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Would you look at that? I was actually right about the Banquet Realm Champion and it has now been announced as Valkyrie. Let's keep it short and update the picture.

Great to hear your sincere apology :)

Much respect, Dave.

Hey all, just want to clear a few things up before we close out this thread.

First and foremost, I owe the community at large an apology for how I responded earlier in the thread.
In response to an accusation of engagement farming, I laid out the (poorly worded ) reasoning for exactly why we re-stream our content, which was to enable as many Summoners as possible to participate regardless of timezone. To be clear, this had nothing to do with our ban. And because I had eyes on what our actual issue was with Twitch being music copyright, I failed to realize others did not have that same context and only had speculation to go off of at the time.

Additionally, I think after Summoners Fest, I was caught off guard in reading some of the feedback and my response lacked measure in a deliberate choice to deliver it bluntly and sarcastic. That's not okay. And for that, I apologize. Not my best day, and not my best work.

As you probably know by now, the truth was never blaming the Community for our ban. But my actions lent fuel to that speculative fire, and I take full responsibility for that.

I'll do better moving forward.

See you all around the Battlerealm.

It was Crashed who introduced me to @Volatility on Sunday. I’m pretty sure Crashed was high on a lot of people’s list of devs to corner discuss the game with over the weekend. Volatility, by the way, very nice person to chat with. I’m not sure how eloquent I was by then, in retrospect I would love to sit down and chat with her for an hour without all the background noise and my brain functioning properly.

In person, people seemed to be a lot more civil in their discourse. Whether that’s because people are naturally more civil in person or because the trolls couldn’t afford bus fare to get to Vancouver, who can say.

In all of my conversations with devs, it was clear they are keenly aware of the same problems the playerbase cares about. The thing that is difficult to fully convey at times, and this is something I myself discussed with a few people, is that the full context of these problems is often large, complex, and not always fully disclosable. Bugs are bugs, and server crashes are server crashes, but many of the things the devs do that seem to have serious issues or side effects are happening to solve other problems. You can’t say “we do this because the alternative would be a lot worse” because that’s an unsatisfying and sometimes inciteful answer, but it is often the truth. It is much easier to assume the devs just don’t get it, but I think that’s much more difficult when you actually have a chance to speak to them face to face and you see they understand and empathize with the same issues you do, understand the fine points and pain points of those issues, and talk about how they are trying to address those things internally.

Every solution contains its own problems. There needs to be a balance between pointing out those problems - because they will always be there and it is important to let the devs know which ones are the priority pain points - and understanding that many problems come from things that can’t just be reversed, they have to evolve into things that avoid those problems. Which will, of course, create new problems. That is the cycle of games like this.

That balance is to be frank rarely seen here. But it was on full display at the Fest, as far as I could see. Having that balance be something that thousands can be a part of, rather than just hundreds, has always been a fanciful dream of mine.

How so? We decided this would be the best way to allow the most folks to finish up their drops watch time, plus benefit MCOC content creators and perhaps introduce folks to some new ones. We feel its a bit of a win all round given the circumstances, but we might have missed something and if so Id love to hear it!

Hey @Freskin, I can understand why you’d be frustrated enough to delete the game after that trip. It’s hard to stay invested when you feel ignored. Still, I’d say don’t let this experience erase years of good memories, especially the ones with your son. The game clearly meant something real to both of you. Maybe take a breather, but don’t close the door completely.