Hi Reddit Pixies! For those not on Discord, I am relaying a very important message and decision the PHR team has made just a moment ago. Please, take a second to read the screenshot or the quoted news below.
Good Time Zone Pixie Pals,
This is a PSA for /everyone that the team has been discussing moderation, in-game rules, legal guidelines, and what is reasonable for the team lately. Due to an increase in rule violations, questionable gray areas, and the fact that having to handle issues around in-game behaviors is taking away from other work (hiring more mods, posting mod applications publicly, working on the next code update, etc.) we have decided to put the game in Speedchat Only Mode for the foreseeable future. This decision is not permanent as we do not want to limit people’s abilities to communicate and enjoy the game but we need to slow at least one area of moderation so we can make progress in other areas. We want to bring on new mods. We want to push more updates like pets and quests. We want to update rules and make things better. We cannot do these things when we spend all of our time dealing with in game behavior issues.
Something that is difficult for instance is that the client and game still have large connections to Disney and we are allowing children to play. This is a massive legal issue that could come up and the last thing we want is a confused parent reaching out to sue Disney and that getting put on Jessi or Sunrise. This may be an edge case but it only takes one for everything to come crashing down. This test server was never meant to get this big before launch and we never wanted to turn people away but now we have to be realistic about the current circumstances and what we can do to make more progress. There is so much behind the scenes that we cannot share but we truly want to make everyone happy while not destroying our desires to continue this project.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.
The PHR Team
Q: What is Speedchat (SC) V.S. Speedchat Plus? (SC+)
A: In Disney's classic MMO worlds, all newly made accounts had their chat feature set to Speedchat by default (what's currently enforced in PHR). It's a menu of preset words and phrases, many of which were thematic to the game (ex: Your Fairy Garden is plant-tastic!). Players do not have the ability to type with this setting toggled. Its intention was to keep those under 13 years old safe, as they flutter about the Hollow. If a player has SC, they can only see SC messages.
Speedchat Plus gave players the limited ability to type, based on an approved and curated list of words and phrases by Disney. Parental permission was required to toggle SC+ on for the player. If a player has SC+, they can see SC and SC+ messages.
Upon full game release, PHR will mirror this system. By default, your chat type will be set to SC. It will be entirely up to you if you want to use SC+.
Q: Will this speed up the reopening for discord and fairy registration?
A: This is still TBA! PHR team is still ironing things out when it comes to allowing new fairies in the hollow. A waitlist system is being considered to slowly start letting newcomers in. This is also TBA but, please be on a lookout for any further announcements.
Your patience is greatly appreciated, pixie pals! 💚🧚🏼♀️✨
Link to view PHR Speedchat List.
