Well said OZtwo.
Look C Team:
We understand 'real life' things can throw bad wrenches into stuff. If that's the case, then please tell us, we DO understand. But blowing sunshine up our asses and showing us the rainbow trail to the brony farm is quickly going to turn folks away from the planet en masse.
Cyrene is YOUR planet, YOUR project, YOUR child, YOUR baby for lack of a better way to put it. We can understand where you want it to all work out and will make every excuse in the book for it, as any well... parent would do.
From a person to person view, not persona to persona..... It's not a bad thing to say you are having problems or even asking for help if it is needed. From a business perspective, you have to look at some of the folks, if not all of them here as shareholders in your business. You have to show some honesty to them.
There are many folks who have invested a LOT of cash into your planet. Some of those missions, especially as of late have cost a shit ton of cash. They invested in Cyrene because they seen potential in, and of course... because it's fun. But fun can quickly turn to anger and resentment when it's costing one money on a promise that appears not to be able to come to fruition. Now let's take a look at Cyrene's recent past. We see failed promises, vague answers, NO idea when things will come live, and broken promises. We see Cyrene being left out in the dark on many 'events' and 'happenings' that quite frankly there is really NO reason it would happen unless the Planet Partner did or did not do something. Christmas comes to mind. It happens EVERY year, and EVERY year, the planets pretty much do some sort of shin dig as a kind of thank you for us. Last year Cyrene gets left out. Seriously, you have to look at it from our perspective. How does this look to the people 'investing' in you? Then we keep hearing; 'Oh we are working with MA and trying to figure out some solution'. ... sounds more like, we are kicking the can down the road until you finally say fuck it and quit asking about it.
I have 20K+ ped set aside that I wanted to invest in a shop on Cyrene. Granted that's a fart in a windstorm in the eyes of some people but it's a principle thing here. I have talked to other people in the game who have some serious cash wanting to 'invest' in Cyrene. This was about a year ago. Now, most the people, myself included are saying, umm, maybe it was a good thing that I didn't, this planet didn't go anything like expected. If you want a good example of what NOT to do, look at Rocktopia's past. This planet is racing right down those footsteps. That is not a place you want to go. Damage control can be VERY costly, especially in the area of reputation. We got NI which is all but dead. Toulan is right behind it and seems to be having other 'image' issues as well. Do you want to be in that line as well? I hope not.
I'll stop now but in the end. Some honesty and sincerity will go a long way towards support and your members rallying to help you.
sluggo.
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