@Anony-Mouse This is basically spot on to who and what Cujo is. He is a lazy entitled prick who will steal your Intellectual Property and then lie about it later.
I’m fresh off the game. I played there for years and took a couple of breaks here and there. Now I’m done. Zephyr being fired was the last nail in the coffin for me, among some other staff decisions that impressed upon me their fear of allowing other players to reach the powerful heights of their own PBs. So I’ll spill what I can, while I’m here.
I started playing with Zephyr and Entropy’s group. It was some of the best times I had Role Playing. I know who they are, and they were indeed fired for their dissenting opinions. Another source tells me she was trying to copy the Database and make her own AoA. I find that ridiculous and a flat-out backpedaling lie. Funny how Cujo would be worried about any competition to his game or stolen IP, when he himself steals IP and passes out shelved characters to his FC’s (Basically his packaged Toy Set Collectables, the man-child that he is.) for their plot needs. Lie about me being uncontactable (you’re required to register an email with your character) when other players stood up for me in my absence regarding permission to use the character. Imagine logging in and being told your Bit was being used still, not by staff, but by other players in the group. You yourself had to drag answers out of the FC running the plots and they were quick to make excuses. Then, not being able to say anything about it for fear of retaliation. It wouldn’t be the first time I was told to not argue with a person who was a staff favorite.
The game now is essentially run by Sumi/Aryn/Poe (Yes that Poe)/@eddie and whatever other character she has that may not be as well known. Some of your assumptions as to who she was is correct. While there are admirable things about her in real life, her conduct in the game on an OOC level is mostly Toxic. Along with Hadrix/Bors/Koof/Reverberate and Nerys/Amal/Tamsin/Discordia. Aryn doesn’t have a staff bit yet, but I’m sure she will soon now that there isn’t anyone around to do Cujo’s job. How else will he be able to walk down the street and eat his Wendys?
From my experience, they are indeed trying to turn SW:AoA into ‘Game of Thrones in Space’. Aryn has admitted to as much considering what she turned the Alderaan Cultural Group into and likening it to ‘Game of Thrones in Space’ in multiple bbposts.
Aryn has set herself up to be the premiere Sith Lorde and Queen of the Alderaan Sector after the time skip. She will probably be running the Sith Group. She also essentially runs various other Groups. Bounty Hunters Guild, might as well Mandalorians seeing as you can’t make any headway as a mando unless you’re a Kora. Bors and his alts all as her right-hand man. Someone asked who set themselves up to win the game? @eddie did. 100% via her staff puppet Reverberate and enough crying to Cujo where he finally relented. Now they got rid of the only voices to argue against her getting her way completely.
I can confirm that if they like you, they will take you in. They will give you things. They will make sure you have ALL the stuff. If you start talking about or having different ideas, they are quick to mark you as an outcast. Shut you down with gaslighting or bullying, make up rules, and deny your requests out of spite or fear of competition. I had this experience with Reverberate and more recently Discordia. They will try to groom you but if you have a strong mind it doesn’t take, they’ll talk shit behind your back and start drama. Especially Aryn. She LOVES to tell people how much she hates drama… then will page you out of the blue and talk utter shit about someone you just interacted with. Admittedly Trashcan was like this too, but that’s neither here nor there. Also, it’s the internet. Everyone just talks shit in my experience so I try not to make that a reason for complaint. I ignore it. I realize how dumb it is to complain about something and then say I shouldn’t complain about it while doing that thing I was complaining about…
The sex pest problem will continue. Barduur has been reported multiple times, by a couple of people I know, and nothing was done. Banshee, Cujo’s best friend and resident lurker, has also been known to creep on the ladies from time to time, some of them my friends. They allow a player named Bizz and Lofty to be a troll and makes dumb comments both OOC and Public. [[Edit: I thought it was Yeti, I guess it’s not. Still, annoying troll.]]
I’m not going to sit here and say I’m perfect. I was young, dumb, and stupid myself once. I’ve done bad things and I’ll admit to them if called out. Cujo could have done one very easy thing. Basic due diligence was not followed. I should have left sooner or never come back at all.
F~ AoA. F~ Cujo and F~ his staff.
I’m going to go make my own game.
Not Star Wars. Star Wars sucks.