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Big Brother and online Hunger games.

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1stJan 26, 2015 by Aquamarine
I'd like to say my real issue here is that all of you worship the ground randomize walks on, and yes he's built a nice site. But he's got hundreds of us very invested in this site and it wouldn't kill him to make even QUARTERLY blogs about the direction this site is headed instead of trying to peddle his apps off on us. #SorryNotSorry

in my 6 years and 2 months on this site now, the only notable updates have been:

- Castings keys, apples, and challenges.
- Shops / Designs
- Frats
- The Duel, and then not the duel.
- Frookies, Survivor, and THG.
- 5 new color levels
- Tags in blogs
- Hof from 25 to 20

and thats about it. For 6 years, that really doesn't feel like as much as it should.

Comments

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Sent by peterya,Jan 26, 2015
*?
Sent by peterya,Jan 26, 2015
that's a lot imo
Sent by Danielx,Jan 26, 2015
he removed the best stuff

So long Tengaged Court
Sent by ItsFKNVans,Jan 26, 2015
For one person it is. Most games have an entire team operating on their coding, Rando only has himself (I think)
Sent by Danger,Jan 26, 2015
Danger but literally he never listens to feedback. I'm pretty sure the majority opinion of higher levels would be to axe fastings and bring back the duel.
Sent by Aquamarine,Jan 26, 2015
Aquamarine Every game admin picks and chooses what he listens to from his players, he probably wants more new players. They're the ones who usually spend money on games anyway
Sent by Danger,Jan 26, 2015
EX-FREAKING-CUSE-ME-Noooooobie, Aquamarine, but he has done a lot of improvements over the years.
There are 7 games on this website! Started off with 2, now 7!
Castings has developed so much over the years.
He implemented mini games, he's improved the blogging system by a huge mile, he's improved the presentation of profiles, he added a moderation account which does work.
He does listen to us, but no one gives him credit for it.
Think about Crookies and Frookies.
When Rando changed Rookies into Frookies, me and many others haaaaated it, and some loved it. Because he listened to BOTH sides, he put both here. He removed the Duel for the same reason he removed the language options in games - They were taking days to fill!
     
Rando is a BAMF and this website gives us so much freedom and creativity. There are so many options, so many designs, so many tactics to win games.
   
This website deserves more credit than you give it, Mr. Marine. :P
Sent by Yoshitomi,Jan 26, 2015
DONT FORGET HE CHANGED THE POINTS COLORS FROM GREEN TO RED HEARTS!!
Sent by dustin24688642,Jan 26, 2015
eh who cares
Sent by MikeRORO,Jan 26, 2015
You make it seem like we are entitled to this website.

Randomize created Tengaged on his own time. It just doesn't seem fair to criticize him for not adding "enough." You should be thankful he's kept this site going strong for nearly seven years. I really do appreciate what he has done.
Sent by coolnarwhal88,Jan 26, 2015
How about the new friends
Top fashionista
Merge/monthlu rank
Most loved
Sent by _Adidas_,Jan 26, 2015
_Adidas_ I don't consider those significant updates, it's just adding a calculation and some images.

Yoshitomi I understand what you're saying, but I think the users are a big part of why his website succeeds and it wouldn't be a big deal to blog even QUARTERLY updates about what his plans are instead of trying to peddle his apps on us.

coolnarwhal88, Again, with us there is no Tengaged and his hobby would have fallen flat. Those of us who have spent SIX YEARS and gone on this journey together with him are entitled to some kind of communication.
Sent by Aquamarine,Jan 26, 2015
Who cares that the opinion of a lot of higher levels would be to axe fastings and bring back the duel?  That would put off new players soo much because they'd have to wait at least a week to get any $t to join the duel, and that's not even guaranteed until they get better.
Very foolish idea. The site would have next to no new players who actually stay.
Sent by logansew,Jan 26, 2015
Yeah as someone who's been here quite a while it might seem like nothing is being changed, but you have to look at how different this site is compared to '09 and the fact that I doubt anyone is doing improvements to the site other than Carlos. The guy deserves a bit of credit where it'd due. If the development team were bigger, then it'd be  a real issue.
Sent by teamjacz,Jan 26, 2015
For 6 years, that really doesn't feel like as much as it should.
Sent by panda6785,Jan 26, 2015
I feel underwhelmed by this blog.
Sent by ASupreme,Jan 26, 2015
logansew thats why you make it free.
Sent by Aquamarine,Jan 26, 2015
So, you've spent 6 years here, I'm nearing 6 years myself in about a month...so you're entitled to communication with him?

I've shopped at Walmart for 20 years, am I entitled to open communication any time I want with Walmart's CEO because of that?
Sent by KarmaSutra,Jan 27, 2015
even for those complaining, this site has had no significant additions since the Hunger Games was introduced which was in what, 2012?

[+6x]
Sent by GrrrImABear,Jan 27, 2015
aquamarine and the only game besides the week long one that new players can play would be mostly challenge-oriented.
The same game all high-levels want to be able to play.
Makes sense.
Getting thrashed in every comp will definitely make them want to stay around
Sent by logansew,Jan 27, 2015
KarmaSutra I'm sure if you call your local individual walmart store, you could speak to the manager directly if you so chose. Tengaged is not Walmart by any standard, it's essentially a small business. And in any small business, you could speak to the owner.
Sent by Aquamarine,Jan 27, 2015
Agreed idk why people are arguing with you. Rando does a blog a year, and many of those updates were done like 3 yrs ago. Nothing new in almost two years!
Sent by Piddu,Jan 27, 2015
Well if that's all he has done, he must have done something right to make you invested into a site that you spend 6 years doing right?
Sent by Vienna16,Jan 27, 2015
he did do stuff on this site... like forever ago he's given up updating get used to it!
Sent by Razorclaw13,Jan 27, 2015
tbh i'm fine with the site as it is
not that new updates wouldn't go amiss
Sent by BengalBoy,Jan 27, 2015
Aquamarine maybe he should change this to a dating site since people look for relationships all the time here
Sent by Wisconsinite96,Jan 27, 2015
A world of no re: the comment about ditching fastings
Sent by Carlisle,Jan 27, 2015
'peddle his apps off on us' - Witch Night? That was ONE app that he wanted to share with the users of the website HE created.
QUARTERLY blogs - He'll blog when he wants to.
he's got hundreds of us very invested in this site - Then he's doing/did something, isnt he?
Sent by acyuta,Jan 27, 2015
I agree with Danger, rando is probably the only one working on this site and coding is sometimes not the easiest things to do.
Sent by Dalagninja,Jan 27, 2015
well this site would need to go viral for him to be fully invested, he couldn't quit his job unless he can rely on people buying T
Sent by hugatree343,Jan 27, 2015
I worship the code he jerks on
Sent by JamesM,Jan 27, 2015
6 years and 2 months
Sent by suzycroatia,Jan 27, 2015
aquamarine

I think you should also make it apparent as to when each of those updates occurred, because most of them occurred in the first 3 years of the site and barely any in the last 3 years
Sent by black0ut247,Jan 27, 2015
we joined this site he didn't promise anything
Sent by rowan22,Jan 27, 2015

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