That New Mud

[Erelei]

Hey everyone,

First, we would like to thank those who've come forward and communicated with the Immortal Staff in regards to the matters set out below - you know who you are, and we appreciate you. If anyone has anything they want to add, they are welcome to communicate with us via the Prayer Forum.

It has come to our attention that there are some players who have taken the source code that we made public and have opened their own version of the Forsaken Lands. This is not an issue, and in fact, we are happy for you to run your own world, particularly if you'd like to contribute in the furthering of our code, and making Aabahran a better place.

What is not okay, however, is using our community, literature and communicative tools (such as the Discord Server and the Forum at https://theforsakenlands.com) to pressure players to leave Forsaken Lands, poach ideas from the current player-base and Immortals, disparage our game, and intentionally spread negativity. We have always encouraged open discussion about our game and, more recently, open discussion and explanation of the source code of our beautiful world. However, engaging in the above behaviour with the goal of running FL down or enticing players to leave is disrespectful and rude (to both staff and players) and it is not something the staff is prepared to tolerate.

We genuinely wish the players who have started this new endeavor all the best, and we hope they achieve their goals in making a unique world that is just as beautiful and dangerous as the Forsaken Lands. We do ask that they show us and the players some courtesy by adopting the following suggestions:

    1.    Share your copy of the code. Not only is this generally the right thing to do, having started your endeavor with our recent code, but it is also stated in the license that this source code was released with. Any changes you make should be public and well-documented. For instance, setting up a “gitea” is a piece of cake for any webmaster, as is making use of GitHub.
    2.    Use your own content. Original areas like the Volcano, Maelbrim, Val Miran, Gear and others are the intellectual property of the Forsaken Lands. They were written by our players and you do not have permission to use them in your game. Please do not do so.
    3.    Further to the above - create your own Wiki. The Wiki that is currently up on your website is an obvious copy-paste of the FL Wiki and a lot of the content currently hosted by you is similarly a copy paste of FL help files with your own Immortal names inserted. Be original, and don’t start your game by stealing the work of others who have poured countless hours into creating that content, managing it and updating it.

If you are one of the few who were involved in creating this new world and are involved in building, coding or admin we implore you to make this your own world. There are plenty of resources available to you to recruit and gather players. Pressuring players to leave FL based on minor disagreements with the current issues with FL will foster an unstable and negative atmosphere and beginning for your new world.

Finally, those who are involved with the new version of Forsaken Lands that have been engaging in the negative behavior we have mentioned above are currently muted on both the Forum and here on Discord. They are still more than welcome to communicate directly with the Immortal Staff, but we are not going to allow them to continue to disparage our community.

With love,

The FL Staff.