Isopup Vent

People asked for it, so here it is.

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For venting and anonymous comments about Isopups the Closed Species and their staff.

Ideally, this will be a place to document the problems going on along with allowing open criticism that the staff is being hostile against.

We will accept both positive and negative asks. Maybe one day things will get better and that would be great! But right now, it's a mess.

Rules:

Please include screenshots when necessary. Especially when referring to allegations you are currently making.

Naming staff members is okay as long as you are venting/commenting on their actions and not their character. (If this gets out of hand, this rule will be removed)

Unnecessary rude comments towards staff will not be accepted. Please keep on topic to be helpful.

Anonymous only asks will be posted unless you ask for it to be left off.

We may choose to not post your ask for any reason. This may include; hateful/rude comments, non-anon asks, and allegations made without proof.

Positive asks will be tagged #isopuppos

Vent and criticism will be tagged #isopupvent

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All of the issues isopups had in the beginning aside my personal main "issue" at the moment is that it really feels like it's run by teenagers. in a bad and messy way.

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Being on the team isn't fun as I thought it'd be either. I'm lowkey tempted to step down.

I'm surprised the species is even still active. I was hoping as they lost popularity, that the mode would be better for staff with less stress.

Sorry to hear that and don't be afraid to step down!

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blog's stil alive? :o

I don't activity check, but it sure can be.

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I thought being on the team in isopups would be fun but it's just been frustrating and annoying. I hope things get handled better soon

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For the Civ business -> they changed their original staff intro in the server to something else, including the TH link they reference (though it doesn't go anywhere), but did not repost it (just edited their old one) Even if the drama is fake, that's sus as hell

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In regards to Civ being a mod, there’s a bulletin regarding them on TH that’s worth a read, https://toyhou.se/~forums/5867.service-reviews/551946.sharkrival-bugbox-a-lengthy-summary-and-review?page=0

It’s got imgur galleries and a doc the Terraliens mods made. Civ is NOT someone anyone should support.

Rhys is in the Bulletin too, though that situation is in the comments. Rhys also Mods for Civ’s semi-open species, and let me tell you, they’re both god awful at proper moderation and deescalation. I’d honestly recommend jumping ship from Isopups at this point. Glad to see that the site is at least decently functional now though, Zaga was an awful owner.

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Civ doesn't know what quitting means. It's wild to me, as they can likely make just as much money without being netted up in all the drama they create in species spaces.

Hard agree anon.

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Civ renamed/rebranded to Gin and is using Isopups to get money. Not gonna accuse/assume anything (because im not them) but they’re doing the same thing they did in Terraliens with “emergency adopts”. Praying it’s not going to end the same as it did with the other CS.

Whoever they got already fixed some broken pages. Huge prompts to them.

Gin/Civ hasn't seen to have changed their TH name (yet?), but they been making adopts there for awhile now. Nothing crazy to note, but just put a pin in it.

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I had joined the beta test server, it was made public after the first group of interested testers were added. There was no beta to test, or even an alpha. It was just an over hyped interest check. There were about a couple hundred people in there too

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Wait is it really true that the owner stepped down? After they tried to launch a video game and milk money through adoptables? Doesn’t seem like a very logical move for their "business" o_o

Purpleopossum and Rhys own the species now, I believe. Best of luck to them for cleaning up the site, they were left with a real mess. 🦐

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The video game was looking like something they cooked up in a couple hours. It's like they enjoyed the idea and aesthetic of "generic topdown rpg but with my ocs" and didn't want to commit to actually making it.

They had a post for a beta test. Would be interested in hearing from anyone that tried it.🦐

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just discovered this blog and I'm so happy to see that i'm not the only person frustrated with how the species is run!! i actually left a good while ago when they announced some sort of videogame and thought. yeah. this was all a scammy and poorly coordinated marketing strategy. just something about that rubbed me the wrong way especially because i already thought that the entire species and the lorekeeper were undercooked, even months after the launch. its sad to see really.

The video game also confused me. I'll be surprised to hear if they ever get the site up again. 🦐

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update but the owner stepped down, so there’s a new owner. It caused a bit of pandemonium since people thought the species would end- people left because of the panic too. Most mods, oa’s and even the old owners of Terra’s left as well. It was quite the sight to witness.

Hello, I've been out of the drama over there for awhile. Was hoping they would fixed things up.

Hopefully doesn't cause issue with people that still own an isopup. 🦐

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Isos hired a fucking 16 year old to be an oa

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Wow, late, Tumblr didn't tell me I had new messages. Apologies, sending them through late.

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Not really species related, but I keep seeing isopod related species pop up. Nothing more than an observation, not really pos/neg. Just curious why that is a popular species theme right now...

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imo they need to stop doing adopts and stop working on events to work on their species tos like people have been begging for someone already mentioned in suggestions that they noticed people getting banned over non existent species rules. Some staff members need an attitude check to when answering questions and suggestions that have already been answered politely.

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TOS and just clear guidelines on making a character and getting them approved.

I've heard two overly specific reasons people have gotten banned and both are cases where it's nowhere in the rules.

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The species looks super cute, but the fact that a lot of the old Terralien staff (including one of the owners) are in there is a giant red flag for me — considering how hard they f-ed up to the point of relinquishing ownership of Terras to someone else not even half a year after they were founded. Just seems like they’re trying once again to get a species off the ground by using popular artists to make adopts for them.

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