How many have joined your protest?
I think this has derailed a little from the original subject of conversation. @Doc and @awryan if you wouldnāt mind taking the heated discussion you have onto private messages so others can discuss their opinions regarding this thread.
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Weāve seen a lot of really big protests fail in the news in the past few years so youād think people would learn.
A successful protest makes a clear, reasonable, actionable demand. This accomplishes two things.
To the target of the protest, it indicates what the protesters want and what will make them stop. If this part isnāt very clear, they may not act at all, assuming they canāt make the protesters happy. If it isnāt possible to achieve, then thereās no point in acting either. If itās not clear HOW to do it, or multiple competing implementations exist, action is less likely.
To the people who might join the protest, this demand helps them decide if they want to participate. If the demand is not clear, they canāt figure out why anyone is unhappy. If the request is unreasonable, theyāre likely to side against the protesters. And if asking three different protesters produces three different demands, itās not clear exactly what will be done.
I feel like weāre failing on all counts here. Someone asked what itās about. Some snarky answers were supplied as is the way. All I get from the discussion is:
- Someoneās mad about something re: the game.
- They donāt want to spend any more money.
- They want other people to not spend money untilā¦ something happens.
- But they spent a lot of money once and thereās not a lot of money left for them to spend.
Whatās the demand? It canāt be āless money-grabbingā, that is not clear or actionable. Is there a game mode you want? Some bugs you want fixed? Some prices you want adjusted? The devs canāt satisfy ābe less greedyā because itās too subjective. Overlooking the entire game like Mufasa and saying āall you can see, that is what must changeā isnāt gonna cut it. Somewhere between āplease make this feature work this wayā and ārewrite the entire gameā is the line where you go from āreasonableā to āunreasonableā. And it sure isnāt actionable.
I canāt stand behind this because I have no clue what it is. āPlease implement the Burrito Golemā, now thatās something I can stand behind.
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I would rather not pm someone so obtuse thank you.
Your feedback has been noted, 
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I already told him I was done replying to him. But thanks for the suggestion.
== SCENE 2 ==
In which tension rises as Cyrup is tired of being used as the telephone between Doc and awryan.
āIāM NOT AN OWL!ā
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I use the word āprotestā cause thatās what others have called it. Iām not trying to recruit people to join it. I want the drop in revenue to do my talking for me. The devs are aware of the issues that I have.
The forums are full of complaints. Doesnāt seem to change much of anything. So I changed my name as well as 10-20 other players did as well.
If you get it, you get it. If you donāt, you donāt. I donāt care either way.
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interesting thread
awryan:the devs are wolves!
most everyone else:no theyre not they are kind shepherds that give us treats sometimes.
me:i know they are wolves but pretending they are sheep makes me feel better xD
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To be fair Tech. I donāt think the devs are the issue. I think they agree with us, but arenāt allowed to say it. I like most of the devs. 505 is the wolf.
what a great name you have, someone actually made me a wolf head pendant so I could be more like Matrim
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Sorry I donāt get it: you donāt like the last update so you want the devs loose money so they would have to change their roadmap for something that you would like?
If your target is the publisher, why not doing actions on their other games/forums?
I didnāt intend to raise my issue on this forum.
My āprotestā was to be simply the name. Thatās it.
So you donāt want to discuss about it? Okay get it.
I hope you will still enjoy this free game even if you invite other players to get it bankrupt.
Iāve paid my dues. You must of skipped that part. I surely doubt that me and a few other players no longer spending money will bankrupt Infinity Plus 2.
But hey letās take a point to the extreme. It is the forums right? Why be rational.
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Just to chime in, we want to encourage players to play our game however they want. This includes the amount of time they spend in game, to the amount of money.
You are all entitled to your own playing or spending habits, and we hope to be able to provide you with hours of fun and gameplay either way.
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Are you a customer or not? Because in one hand, you claim that you gave many dollars, on the other hand, you invite players to not give dollars. Quite ironic.
I just point out what it seems you want: less dollars for devs so that it will be impactful. If you want it impactful enough, it should be like devs would be in a situation where they have to choose between changing their roadmap or bankrupt.
If you protest was: āI am a player, not a customerā, it will be totally different. But there, you clearly invite players to follow you in the ādonāt give them dollarsā protest.
You donāt seem to be an heavy hater of this patch, at least on this forum from what I can read.
Before you waste your time or mine rehashing previous areas addressed. How about you scroll up and actually read my replies already. Iāll wait.
If a name or symbol is inviting others to join a cause or protest. Could I say your profile picture invites people to join the US Army? And therefore violates the community guidelines for spam? That is clearly Uncle Samā¦a mascot for the US Army recruiting efforts.
My apologies. Iāll try to complain in ways that you can see more often.
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You seem to be universally disliked. Things like this are why I am sure. A word of advice, donāt be so confrontational and bullishly argumentative. Small changes like this will go a long way to improve your popularity.
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The wonders of forum echo chambers at work.
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