Hello there:
As times keeps going, and given that we have noticed that the community is still excitedly waiting for the re-opening of the game (thank you for sticking with us! 
), we have decided to give you a briefing on what’s going on while you’re waiting.
How long will I have to wait until BYM is fixed?
How long will I have to wait until BYM is fixed?Sadly, we are simply unable to give an actual date/timeline of when the game is ready to be reopened. This is due to a number of factors, that I’m going to explain further:
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Development: Any developer knows that usually finetuning a game in order to comply with a specific network behavior ends up in long development times. Such a task is simply not done in a day or two.
When theFilteringEnabledwas enforced to the point of “only the friends of the owner can play”, many thought a flip of a switch would solve everything. If that was the case however, that switch would be enabled already. In fact, it requires the great majority of the scripts to be reworked, and in some cases completely rewritten from the ground scratch. -
Quality & Safety Assurance:
FilteringEnabled, while it does indeed help to keep exploiters out, needs to be implemented correctly. In order to, in the future, waste less time fixing bugs/exploits and dedicate more time improving and releasing new and existing features, sharky is making sure to get it all done the right way. And a correct implementation is key to avoid issues in a near future. On the other hand, this helps bringing the best experience possible. -
Testing & Compliance: The BYM management team is actively working with sharky to ensure the well-functioning and stability of the features implemented - usually it doesn’t work quite right as expected the first attempts, or doesn’t do all the things it was designed to. Making a feature requires refinement and doing it right in one shot, is, at least, very unlikely. Sometimes also, we realize that this feature needs to be modified in order to comply with Roblox’s rules - if we ignore those, we risk the game to be taken down!
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Other Reasons: What a lot of people tend to forget is that on the other side of the internet, there are humans aswell. What do we mean by this? They do have their personal affairs aswell. As most of you have school everyday, every other member of the community also has their own stuff aside BYM, let it be a job, a college life, etc… This also goes for the Management Team. Some of us have a job in real life (overall, we’re busy) and cannot commit to the BYM cause all of our free time. Currently sharky is doing his best efforts to find as much time as he can to develop BYM.
Since that we don’t have accurate dates where we can do a grand opening, we’re currently working by estimate dates - we’re somewhat confident that perhaps the game will open somewhere between that day, but we have zero guarantees on it. It’s also our plan to begin getting news delivered to you as frequently as it is convenient.
What’s going on in the backstage?
In the backstage, it’s not only the game “fixing” that is over the table. In fact, the game being down has generated a period where a fair amount of events have happened. In special:
- Roblox might feature BYM on the Front Page: Yes, you’re reading it right. No, we aren’t going to surpass Jailbreak, even if that was the point. We cannot guarantee that this is 100% going forward, but if it does, we expect a great influx of new players. We did indeed somehow (let’s say the history behind this was weird) engage with some Roblox admins to that respect.
If that is to happen, it won’t be immediately after the game is up. There are still some guidelines that the game must follow before this happens - please refer to this and this for more information on Roblox Featured Sort.
Our plans involve rethinking the way BYM is managed. More players (especially newcomers), increasingly speaking different languages (spanish, brazillian portuguese) will require more workforce. That said, we might increase our staff vacancies in the future, as we’re going to periodically evaluate the player’s needs.
A same yet different question to be adressed is moderation. Until now, the Management Team sufficed to manage this question, with the collaboration of the Staff Team and the BYM Community in general, given the playerbase. However, it’s nearly a fact that more people will naturally imply more people up to breaking the rules. We’re going to properly adress this question aswell, when time demands it.
For now, the Moderator rank has been re-added (was discontinued at some point when all Moderators were moved to the Administrator position and there was no need to hire new people), but for now the selection process remains the same (people are hand-picked, no way to apply) until the game needs dictate otherwise.
What can I do in the meanwhile? How do I keep up with the development progress?
What can I do in the meanwhile? How do I keep up with the development progress?As stated above, we are trying to begin pushing more information onto your hands so that you can know what is going on. If you (and therefore your account) are over 13 years old, we really recommend you to check out the Social Media section of BYM’s game page as we have several off-site endpoints where we can cater you with better, more up-to-date information. Due to Roblox rules we cannot really provide the links here.
If you’re afraid of losing your skills, one of our Administrators, Zenuvius, has put in air his own version of BYM (also known as RBYM) that you can use to practice your building.
WARNING! RBYM and BYM saves ARE NOT CROSS-COMPATIBLE! This means that builds and/or purchases made on RBYM WILL NOT transfer to BYM!
For now, that’s all what’s left to say. That said, we can now only wish you a very sp00ky halloween, with a lot of candy!
Cheers,
The BYM Management Team