(2011.Oct.07 09:12 PM)bebopcrew420 Wrote: (2011.Oct.06 06:54 PM)johnsonhalo76 Wrote: (2011.Oct.06 06:16 PM)shadowlinger Wrote: i see alot of the big dogs are gone...
wow ok now i know i have missed something jeez wake the hell up people.
zen quit
What if zen just needed a breather. I'm not being sarcastic, many of us have put an unrealistic amount of time into this game, and we only stand to lose money. I started to burn out, then about 6 months ago my work life went to shit and this game took a back seat. Maybe zen has other issues to deal with and this game is the least of her problems, it's the first thing I cut out when my time started running short. The game will survive as long as there's a player base, if zen didn't care the game would be gone.If you look at the cred market you can see most people aren't donating. A lot of things are going to shit in our country/world, and I think that maybe the decline in our game has something to do with that. I've had to make sacrifices in my life recently, maybe zen isn't physically able to put the time into the game she wants. Idk, I could be 100% wrong, but since we're all still playing we shouldn't turn on her. Some kinda response from her would be nice from time to time, but in all fairness we have bitched about her enough for her to say fuck it
I actually don't have a problem with the way things are (my activity is excellent evidence of this). I just like being a smartass. But, if I were to play the devil's advocate, I might bring up the fact that she constantly dangles the promise of new updates to keep players playing. If I were to play the devil's advocate, I might argue that since people play, this game is a kind of service, making it, at least in part, Zen's "job", and would then proceed to argue that if I were to just stop working/showing up altogether at a real-life job, I would get reprimanded at best. I might also argue that most of us have a large investment (be it time, money, or both) in this game, and it saddens and frustrates us that Zenith doesn't update it. Not to say that I believe any of that, but I certainly see the reasoning behind the criticism.
As far as Papag's comment, I both disagree and agree. The fora have largely become a free-for-all, and I only come on for the entertainment. I fail to see, however, the merit to his argument that AL is no longer a 'game'. Throwing your weight around is something that has been an aspect of AL since time immemorial, and that's the closest to an "unfair" advantage that I've seen. Perhaps there's backdoor scandals and rule-breaking ala 7laws, but I suppose ignorance is bliss in this case.
