This has been quite the meta discussion over the past couple weeks, so I wanted to see what I could add to it I will say that the forums are not as exciting as they used to be, but that isnât necessarily a bad thing like some people seem to be trying to point out because they donât understand the purpose of these forums.
There are obviously spikes in activity when updates are released; always more questions to be answered and new content to be found with each update! This would be expected with any game. Itâs a good thing to see because it shows us that there is still an interested player base for GZ that will always be around.
Thankfully there is a significant less amount of bug reports now a days than there used to be. I believe itâs safe to assume Avalanche continues to develop as a team and is doing a better job with each update they release.
The longer a game goes on, besides new updates that are released, new topics can be harder to come by. I think a lot of people try to justify a gameâs forums to be a type of social media type of site, which to a certain extent it is, but then it really is not. As much as we love to see new members and discussions occurring in the forums we still have to abide by the CoC that everyone should have read when they created their account here. This is a forum for discussing Generation Zero, giving feedback, reporting bugs, sharing content, etc. This forum exists to share knowledge about the game. If it was meant to be just another social media site we would have friend requests, groups, and other things of that sort. The reason we have âlikesâ is so users can show their support of other users comments in discussions, as it helps point out in some cases where the community agrees on something. At some point things will slow down because most things in the game have been spoken about. I think Graham stated it as simply as he could in the CoC:
It is not my goal to try and spoil anyoneâs fun in our forums, but anything that violates the CoC has to be handled accordingly. In the community some people see that as us trying to take all the fun out of the forums when in reality all weâre doing is our job that Avalanche has trusted us to do. If you really want to make friends with other members of the Generation Zero community, Avalanche has already given you a place to do just that! The Generation Zero discord is a place you can talk as much as your heart desires as long as you play nice with everyone else there
I guess my biggest point here should be that this is not a social media site. The point of the forums is not to be constantly fun and exciting (or have âPzazzâ as the topic suggests); It is to have constructive conversations about the game. If you decide to break the CoC, expect to hear from a Moderator. If you think youâre too cool for the CoC and want to do it multiple times, I simply wouldnât recommend it! If you want to talk and make friends, please head on over to the Generation Zero discord.
Removed a number of off-topic comments regarding moderation actions
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