NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
/hugs linkman
Ok, I've decided that I too am leaving IOT. I have my reasons, but mostly, I can't see any reason to continue.
Recently I've been noticing a trend in games that people no longer care about diplomacy or actual playing - just controlling as much ad-hoc territory on Earth (or space, or what have you) as possible. A lot of IOT nations at the moment exist of things beyond the ridiculous, and I'm not naming any examples.
So yeah. Good luck with your merger debate guys. I won't be around to see the effects.
I'm up for the merger if it brings in new players. I can launch a game right now but I dont want to if I get 10 players max.
Or you can start a game with seventeen players and by turn three already suffer from having eight of those formed countries either not sending in orders or leaving the game. You know something has gone wrong when the majority of IOT Chatters (and I say IOT Chatters and not IOTers for a reason) don't actually play IOT anymore, contribute to IOT anymore, or can be ass'd to even pretend they're trying to get in orders on time anymore.
IOT is a sad case of needing both new players and a purge of the existing base that isn't actually even the base anymore.
All things considered, I can remove about 80% of the countries that didn't get in orders or simply left the game and nothing would have been lost in terms of world setting or quality. It is that 20% I loathe to lose and not get in orders, such as Civ'ed. The only consolation is that all of the players that do get in orders, even the ones that skirt the deadline, are ones I genuinely enjoy having in the game and that 20% I also enjoy and would miss.
When I complete my dual entitlement psychology course in a few months I should have a lot more free time but as it stands the only two things I'm going to invest in on CFc is my IOT and I&B provided it even starts.
Reporting that it seems my prediction my time will be eaten away by other duties shall be true. Boom West was a success despite its 15 or so attendees, and we're planning a medium-sized Sonic convention for next year, Sonic Revolution.
As can be expected I will probably be devoting more of my non-classwork time to this event, both for PR and as a staff member... I will also be spending more time with PR for smaller events as that's more or less become my role within the community.
Ergo, it is safe to presume that my IOT duties shall cease within the coming year.