That is absolutely true though. That would be something I would do.
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I know simulator devs likely wouldnât do it. But that just means people need to work to outcompete them. It only takes a few big players to make a dent.
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They shouldnât be cancelling something that has been far planned and hyped up the community. It just makes things worse than they could ever be.
I never seen simulator devs doing so either. Glad not, but hard working developers who work on something with unique gameplay should and probably wouldnât have much of a problem doing so knowing that their game technics are probably not overused in such a way to bring such boredom. At least by my opinion.
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Hello.
I just made the person I replied to, clear that Egg Hunt is not going to be cancelled, I agree with you though.
This year maybe. But no more egg hunts after this year.
Yes, I know. Since they stated that seasonal will also be gone, which is a pretty weird and low move. Roblox sponsors months events meaning they would never do such a change. But apparently they sadly did.
This change hurts players enough to affect developers. Killswitching and banding together would be the only way to accentuate this to Roblox.
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I really hope that roblox will notice all this and cooperate with us developers. There are positive and negative arguments about all of this. I do not understand, why not be neutral and do both?
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I think itâs safe to say this is the last egg-hunt ever. Even the idea of a MEGA BIG EGGHUNT ACROSS 50 GAMES sends some huge 
flags and when I first saw that, my first thoughts were "yeah it's getting removed" and lord behold, I was right
Iâm not really bothered about the monthly events actually and donât mind them vanishing. Iâd rather have at least 4 events a year giving some breathing room for each event, Egghunt, Bloxy and 2 other events.
Given how annoyingly stubborn Roblox has been lately, I donât think a response will be given or a very late one that probably creates even further confusion. I still donât fully really understand the âLiveOpsâ system so Iâll just wait in confusion and stress until it finally happens I guess. Generally negative/risky updates seemed to have always been under the official Roblox discourse account.
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As my final remarks, an egghunt without our loyal, good, blessed and pure soul and the boi gurt is not an egghunt I want to take part in. Bringing so many memories to children worldwide surely, a honourable universal legend for all.
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I like this idea. It could be signified as a peaceful protest. To be honest, everything we do here in this thread can go unnoticed. Literally, Roblox could just choose to not read it at all. Itâs been a habit of theirs to ignore us on topics like this unfortunatelyâŚ
But this can show how serious we are about it. But for this, we need many front-page devs on board. I donât want to mention names, but you guys know who you are. And instead of just flipping this switch, do something with your thumbnails related to âbring events/egg hunt events backâ. I know you guys collaborated on things like that in the past (shape thumbnails, robbie appearing on them, etc.), and you can definitely do it again. This will, not only catch Robloxâs attention, make others who have been completely oblivious to this aware and eager to learn more.
Of course, this would have to be organized. It would be way more powerful if most front-page devs did it all of a sudden instead of over time (although the latter is still definitely powerful). All I can say is that our hope is in their hands as Roblox, one of the biggest and best online game engines to date, doesnât listen to the pleas of their community (or at least disclose information why a change is being made).
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It is cancelled, theyâre just going on with this yearâs hunt since they created tons of assets for it before they made the decision to cancel it.
Like how television studios cancel a program but they still have a few more episodes to air.
After this final Egg Hunt, there wont be anymore of any event.
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I donât see developers boycotting this change, I instead see developers using this as marketing gimmick since seasonal events being canceled is the hottest topic among the Roblox community currently.
Itâs possible that developers that participate or endorse this protest could potentially end up receiving bias or even punished for malicious behavior.
The only way this could even be remotely effective is if every developer temporarily disables all microtransactions including paid access. Roblox wonât revert this change unless sales drastically drop as thatâs how a business works.
Majority of the developers value wealth over an old tradition that has been around since the beginning , so this is it. The seasonal events are ending and thereâs nothing you or I can do about it. I recommend reading this article before anyone considers doing something irrational such as participating in this alleged boycott.
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I never said I would boycott over this. However, the increasing brevity of the negative update cycle is enough that such a killswitch would not be a bad idea. Also, my games are going to be free to play, pay for QOL. Hence I donât need to turn off anything - besides, if I flipped said killswitch itâd just block all dev products (which are probably the most purchased things in a game) and wouldnât appear any different than everyone no longer buying my products.
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I canât read the article, I donât have WSJ. DX
And yes, itâd only be logical to temporarily disable these micro-transactions in protest. Doing it permanently would ruin the developersâ lives who rely on Roblox. Your reply is in concordance with one of my others:
Yes, there are things we can do. We canât force Roblox to change, but we can do our best to fight against it. Also, we arenât forcing people to help: We arenât holding a gun to badccvoidâs head saying, âDisable microtransactions nowâ. They only help if they want to.
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Players buy robux to spend in games. Sometimes theyâll buy a little to make an outfit, sure.
But if the games just all start saying âwe wonât take your robuxâ, people will stop buying robux to spend there and also will not spend any they have, if you manage to keep them around through the period you disable purchasing.
Thatâs the whole point of a strike, if you donât drastically impact the companyâs revenue then your demands wonât be met. However with that being said I donât encourage this act of rebellious behavior as this company doesnât play fairly once you cross them. As the old saying goes Donât bite the hand that feeds you
I believe people are overreacting. They never said they would remove sponsored events. And usually itâs us developers making the games for those events. Maybe itâs a change, but we have survived no monthly events before, and we will certainly survive it again.
Itâs probably hard to make new catalog items for every single event as well
Thatâs a valid point, however I believe the majority is more outraged about the tradition of maintaining seasonal events is coming to an end.
Personally I wonât miss sponsored events, most werenât enjoyable to say the least.
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The way I understood it they would keep the traditional egg hunt but get rid of the random monthly ones. Did I misunderstand?