Fer.al Discord Server Stories

Anonymous: Stage 1: -WildWorks CEO Clark Stacey announces that a new, NFT-based, block-chain game will be in the works, and has been for a bit. -Everyone, knowing the NFTs are cryptocurrency and highly immoral (dangerous to the environment and highly dangerous security wise), disagreed. -The discord has been up in flames for about a week in protest Stage 2: The Announcement -Pending lack of formal communication in about 5 days, we finally received an announcement by wwadmin tonight to remain "kind" and "civil" and to not be "toxic" -Everyone promptly responded thusly: -Everyone was trying to get answers from wwadmin about various things (Racism, pile problems, cultural insensitivity, lack of communication, etc) -WWAdmin pointedly dodged these questions to respond to "haha funny" questions -Everyone began to grow angrier -WWAdmin increased the timer on #feral to 5 mintes. -More pointed questions, still no answers. -Reveals that there has been banning of people asking these pointed questions. -Riots. -30 Minute Slow mode timer ON ALL CHANNELS -Riots Stage 3: Misc Things** -Cinder is reportedly using the same "sources" as fer.al, as according to WWAdmin, everyone noticed the similarities, this was never re-answered -WWAdmin compared the intense usage of energy from NFTs to "using discord" and "swiping a credit/debit card" or "driving a car". This was then changed. Many people found out they are an AVID NFT owner/supporter. 

Mr. Drew ( aka Seraph ) : (clears throat) @WildWorks @wwadmin @fero @fer.ocious hey guys. you can delete this all you want, but there is one thing you cannot change; i am resigning from moderation and leaving the server and this community all together. this is my public resignation - and it needs to be public so everyone understands how much shit ive put up with in the face of WW's pure corporate greed. Feral was an amazing game, it had so much potential. it was fun, creative, unique, and for a while it seemed that you guys really cared about it. it built a huge loving community so quickly, full of talented, creative, funny and genuinely wonderful individuals who have devoted hours and hours and hours of time into this game. making websites, forums, artwork, fanfiction, looks, guides, moderating, staying here every day, bonding with others, speculating on new features, etc. you dont get a community like this every day. most games never achieve a community this vibrant and fun. most games get nothing of the sort. you built a great platform to jump off of, and the community cultivated some of the most amazing people i have ever met. ive worked alongside the mod team for over a year and they are such selfless, caring people who have done everything ive asked and been there for me for everything. ive looked after countless regulars and users that i remember all individually, who all have their own unique spark and have made an impact on my life. Feral's community was so special and unique. and youve ruined it. [...]

you ruined it for what? you ruined it for investors. you ruined it for people who are obsessed with money. NFTs dont create communities. they dont bring people together. its a stock market. its about playing with dice and making a return. thats not a community, thats not a grounds for friendly, loving communication. thats playing a bidding war against fellow like-minded people. you ruined it for a technology you never had to pursue - there is nothing special or innovative about the blockchain. you ruined Feral's community for money. and yeah, thats what businesses do. but soon enough, just like everything else, the NFT bubble will pop and you will be left with people who care nothing about you, your work, your missions, the other people around them. the second Cinder is no longer a ledge in their stock portfolio, they will care NOTHING about you. even all of this outrage, this backlash, the vitriol and the anger - its all because people LOVED you. they LOVED your games. they LOVED this community. this is betrayal, this is hurt, these are thousands of people who you have personally scorned in the pursuit of a flawed technology. a technology that harms our earth during a time when the climate change crisis is one of the biggest topics right now. you never had to do that - you wanted to. we have to use credit cards, we have to use cars. you DONT have to use the blockchain. noone is forcing you to, its a conscious choice that YOU guys made out of whatever fixation it is you have with it.

you stomped on my moderation team, you walked all over me. ever since we lost Kit, you have left me in the dirt, you have left me to fend on my own. you scorned the WW employees who still looked after us. you announced Cinder before telling me, you sent everyone my way without telling me, you apologize but you didnt even tell your own employees. you made me suicidal. you made me feel trapped, you genuinely made me feel despairing and hopeless that the cause i have devoted over a year of my life to has gone up in flames all for corporate greed. you've destroyed everything i worked for, you've hurt all of my moderators and my users. you've hurt your own staff. YOU did this. the community is not to blame. this is your fault, and you should have known it would be this way, and you should know better. you guys are not stupid. youve been in this industry for long enough. and yet you made one of the stupidest decisions imaginable.

there is nothing left in this server. you've destroyed Fer.al, youve betrayed its entire community, you've left my server in ruins. there is no reason for me to stay. i promised i would for all of the people i had to take care of, but when all of them are leaving, what's the damn point? in the span of a single week you have crushed every single thing i loved and cared about in this community, youve disgraced all of it and you dont even have the decency to listen to me. i hope this was worth it. i hope you guys get what you want. i hope losing the most wonderful community of people ive ever seen for goddamn NFT investment-obsessed cryptrobros was worth it. when it falls through, this community is not going to be there for you anymore. thank you for everything you've done for me, but this is it, and i'll see everyone else on the flipside. to my users; thank you for everything, thank you for being the light of my life and the most cheerful, creative, friendly people ive ever known. even the troublemakers, thank you for teaching me lessons in humility and emotional regulation, in keeping people safe, in being a better person. im sorry that this has happened, and i hope you all find something to fill the unique space Fer.al had in our hearts soon. and to Kit, i'm sorry that things ended up this way. i love you so dearly with every inch of my heart and soul, and i can only hope WW as company gets a grip sooner than later. [insert tankmen joke here] 

Another Anonymous: Wait, why is there a 30 minute slow mode in every single part of the server? Including chats that have had zero talk regarding this very heated topic? I know I haven't been around as long as some of you guys have, but ever since I found this game through friends early this year, it has helped me through a lot. It's so heartbreaking to see all of this crash and burn, with no clear answers, and honestly, as a person with autism, anxiety and depression, it's very stressing not knowing what is going on or if this game will ever recover from this blow. Personally, I'll be livid if I found out all that REAL money I spent on star frags just funded that dumpster fire called Cinder... I guess if things become clearer and we get ACTUAL ANSWERS on Fer.al's future and this whole mess in general, I may play Fer.al again, because I don't know another free to play MMO that has quite the same amount of customisation and welcoming community as this one. But for now, I guess I'll be piling several hundred more hours into Minecraft. p.s. I'm bi. And to everyone here, I hope you do well no matter what you decide to do.