I have been doing a lot of reflecting lately. Over the last few months we have seen a steady decline in membership. We have basically non-existent donations and many of the hardcore players we had are now gone. There are many factors that could cause this. There is possibly a fix for it as well but in all honesty, I do not have the time, motivation or money to get it all sorted. This last time of having to put $50 of my own money into the account to pay for the server that I dont even have the time to play on was just too much. I cant keep paying for something that I do not even get any benefit from anymore.
I have had an offer for partnership with someone but the demands were just too high. After also discussing this with numerous people, both within and those who have left, I have seen no confidence that good would come from it either. So I am left with a choice. I could continue to try and find a new owner to replace me and they could fund the community out of their own pocket while they try and fix the issues that lead to this situation or we can the horse down.
I have not made a final decision but I will say that I will be speaking to the owner of another community about potentially absorbing our community into theirs and then stepping away. This would give them all of our resources like the forums to do what they will with. I dont know what that would mean for the admin team or what. I need to discuss this with Jian but one thing is for sure, I am stepping away before the end of the month.
I wish I could say that everything is going to be alright but really, its not. things are going to drastically change sooner, rather than later.
I have had an offer for partnership with someone but the demands were just too high. After also discussing this with numerous people, both within and those who have left, I have seen no confidence that good would come from it either. So I am left with a choice. I could continue to try and find a new owner to replace me and they could fund the community out of their own pocket while they try and fix the issues that lead to this situation or we can the horse down.
I have not made a final decision but I will say that I will be speaking to the owner of another community about potentially absorbing our community into theirs and then stepping away. This would give them all of our resources like the forums to do what they will with. I dont know what that would mean for the admin team or what. I need to discuss this with Jian but one thing is for sure, I am stepping away before the end of the month.
I wish I could say that everything is going to be alright but really, its not. things are going to drastically change sooner, rather than later.