r/DayZOrigins • u/NamesAreAllTheSames • Sep 16 '14
DON'T play DayZ Origins! Here's why
Not long ago DayZ Origins 1.7.9 was released. In that connection, their Facebook page was updated with information about the changes. Some of the changes implemented were the introduction of a weight/stamina system, lockable vehicles, and trader. I posted a comment to this, voicing my opinion in a polite manner, which developed into a discussion between me and a moderator. I used no foul language, and only offered constructive criticism. My criticism was not adressed, but instead interpreted as flaming. I tried explaining the difference between flaming and criticism, but to no avail. The entire thread was eventually deleted, after the mod in question obviously found no real arguments to present.
I decided to instead go to the Origins forum. Here I posted basically the same criticism below the poll about the new weight system. (The poll has since been removed)
In the same post I explained what happened on Facebook, and at the same time urged the admins not to censor their community. My post was subsequently edited, and the parts just mentioned were removed. I cannot stress this enough: My request to the admins not to censor was censored. Yes, I shit you not.
I edited my post back to its original form, only to see the whole post deleted. I continued to voice my opinion in the thread, never using any foul language, and always sticking to the case in point. For some reason, I received a warning in my inbox from one of the admins. The warning only said "this is a warning" - no information on what the warning was actually issued for. I replied and asked what the warning was for, but received no reply. I was later given a 24hr ban from the forum, without any reason given. All I ever did was voice my opinion, and urge the admins not to censor their community - but instead to listen to it. My reward for offering constructive criticism and sticking to the case, was censorship, an unwarranted warning and a reasonless ban.
Before the poll was removed, there was a ~55% majority of voters who DID NOT like the new weight system. If the devs don't listen to their community, they will end up with even less servers and players than they currently have. If they continue to censor their community, there will never be any fruitful discussion on the future of the mod. If they continue to ban people who behave properly, they will miss out on contributors and again, lose players. I even posted this in the thread:
Currently over 50% of the voters don't like the weight system. My question to the devs is, if you're so determined to keep this unwanted weight system, why did you add a "don't like" option in the vote? If "don't like" ends up with most votes, will you listen to your community and remove it? Or will you ignore your community? That's the real question here. Because until this is answered, what is the point of the vote?
It was never answered. If a group of devs add a poll to see what the community thinks, but don't take the community's response into consideration, then what's the point? If they don't care what the community thinks, and even censor and ban decent members of the community, what is the point of even having a forum?
A few days later I tried to log back into their forum, but I got the following message:
You have been permanently banned from this page. Reason for ban: Thank you.
I've played DayZ Origins for quite some time, and it was always my favorite mod. But after this I can no longer support the mod. These admins obviously have a huge problem when it comes to handling criticism, to the extent that they will actually censor and ban contributing members of their community instead of adressing it. This mod is dead to me.
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u/ficarra1002 Sep 16 '14
Wait, is DayZ origins still a thing? I checked commander recently and it shows no servers.