We need to stop this or everything will go wrong.

Okay. Let's start off with accepting the fact that Chucklefish made a few mistakes. They might have broken a few promises, or did something wrong elsewhere. Now, we have to remember that chucklefish is an INDIE game studio, and that this is their first game. They are not Activition, nor are they Bungie, or any other major gaming studio supported by big enterprises and companies. They are inexperienced and new, so of course they will make mistakes.

Next, i realized many in the community have been saying that starbound will be the next 'towns' and that it will go the same way. Down. We, the community, need to realize that we are the ones that are causing this. Our actions are affecting the developing team. Check it out on twitter. They're getting depressed and discouraged. If this continues, not only will they give up entirely, they will lose confidence in themselves. IN the end, it will all be on us.

Chucklefish already realized that they make a mistakes, and they are working HARD to make up for it. Everyone makes mistakes, and the best of us learn from our falls . As a community, we should find it in ourselves to forgive them, and support them with all we can offer. But this is not what we are doing. We are only adding oil to fire. Therefore, i sincerely hope that us, the community, will start encouraging the developing team and support them all the way.

Unlike what most people believe, great games are not fueled my money. They are fueled by a great community. We should aim to become like that. A community that is understanding, fun and supportive. And ultimately, the community that makes the game amazing. Chucklefish will definitely be grateful if we understand their problems and help them with it.

So please, no more hating. Just keep supporting. Fight on, Chucklefish.

 

I'm pretty sure that there will be an improvement of the community climate when when we start seeing some tangilbe results of the team "working HARD to make up for it.". The seeming lack of progress have left people worried and skeptical about the future of the project, as soon as the updates start arriving things will probably calm down.

 

First time popping up in this forum in months and it is still amusingly boring, plagued with irritated customers clashing with faithful supporters, as usual.

 

Absolutely all hate pushed on this game should be redirected at EA.

SimCity 2013 - Never Forget, Never Forgive

 

Not to be that guy, but trying to convice people to stop hating is not going to work. BUT HEY! It's worth a shot.

Also, supportive and pushy are two different things

 

I feel sorry for this but.. the first thing that comes to my mind is "give me a break". If i have seen anything wrong with this community so far is that this keeps going on over and over. All these moral crusades are getting bad. You could just ignore all the hate, simply state what you think about the game, then leave it at that. So when the devs do see anything, it is criticism or praise instead of wars being waged over their forums.
If i was a dev, i would be okay with people hating how i run things and such, it inevitably happens. You cannot please everyone. But when the community as a whole is tearing itself to shreds, that would be enough to put me in a foul mood.

 

Drama. Here's how it really goes.

$4 million+ in sales.
A very small minority yelling very loudly and venomously.
A vast majority quietly and happily playing, or waiting patiently and contently for full release.

Chucklefish employees are professional adults. If they take anything that 1% spews personally, they deserve the blues it brings. Any position that comes in direct contact with customers is aware of, no.. EXPECTS, that the hateful few are the absolute LOUDEST. They are to be gingerly dealt with, depending on company policy, and then ranted about for a few minutes, and summarily forgotten until the next episode.

 

Please that's beta and this is the internet. People complain everywhere and about everything.
It's very hard to please the majority of the players, so while some are complaining others are just, as said above, quiet and happy.

 

As much as I wish it, I honestly doubt these pleas will change anything by the end of the day. Knowing what to do is EASY, but DOING IT ins't quite so. People will complain because they simply can't keep their mouth shut with how much displeased they are (because apparently they think they're the only ones displeased in all this...) and then others will join the conversation because they hate seeing whiners but end up becoming whiners themselves - which is where I'm included too, I admit.

You can't change others to please yourself but you can, however, change how you deal with them. With this in mind, I think its for the best if I just start avoiding the forums too, or perhaps just keep my posts to a minimum. I'm just here to pass time anyway, the only thing I care about in these forums is to see whether or not there's an update. If everytime I come here is to start making stupid arguments and getting myself annoyed at others, I'd rather not waste my time here at all. I've already got enough problems in my life to deal with, no need to add the internet to that noise too if I can help it.

And if you people are smart, you will see it too.
Cheers

 

Whenever I say "Take a chill pill" to someone, they always immediately drop what they're doing, hug me, and say, "YOU'RE SO RIGHT!"

 

There is also the group of people who quietly abandoned Starbound. Saying that the "silent part" plays happily is euphemistic. Some servers have closed or lost the majority of their players. Normally, I'm not posting much in these threads, only posting some videos or Screenshots in Fan Art. But that's my personal experience I made outside the forums. There's a bunch of people talking that there is a small minority yelling, because only negative opinions are expressed. That's not right. There is also a bunch of people who don't care anymore and moved on.

 

A bit,well,strange that you would consider saying to an angry person to calm down and that they would,but what the hey,it might just work.

Its all just temporary,but I and many more will remain skeptical till their hard work is actualy shown,tis all.

And Tiy,I hope that tweet wasnt for me!

 

Not a big fan of the fact that there are like 30 threads like this already, both going "I WANT MORE UPDATES PLOX" or "CHUCKLEFISH ARE WURKING LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!'

 

Also, if mods/devs let all these threads be created they don't care about the forum, but if they merge or delete some of them they are censoring the people's voice
people will always complain ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

completely agree. it doesn't help from either direction :S

 

@Ghostar stop this

 

Not really, the thing about that is if they straight up delete the posts, then yes they would be censoring, but just locking them on an account of there already being a dozen of these wouldn't really. I certainly hope that they don't just let these threads be constantly created though. :/

 

I don't understand why everyone's fighting. Chucklefish isn't perfect, they've made mistakes, and they've got to own up to them. You can't defend Chucklefish all the time. Constructive criticism is good and helps them to rectify their weak points. Some of it might be on the hostile side, but the message they convey hold legitimacy.

At the same time, with all the scathing criticism they get, it's no wonder that their spirits are a bit low. You can say "well, if they couldn't handle it, why did they go into game dev business in the first place?", and you'd be kind of right, but it doesn't excuse the really harsh words they get. You wouldn't say it to their faces (at least, I hope you wouldn't), so don't say it online. Also, you won't die waiting for Starbound, even if it takes them 2 years from now (which would still be quite ridiculous), there are other things to help tide you over until that time.

TL;DR:

 

People really exaggerate how bad this community is. From what I've seen, 99% of the regulars on here are very reasonable, and any criticism they level at CF has been pretty damn polite. There always seems to be a couple guys/gals that are unhealthily invested in the game and create embarrassingly obvious bait threads, but they come and go (or get banned). I think chucklefish needs to realize that a lot of the forum users are simply bored, and those types of "drama" threads attract attention because there hasn't really been anything else to talk about. They shouldn't take it personally, and maybe take a break from reading the subreddit and forums for awhile until they release an update because bored/boring people will gossip, that's just human nature.

My suggestion would be to merge some of the suggestion forums with the general discussion, or simply allow more discussion of game mechanics and whatnot in general discussion. It could help funnel attention away from bait/drama/whatever-you-want-to-call-them threads, and stimulate more constructive discussion. IDK how best to do that, just a thought.