Read the Suggestions, A Suggestion for DEP Options

[Mistara]

This is a Suggestion to DEP to read the suggestions.



I think I have never actually seen something suggested actually instilled into the game - but I have seen LOTs of crap no one wanted installed. Like Squirrels, Bunnies and Cows - come on, no one wanted thoese.



People have been begging for bears, humans and bugs for at least 7 years - when will you give the paying customers what they want, rather then going by an Anthro Survey of popularity done more then a decade ago on a MUD that dosn't even exsist anymore.



Stay relevant, listen to the voice of the people - do some research on what is wanted, rather then what you want before you do it.

Oh and also stop telling people to report (blah) to (blah)@furcadia.com - no one is fooled by you saying if we report things to the e-mail that it will be resolved. We do realize that any e-mails sent to guardians@furcadia.com are basically put into the trash can upon arrival.

[Comhghall]

Seems like with your posts i have read that you are pretty much angry at DEP and the game. Minorties wanted squirls and bunnies and cows but its furcadia and someone that suggests humans albeit they are primates, its like suggesting they burn the server because the power went out. Its a extreame example yes. I prefer to keep furcadia to anthromorphic and not to reality. We are all human but hey... some of us(read a lot of us) want to pretend to be something else. Of course thats in RP. I still find the suggestion of humans rather bad to ask for. Thats just me. And since i went off topic that could be ignored and not read.

If you got 100s of emails a day would you be able to really go through every last one of them, research them and complete them in a day? If you say yes then you are not thinking of reality. Any email for support/information with furcadia has a lot of emails they have to weed thorugh, fix and then soemtimes even the best forgets to notify. Paitence really is what one needs.

[BuyShopSpend]

Aside from that, DEP does read the suggestions. Emmy responds to alot of the topics that are posted here. And humans is a BAD suggestion. If you put humans in here, it would ruin the game. Notice that the name is FURcadia. Key word FUR.

[Xxysthstris]

Who's forcing you to pay for Furcadia? Please show me.

And, would you like some dip for that chip on your shoulder?

[BuyShopSpend]

Also, I suggest that you read the suggestions Mistara. http://forums.furcadia.com/index.php?furca...showtopic=25178
And you say they never try to put in things people suggest.

[Vibe]

Aside from that, DEP does read the suggestions. Emmy responds to alot of the topics that are posted here. And humans is a BAD suggestion. If you put humans in here, it would ruin the game. Notice that the name is FURcadia. Key word FUR.

Ever taken a look at your body? Ever mammal on this planet has fur, some more than others, this includes humans. But its funny. You go FURcadia but I don't see you marching protest rallies to get Dragons, Gryffins, and Pheonixes out of Furcadia which are clearly none furred creatures. Humans have more hair then they do, since they have none (Scales, feathers, feathers) So I don't see how Humans (And similar creatures, ie elves, faeries, ect) would ruin the game since they seem to be in a massively abundant supply on Furcadia anyways. Talk about NOT letting your imagination soar.



DEP definately does listen, But as I have said to people before and the almighty Felorin himself has said they only have so much man power.

They also DONT have to put in every god for saken suggestion sent their way. Some are bad idea,s some are beyond their man power or current set up. If you haven't noticed they have spent now over a year on their latest patch. Maybe if Furcadia was a pay program they could hire the staff they need to pump out patch after patch after patch. But Felorin wants to keep Furcadia free so it runs completely on donations which means an itty bitty budgit as well as a very unstable one. Its hardly fair to ride DEP when they are doing their best to provide you with a FREE program.

[Tarket]

People have been begging for bears, humans and bugs for at least 7 years - when will you give the paying customers what they want, rather then going by an Anthro Survey of popularity done more then a decade ago on a MUD that dosn't even exsist anymore.

The game is free. There is no price for the client nor subscription payments required for access to the server. Digos are extras people can choose to purchase, and there is an open survey right now asking for suggestions/comments from the people who have chosen or who may choose to buy them, including ideas such as this.

Oh and also stop telling people to report (blah) to (blah)@furcadia.com - no one is fooled by you saying if we report things to the e-mail that it will be resolved. We do realize that any e-mails sent to guardians@furcadia.com are basically put into the trash can upon arrival.

What does this have to do with suggestions for the game?

Ever taken a look at your body? Ever mammal on this planet has fur, some more than others, this includes humans.

Technically, every mammal has hair. Fur is description of certain types of hair. Cetaceans are mammals and have hair, but not fur.

But its funny. You go FURcadia but I don't see you marching protest rallies to get Dragons, Gryffins, and Pheonixes out of Furcadia which are clearly none furred creatures. Humans have more hair then they do, since they have none (Scales, feathers, feathers)

When have you ever seen any kind of marching protest on Furcadia, let alone one about which avatars should be included in the game? One person, or even several, on a forum saying that they don't like the human avatar idea is not a protest rally, so why imply any kind of similarity? Besides, Dragons, Gryffins, and Phoenixes are not standard avatars, they are Digos. If a group of players really wants human avatars, or any other type, they always have the option of creating a patch that suits their wishes.

So I don't see how Humans (And similar creatures, ie elves, faeries, ect) would ruin the game since they seem to be in a massively abundant supply on Furcadia anyways. Talk about NOT letting your imagination soar.

To each their own. I don't think human avatars would ruin anything, but just as players who want them could create a patch, those who don't could have a "no human" dream/guild to suit their tastes.

[Xxysthstris]

Ever taken a look at your body? Ever mammal on this planet has fur, some more than others, this includes humans. But its funny. You go FURcadia but I don't see you marching protest rallies to get Dragons, Gryffins, and Pheonixes out of Furcadia which are clearly none furred creatures. Humans have more hair then they do, since they have none (Scales, feathers, feathers) So I don't see how Humans (And similar creatures, ie elves, faeries, ect) would ruin the game since they seem to be in a massively abundant supply on Furcadia anyways. Talk about NOT letting your imagination soar.

Pardon the off-topic post:

What needs to be understood is that the phrase, "Let your imagination soar!" applies to both Furcadia and its players in the matter of Furcadia creating what it defines as Furcadia-relative; and its players create what they consider as player-relative.
Without the separation between the two: were DEP to supply the majority of suggestions (graphical atleast), it woudl leave little room for its patrons to create things that may not necessaily apply to what DEP considers as Furcadia related. Humans being a prime example; not Furcadia related (for whatever reasons DEP offers), but still player related.

DEP doesn't state that its patrons are not permitted to create new avatars to overwrite the original. Were you to overwrite the default avatars with humans, Furcadia would be filled with human avatars thinking they were anthropomorphic entities (not including Dragons, Gryffes, Phoenixes. Unless thwey'd been overwritten too). And that's be pretty funny in my opinion. VGCats.com worthy as is. =)

There are humans readily available to be played out in private dreams in Furcadia. The Rowling Continuity being prime (and an astounding) example: furc://TheRowlingContinuity:StrictHarryPotterRoleplay/ -- The patch specifically made for TRC is not made publicly available (not including the Werewolf/Dracosaur avatars, which are Talzhemir creations(?).)

[Comhghall]

Xxysthstris there is let your imagination soar and then there's putting reality into myth. One lets you have fun, the other is no fun at all. Humans are not mythical imo, i would be correct I hope in saying that. And being that I said that, that is why I feel strongly humans should never be allowed on furc as a avatar. Its not mythical, its not special. I like my dream land, I rather not have it invaded by something like that. And as I pointed out in my last post, humans are primates yes but thats as far as it goes in my opinion. People want unusual and the lack of imagination on furc really saddens me. I can take the were creatures being human but straight out humans makes me wince. You can go to any online game and have humans but not every online game has anthromorphs on it. WHich is why I love furc and why i've been almost 8 years on it. I've seen it change but it still keeps me adicted.

[Xxysthstris]

I'm not supporting the introduction of human avatars (in fact I dread and loathe the day). I merely offered the informative option of visiting dreams that do offer its patrons the choice of playing humans rather than furres; or the option of overwriting the default avatar images so that an individual could personally see view all other avatars as being human (which wouldn't affect you, I, nor anyone else's appearence on our own screen). This while adding personal opinion to the phrase, "Let your imagination soar". =)

Don't fret. =)

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I personally don't like the idea of humans either .. but you can express that in a nicer way. So yeah...

[Yiddish]

1. The topic title "Read the Suggestions" is an appropriate topic title because she is suggesting that DEP read the suggestions, nothing more.

2. Okay, I'm on the fence for Mistara's ideas. Bunnies I think were fine, but the other species (squirrel and cow), I agree. I remember for the darnest time people asking for bear. Why do you keep putting it off?

But I never want to see a human in this game. Okay, some people bring up the counterpoint that it's called "FUR"cadia and humans have fur (by the way, I think you guys are really reaching. Human's don't have no damn fur. It's HAIR, and there IS a difference. Do you ever see someone *sane* say, "Oh, look at my new fur coat growing in!"? NO.), but come on. This is a FURRY game. How many of you go to furry conventions and see people dressed up there as humans? You don't. You know why? Because humans aren't furry. We're talking about lesser species here, ones most deem that don't have a complex conscience like we do. And I'm sorry, but humans don't belong in this game. Case closed.

I admit insects in the game would be a little...weird, keyword again that this is a FURRY game. (And since when are insects under the class mammalia? Oh sure, you fight that birds and reptiles [phoenixes, dragons, gryffes] aren't mammalian; do your research--they are more closely related to mammals than they are insects. They are in a whole 'nother subphylum!)

Sorry if my post seems a little unorganized and it just skips about everywhere. I just woke up.

[Shinichi Kudo]

1. The topic title "Read the Suggestions" is an appropriate topic title because she is suggesting that DEP read the suggestions, nothing more.

2. Okay, I'm on the fence for Mistara's ideas. Bunnies I think were fine, but the other species (squirrel and cow), I agree. I remember for the darnest time people asking for bear. Why do you keep putting it off?

But I never want to see a human in this game. Okay, some people bring up the counterpoint that it's called "FUR"cadia and humans have fur (by the way, I think you guys are really reaching. Human's don't have no damn fur. It's HAIR, and there IS a difference. Do you ever see someone *sane* say, "Oh, look at my new fur coat growing in!"? NO.), but come on. This is a FURRY game. How many of you go to furry conventions and see people dressed up there as humans? You don't. You know why? Because humans aren't furry. We're talking about lesser species here, ones most deem that don't have a complex conscience like we do. And I'm sorry, but humans don't belong in this game. Case closed.

I admit insects in the game would be a little...weird, keyword again that this is a FURRY game. (And since when are insects under the class mammalia? Oh sure, you fight that birds and reptiles [phoenixes, dragons, gryffes] aren't mammalian; do your research--they are more closely related to mammals than they are insects. They are in a whole 'nother subphylum!)

Sorry if my post seems a little unorganized and it just skips about everywhere. I just woke up.

Uh, you're actually right with the first one .-. ...

[Emerald Flame]

My recent comment about suggestions on another thread. Yes, suggestions are used at times, but Felorin likens it more to winning the lottery.

Suggestions are just that...suggestions. They are not proposals. We do not accept proposals. While we appreciate the enthusiasm in making a suggestion, we already have ten years worth of work on lists waiting to be implemented. The chances of a suggestion being considered to add the the game is pretty slim. You can't get "shot down" by DEP as we are not asking for proposals from you, nor considering your suggestion to be one. We do read the suggestions and they do influence decisions at times and Felorin always looks over DS suggestions before he decides which set of DS he's choosing to put in this time. Suggestions are used more by us to gage the current trends in what features community members want right now. It's extremely rare that there's a suggestion that's not already been thought of and discussed by staff in the past 10 years.

As for writing to the correct email address, we go through all emails. The Guardian box does not go through all in the order they are recieved though. The Guardian box is one of our busiest boxes and usually the most time consuming on a case by case basis. Ciro gives preference to cases of actual theft, such as Digo's being stolen and serious offences that need a furre removed right away, like sexual harassment. He also tends to not answer as quickly people who seem to repeatedly get themselves into one trouble after another, causing us huge amounts of staff time. Trust me, even lifetime wings don't pay for a very big percentage of one staff member's salary. If you are someone who attracts trouble by say, maybe, your poor attitude, you might find that we are less and less likely to jump to help you out when you get yourself in yet another jam. Learn to be nice to people and use the tools we gave you. If you don't, you will find yourself not welcome in our game.