I also wanna mention just how horribly they handled the AI situation and how clear it was they were more preoccupied with doing damage control, as someone who was active when it all went down.
The owner was consintently only making statements about the AI debacle on the discord server and not the website itself (until they got pushback from users to do so, as some people did not use the server) due to the negative light it put them under. However, once they realized they were getting a lot more backlash than intended on the server with people rightfully calling them out and having the context of/bringing up previous statements which went against the narrative that was now being presented, staff suspiciously chose to only have the clarification post/AI QnA on the site and NOT on the discord, when many people still didn't have access to the forums (we were still in beta) and thus would just get brushed aside when asking questions/clarifications because they wouldn't be answering questions on the discord anymore. If you wanted to have reassurance and be informed about what staff had to say about it, they made you open a ticket so they could send you a screenshot of the post momentarily before closing it.
Frankly it was a shit show, the back and forth of the owner mooping and babbling about how it was so hard for him and watching people pity him and shower him in praide while he was constantly changing the story was infuriating to see
Apparently there's only one artist working on replacing all 85 AI NPCs which is extra annoying. Not only is that a ton of fucking work but they also can't replace the AI art fast enough to keep up with the event schedule. So Staff is still shoving AI slop into users faces with every news update.
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Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread
(Anonymous) 2025-01-30 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)The owner was consintently only making statements about the AI debacle on the discord server and not the website itself (until they got pushback from users to do so, as some people did not use the server) due to the negative light it put them under. However, once they realized they were getting a lot more backlash than intended on the server with people rightfully calling them out and having the context of/bringing up previous statements which went against the narrative that was now being presented, staff suspiciously chose to only have the clarification post/AI QnA on the site and NOT on the discord, when many people still didn't have access to the forums (we were still in beta) and thus would just get brushed aside when asking questions/clarifications because they wouldn't be answering questions on the discord anymore. If you wanted to have reassurance and be informed about what staff had to say about it, they made you open a ticket so they could send you a screenshot of the post momentarily before closing it.
Frankly it was a shit show, the back and forth of the owner mooping and babbling about how it was so hard for him and watching people pity him and shower him in praide while he was constantly changing the story was infuriating to see
Re: Minor/Petty Salt Thread
(Anonymous) 2025-01-30 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)