Kenny's apology

oh it would be so different if kenny came out and admitted to all of this before getting caught. being frustrated with how things are ran isn't an excuse to abuse your power. i'm sure he was a great gm and someone who did a lot for the server, but he could've just stepped down from staff. he's only sorry that he got caught: 4 months is a looong time to be doing something you shouldn't be doing. please show us you're truly sorry and donate the tens of thousands of dollars you rwted (i would prefer to the server but that might be a bad look to know the server's funded by staff rwt lol)

also, it's insane to me how many people are upset over the rent money claim. either they just hate becca that much or are misdirecting blame from kenny's abuse. matt has repeatedly stated over the years that donation money goes towards the server--it's not cheap to run a server this big. and if the server makes profit, i would sincerely hope he does take a cut for himself. i would sincerely hope that his countless of hours of work & dedication and potential legal trouble & fines does make him money. and what someone does with their money is their own business.

 

Neither DDoS nor RWT would kill this server.
Players coming at staff, talking about one’s rent or the other, complaining all day long bout the future you don’t see for this server, starting off a “mutiny” might.

you never donated for the well being of the server, you donated for your character’s good looks. Stop wasting your time saying otherwise.

Kenny, you had everything players wish for in this game and you wasted everything for a couple of bucks, This speaks volumes.

You didn’t betray us or the staff,
You betrayed yourself.

 

tbh, whats funny is this whole server is literally a big fraud in real life, worth literal jail time and the mods who handle this are literally braking the law and they get money from this and yet, they ban people who abuse the server like they do, there is no logic whatsoever in this, but hey, we are here to enjoy the game, this apology is only because you got caught sadly, but we are all humans and we are far from perfect, just feel lucky it wasn't done IRL in a real company because you could face some serious consequences.

Thanks for verything Kenny and wish you all the best

 

Was it seriously discussing Matt's finances that made you create a Forum account? Or are you too much of a coward to post on main



????

 

So because the server is illegally hosted players should be able to cheat ?
That's quite the take.

 

A mushroom game that reveals your outside world behavior.

This thread itself has impacted the server's health by 50%.

 

Where did I say they are allowed to cheat? This has no attachement to you, so stop being a sassypants, I Just said its ironic, thats it, you should learn to understand statement before commenting

 

Sorry fam , I didn't know your brother/roommate/volleyball friend wrote this for you.
Had I known I would've qouted his forum account instead.

 

You must get a lot of exercise with all the jumping to conclusions you do. I gave no opinion, I simply pointed out that it was only after seeing the chance to spread some gossip about somebody that the person decided to create a new forum account to spread gossip. Or its someone's alt account and they're too cowardly to post on their main, Either outcome tells me their motives arent innocent.

 

Thanks for all your job as GM Kenny! too bad you choose the bad way but i will keep the good service you provive to us as gm

 

Anyone else find it a little weird and intrusive that people in this thread feel entitled to knowledge of another man's personal finances, and then repetitively call it "disgusting" and "insane" when he justifiably declines to share it?

If you have a comment on how the money is split amongst staff that's another issue, but nitpicking someone's relationship and taking potshots at his partner is definitely gossip and pretty slimy IMO.

 

Spoiler: Preface - Disclaimer

Let me preface this with the fact that I am a nobody. I don't have a lot of wealth. I play this game almost exclusively solo. I don't interact with the community much, and I was fortunate enough to find a guild that both makes me feel welcomed and absolutely respects my desire for isolation (as is often the case). I min/max my time on the server so much so that if I feel my time isn't as efficiently used as it can be, I log out and come back another day. I love using my time that way.

Also, I write longwinded, so apologies for the wall.

With that said,

I am a reader. I peruse the forums, and I do my best to keep a finger on the pulse of the community here; it's nice to feel involved without having to speak much. I think I am a pretty good judge of character, and I try to be nice and respectful of people's time. Reading through really spotlights a large motif of the messages here, and elsewhere on similar issues: our value of time. When someone gets scammed, their mesos (and time) were stolen. When someone makes a mistake, loses out on mesos from, I don't know, selling a 20b item for 400m in a shop (hypothetically speaking), it feels like a loss of time invested. When someone takes advantage of someone else to progress faster in the game, they progress faster, saving time, by way of harming someone else's time and progress. When we work, some have families, and we live outside of the game, our time can, and usually is, limited. What we decide to do with that time becomes special.

We play this game to pass time, but the catch-22 of that, is we also feel invested because of that time. We enjoy the grind, and we invest time to get returns, whether it's items, mesos, stamping down the depression, etc. When people RWT, they are shortcutting the process to get gear and progress, trading money for time. When other's do that, it devalues the time we invested, makes it feel less special. This case doesn't seem any different. Kenny came here to address the community, albeit in a not-so-perfect manner, but we can see from the post the same themes: time not being appreciated, time not being valued, etc. Whether Kenny felt justified or not is irrelevant, because the impacts of the RWT on us are the same: our time feels less valuable, and, for some, the donations feel less valuable.

Worse, it's not a small case of RWT from a random player, coming from staff means more than just devaluing time: 1. it is a large blow to the trust amongst and between staff members, 2. a large blow to the trust between the staff and the players, 3. a large blow to the image and reputation of the server, 4. will inevitably lead to more delays on ban appeals, content updates, QOL updates, etc., 5. will inevitably impact the size of the player base, which can exacerbate the rest of these issues.

For those who had a relationship with Kenny (and trusted them), you might feel betrayed. For those who did not, you feel like your invested time is disrespected (this is me). For those who honor integrity, you feel disgusted. All of these responses are okay. There isn't one way to respond to anything like this, and I'll never tell other's how they should feel. You're allowed to feel whatever it is you're feeling.

To Kenny: With all due respect, I hope you got out of this what you needed, but you're going to have a rough few weeks holding this L. Take it and move forward with grace.
To the Community: Feel what you feel. Good luck in the grind. I hope you get all the drops you deserve.
To the Guild: You're the best. Thank you for always making me feel valued and respecting my time.

And, as always, to the Staff: Thank you for making this server happen.

Spoiler: PS

As far as the money goes, I couldn't care less what you spend the donations on, as long as the server runs, I got everything out of it that I wanted. Enjoy those hookers and all that sweet blow, so to speak.

 

Guys stop being keyboard warrior and busybody about others people privacy, thats totally none of our business, no matter we all donate or not, thats nothing gonna change, staff did their job well thats why we still playing this until now.
Whats the point that u all point out those silly question about rental? Just let it go, no matter paying rental or what we still can enjoy the game well, if u all cant accept the owner to use those money as he planned or felt like owner eat too much from the donation, just go and make a own server and deal with it, being a keyboard warrior doesnt make u proud.

 

The entitlement is beyond ironic, it's sad at this point that few ppl are eating the rouge admin words and trynna open up that can of worms instead of listening to the current management to pull through these time. Matt, Bacon and others are the one who staying, not this funny guy Kenny... If they could do better than Kenny, just shut up and leave instead of devide the community that would be the best I guess.

 

If there is a surplus money after server expenses deduction, i would see it as lawyer money to bail out Matt if he ever get caught of DMCA copyright thingy.

 

Kenny is ex-staff now. He's said what he wants to say, take it with a grain (or half a cup) of salt if you wish.

He's caused lasting damage on the server in multiple ways, but instead of bashing him let's just try and focus on trying to make things better and figure out how we can prevent something like this from happening again.

What I'm more interested in is how can we as a community contribute towards making admin/staff life easier, so that the server can continue to run as long as its able to.

I don't care if RP money is used to pay someones rent, as long as they uphold their end of the deal to maintain and grow the server alongside it.

Also, to all the people who RWT/RMT (including people I know), the following message is for you.

Breaking the rules of a NOSTALGIC childhood game you play for FREE is pitiful behavior. It's not so much Royals "just being a game", rather your selfish and outright stupid actions cause a ton of trouble for REAL people who spend their TIME and EFFORT trying to fix the mess you encourage.

To all those who supply RWT goods, societal problems stem from trash like you, especially you SG/MY suppliers.

I hope we can collectively work against the main source of the problem, which is the DEMAND for RWT goods in this game.

 

The demand is a result of power creep/age of server and people's demands for having crazy gear to access boss runs ( when in reality you could finish the boss albeit at a slower pace or with more party members )

 

To kenny

I just want to express my thoughts.

We all love this game and have invested thousands of hours and years to the server in our own ways. When we decided to dedicate this time to Royals, we understood it was a private server, and we couldn't expect to gain anything from it, even to wake up one day and find everything gone.

You once said that players who violate the T&C bring shame to their country, and I've kept that in mind. When my friends told me about your news, it felt like a big bang ~boom. You were someone I once admired, and now I feel disappointed. If I were to use a metaphor, I’m like a newborn baby walking on the edge of a cliff, unaware of the depth, when I realize it, I've already fallen into the abyss. while you, as an adult, knowingly jump into the abyss, even though there are better ways to handle the situation.

Mushroom is a social game, and over the years, you have undoubtedly accumulated immense intangible wealth from your dedications. I don't understand why you would abandon everything and jump into the abyss for a single coin 也许这个金币真的太耀眼了？

Over the past few years, I've spent hours every day, even late into the night, frantically hitting the keyboard. In the past half year I've barely touched my PCand have returned to a healthy, regular routine. This sudden change even had my family worried if I was ill.
We have truly invested a lot into Royals, and I'm also curious about how you will feel about life without mushrooms afterward.

Spoiler

也许这就是现实，当某人放弃某件实物前先榨干它的价值。
感谢你在appeal banned最后回复我的表情，抱歉我现在只能回复这个

 

Unfortunate but true, I don't know why people feel so "pressured" to have the gear to boss. You can always boss with people who are at similar progression stages as you are. Maybe there are other things that need to change as well.