If you weren't aware, I was the hostess earlier at a cubimal trading party. We traded cubimals and bags so that we could all earn the achievement, just as is done for music boxes, gems, and the like. Aside from some severe lag due to over 30 people showing up, and my own technical problems that caused people to be booted from my house twice, the party has thus far been a success with the exception of one or two small, yet highly consequential, actions on the part of a small number of people.
Innie came up with a brilliant idea, and I opened my doors to make that idea a reality. In the spirit of Glitch, I made food - as did countless others - so that we could share in a communal experience of joy and celebration and know that we contributed to the satisfaction of dozens of other Glitches. To help with their progress in this world. That's part of the wonderful thing about Glitch: that we can help each other - and are encouraged to do so - for a common and greater good in the hopes that we might learn to apply those philanthropic goals to our everyday lives. Glitch is a microcosm and a representation of what our world could become with some love and consideration.
However, there are a small number of individuals who arrived at this event (partly because their identities cannot be confirmed, they shall not be named) with the sole aim of circumventing progress and maligning the good intentions of this gathering. Several individuals had bags stolen - Djabril had a bag full of items stolen, and several cubimals have gone missing as well. As for me? I had all of my feeders and collectors taken from my animal pen - from my own home. Right under my nose, making me feel like a fool for trusting the individual who purported an air of respect by accepting the invitation.
Glitch is a community of sharing and growing. It is a community. And yes, things happen in real life communities that are not nice, just as they might occur in the Glitch world. But when it has been made explicitly clear that the intent of the party is to help one another, and individuals subvert that honest and good intention, it causes the character of the entire World to be compromised. This is only the Beta - imagine when the game opens up and, in potentially six months, we have thousands of users. If stealing property is already an issue now, I cannot begin to fathom the crisis it could become when the site is more populated by individuals who (on a general level) may not be as conscientious as we are. We, the testers, have grown into a strong and tightly-knit family of sorts. Our small group will eventually be dwarfed in size by those who join the game after it goes live. We have a crucial role in maintaining the character of the Glitch world by exhibiting good morals now and preventing the atmosphere and climate of the game to turn from one of generosity into that of selfishness and underhandedness.
The purpose of this thread is simple: if you stole things from the party and know you shouldn't have, we who lost our items to thieves would like them back. If you no longer have them, at least admitting to the crime would be a polite gesture on your part. If it was a mistake, no harm no foul - just own up to being the person responsible. And for those who took no part in this gathering and have only been party to my pleas, I urge you to remember that while you may refuse to acknowledge it, you have a personal responsibility to maintain integrity and honesty within this Game because everyone suffers from apathy in the end.