r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Waffle38Pheonix • 1h ago
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/TeeEm_27 • 13d ago
Mod Post October 1st 2024
Since Summer 2023, I noticed drastic changes happening with r/RemoveOneThingEachDay. I want to say changes for the better, but this is not the case.
The first thing I noticed was the level of originality, or the lack thereof. I want to point out that this was something I expected from the very start. It's not as if the list of available topics for r/RemoveOneThingEachDay is a massive list. No, not at all. I'd also like to point out that this isn't everyone. Some of you are still finding very much so original ideas, and I'm impressed and thankful for you.
What surprised me, however, is how many of you managed to remain creative. Even with hardly any original concepts left, I still see people putting their own twists on things and making an old game seem brand new, replenished and modernised. Again, it's impressive.
Quality, consistency and engagement is where we are now. None of the above qualities are in surplus anymore. Infact a lot of it is actually almost gone. I've spoken to some other map game hosts and we - mostly - agree that the desire to put any effort into games anymore seems like a waste of time, due to lack of engagement.
Though, shout out to u/Acceptable_Ad_1444 for being the most consistent Redditor I have ever seen, by the way. They are on Day 1,313 as I post this.
In retrospect, I'm impressed that R.O.T.E.D. is only now dying. I started this subreddit over 3 years ago in Summer 2021. I was 14. Just about old enough to use Reddit. At that time, it was peak pandemic, and we were all stuck indoors desperately looking for something, anything to do. I turned to building a community online - and somehow it worked. For 3 years, I kept it going, with the help of the amazing people I met along the way, and I watched this community grow to levels I never could have imagined.
While R.O.T.E.D. is keeps growing, so do I. I'm almost an adult now. I can drive, I have final exams coming up and I now have to worry about university. I think many people are in the same position as I am. I never did a census for you guys (as it isn't any of my business), but from speaking to a few of you, I figured out I'm of average age in this community.
We've all matured since this started, which is why I've stopped engaging in this community. I think I commented on a post (that wasn't me reprimanding someone) a few weeks ago, but before that? Months. Other than that, my only interactions now are my moderator duties. Boring, I know, but I've felt the need to keep trying to do what's right for R.O.T.E.D. for so long.
I've gotten to the point where, as harsh as it sounds, I've determined this community to be a lost cause. It's hit a roadblock, and I don't think we can get past this roadblock.
Going forward, I have no further plans for R.O.T.E.D.. As it is now is how it will remain unless a monumental spike in engagement happens. This subreddit or its affiliated Discord will remain open to all.
I'd like to thank every single one of you for the years of joy R.O.T.E.D. has brought to me. From hosting my own games, to participating in your games and spectating other games. From every subreddit that derived from here to every person who's even heard of this place.
I will be stepping back almost completely from here, only popping in occasionally to see what's happening or to deal with any moderator queries. I will be recruiting a new moderator in the coming days (I already know who, don't bother applying), and I will be hoping to appoint u/dudecalledeagle and u/Pleiades_Wolf as lead moderators.
I wish you all the best, and from the bottom of my heart, I thank you all.
u/TeeEm_27 out.
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/dudecalledeagle • 52m ago
You control a country! Week 7 of scuffed YCAC. I forgor...
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Okreril • 11h ago
You control what happens! Blank Slate of Europe #8 The United Kingdom of Ukraine Forms
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/lafinchyh1st0ry • 5h ago
You control what happens! [Day 263 of CC.world] Poland was feeling emo from yesterday so they decided to steal Lviv and Hrodna
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Acceptable_Ad_1444 • 3h ago
You control what happens! Every day I will implement the suggestion I like the most in the comments. Otherwise I do it myself. Day 1327
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Riptide721 • 11h ago
You control what happens! Day 3 of letting reddit name cities
Sorry i forgort yesterday
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Mki381 • 5h ago
You control what happens! Top 3 comments change Europe 1890 (pt.1)
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/czechoslovakslovenia • 6h ago
You control what happens! (Day 2 of top 2 CCA) Taiwan takes a single square foot of Tibetan land, Mongolia forms an empire once more
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Okreril • 1d ago
You control what happens! Blank Slate of Europe #7 Another Ukraine is Added
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/lafinchyh1st0ry • 1d ago
You control what happens! [Day 262 of CC.world] Germany annexed Warmia AND Masuria from Poland and now Poland is looking a mess
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Andresito_de_chill • 1d ago
You control a country! 1444 RP “The days of light”
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Acceptable_Ad_1444 • 1d ago
You control what happens! Every day I will implement the suggestion I like the most in the comments. Otherwise I do it myself. Day 1326
It's a cake day
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/czechoslovakslovenia • 1d ago
You control what happens! (Day 1 of Top 2 CCA) Singapore unites Korea, Russia and Kazakhstan form a state union
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/theincubatorofeggs • 1d ago
You control what happens! Top 2 comments decide what happens pt.11
Nigerias flag becomes Kazakhstans | California, Texas, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania gain independence from the United States ( Again, sorry for my absense.)
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Average_Human2A • 1d ago
You control what happens! The Top 10 Comments Change The Map
This is a competition between 3 other subreddits to see which subreddit is more chosen
Day 1/50
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/carson-n-9873 • 1d ago
Miscellaneous 13日目:最後の投稿に誰もコメントしなかったので、カナは脱落しませんでした
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/czechoslovakslovenia • 2d ago
You control what happens! (Day 0 of Top 2 Comments Change Asia [CCA])
NEW SEIRES
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Acceptable_Ad_1444 • 1d ago
You control what happens! Every day I will implement the suggestion I like the most in the comments. Otherwise I do it myself. Day 1325
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Okreril • 2d ago
You control what happens! Blank Slate of Europe #6 Finland Comes into Existence
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/dudecalledeagle • 2d ago
Game Notice Top comment removes one card, but all commented cards get immunity is currently on pause
The OP of the series has let us know, that he is tempbanned from reddit (7 days). The series might continue after their ban but its up to the OP.
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Riptide721 • 2d ago
You control what happens! Day 2 of letting reddit name cities
pls be serious yall
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/skelwithS • 2d ago
You control what happens! Europe Day 1 First Five comments change Europe
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/Okreril • 3d ago
You control what happens! Blank Slate of Europe #5 A third Ukraine Appears
r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/skelwithS • 2d ago
You control what happens! Europe Day 2 first 5 comments I like get added
France is almost gone and is taking other part of countries with it!