Board Thread:Current Episode Discussion/@comment-25442605-20141105013715/@comment-9890645-20141110150833

Syclone1217 wrote:

Either way, I think it would be a blessing for me if they decided to close up shop. I feel guilty not playing sometimes due to the money and amount of time I've invested in this game so far, but based on how poorly it's run and the simplicity of it versus the amount of time consumed, I'd rather play something else like WoTB where there is some strategy involved.

It's been great playing with all of you guys. I remember the old days when teamwork counted and we had fun, now this seems like a job that we all hate. I understand this feeling of guilt, after dumping somewhere between $4-5k on this game, devoting huge swaths of my life to it, helping to build and foster not only this community but United as well, and running this site... It's going to be hard for me to leave this game behind.

The only reason I returned from exile was for all of you on Wikia. When I was dropping in to say hi, and I learned that this site was devoid of admins, I decided to get back into game and help rebuild this site and community. I hope I've done a satisfactory job of this so far. I missed that teamwork Syclone speaks of that we had prior to my in-game hiatus, and I think it's returned in a big way.

However, Mobage/DeNA, despite their admission that there are social aspects to this game, has sought to undermine that very social aspect, while telling people to go to the Wikia and look stuff up. Ah, IRONY.

I'm just glad that it seems the updated versions of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire are slated to arrive as the next raid will end. It may help "fill the void," as it were.

I'm not 100% on quitting TFL just yet, but my involvement in game after next raid will, at best, be severely diminshed.

During the campaign, I'm going to send messages to the other active Admins to discuss my departure from the game. I may stay on as Admin and focus on straightening out the forums. However... from what I've seen from the GI Joe debacle, I have a feeling we're being set up for the exact same fall. Debut new features, give the players a reason to spend money, and then pull the rug out from under us.

I'm torn, personally, between wishing you all good luck with this game or strongly recommending that you quit and find more productive uses of your time, since we're just meatbags with credit cards to the proprietors of the game.