email. just post the damn screenshots. this isnt some twitter "dm me for context" dramabait this is supposed to be a professional response to alleged mod harassment
I don't know anything about this either, but you can find the letter it references linked on qhersek's tumblr, which doesn't take much googling to find
AYRT
Ahh, thank you. I didn't realize they had posted it to their Tumblr as well.
Letter link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-UWC2UzojACCG_c74Jo_axw-oCC5GmhcDRtQBIBN7ic/edit
It seems Qhersek has updated the letter to respond to Alaunis' statement just now.
Ahh, thank you. I didn't realize they had posted it to their Tumblr as well.
Letter link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-UWC2UzojACCG_c74Jo_axw-oCC5GmhcDRtQBIBN7ic/edit
It seems Qhersek has updated the letter to respond to Alaunis' statement just now.
ayrt
Okay, I only made it halfway before I had to stop, this letter is a bummer.
tl;dr for the letter:
Apparently Qhersek did a lot of uncredited and unpaid developing work and pointed out and tried to fix all the issues that the beta testers and current users have complained about since the site's inception. They were going to be offered a paid position when things broke down?
(ex. activity upgrades originally used moonstones, Qhersek convinced Alaunis to change them to pebbles, then after Qhersek was fired Alaunis changed them back to moonstones; Qhersek pointing out the launch date was too soon for how incomplete the game was when Alaunis secretly revealed the date, Alaunis flipping out for the breach of secrecy when Qhersek told other staff about the launch date in the hopes that they could convince Alaunis to wait longer for the launch; basically their whole tenure there was Qhersek fixing up the parts of the site they were grudgingly allowed to, with Alaunis being inexplicably stubborn about anything that involving balancing gameplay elements and improving the site)
Things broke down because both Qhersek and Alaunis broke the boundaries between being coworkers and being close friends and Qhersek had a real bad mental health crisis and reached out to Alaunis as a friend instead of a boss, and said, uh, bad stuff of the "i'm going to unalive myself and i don't want to hurt you" flavor to Alaunis, which she understandably interpreted as threatening, which was the breaking point to fire Qhersek and scrub their name from the site contributions they made.
Also the head mod babbled about Qhersek's personal stuff to other staff. Just, boundary breaking all around in this site's backstage, bad sign. I don't see a bright future for Lorwolf with these people in charge, honestly.
Okay, I only made it halfway before I had to stop, this letter is a bummer.
tl;dr for the letter:
Apparently Qhersek did a lot of uncredited and unpaid developing work and pointed out and tried to fix all the issues that the beta testers and current users have complained about since the site's inception. They were going to be offered a paid position when things broke down?
(ex. activity upgrades originally used moonstones, Qhersek convinced Alaunis to change them to pebbles, then after Qhersek was fired Alaunis changed them back to moonstones; Qhersek pointing out the launch date was too soon for how incomplete the game was when Alaunis secretly revealed the date, Alaunis flipping out for the breach of secrecy when Qhersek told other staff about the launch date in the hopes that they could convince Alaunis to wait longer for the launch; basically their whole tenure there was Qhersek fixing up the parts of the site they were grudgingly allowed to, with Alaunis being inexplicably stubborn about anything that involving balancing gameplay elements and improving the site)
Things broke down because both Qhersek and Alaunis broke the boundaries between being coworkers and being close friends and Qhersek had a real bad mental health crisis and reached out to Alaunis as a friend instead of a boss, and said, uh, bad stuff of the "i'm going to unalive myself and i don't want to hurt you" flavor to Alaunis, which she understandably interpreted as threatening, which was the breaking point to fire Qhersek and scrub their name from the site contributions they made.
Also the head mod babbled about Qhersek's personal stuff to other staff. Just, boundary breaking all around in this site's backstage, bad sign. I don't see a bright future for Lorwolf with these people in charge, honestly.
Qhersek's contributions from the site getting scrubbed makes so much sense now as to why one of the deity accounts was being used for mod stuff. I didn't recall back in EA, but I do now, that those threads were originally by Qhersek. I also remember the thread they mentioned where everyone was talking about their criticisms with the game. Everything lines up...
All around, I think everyone here is very unprofessional. Alaunis shouldn't even be dipping their toes into the drama by allowing people to get "receipts/screenshots", and the "exploiting Alaunis' empathetic nature" part of her message just rubbed me the wrong way. But Alaunis has a tendency to act unprofessional towards users, so this doesn't surprise me that much.
All around, I think everyone here is very unprofessional. Alaunis shouldn't even be dipping their toes into the drama by allowing people to get "receipts/screenshots", and the "exploiting Alaunis' empathetic nature" part of her message just rubbed me the wrong way. But Alaunis has a tendency to act unprofessional towards users, so this doesn't surprise me that much.
sa
I forgot to add: they also did unpaid writing, graphic and admin work, quoting a bit here:
Wrote guides, the forum etiquette, rewrote the barebones ToS with Alaunis, created custom keywords and descriptions, contributed several implemented ideas, drafted countless documents on overhauls, QoLs, economy and balancing (most of which was disregarded), came up with the discord staff acount, the indexes, etc.
Like, dang. I wonder if, besides personal pride/control of one's creation, Alaunis said no to implementing many things because this person was borderline a co-creator/co-admin and would that would have opened up legal/money implications?
When they were becoming friends and Qhersek wasn't communicating because of money troubles, Alaunis gifted them money on a personal gift way, which I suspect further complicates things on the professional side of things.
I forgot to add: they also did unpaid writing, graphic and admin work, quoting a bit here:
Wrote guides, the forum etiquette, rewrote the barebones ToS with Alaunis, created custom keywords and descriptions, contributed several implemented ideas, drafted countless documents on overhauls, QoLs, economy and balancing (most of which was disregarded), came up with the discord staff acount, the indexes, etc.
Like, dang. I wonder if, besides personal pride/control of one's creation, Alaunis said no to implementing many things because this person was borderline a co-creator/co-admin and would that would have opened up legal/money implications?
When they were becoming friends and Qhersek wasn't communicating because of money troubles, Alaunis gifted them money on a personal gift way, which I suspect further complicates things on the professional side of things.
ayrt
Yeah, agreed. Both crossed lines. Don't make your coworkers/bosses/underlings your confidantes!
(Also forgot to add, Qhersek handled mod applications, Alaunis didn't want to hire mods??? What shape would the site currently be in if Qhersek hadn't appeared?)
Yeah, agreed. Both crossed lines. Don't make your coworkers/bosses/underlings your confidantes!
(Also forgot to add, Qhersek handled mod applications, Alaunis didn't want to hire mods??? What shape would the site currently be in if Qhersek hadn't appeared?)
fucking blows that quersek literally wrote the TOS that they were not credited for and that was sent to them when they got banned. if LW is going to the effort to remove them from the site entirely they should at least have the thought to rewrite that stuff. feels very unprofessional all around
sa
*animations, I somehow erased that word when shifting text around. They did animation work on the site too. I'm counting like 3-4 normally-you-would-pay-for-this work positions they volunteered for
Which is also its own boundary blurring troubling behavior, if well-intentioned. Know your worth! All of this is normally paid work!
Like no wonder Alaunis is just confidently going ahead, feedback be damned, she saved so much money, which would have otherwise been hours and hours of her own time and effort if she tried to do it all herself.
*animations, I somehow erased that word when shifting text around. They did animation work on the site too. I'm counting like 3-4 normally-you-would-pay-for-this work positions they volunteered for
Which is also its own boundary blurring troubling behavior, if well-intentioned. Know your worth! All of this is normally paid work!
Like no wonder Alaunis is just confidently going ahead, feedback be damned, she saved so much money, which would have otherwise been hours and hours of her own time and effort if she tried to do it all herself.
Going to be honest, Qhersek does come off pretty unhinged later in the doc in screenshots they presented and absolutely need to get some professional help for their obsession issues BUT
Lol, lmao even. I am not surprised that both owners of the website couldn't care enough about their shortcomings to accept and listen to people they literally hired. They need to learn how to eat their pride.
Take this as a sign: Cash and get out fast. Lorwolf is not getting better anytime soon.
Lol, lmao even. I am not surprised that both owners of the website couldn't care enough about their shortcomings to accept and listen to people they literally hired. They need to learn how to eat their pride.
Take this as a sign: Cash and get out fast. Lorwolf is not getting better anytime soon.
I didn't hope it'd fail before, but now? I do.
There's also a tumblr post that says that lorwolf apparel has stolen designs from fr accents and skins, which if true, yikes
https://www.tumblr.com/iaqo-petsim/718135259193016320/this-is-a-reminder-that-even-if-you-do-not-intend
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