Farewell To MHOC

What?
I'm so confused. What happened?

Don’t delete this please

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To the Mod
At least give people the chance to say goodbye, rather than just delete it 1 hour after announcement

Don’t delete this please

Mod note: As you are aware, TSR’s Model House of Commons has now been closed. You can find information and a few frequently asked questions to explain the closure in this thread. To support the community, prevent misinformation and help manage feedback efficiently, we’re limiting the conversation about the closure onsite. We’re requesting that all in-depth questions and feedback is posted directly in the Ask the Community Staff forum.

The Model House of Commons is no more

To the Mod
At least give people the chance to say goodbye, rather than just delete it 1 hour after announcement

I second this. The amount of time that was poured into that forum for you to just close it within an hour of the announcement is ridiculous.

I didn't even get to see the announcement...

The announcement over here is what was posted in MHOC this morning.

I used to mod that place (way too intensely lol) and was Speaker for a while. Look there's a reason we always used to call it the Wendy House, it IS a hellsite in there - but it's an institution! One of TSR's grandest traditions which is about as old as TSR itself. It's the only reason I even bothered to use TSR, become a mod, become an SL, etc. I learned so much about political philosophy from some genuinely interesting thinkers (especially considering their youth), that it influenced my outlook on life even to this day.

People pour their heart and soul into that game, which is why it gets so intense. But I can only imagine how deeply upset I would have been if I was still an active player and I suddenly found out that the whole thing is just closed with no warning. Was there even an attempt to work with the community and help forge a compromise? It's basically hands free for the CT if you just say you won't do dupe checks anymore, the rest could have been run by a sort of Speakership panel of willing participants.

This is the most 2020 thing to happen since 2020. Typing that, I think how its young people would have actually found some peace in having that game to play in the most lonely and boring era of our lives. I think had I been 17 in this era it would have been one of my first places to go just for a bit of community and escapism in this horrible time.

That it was handed in the way it has been is so deeply disrespectful it defies words. It's been a very long time since I took the game seriously but even now I feel miffed enough to be taking the time out of my job to type this.

I used to mod that place (way too intensely lol) and was Speaker for a while. Look there's a reason we always used to call it the Wendy House, it IS a hellsite in there - but it's an institution! One of TSR's grandest traditions which is about as old as TSR itself. It's the only reason I even bothered to use TSR, become a mod, become an SL, etc. I learned so much about political philosophy from some genuinely interesting thinkers (especially considering their youth), that it influenced my outlook on life even to this day.

People pour their heart and soul into that game, which is why it gets so intense. But I can only imagine how deeply upset I would have been if I was still an active player and I suddenly found out that the whole thing is just closed with no warning. Was there even an attempt to work with the community and help forge a compromise? It's basically hands free for the CT if you just say you won't do dupe checks anymore, the rest could have been run by a sort of Speakership panel of willing participants.

This is the most 2020 thing to happen since 2020. Typing that, I think how its young people would have actually found some peace in having that game to play in the most lonely and boring era of our lives. I think had I been 17 in this era it would have been one of my first places to go just for a bit of community and escapism in this horrible time.

That it was handed in the way it has been is so deeply disrespectful it defies words. It's been a very long time since I took the game seriously but even now I feel miffed enough to be taking the time out of my job to type this.

I used to mod that place (way too intensely lol) and was Speaker for a while. Look there's a reason we always used to call it the Wendy House, it IS a hellsite in there - but it's an institution! One of TSR's grandest traditions which is about as old as TSR itself. It's the only reason I even bothered to use TSR, become a mod, become an SL, etc. I learned so much about political philosophy from some genuinely interesting thinkers (especially considering their youth), that it influenced my outlook on life even to this day.

People pour their heart and soul into that game, which is why it gets so intense. But I can only imagine how deeply upset I would have been if I was still an active player and I suddenly found out that the whole thing is just closed with no warning. Was there even an attempt to work with the community and help forge a compromise? It's basically hands free for the CT if you just say you won't do dupe checks anymore, the rest could have been run by a sort of Speakership panel of willing participants.

This is the most 2020 thing to happen since 2020. Typing that, I think how its young people would have actually found some peace in having that game to play in the most lonely and boring era of our lives. I think had I been 17 in this era it would have been one of my first places to go just for a bit of community and escapism in this horrible time.

That it was handed in the way it has been is so deeply disrespectful it defies words. It's been a very long time since I took the game seriously but even now I feel miffed enough to be taking the time out of my job to type this.

I used to mod that place (way too intensely lol) and was Speaker for a while. Look there's a reason we always used to call it the Wendy House, it IS a hellsite in there - but it's an institution! One of TSR's grandest traditions which is about as old as TSR itself. It's the only reason I even bothered to use TSR, become a mod, become an SL, etc. I learned so much about political philosophy from some genuinely interesting thinkers (especially considering their youth), that it influenced my outlook on life even to this day.

People pour their heart and soul into that game, which is why it gets so intense. But I can only imagine how deeply upset I would have been if I was still an active player and I suddenly found out that the whole thing is just closed with no warning. Was there even an attempt to work with the community and help forge a compromise? It's basically hands free for the CT if you just say you won't do dupe checks anymore, the rest could have been run by a sort of Speakership panel of willing participants.

This is the most 2020 thing to happen since 2020. Typing that, I think how its young people would have actually found some peace in having that game to play in the most lonely and boring era of our lives. I think had I been 17 in this era it would have been one of my first places to go just for a bit of community and escapism in this horrible time.

That it was handed in the way it has been is so deeply disrespectful it defies words. It's been a very long time since I took the game seriously but even now I feel miffed enough to be taking the time out of my job to type this.

I used to mod that place (way too intensely lol) and was Speaker for a while. Look there's a reason we always used to call it the Wendy House, it IS a hellsite in there - but it's an institution! One of TSR's grandest traditions which is about as old as TSR itself. It's the only reason I even bothered to use TSR, become a mod, become an SL, etc. I learned so much about political philosophy from some genuinely interesting thinkers (especially considering their youth), that it influenced my outlook on life even to this day.

People pour their heart and soul into that game, which is why it gets so intense. But I can only imagine how deeply upset I would have been if I was still an active player and I suddenly found out that the whole thing is just closed with no warning. Was there even an attempt to work with the community and help forge a compromise? It's basically hands free for the CT if you just say you won't do dupe checks anymore, the rest could have been run by a sort of Speakership panel of willing participants.

This is the most 2020 thing to happen since 2020. Typing that, I think how its young people would have actually found some peace in having that game to play in the most lonely and boring era of our lives. I think had I been 17 in this era it would have been one of my first places to go just for a bit of community and escapism in this horrible time.

That it was handed in the way it has been is so deeply disrespectful it defies words. It's been a very long time since I took the game seriously but even now I feel miffed enough to be taking the time out of my job to type this.