Avatar update
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Maybe it is possible to introduce some sort of verification? At least for the crews. Crew logos and graphics were one of the things that made crew members distinct. Maybe you could somehow allow crew captains or owners to upload a new logo once in idk, a month? And check them before assigning to the crew. There are not as many crews and the time limit of a month per logo change should be fine and it would allow members to represent their crews and be proud of their team.
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Crewchat does not work anymore. Perfectly normal commen language is censored.
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what an useless update you guys made meanwhile changing nickname is not allowed , just put a price on it and let it become available i would change mine for 200bc no problem, if anyone gets offended for an image on the internet just cancel your internet and stop using it. Also change the ranking system for a proper one everyone on the top ranks only playing in leagues with bots lol make the game more competitive not in useless changes that dont matter.
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@frits-van-turenhout_nl said in Avatar update:
Crewchat does not work anymore. Perfectly normal commen language is censored.
Can confirm that, sadly. Can't write a single message without this fantastic and smart censorship covering random words...
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Good morning. @SpecialOne
I'm not someone who expresses myself a lot here on the Forum, but this time it reached the limit. I come to show my total displeasure with this latest update, which shows a disrespect for an entire community of OSM. You (Staff) trample on longtime Crews, prestigious national and international competitions, and so on...
This Avatar update means authentically removing the identity from a large section of the game.
And what frustrates me the most, is that no one is ever being consulted about these changes. There's never a poll to find out what the community wants. Because of a small minority, you harm a considerable lot of managers, many of them with years and years of dedication and investment in OSM.
I've been playing since 2010 and I have tolerated many game updates and competition prohibitions from you, the OSM Staff, over these past few years. Now, enough is enough. I'm sending a complaint email to Gamebasics.
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Manager chat is uselles. Blocking totally random and normal words. Crew profile cannot be update as "introduction is offensive".. damn, you guys really outdone yourself with this one. But hey, we have that special flag that we can put as an avatar. Hoorah! -_-
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- Useless manager chat
- Taking away a feature that makes crews and managers unique (probably because Gamebasics is too lazy dealing with the reports)
Score: 0/10, well done Gamebasics!
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May I send my picture to the support team to have it approved so that I can use it as an avatar? Seems like a good idea, but does support want to work?
ENC 2022 Champion with Russia team
WNC 2022 Champion with Russia team
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You know what the worst thing is: Gamebasics won't listen guys, we can argue what we want, come up with good arguments, but the reality is that we are the 1%, and they mostly care about the other 99%. It's a harsh reality.
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@alexandr-petrushak This will take too much time for them = they won't do it. Simple
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OSM makes a wrong move for game innovation and is a massive protest by players for the continuity of a good environment within communities. In my opinion it is not an evolutionary movement. Will lose customers and I will probably also think about whether to abandon the game. Gamebasics needs to respect the communities and especially the game groups that have been playing for many years.
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Regarding the topic of avatars, everything has been said here since the announcement, but regarding inappropriate content - I believe that this option should not have been introduced.
First - the program cannot determine 100% what is inappropriate and what is not. Also, that option should not have been introduced in the manager chat - we chat with other managers, it happens that we say an "inappropriate word", sometimes it is in the hall, sometimes not. This program function should have been introduced on the forum, it would have saved OSM Staff up to 50% of their time spent on the forum.
And now I'm going back to the avatar
The fact is that one crew, one manager lost his identity with the avatar. 30% of managers have my avatar. What is the purpose? Except to free up more memoryPS. I expect answers to the two questions I asked
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We are 1% because only 1% of players are using forums because they've killed the forum activity by forbidding almost everything here, threating with bans (and many times even locking accounts), locking topics very soon. Thats why many players don't care to open forums anymore.
My thoughts are that the real reason behind this changes I think its because their servers are being overloaded with pictures and they're making actions to 'save' them as much as they can, thats why they brought medals instead of manager points. There's nothing about 'inappropriate images'. I can't remember one time I saw any inappropriate image. And even if there were, wouldn't be a problem to detect and punish them.
Anyway we're just wasting our time here. We have to deal whatever they bring here or we just quit. There's not any other option. In those 4-5 years Ive been active, I remember only one good update and it was the Friendly Battle League, nothing else.
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I really don't like such updates...
It's like, due to a few idiot drivers, let's ban all cars from the road.
The world upside down in my opinion.
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@bembelmän Yup, my main guess as well. Sooner or later there will be option for that.
And that is okay for me.. but at least be open about it and dont hide behind the"safety" and "inappropriate content"... -_-
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@diogovarela7 said in Avatar update:
Good morning. @SpecialOne
I'm not someone who expresses myself a lot here on the Forum, but this time it reached the limit. I come to show my total displeasure with this latest update, which shows a disrespect for an entire community of OSM. You (Staff) trample on longtime Crews, prestigious national and international competitions, and so on...
This Avatar update means authentically removing the identity from a large section of the game.
And what frustrates me the most, is that no one is ever being consulted about these changes. There's never a poll to find out what the community wants. Because of a small minority, you harm a considerable lot of managers, many of them with years and years of dedication and investment in OSM.
I've been playing since 2010 and I have tolerated many game updates and competition prohibitions from you, the OSM Staff, over these past few years. Now, enough is enough. I'm sending a complaint email to Gamebasics.
Excellent post. I’ve been playing since around 2012 for 10 years too. Completely agree with all this.
Also these silly promotions, pay £5+ for more chance sales and speedy scout, while people in the same leagues don’t get this unless they pay makes it completely unfair and can be thrown in, in middle of competitions and can’t do anything about it. Please can we have the choice and have an option to turn these off with moderator options when creating leagues.
Every single update is to create more money and it makes the game worse or less fair play. Just pure greed at this point to a game that already make lots of money without destroying fair play in competitions and private leagues.
Avatars will soon be made available to buy 100% that will be the next move.
Friendly battles was a good update, but the only one in years I can remember. Even though it is good the main reason for doing this is to make GB/miniclip lots of money/BC spend. I don’t think this wouldn’t have been done otherwise.
I’m playing this game less and less over the years because of poor updates to the game. I’m not even playing in one league at the minute.
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Gamebasics is removing players' own identities as well as battlegroups with this new update. They are thinking about the economic part and not about the harmony of communities. It's the worst game update ever. I'm sorry, but I disagree with such a measure of the game, so I will stop playing after the active leagues are completed.
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I agree wholeheartedly with both posts. @diogovarela7 @jeffro-davies
I would like to draw attention to another point here. most countries do not live under the same economic conditions. In the netherlands, the united kingdom or arab countries, these coins may not mean anything, but for example in my country (Turkiye), such extra money-demanding developments are quite hurtful. This eliminates the fair competition environment. Many incredible managers I know stop playing in the face of these increasingly bizarre developments. If you don't fight with good players, the struggle is meaningless.
There are many ways to prevent something, you as software developers are much more competent than us in this regard, I think it is a great disrespect to destroy the avatars or team logos that people have carefully prepared. as in the past, you could send a poll for some updates and check the pulse. however, the motto "we want it to be like this, it will be like this" is quite wrong and really contrary to the contemporary world order. Before forcing people to make some improvements, you should either consider what it will cause you to lose, or look at what effect this has on the mechanics of the game.
With the last update, the scout system is also down. it never returns with the player in the desired criteria. why push the boundaries even more when people are already hanging on to this game by a thread? There is only one thing everyone wants, fair and enjoyable play.
I hope that your sense of justice and enjoyment will not be lost.
