It's also worth noting that players have been coming to the team with varying opinions and confusions in varying ways, some directly to the mod accounts and some in open discussions in the comm and on Plurk.
The confusion seems to boil down mainly to this: is this post including the people who have volunteered or is it implying that the game will definitely be turned into a sandbox under the purview of the current mod team? A number of players expressed that they felt their opinions weren't being taken into account and their offers ignored in favor of most definitely changing the game to a sandbox as the poll implies.
So in an effort to hopefully assuage everyone's conflicting impressions, this is what we mean: Players have suggested a lot of things, and some have said the poll does not give them enough options, pigeon-holing them into one of two choices only. If the game stays open as a sandbox in its current state, and we emphasize if, the current team will be leaving it to players to choose their own plots. However, we are offering to do a new post on Monday with answers to all the suggestions and offers received so that the many different opinions and concerns will all be addressed so nobody feels like they were pigeon-holed or ignored. It is our only desire to show the game that we are listening to everyone, not just first come first served.
We are not saying that if the game has new mods it can't be both a sandbox and a mod-plot driven game, we are just answering the players who have said that the messages in these two mod posts are conflicting in that in one we said we couldn't do something that in the second we said we could. It was a miscommunication, and rightly confusing to many people, and that's why we want players to continue leaving their ideas and opinions and not feel like our minds are already made up, so that on Monday we can take everyone's thoughts into account as a whole game to decide what the end result will be. Therefore if players' opinions are one of the two options listed in the poll, they can feel free to answer that way, but if they like neither option they can still be heard and taken into account on Monday, not being obligated to pick one of the two above options only.
We have heard and understand that choosing "Other (explain in a comment)" is not ideal for some players, and that the omission of a "I don't like either proposed option" ticky box caused most of the confusion in the first place, but if you can let us know of your preferences in a comment it will help us. If you can't, you can always still contact us privately, and we will take those comments into just as serious consideration as the ones in the poll. However, we encourage anyone who doesn't like either proposed option to chose the "Other" ticky box anyway, even if you can't leave a comment, so that we can get an unbiased idea of how the game feels as a whole on the subject.
We hope that helps clear some things up, and of course invite everyone to continue letting us know if there is still confusion.
Re: REGARDING POLL VOTING
The confusion seems to boil down mainly to this: is this post including the people who have volunteered or is it implying that the game will definitely be turned into a sandbox under the purview of the current mod team? A number of players expressed that they felt their opinions weren't being taken into account and their offers ignored in favor of most definitely changing the game to a sandbox as the poll implies.
So in an effort to hopefully assuage everyone's conflicting impressions, this is what we mean: Players have suggested a lot of things, and some have said the poll does not give them enough options, pigeon-holing them into one of two choices only. If the game stays open as a sandbox in its current state, and we emphasize if, the current team will be leaving it to players to choose their own plots. However, we are offering to do a new post on Monday with answers to all the suggestions and offers received so that the many different opinions and concerns will all be addressed so nobody feels like they were pigeon-holed or ignored. It is our only desire to show the game that we are listening to everyone, not just first come first served.
We are not saying that if the game has new mods it can't be both a sandbox and a mod-plot driven game, we are just answering the players who have said that the messages in these two mod posts are conflicting in that in one we said we couldn't do something that in the second we said we could. It was a miscommunication, and rightly confusing to many people, and that's why we want players to continue leaving their ideas and opinions and not feel like our minds are already made up, so that on Monday we can take everyone's thoughts into account as a whole game to decide what the end result will be. Therefore if players' opinions are one of the two options listed in the poll, they can feel free to answer that way, but if they like neither option they can still be heard and taken into account on Monday, not being obligated to pick one of the two above options only.
We have heard and understand that choosing "Other (explain in a comment)" is not ideal for some players, and that the omission of a "I don't like either proposed option" ticky box caused most of the confusion in the first place, but if you can let us know of your preferences in a comment it will help us. If you can't, you can always still contact us privately, and we will take those comments into just as serious consideration as the ones in the poll. However, we encourage anyone who doesn't like either proposed option to chose the "Other" ticky box anyway, even if you can't leave a comment, so that we can get an unbiased idea of how the game feels as a whole on the subject.
We hope that helps clear some things up, and of course invite everyone to continue letting us know if there is still confusion.