I was okay with this replacing monthly events, but seasonal events is too much. Egg hunt is something deeply special to me and I looked forward to it every year. Is there anything we can do to prevent this?
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I doubt it. Roblox listening to their vocal fanbase (i.e not the kids who make up the majority of it now adays) doesnât seem likely at all, especially with something that was probably planned out for a while. All we can hope now is that doing this hurts Roblox and they decide to revert their choice but Iâve never seen Roblox as the type of company to do that.
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Please donât include the egg hunt in this, people know it happens and everyone looks forward to it all year. One could even argue that theyâve only been getting better again, but way too much was being put into them. I think a lot of players would be fine with a smaller size (maybe half them at 25 eggs instead of the now typical 50-ish) and fewer areas and less complicated puzzles.
Maybe going back to egg rains in a few specific games like âstand around in these 3 games this weekend for egg rainsâ would even be a better idea. Just donât scrap the idea entirely, kids love collecting these things and as I mentioned earlier, the quality has only been going up again.
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Egg Hunts are one of those events that have been here since almost a decade and have found a place in the heart of many RĹBLOXians.
The silent update to the OP is quite disheartening and I never thought this would happen. All the seasonal events except Egg Hunt were already missing on the 2019 road map and now the egg hunt is gone too, only to be replaced by Live-Ops? I am sure most players would rather prefer wearable/collectable eggs than in-game items (if âegg hunt 2020â is planned to be some kind of a live-ops event).
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We as users are not entitled to roblox events. I have to agree with this change, it canât continue being a charity w/ free hats like most events just boil down to. The amount of time that has to be put into these events for the temporary revenue boost as many argue along with coordination and workload it puts on dev-rel is simply not worth it in the long run. The stress Iâve seen official events put on some developers to roll out in time isnât worth it either. (Please correct me if ignorant on the subject)
Arguing that roblox adopting a more âcorporateâ route as bad is pretty ridiculous as well. With how big roblox has become there simply might not be the worth to invest time into these seasonal events anymore, such as the egg hunt. Live ops seems like a pretty good solution to replacing official events, allowing developers their own timeline and flexibility, with them being completely developer driven.
I think youâre very far off if youâre comparing social holiday events with fun rewards for players to âcharityâ
To continue against your points, afaik roblox events have always been opt-in for developer teams. Those teams know what theyâre signing up for as far as hours and workload, and still choose to do them. They are also, afaik, providing incentive for working on those events, alongside the chance to work on the most well known roblox holiday event with their team of friends.
Other game companies release entirely new DLC, entirely new skins and weapons, entirely new gameplay modes, etc, for just about every holiday, even some obscure ones. This isnât some thing that is putting a weight on roblox specifically.
If anything, the size of roblox is MORE reason to have events like these, so the playerbase doesnât feel out of touch with the staff/company. Egg hunts have always been a token of âheres something fun for you to do for sticking with us, go get some prizesâ and staff members even typically play the game from server to server to interact with players as well.
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I used to use the egg hunts as a way to identify something that was unique to Roblox. The way the community absolutely adored them was and is a great example of what Roblox is and what its userbase is like. They were special, especially to people that had been on the site for years. They were whimsical and stupid, and they were glorious.
Iâll be genuinely sad to see them go. It feels like a piece of Robloxâs heart is dying with them. I urge Roblox to rethink this decision, even though I understand that Hunts take a lot of work. The community thrives on them, and replacing them with daily spotlights feels like an insult.
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Beesmas was a custom event ran by some developers, I believe it was to substitute the cancelled Christmas event. This was an event which could possibly give in-game items when obtaining a badge through this custom event. I guess the Beesmas event was a good example, however, we need to see what kind of impact this change has for us to make a full judgement.
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I would do anything to get these events back. Due to the majority believing these events as done for, it ruins my heart. I mean, think about the people who made videos about these ROBLOX events. The part where they say they re-evaluated existing features, I feel this is such a wrong move.
As a big game, you should make choices which wouldnât be so harmful to the community, this possibly damages the interest of me playing some games other than the ones I always have interest for.
Here is an example: I love playing Mad City, Jailbreak, Temple Thieves and a small number of other games. Without these events, I would just stick to these games and never had an interest for something new. Sooner or later, it is either that I get bored and find nothing interesting to stay on ROBLOX or the developers need to add updates to keep the game not so boring for everyone.
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Am i missing something here? The list of things they are encouraging developers to do are things developers should already be doing right? I guess my question is, why is this change necessary? If all events are now developer driven in their own games then none of them will be official unless it is âShowcasedâ? What about prizes? Most games already have in-game prizes awarded through progression and other methods of gameplay. What would be a considered a special in-game promotion? Most games do seasonal updates and events which include holiday related items. I donât know about you but this seems like its 1 step forward 2 steps back. If anyone has clarification or insight it would be greatly appreciated 
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Well, yes. Yes, this is something the developers should be doing. Even so, developers have done it before. This update may benefit the developers but let us think about the players. Not everyone can afford Robux. How would you feel if you were just a player that couldnât afford any? You perhaps have to stick with all the free items forever. The egg hunt were awesome for me. I completely agree with them being such a fun part of the ROBLOX community. But, as a ROBLOX community, think about the players too.
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This is so uncalled for, seasonal events were a huge part of the platform, I remember the backlash that followed the 2015 egghunt, the so called devents (âdev-eventsâ)⌠And to be honest, I promise none of us wants that to happen again⌠The uproar will be terrible.
So in short, I wonât repeat the arguments stated, but one thing is sure: this will be doing more harm than good and removing the seasonal events is just going to rub salt in the wounds.
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Afaik, itâs charity as in having people make those assets to give away free on the site along with paying developers for the roblox events.
From what Iâve heard dev-rel is extremely busy, having to change policy frequently to adjust to the workload. Just look at the new admission system introduced in the beginning of the year. Itâs in context to what dev-rel is given and its responsibilities currently.
With the current size roblox is, its just going to become more difficult to continue past traditions/ policy. It seems you have some attachment to egg hunt itself, seeing the romanticized perspective. Maybe itâs something I simply lack, but I have to say that from a user standpoint, developer standpoint, and a business standpoint, roblox will probably do just fine without these events. Roblox will live on, just not in the vision you hoped.
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After more info etc more talk regarding all this, I really think getting rid of official Roblox events is not the best of moves, for example egg hunt, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and some others.
This dev events are things developers already do or should be doing, and its just a in game thing you donât get a free cool hat or something for your avatar.
Yes its good to keep players engaged in the games but at the same time the roblox events brings people together to hunt for eggs for example. I think official Roblox events are a good thing for the community. like TopHatBloxxer said donât just think of the developers think of the players as well.
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Iâm tired of seeing threads like this, where a bad corporate decision is made that leads to the entire community bashing Roblox. Iâm starting to find it difficult to stay on the platform when the playerbase keeps being upset like this.
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The whole point of my post is that the egg hunt has always been the most publicized thing on the site, something that everyone expects. I donât think it should be to the increased scale roblox has been making it every year, and I actually think it should be rolled back to a more manageable size. Winning items for your character will always be a much larger draw than any of the supposed âstandpointsâ you mention, and you may just not be informed enough on the subject. I also donât romanticize the egg hunts so Iâm not really sure why youâre projecting that onto me, I simply know how much kids like them (playercount doesnât lie) and I know the benefit they give to the social aspects of the game.
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Wait, theyâre removing things like Egg Hunt too? Was this in the original post or was this a new edit?
Tix Removed 3: Roblox, I Thought You Promised That We Wouldnât Have To Make One Of These Again PLEASE ROBLOX IâVE BEEN TRAPPED HERE IN THE BASEMENT FOR 5 YEARS I JUST WANT TO SEE MY FAMILY
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So It seems as if they updated the change to now include seasonal events in the removal, which I honestly think makes this situation worse.
While it was already sad that monthly events were being removed, I still was optimistic that these new Live-Op events could possibly be somewhat of a replacement, even if they werenât as engaging. But I just can not see these replacing seasonal events.
Seasonal events, like the Egg Hunt, meant so much to players old and new, and were the best memories many players had on the platform. They were always highly anticipated by the community and it shows by how people are reacting to this change. To me, this quick removal of them makes me feel there wasnt much thought for the community when this decision was made.
I donât think Live-Ops are a bad idea, and I honestly like the concept of them. But to try to use them as replacement for events just seems like a really bad idea to me, given what events mean to the community.
Obviously we wonât know exactly the effects of these changes will be until they happen, but right itâs hard for me to be optimistic about this.
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It was updated very recently to include seasonal.
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Golden statement! But, even if we are a forum for developers, please consider everyone, even if they are just players.
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