Avatar update

[Majstor Matt]

Manager chat is uselles. Blocking totally random and normal words. Crew profile cannot be update as "introduction is offensive".. damn, you guys really outdone yourself with this one. But hey, we have that special flag that we can put as an avatar. Hoorah! -_-

[The best manager in the world_NL]

• Useless manager chat
• Taking away a feature that makes crews and managers unique (probably because Gamebasics is too lazy dealing with the reports)

Score: 0/10, well done Gamebasics!

[Alexandr Petrushak]

May I send my picture to the support team to have it approved so that I can use it as an avatar? Seems like a good idea, but does support want to work?

[The best manager in the world_NL]

You know what the worst thing is: Gamebasics won't listen guys, we can argue what we want, come up with good arguments, but the reality is that we are the 1%, and they mostly care about the other 99%. It's a harsh reality.

[The best manager in the world_NL]

@alexandr-petrushak This will take too much time for them = they won't do it. Simple

[maluqueira]

OSM makes a wrong move for game innovation and is a massive protest by players for the continuity of a good environment within communities. In my opinion it is not an evolutionary movement. Will lose customers and I will probably also think about whether to abandon the game. Gamebasics needs to respect the communities and especially the game groups that have been playing for many years.

[Vincent Ado Kompany]

Regarding the topic of avatars, everything has been said here since the announcement, but regarding inappropriate content - I believe that this option should not have been introduced.
First - the program cannot determine 100% what is inappropriate and what is not. Also, that option should not have been introduced in the manager chat - we chat with other managers, it happens that we say an "inappropriate word", sometimes it is in the hall, sometimes not. This program function should have been introduced on the forum, it would have saved OSM Staff up to 50% of their time spent on the forum.
And now I'm going back to the avatar
The fact is that one crew, one manager lost his identity with the avatar. 30% of managers have my avatar. What is the purpose? Except to free up more memory

PS. I expect answers to the two questions I asked

[JetonT.]

We are 1% because only 1% of players are using forums because they've killed the forum activity by forbidding almost everything here, threating with bans (and many times even locking accounts), locking topics very soon. Thats why many players don't care to open forums anymore.

My thoughts are that the real reason behind this changes I think its because their servers are being overloaded with pictures and they're making actions to 'save' them as much as they can, thats why they brought medals instead of manager points. There's nothing about 'inappropriate images'. I can't remember one time I saw any inappropriate image. And even if there were, wouldn't be a problem to detect and punish them.

Anyway we're just wasting our time here. We have to deal whatever they bring here or we just quit. There's not any other option. In those 4-5 years Ive been active, I remember only one good update and it was the Friendly Battle League, nothing else.

[jorka777]

@jetont I fully support you! why then the "file a complaint" button so that it just exists !? or still in order to identify obscene images ....

[Bembelmän]

Perhaps another reason was to be able to sell new avatars, emblems, stickers, etc. to the community in the future. At least that would not surprise me. Unfortunately.

[YouTube_NL]

I really don't like such updates...
It's like, due to a few idiot drivers, let's ban all cars from the road.
The world upside down in my opinion.
Current avatars are also just trash, sorry.

[Majstor Matt]

@bembelmän Yup, my main guess as well. Sooner or later there will be option for that.

And that is okay for me.. but at least be open about it and dont hide behind the"safety" and "inappropriate content"... -_-

[jeffro davies]

@diogovarela7 said in Avatar update:

Good morning. @SpecialOne

I'm not someone who expresses myself a lot here on the Forum, but this time it reached the limit. I come to show my total displeasure with this latest update, which shows a disrespect for an entire community of OSM. You (Staff) trample on longtime Crews, prestigious national and international competitions, and so on...

This Avatar update means authentically removing the identity from a large section of the game.

And what frustrates me the most, is that no one is ever being consulted about these changes. There's never a poll to find out what the community wants. Because of a small minority, you harm a considerable lot of managers, many of them with years and years of dedication and investment in OSM.

I've been playing since 2010 and I have tolerated many game updates and competition prohibitions from you, the OSM Staff, over these past few years. Now, enough is enough. I'm sending a complaint email to Gamebasics.

Excellent post. I’ve been playing since around 2012 for 10 years too. Completely agree with all this.

Also these silly promotions, pay £5+ for more chance sales and speedy scout, while people in the same leagues don’t get this unless they pay makes it completely unfair and can be thrown in, in middle of competitions and can’t do anything about it. Please can we have the choice and have an option to turn these off with moderator options when creating leagues.

Every single update is to create more money and it makes the game worse or less fair play. Just pure greed at this point to a game that already make lots of money without destroying fair play in competitions and private leagues.

Avatars will soon be made available to buy 100% that will be the next move.

Friendly battles was a good update, but the only one in years I can remember. Even though it is good the main reason for doing this is to make GB/miniclip lots of money/BC spend. I don’t think this wouldn’t have been done otherwise.

I’m playing this game less and less over the years because of poor updates to the game. I’m not even playing in one league at the minute.

[4 X 4]

Gamebasics is removing players' own identities as well as battlegroups with this new update. They are thinking about the economic part and not about the harmony of communities. It's the worst game update ever. I'm sorry, but I disagree with such a measure of the game, so I will stop playing after the active leagues are completed.

[mangetsu35]

I agree wholeheartedly with both posts. @diogovarela7 @jeffro-davies

I would like to draw attention to another point here. most countries do not live under the same economic conditions. In the netherlands, the united kingdom or arab countries, these coins may not mean anything, but for example in my country (Turkiye), such extra money-demanding developments are quite hurtful. This eliminates the fair competition environment. Many incredible managers I know stop playing in the face of these increasingly bizarre developments. If you don't fight with good players, the struggle is meaningless.

There are many ways to prevent something, you as software developers are much more competent than us in this regard, I think it is a great disrespect to destroy the avatars or team logos that people have carefully prepared. as in the past, you could send a poll for some updates and check the pulse. however, the motto "we want it to be like this, it will be like this" is quite wrong and really contrary to the contemporary world order. Before forcing people to make some improvements, you should either consider what it will cause you to lose, or look at what effect this has on the mechanics of the game.

With the last update, the scout system is also down. it never returns with the player in the desired criteria. why push the boundaries even more when people are already hanging on to this game by a thread? There is only one thing everyone wants, fair and enjoyable play.

I hope that your sense of justice and enjoyment will not be lost.

[mahser_seytan]

@jeffro-davies
@SpecialOne @mangetsu35

I've been playing this game for 13 years and we are aware that the game is trying to increase its own profit rather than the players while every update is made, many of our good friends have left the game and will continue to quit, unless you prevent this, me and many of my dear friends will give up on this game. In every update, we can't help but think about what they ruined this time. What we call the update should improve the game and not ruin it even more. I ask you to listen to the voice of the players and fix the bugs instead of the updates you want and provide us more opportunities. Do not take it away from the people who play this game passionately.

[MenagerBL]

The game is officially dead.
After manager points being removed that's the 2nd and final part of the mission called ''killing managers identity''.
I have to finish 2 more tournaments and after that it's GAME OVER for me after more than a decade of playing this game.

I also must say I never saw such a high level of greed in all my life, it's unbelievable. To play competitive you have to spend 50-100e per month. For such a simple boring one season game. (the community made the game interesting with different tournaments, NOT GB. )
But what can you expect from a game where top of the rankings are cheaters with multi-accounts and no one cares about them, from a game where Hall of Fame managers are people who spent 1.000e, played one league and disappeared while managers who are playing 10-15 years are irrelevant???

What to say about a game with allegedly ''hundreds of thousands'' of managers but 0 tournaments organized by GB? About a game where in the only ''official'' thing called official battles you play against same 5-6 crews for 5 years...

Update after update it's getting worse...not to mention the ridiculous packs where you can buy events for yourself etc.

The game is just sick!
RIP OSM

[niismo_]

@renato-pratas I wholeheartedly agree. I remember when I first payed OSM in 2017, it was so much fun. After a few years I saw the points system disappear which was already so weird to me. Many more things followed and now THIS? Man, atleast I can represent anime on the forum, but I really liked using this profile picture as a badge of honour almost. What we have now is simply shameful...

[kaaskaaskaaskaaskaaskaas_NL]

All i'm thinking off, is another cash grab from GB.
In a few weeks, maybe months if we're lucky, they will introduce a 'season pass' for 9,99 every month where you can obtain 'special' avatars.

[kenobi_26]

Edited: English only!