Now that I have time, I will post my thoughts. (Posted like 2 of them in 1 minute) For you
TheUnchainedArtist and
Hystericallify:
Forums:
My main reason for leaving the forums (partially) was the amount of threads staff were deleting that were all trying to portray how MCSG was making the wrong move (according to many players and some staff members) by kicking out Team Vareide. Chad is an adult, and the arguments he had with Vareide were very childish. All I was trying to say in those threads was that without Team Vareide, MCSG wouldn't be the same. The maps would be of lower quality, and more people would be playing on "Vareide's" server since he has a huge youtube channel that could possible attract thousands. Chad has a 4,000 sub base, but he hasn't been active on his account for nearly a year.
Another reason was that after deleting one of my threads, a staff member sent me a message that my account is now "limited" with another message from a senior moderator that was very immature and had no point in it at all. This just shows that some staff are immature.
Finally, all my friends started leaving to the H___. It was like a mass exodus. I was one of the first to transition, but soon after many people followed. Only a few dedicated people stayed, and the forums were attacked by Benja and Hacksource fans. What I was angered by in that attack was that ceratin staff members decided to immaturely send a message on how my account would be "limited", but for the raging fans, they would just calmly lock a thread, and even not delete it.
Servers:
Well, half of my leaving on the servers was not MCSG's fault. I still occasionally roam on and off, but never play a game. As said previously, the raging fans played a small role in this. Each single game I would play in the last 2-3 months, I would see "IN BENJA WE TRUST! IN BACCA WE MUST! WE SHALL P***** THRUST!" I have reported dozens of these messages, but they only seem to be banned for a day after doing this each single game they play.
Recently, when Benja was banned, the fans got even more immature. I am not hating on Benja or Jerome, it's just that they have the most loyal BUT the most immature fanbase someone could possible have. This may be due to Benja's occasional innapopriate twitter post involving sexual content, or some other strange reason.
Now, to the other reasons! Hackers were literally everywhere. I realize that each single minecraft PvP community will have hackers, but what MCSG is doing wrong here is taking about 3 months to hire 6 moderators, and those moderators are barley ever in game. They work hard and ban some hackers, but most of the time it is just thanks to a TS poke. The problem with this "Poke me and I will look at it" motto is that MCSG's community is made up of 20% people ages 11-12. Parents DO NOT allow kids to be interacting with people they don't know, especially over the internet! Players ages 11-12 also PLAY the most due to not having much homework and lots of free time that they obviously can't find better things to do with. I mean, if you use MCSG to relax, then go ahead! But playing 3 hours a day is just stupid.
Finally, the TS community is messed up as well. The only way to get someone banned if they are mean to you is record them say it, but how would you do that? It's not like you will instantly press a button right as they are saying it to you and it will automatically turn on and record them. Again, I realize that every TS community will have some overly no-life competitive players, but MCSG has them all. It seems that all day they just sit there and whenever a new guy comes in they start telling him that he has no-life. (Heh, very funy)
Conclusion:
As someone previously said, communites do not just fall apart. There is always a reason. For those people saying: "All the good people are leaving! The community is falling apart!" I hope you realize that no one really gives a **** about the old people. The only thing staff and other high members care about is that the community will grow, not just for 2 old-time players to stay.
I beleive MCSG did the wrong thing, but they still have potential in getting back at least half the players that left.
~Danielbess