The ACTUAL Problem with MFGG

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you guys made a post about that shortly after i suggested it but alright, sorry for assuming that people actually listen to the s*** i say

It happened a long time ago so if you made that suggestion, I probably just forgot.

I'm taking about it being irrelevant to the public, not to this community. i mean the whole public freakout about that didn't last very long and a lot of people left mfgg during that period. if that informative post was made back then and not when the freakout was over then some people wouldn't leave, that's what i was trying to say

Oh okay, makes sense. Who left over that exactly?

We still get questions about it from new members so it's not like it's wasted. Unfortunately we are not time travelers and can't do anything about the situation before that thread was made so I don't feel like it's worth it to keep holding onto what could have or should have been done then. Focus on the present and future.

I worry that some members hold onto every mistake made by staff just to keep discourse going instead of pushing for changes. What changes are you looking for now exactly? What can we do differently now?



Anyways, those things I mentioned in side notes were just examples of factors that are not in our control, whether or not you agree with them. It isnt about making excuses, the point is that pointing the fingers at staff for everything wrong with MFGG isn't accurate or productive. Some changes have to start with the members themselves, so maybe it's time to do something besides point fingers if you want to see things change.

Many changes can be made by the community itself in how they contribute or post, especially considering the concerns listed here in this thread. MFGG staff can't force people to be interested in making "good" fangames and sprites. MFGG staff can not cater content to every person's standards for quality either and if they did, well there goes any interested beginners.

However, threads teaching game development concepts or how to shade without pillow shading can probably do a lot more to help people to make better quality games and sprites. This is something I hope members will help us do.

Unless something requires new features or a policy change, I honestly don't think we should be putting it all on staff to fix the community. There's only so much new features and policy changes can do in the first place imo.