That's a relief, but I wish the original post had that stated already.
I think the "role-play" aspect of updates of the website really make the details of said updates hard to understand, if the original post had simply stated something akin to "The Bimbo Police will be renamed Fashion Police" we wouldn't have to enquire about it, and you also wouldn't have to go ask through email for the details.
Communication on this website between the players and the staff is really janky in my opinion and really doesn't help ease the tensions we can observe in this thread.
I guess it isn't my place to give any preaching on this, but Mariolk did say, if I understood correctly, that discussion was welcome as long as it was done politely and respectifully, so I'll express a concern of mine that relates to this detail of the post: I believe that, was the roleplay toned down in announcements, the response would already be much smoother in tone. It's hard as a simple player to react calmly when all the enquiries on issues we have with the website are answered to in a weird jokey manner, and any actual changes of the website are expressed so vaguely that we can't understand what they mean and need staff to precise the next day what was intended. When presented with a very ridiculously toned original post, the response will probebly be similar in seriousness. Maybe if the roleplay is a core element that Chris deems necessary it would be beneficial that the other admins proofread his posts before they are put to the public, as any other PR is done: one person can hardly see where their intentions are not conveyed properly through text, taking a little time before a post to insure it's clear would definitly save some time cleaning up the messy reaction to it's ambiguity.
Then again it seems the problem here was mostly not on the post itself, but since this update mainly only seems to highlight this novelty to the game (the change of title name), I think this part at least should have been clearer.
I think the "role-play" aspect of updates of the website really make the details of said updates hard to understand, if the original post had simply stated something akin to "The Bimbo Police will be renamed Fashion Police" we wouldn't have to enquire about it, and you also wouldn't have to go ask through email for the details.
Communication on this website between the players and the staff is really janky in my opinion and really doesn't help ease the tensions we can observe in this thread.
I guess it isn't my place to give any preaching on this, but Mariolk did say, if I understood correctly, that discussion was welcome as long as it was done politely and respectifully, so I'll express a concern of mine that relates to this detail of the post: I believe that, was the roleplay toned down in announcements, the response would already be much smoother in tone. It's hard as a simple player to react calmly when all the enquiries on issues we have with the website are answered to in a weird jokey manner, and any actual changes of the website are expressed so vaguely that we can't understand what they mean and need staff to precise the next day what was intended. When presented with a very ridiculously toned original post, the response will probebly be similar in seriousness. Maybe if the roleplay is a core element that Chris deems necessary it would be beneficial that the other admins proofread his posts before they are put to the public, as any other PR is done: one person can hardly see where their intentions are not conveyed properly through text, taking a little time before a post to insure it's clear would definitly save some time cleaning up the messy reaction to it's ambiguity.
Then again it seems the problem here was mostly not on the post itself, but since this update mainly only seems to highlight this novelty to the game (the change of title name), I think this part at least should have been clearer.
