A retarded brick wall!

So, recently I made a game.
It is an action game, but puts heavy emphasis on stratergy and team work to win.
It was probably partly my fault, as I cannot predict everything in the game and make it work exactly the way I want without extensive testing and adjusting.

But people were not using stratergy, hell, they were barely even using team work.
Most of them sat around the game, barely active. Slowly getting stronger, and gaining money. Basically they were grinding.
Once they decided they were strong enough, they'd try to win the game on their own. And this was a very long, and drawn out process.
They'd charge into combat, dealing minor damage to the enemies, get killed. Respawn and do it all again. Eventually they would win, but due to stratergy, team work of skill. But due to persistantly attacking an enemy.
It was taking anywhere from 3-6 hours for a game to end. When it should take no more than 1-2 hours.

Over the course of the past 3 weeks I have been gradually adjusting the game, to make it conform more with the original concept I had for the game.

Apparently players did not like this.
They do not want to use stratergy to win, they do not want to use team work. They want to sit around for a few hours, slowly getting stronger (kind of reminds me of punching bags), and once they were strong enough, they wanted to go out and dominate everything.

As I changed the game, a few players started to dislike the changes.
They are arguing that I am trying to force them into playing the game in a way they do not want to play it. Sure, I am, but that is because they are playing it wrong.
In a racing game, the objective of the game is to race, in a fighting game the objective is to fight. If people are playing these games, and not doing that, they are playing them wrong.

It is the same situation here. It is partly my fault because the original design of the game was not the greatest. It is hard to make an action game require teamwork and stratergy, which is why I have been progressively making changes to it, to make those elements more essential.

Some of the players still do not like this.
And they just wont be reasoned with. They seem to think because they can play the game, they have some sort of special right over it. They think they should determine how the game is developed, and how it should be designed and played.

And now, one person is like... Trying to take the lead or something stupid like that. I made the mistake of making the host files public, and he has them.
He is like... Trying to make people play the old version of the game he has (before a lot of changes were made), like it is the superior version of the game.

The game was not designed for people like him. So instead of being a reasonable person and playing another game, suited to him, he is instead demanding the game be changed to the way he wants. And at the same time trying to defy me or something by hosting this old version of the game.



I knew that parts of the BYOND community were bad. But it turns out, the vast majority of it is actually really bad.


Pro tip to anyone thinking of making a game with BYOND.
Do not give your potential players ANYTHING. Don't give them hosting files, do not give them a voice, do not let them have opinions. Rule them with an iron fist.
Show them even the slightest glimps of freedom or weakness, and they will try to use it to pervert your game into their own ideal.

I deleted the host files to the game, I changed the hub password so old versions will not show up, I am not giving out host files again.
And I will most likely add subscriber bonuses to the game in an attempt to raise a bit of money to get a decent host for the game (I could pay for one myself, but I'm not going to).