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The system for transferring over to the new map will be released as soon as the final bits are approved. There is no delaying the release, no. Late august is indeed a long stretch and we're aiming to spot a deadline a bit earlier than that. This is so that we can coordinate with people after their finals are over and they have free time in the summer. You can say summer is now, but there's still a bit of finals and deadlines going on. The details Arch listed are vital to that goal.
I'm a bit disappointed the post of the dynmap was thrown off with a comment on transparency- I'm sorry there's no feeling that we're all pulling our weight to finish all of our projects to prep for the New Map along with keeping everything on the server here up-to-date. If the threads for suggestions and Staff transparency on projects weren't enough, I'm not sure what would be. I heard discussion is what players want- but we've had a ton of muchly appreciated discussion threads already, too.. Several announcements as well.
My big question is why was this announced long before it was close to ready? It halts build initiative until completed.
For that matter, why do we keep hyping the new map when it is multiple months from release? Each of these new bits of tease are actually now showing just how long it's been from announcement and halting of stuff on old map to release.
Why do we keep drip feeding tiny pidgins of interesting pieces of map? Could not time be better spent refining and releasing the mechanics for which we will claim these new spots instead of just showcasing the results of staff looking over new spots?
If you mean the announcement for the New Map, it was because we needed donations to even be able to begin our setup and prep for it to be released for our playerbase. It hasn't halted build initiative, strange enough. People have continued to build despite waiting for the New Map. Coordinating this server is a lot of work. We have to do a ton of multitasking. Time spent refining and releasing mechanics
has occurred. That doesn't mean we shouldn't show everyone pictures of what they helped to make happen along with our progress in finishing back-end prep.
As mentioned by Arch and Elz, we're still in the editing phase, so the map posted is not quite accurate. Hopefully this can re-rail back to the discussion of screenshots of the map as it was intended to be. If you've also a question for me- send me a Convo. I'll admit, I don't answer right away as there's a lot of things I need to coordinate usually, but I do always respond when I can.