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  • We've been radio silent for a long time now. We posted an announcement in our Discord server back in April of 2025, but never updated the forums. So what's up with Gateway Roleplay?

    After 5 long years, we've decided to place the development of Ties That Bind on an indefinite hold.

    This doesn't mean it's cancelled. We fully intend to run Ties That Bind: What Lies Beneath and Ties That Bind: City of Angels eventually. But to do so, we need to take a step back. In the meantime, we'll be working on smaller, invite-only projects.

    Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us this long! MindGate and I (Pika) have been working on this server for over a decade now. It truly is a passion project for us.

Closed Player bullying, public slating of server & admins

handmadeheaven
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Title: Player bullying, public slating of server & admins
Character Name: Crystal <3

I recently joined the Deadlands server and have just had the displeasure of reading some really unkind comments about myself as a player, the admin team and the server as a whole. I'll let the screenshots speak for themselves, but honestly with the general way these players handle themselves when I am active in the Discord is really not fair. I also do not think it is fair for these players to openly badmouth the server, the admin team and admin decisions in the way that they do here.

Attached below are the screenshots. Some of these are just them talking about the server lore, which is fair enough, but then others are just really unfair and unkind. You'll also read that some of these reference people having inside jokes about me logging in and out of the server, which I don't find to be in good taste at all. I also find the reference to mangling a Chinese surname to the word "chienne" (for "bitch") to be deeply offensive.

I've also seen Max Stone accusing Pika of "ripping off" a Mod on the Indie Stone public Discord, which I attached at the bottom of the imgur link. If you search his name and "Gateway" on said server, you'll see that he's gone on tangents about the admin team too.

On a personal level, this really feels like bullying. I think it's grossly unfair for me, as a player, to be plastered with the blame for Monroe's lack of activity and have my RP mocked by these two and other players, Jouska, behind the scenes. As someone who has been on and off the server for several years now, I've never had such a negative experience with a trio of players before.
Attached is an album of screenshots, although you're free to join the Deadlands server / indiestone server and see for yourselves.
Exile

Exile

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Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This will be discussed with the staff as soon as possible. If we require any further proof or statements, we will reach out.

I will keep this ticket open in the mean time.

- Exile.
EnvyDemon

EnvyDemon

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Resolved.