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I'm going to keep bashing my head against this wall because I'm bored rn. I don't think anyone is particularly shocked by the statement: The official discord absolutely sucks. The organization looks like someone who just made a brand new discord and left it for years, there is no personality/fun/roles/emojis/etc other than a bare minimum, the mods have been questionably chosen and even more questionably held accountable for bad calls, in general it sucks. I think this next statement is also not controversial: The forums are dead. Gone are the days of 2015 when people will come post 50 threads a day, argue out to 50 pages of comments, and generally make the community feel alive. If I were a new player, the first place I look to see how a nationsim is doing is its discord and its forums. Based on those two pieces, I'd probably not make a nation in PnW right now. Which I think is sad because I do actually enjoy this game and the community - but we're rapidly devolving into CN with little-to-no administration. The future of games like these is on platforms like discord, as well as in the game itself with stuff like bulletins. I still think we should keep the forums around, but they will continue to be a dry place bereft of solid content just due to the nature of platforms like discord. People want to jump into the drama rather than wait six days for a reply, it's why we play a political simulator. Right now, the community is heavily decentralized - news servers are the closest thing we have to a gathering place for all players. New players, however, are completely left behind by this. How would you ever know that RON is the spot where chatter happens? You wouldn't without significant effort. So there's my reasoning, here's my suggestion: Completely revamp the Official Discord for Politics and War: Go nuts 'hiring' on new volunteer discord mods and ensure they're reputable within the community rather than one-offs or controversial figures. Make sure they're active. Have a senior mod team that is more flexible on activity but harsher on qualifications that review decisions. Make it fun and inviting and most importantly - make it a space where both current and new players want to be. Add a section for alliance leaders (which now get a role) to post announcements for their AA. Add a section for In-Character debate Add a section for OOC debate Basically have sections for every major piece of the forums including game discussion, new player help and introductions, and even mod issues like ban appeals or warn appeals. Utilize your community which has been B E G G I N G you to use them. Have some people do "radio" shows in the voice channels, have voice channels available for people who want to vibe with a music bot, or play other video games together with randos from the community. PnW's main appeal is the socialness of the playerbase - LEAN INTO THAT. Host discord events like credit giveaways or the official awards show (which we did this year, good job) Pls. We can have a cool central location like the forums used to be again, or we can keep using third party discord servers and disconnecting new players from the existing community.

one answer to all your questions: ARRGH! It has been brought to our attention that a part of the biggest accumulation of washed up garbage (odd bunch garbage patch) has grown to a size where some claim it stands taller than some Arrgh! ships, while the claims are as much of a joke as the experts making them, Arrgh! recognizes the undeniable importance of clean oceans for a smooth operation of the noble business of piracy and gears up for a clean up work. tl;dr Arrgh recognizes hostilities with TFP and anyone else wishing to join in.

Thank you for your work in keeping our oceans clean. Orbis recognises your hardwork and dedication in keeping our environment healthy.

So you'd hit us if we decided to hit TFP? 🤔 Interesting tactic.

An island of garbage in the ocean? No one told me we were fighting the Br*tish 🤮

Arrgh!

Give the dev team a few more months