Now its time to say goodbye...

As to the fence thing, frankly, there are too many fence posts to put in, and not enough hands to do it. We can only do so much here as staff. We have jobs, careers, schooling to take care of. If Sindome was a paying job, I could guarentee that we'd have fences, a house, and a landscaped yard. It isn't though. And we are volunteers. And it's been a -VERY- tight eight months with the majority of the staff being gone. For a good long time the MOO was only 2 people adminside, occasionally 3. We've more staff now, but they have lives to care for.

Frankly, I am a bit insulted. I know for a fact that when I've the time, I slave my ass off here to make stuff. Did you know that I have a 65 page document pushing 30,000 words for -JUST- my share of the NLM 30 Days Project this year? I did all that in my spare time. That's a hell of a lot of writing to do in a few weeks. I also make stuff. Food lately. Lots of it.

I know the coders slave away. Both of em. They've made a system of scripts and interaction for the GMs to use that enables us to greatly enrich the dome environment, putting in things that will breathe life to a lot of elements. There are new areas of the dome that are almost ready to open up, like how the New Park was. There is the code that made Super Happy Fun Land, and I tell you, it's not easy as pie to do what it does. There are the things like the Matrix and Cybernetics, which take -MEGABYTES- of code to get properly working. All this was done by -TWO- people in there spare time.

SO pardon me if I feel a bit insulted and miffed that you feel 'a bit depressed at how Sindome hasn't come near to full filling the potential that it already can'

Perhaps I should drop out of university so I can MOO full time for you. But I bet it wouldn't be enough. I could type untill I bleed, and the bones on my fingers are exposed and it wouldn't be enough. I've been here for -THREE YEARS-. I came at a time when -COMBAT BARELY WORKED- and I managed to entertain myself, and have a blast. When I started the level of -stuff- available and open to the players was 1/5th what it was now. And we still had rip-roaring fun. Of course, there were more staff at the time who could -devote- 30 hours a week to just be there. But I tell you, 90% of what I did had virtually -no- staff involvement.

Every last god damned thing we do here is -FOR THE PLAYERS-, you may think working on big things like 'the Matrix' and 'Cybernetics' are useless, but then like you said, your character was a tailor and currently a writer. Talk to the people who want to be deckers, I bet they are totally stoked that we are trying to devote man hours to the Matrix. Like I said, we are only humans and volunteers, so cut us some slack. Untill you've been an admin on a MOO and busted your ass for longer than 10 days, then you'll understand.

There isn't a bloody staff member on Sindome that doesn't -wish- that our HUGE list of ideas and shit to do couldn't just magically be there. There isn't a -SINGLE- staff member that doesn't wish they could do -MORE-. For FUCK SAKE, Johnny, Kevlar and Myself feel -GUILTY- half the fucking time because we can't get shit done fast enough. Because we can't -DO- it all magically. And the LAST FUCKING THING WE NEED IS A GOD DAMNED GUILT TRIP about the way some people 'feel a bit depressed at how Sindome hasn't come near to full filling the potential that it already can.

If you don't like the fucking game, fine. If you aren't having fun, FINE. But don't toss it at our fucking feet, because I know for a -GOD DAMNED FACT- that we bust our fucking asses to make the game as good as we can.

So go. Take your time off, and maybe come back one day. But I tell you one god damned thing, for the staff we've got, and the new staff we've brought on, -WE FUCKIN ROCK- and when you hear about us again later in your life, or even if you don't, -WE'LL STILL BE HERE-

and we'll still let you back on to play. Maybe when we have all out 'fences' and 'houses' built you'll finally be able to enjoy your time here…peace Tash, I hope one day you swing back to see what we've accomplished.

Tash, lookie, what's really making the game be less fun for you, the fact that lots of stuff isn't done yet, or that you're not getting the RP you want?

I don't know who all three of your characters were, just two of 'em, but between 'em I see that, they're basically the same type. One was a local fashion designer and the other's a dilettante/socialite type of reporter, right?
Those are potentially fun characters to play, but both types suffer from what I call the "Background guy/gal" syndrome - fact is, they'll mostly be relegated to secondary roles because they mostly don't hop into the RP spotlight - and I know what it's like. ElseMU* I've played a background-ish type character, and I nearly quit playing there because of that, thought there was something wrong with that game. But then, when I draw a parallel to my mostly in-your-face character here, I realize, that, unless you go out and get in people's faces a bit, at some point one's RP will fall flat and one will get bored.

I haven't RPed with you much, but from the little I've seen, you really get into your characters, so, whyncha give it another shot? Make a character that you don't think you'd enjoy playing, something radically different from what you're used to being, and see if you're having more fun then? Hell, even your current character can do an about-face. Look at what Lav did with hers - her character is almost completely different from what she was, and now she's having assloads of RP fun. You've played here for a year and three months, like you said, are you really just gonna give up?

This is an incredible group of hard-working, motivated, intelligent, and dedicated people.  You can't truly know that until you're looking at it from behind the scenes and trying to see the MOO from their eyes.

Tash, you were an incredible asset to the MOO in both your creative efforts and the amount of and the quality of RP you generated. I hope that you'll come back sometime.

I also hope that everyone who plays this MOO takes the time to appreciate all the admins who pour every ounce of free time into making this place come alive and stay that way. Sure, there are moments when it feels like a struggle, but overall the improvements FAR outnumber the setbacks.

You guys should all stop to realize that this is a FREE game, here solely for all of you, and that no one pays these people to dedicate themselves, nor do they have any obligation to it except their love for it.

It is my hope that with time, the Admins, GMs, and players will gain more and more appreciation for each other and become better at working with one another. We have such a great opportunity for community here, because we all have such similar interests and most of us really have something to contribute.

There's a section of the board where you can put down ideas for improving the MOO. That section of the board is not the first priority, however, and I think it's awesome how many ideas on there actually have gotten implemented in some form.

This is not a rant, it is simply a comment on how much I love working with each and every person on the SD team, as well as all the players, and a thanks to those players who express patience and gratitude. It's so nice for these hardworking individuals to hear a simple thank you.

Peace!

Hrm...

To sum up Iga's post in one word: Beta.

Its not done yet, its a process (I doubt it will ever BE done...)

Also, I can't remember whether or not you listed some things that you think could be done instead of what is being done... But, yea...

Talk to ya later!!