So, for those of you who seem confused about why people are upset with the current state of affairs on the Guild, here's a prime example of the problem:

"I'm taking a week off to work on the Guild." - Mahz, October 28, on the rp_guild twitter account

It's not just a matter of lack of features or lack of progress being made, it's largely a matter of empty promises. Due to how Mahz has decided to run the site everything hinges on him, and honestly he's not reliable for it. I am well aware that he has work and other obligations so he can't spend all his time on the Guild, but that doesn't really excuse the long track record of empty promises. Even back before Guildfall he made all sorts of promises about cool new features to come and then just never got around to it (anyone remember Roleplayer Cards?), so it's not like this is a new thing. Another great example of this happening is the numerous promises Mahz made to get a Contests section made on this iteration of the Guild. Brovo asked him to do it and Mahz said he'd get on it, then it never happened; I asked him to do it and he said it would be done within the month, then it never happened; after that at least one of the mods reminded him about the contests section when he popped into IRC and he said he'd make it soon, but it never happened; MDK tried to start a contest (after WOTM died due to being unable to function without a dedicated section) and asked for the section to be made and Mahz said he would do so, but again it never happened.

That kind of thing is draining on one's confidence that Mahz will actually improve things, especially when it happens over and over and over alongside months of no work being done at all. I would probably be better for overall morale if he never promised anything and just said he'll do stuff whenever he can get around to it. Asking what you can do for the site is cool and all, but when the answer is "nothing, because Mahz refuses to do any of the numerous things that could improve the site without putting all the burden on his shoulders" then you're left there with all your good intentions in mind and nothing to show for it. I put up with it for a good 9 months, but then the site got to the point where it was a struggle to post anything for about a week before it full on broke and then the only response was apparently a server reset, which didn't actually solve the major lag problems. There comes a time when brand loyalty dies in the face of facts, and that time has come for a lot of us.

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, just laying it out there for you guys to understand. If you still enjoy the site despite its flaws, awesome, have fun with it, that's what it's all about. Those of us who can't deal with it will just move elsewhere, no worries. There doesn't need to be any fight between the happy and the dissatisfied Guild people. Just understand that for the dissatisfied side it's not a bunch of pointless whining, it's a legitimate complaint about how the site is run.