Hey! You can find some of our thoughts in reply to Pytho, but we'd like to address your specific concerns here as well.
The updated rules about plotting on the Discord server are specifically about accessibility to the game plot as a whole; it's something we intended to establish before the game even opened and we apologize for not making that clear. We have no issue with players plotting with each other for one-on-one content, in the same way you might use Plurk. Basically, we just want players to remember not to unintentionally hoard segments of the game plot or discuss it exclusively in a place where other players might not see it.
As for the deletion of channels, this has absolutely nothing to do with player conduct and was actually us cleaning up our own mess. We cut down on channels that were superficial in nature (comics, tunes, Pel's tarot channel that was really meant as a joke, and spreadsheets), because they could easily be folded into the general or memes channels. Having as many channels as we did felt unwieldy and, since most of them were in the spam category, it seemed unnecessary to distinguish between them. It's not a punishment or meant to single out any player in the game, but rather us realizing some of the channels weren't even used and we should neaten the place up a bit. It's just easier for us and, we hope, players to keep track of fewer channels.
That said, we can see how the suddenness of the change could be alarming and we apologize. While it's doubtful we'll need do anything like that again, it's something we'll certainly keep in mind in the future.
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The updated rules about plotting on the Discord server are specifically about accessibility to the game plot as a whole; it's something we intended to establish before the game even opened and we apologize for not making that clear. We have no issue with players plotting with each other for one-on-one content, in the same way you might use Plurk. Basically, we just want players to remember not to unintentionally hoard segments of the game plot or discuss it exclusively in a place where other players might not see it.
As for the deletion of channels, this has absolutely nothing to do with player conduct and was actually us cleaning up our own mess. We cut down on channels that were superficial in nature (comics, tunes, Pel's tarot channel that was really meant as a joke, and spreadsheets), because they could easily be folded into the general or memes channels. Having as many channels as we did felt unwieldy and, since most of them were in the spam category, it seemed unnecessary to distinguish between them. It's not a punishment or meant to single out any player in the game, but rather us realizing some of the channels weren't even used and we should neaten the place up a bit. It's just easier for us and, we hope, players to keep track of fewer channels.
That said, we can see how the suddenness of the change could be alarming and we apologize. While it's doubtful we'll need do anything like that again, it's something we'll certainly keep in mind in the future.