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In recent events, there has been the trend of 'I'm leaving PMC because of a, b, and c.' This has also happened in the past, but more frequently now then before. I would say causing members to leave would be the cause of the site crashing, idols leaving, or maybe some other reason. The biggest reason I want to point out would be the fear of change.
Rejecting What's Next...
Anything has to change sooner or later. It's not a yes or no answer; to be blunt, the site is in an awkward changing in phases. The site as we know for the next year (sooner or possibly later) will change in both how it runs, and probably how it looks. The next part in this step, is how our community will be able to handle this.
People aren't really use to a huge change. As the French Revolution has taught us, big change in a small period of time isn't good, or else someone will be beheaded. But gradual change overtime seems to not frighten people too much and works in most cases. As for PMC, it has (and will) change for the better of the site and its people, but there is a major backlash in what's happening.
As a big-time site, we're in an awkward position of not going too fast to frighten and threat users to leave, but we don't want to go too slow to make users leave because of lack of change. And, as this paragraph states, there are just some people who like the site the way it is. They don't want change at all.
But to reject change is to reject what's coming next: you can't stay the same forever. The beginning of this website (or even the world) has taught us that in order for something to stay alive, you have to keep on changing to keep it more interesting and have a wider audience of people joining.
Minecraft, As Well As Other Games, Need to Change to Survive...
I would have to say that Minecraft is a great example of things that can't always be the same. Since I've started playing in Alpha back in December of 2010, things were a lot... simpler, but only appealed to a selected audience. If you liked peaceful building, surviving zombies (none of that hunger/sprinting stuff), and mining for basically useless ores, then Minecraft was right for you.
But as time went on, and if sales got too low, or the game just needed something to stay afloat, then the occasional update would come with new features to the game. Every time a new feature would show up, Minecraft would appeal to a great audience as well.
This doesn't mean it didn't shun players from liking it. I know I stopped liking it after 1.8, mostly because of hunger and sprinting, I don't really like that aspect of the game all too well. It took more of the survival aspect of the game rather then the creative side (in my opinion), so losing older players such as myself was a downfall. But now since of that, I can totally feel where these PMCers are coming from.
The older PMCers like the website because it was a small Minecraft based community with nice people, but as time went on, things either got boring, rules changed, or something happened where they just didn't like the site anymore. I can understand that completely. But what I found out as time went on in Minecraft, that it turned for the better for myself. I was too impatient for what they had then to not realize that change can happen for the future, so I can enjoy the game again.
What's The Bottom Line, Grey?
The fact of the matter is: change has to come sooner or later. BUT, that does not mean that once it does change, it will stay that way forever. If you don't like what the outcome is, it's better to stay put and be patient for what there is to come.
Rejecting What's Next...
Anything has to change sooner or later. It's not a yes or no answer; to be blunt, the site is in an awkward changing in phases. The site as we know for the next year (sooner or possibly later) will change in both how it runs, and probably how it looks. The next part in this step, is how our community will be able to handle this.
People aren't really use to a huge change. As the French Revolution has taught us, big change in a small period of time isn't good, or else someone will be beheaded. But gradual change overtime seems to not frighten people too much and works in most cases. As for PMC, it has (and will) change for the better of the site and its people, but there is a major backlash in what's happening.
As a big-time site, we're in an awkward position of not going too fast to frighten and threat users to leave, but we don't want to go too slow to make users leave because of lack of change. And, as this paragraph states, there are just some people who like the site the way it is. They don't want change at all.
But to reject change is to reject what's coming next: you can't stay the same forever. The beginning of this website (or even the world) has taught us that in order for something to stay alive, you have to keep on changing to keep it more interesting and have a wider audience of people joining.
Minecraft, As Well As Other Games, Need to Change to Survive...
I would have to say that Minecraft is a great example of things that can't always be the same. Since I've started playing in Alpha back in December of 2010, things were a lot... simpler, but only appealed to a selected audience. If you liked peaceful building, surviving zombies (none of that hunger/sprinting stuff), and mining for basically useless ores, then Minecraft was right for you.
But as time went on, and if sales got too low, or the game just needed something to stay afloat, then the occasional update would come with new features to the game. Every time a new feature would show up, Minecraft would appeal to a great audience as well.
This doesn't mean it didn't shun players from liking it. I know I stopped liking it after 1.8, mostly because of hunger and sprinting, I don't really like that aspect of the game all too well. It took more of the survival aspect of the game rather then the creative side (in my opinion), so losing older players such as myself was a downfall. But now since of that, I can totally feel where these PMCers are coming from.
The older PMCers like the website because it was a small Minecraft based community with nice people, but as time went on, things either got boring, rules changed, or something happened where they just didn't like the site anymore. I can understand that completely. But what I found out as time went on in Minecraft, that it turned for the better for myself. I was too impatient for what they had then to not realize that change can happen for the future, so I can enjoy the game again.
What's The Bottom Line, Grey?
The fact of the matter is: change has to come sooner or later. BUT, that does not mean that once it does change, it will stay that way forever. If you don't like what the outcome is, it's better to stay put and be patient for what there is to come.
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Why hasn't Paril made a special "PR" rank for you yet? :P
Great blog as always, I like your blogs.
Edit: This blog is nice too. :)