vVv movilus

I 100% agree, at surface level restarting vVv to what it was before was just the basic idea that made sense to implement, but at full depth it was not. It takes me back to how I first got here and knew no one. I just wanted to get better at League of Legends when I saw a post on reddit about coaches and a community of gamers. What I found was exactly that, but that was just the start. vVv was already established and had a long history of esports accomplishments by the time I had joined. The people here were very fun to hang out, were quick to invite me to games and didnt make me feel like I was some outsider. I met a lot of awesome people thru my time in vVv online and in person at events. Some of my most fun times in my younger years was in vVv, both online and in person. Overtime the community just kinda lost activity and became a husk of what it used to be. That's ok tho, all good things are not meant to last forever and sometimes leads into a sort of incubation period where it comes back even better in a different iteration. Getting older sucks. Society has changed, and not in a good way. There is a lot of toxicity and counter culture pushes to marginalize minorities. There are many ways that people have been divided and we have lost places where we could all go together to have a good time. It has become hard to talk to strangers, and even harder to find those strangers to begin with. We're to the point where if someone disagrees with you on your values or beliefs, they will start calling you names, profanity and other new dog whistles to further foment division. This is the current state of online social spaces. The direction that vVv is now taking is not for everyone, and that is ok. Because not everyone is worth being here, only those that are able to care for others will be able to share a space that cares about them. The glue that bound this community before was not what games we played or what we did in our MMO adventures. It's the relationships we built that run outside of the games. It's the bonds that were made when we met in person at events. It's the same friendship that we still have even after we all stopped talking to each other and quit playing games together. We now have a great direction and the baseline of this is simple, chill and talk to each other thru the day, audio if it makes sense and games if we have time. Speaking of time, I'll say this again, getting old sucks. You have more and more responsibilities that create less and less free time. So its very important to know what is worth your time so you dont go wasting it, because you wont get that time back. So this is why I keep saying that if people don't like the new direction, its ok for them to leave so they don't waste their time and our time here. While the discord's activity does not reflect the amount of members in it, I believe that those people are still here because in their back of their mind they still think that this is a good place to be in. They just dont have a reason to engage, whether its because no one is playing games, they have other friends they would rather play with in their own discord, or because they just dont have the time anymore to have a quick chat thru the day. THIS IS OK TOO! If they didn't want to be here they could've left the discord a long time ago. A demotion to regular member is merited in this case, and yea, this is ok, too. If they feel V's are needed they can easily apply back to get them. With all this said, I just want to find people to talk to thru the day when my immediate friends are busy or not available (which is often). If time and a game we all like align here and we get to play together thats cool, but its not necessary. If we all decide to go to an event or some kind of outing, thats cool, but not necessary. Chilling, making friends, discussing news events, tech or other interesting topics is all I need at the core of this. Everything else is a cherry on top. So with all of this said. I am 100% in on this like I told you when I first came in as a designer and again on this new journey. I'm very excited to see vVv grow, see myself grow and see the community grow together.