@Apos said in Fanbase entitlement:
I get what you're saying, but if you take that to the logical conclusion then it would be okay for people to take advantage of others' work on MUs. I don't think any of us would disagree that is a bad thing to do, so I'd say there's a difference between contributions when it's basically asked for and just doing something alone in a sandbox of their own investment, and MUs really blur the line between the two.
Pretty much this.
My personal belief is there is no such thing as entitlement at all in mushing. Frankly, we're not really entitled to anything. Ever. At all.
We work to invest time, patience, energy, and effort into something. In this case that something happens to be mushing.
We take out of it enjoyment, a feeling of accomplishment, co-work with others and hopefully advancement and achievement of self and the help of the same with others.
But that's not entitlement. That's reward for effort put in.
I think the lines of entitlement and justification got blurred over the years to work, effort, and reward.
Somewhere, along the time, people woke up and felt that they were entitled, because of.. I don't know... whatever. I don't get it now, and I don't get it then.
We are what we put into things, even if that's as simple as day to day breathing. If you want a rewarding experience, you work for it.
If the staff or players on a game are buttclowns and are of the 'me mentality' and have no desire to work with you or reward you for work you invest, then you need to ask yourself if the fun you get out of the game is worth staying, or to go somewhere else.
You're not entitled for the rewards, they're rewards for a reason, and usually a gift.
I'm not entitled to a paycheck, it's frankly a reward of my long and productive hours of work. The fact it's not an entitlement means I can be laid off for any or no reason what so ever. Mushing is a lot of the same way. Regardless of the work you put in, while rewards is a nice thing, it'll never be guarenteed, nor is it entitled to you. It'd be darn nice if you got it, and likely keep the game successful if it is, and likely crash and burn like we have seen many if you don't, but, there you go.