Hey everybody, I've just gotten off my exams and am now back on track with MCGamer work. Upon the recent map update I've noticed something that has got me thinking.
Let's go back 3 years. MCSG. MCSG was founded in April '12. 3 short days after it's opening I joined this community. This was back when we had less than 10 servers, all on US. When games lasted 1 hour. When dead tributes stayed and watched the entire game to find out who won. When people were supportive of one another and instead of "wow you got rekt, haha gg eZ kid" was "that was a good fight, keep it up!". Point is: times have really changed. I can't remember the last time someone said thank you to me for doing my work as a Sr. Staff member. I remember when community members actually looked up to staff members and didn't give them a hassle.
I remember having to play SG 1 over and over again because it was a great map and it was the only map. When Breeze Island came out I remember everyone going insane! Everyone loved it, as did I! I remember when people were thanked for their efforts, long hours, arguments and stress when it was finally paid off. I remember when a dev would join a server and everyone would thank them for creating such an amazing game. Now it's just people complaining and complaining, and complaining.
With Kithex releasing it's first map, a lot of people were excited, a lot of people were not, and in my personal opinion, a lot of people were jealous... Jealous of what? The map being added of course. I never imagined the map getting added. All Kithex was doing was making it look better. Yet here we have people who are giving non-constructive criticism without even playing the map yet! People have become so nitpicky. "oh you used this block too much, I'm never going to play this map". Really? I haven't seen one post saying "Thank you for putting the time and effort into making this map for us to play on", frankly I haven't seen that for about 2 years.
The community is reflecting on our generation. We don't enjoy the little things anymore. We complain but we never appreciate. So here is my challenge for you, for every complaint you make that is not helpful whatsoever (e.g: fix your servers), come up with one thing to thank the staff, developers and Chad himself.
Because really guys, what have we come to? How can we fix this toxic environment we have around us? How can we educate one another to be nice and caring for our fellow community members. Because for crying out loud, this is a video game about BLOCKS. I don't get paid for making maps, I don't get paid for doing the MCGamer Awards, I don't get paid for listening to community members abuse myself and my fellow staff, I don't get paid to uphold your ban disputes, or look at your mod apps. This is all out of the goodness of my heart. The least people can do is stop and say thank you to the people who are helping them. Because that's all we get, the best thing you can give myself, the staff and even other community members (specifically Map Makers), is a simple Thank You.
