You Can Still Change Them Back, AJHQ...

Hey Jammers!

I want to apologize for the lack in posts lately– I think I haven't posted since the first of May. I've really wanted to be here to give everyone angry (or excited?) about the new changes an outlet to talk about it, and support in case the AJ changes are genuinely stressful to you, which they seem to be for a lot of you (and me.)

I've been dealing with a lot of intense anxiety the past two weeks that I've needed to work on (not having to do with AJ) so while it would probably be a good distraction to spend time with this lil community, I've been so panicky that it's been hard to distract myself! 

But don't worry, I'm working on it. Slowly. I'm posting today because I finally feel ok enough to do so! Yay! 

I'm so glad I could log in to Blogger to see a whole bunch of comments from you guys. I'm so glad AJ Stream has become such a friendly corner of the bigger Animal Jam community!

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On May 3rd I wrote a comment on the Daily Explorer with a few questions/suggestions that I brought up in the previous post, and...

Well... at least someone looked at it. 


No guarantee they "passed it onto the developers" like they sometimes say, and we still have no idea if they're going to work on making AJ Classic compatible with Chromebook.  

BUT I did see someone in the same comment section echoing my opinion about the homepage! So there's hope.

Also, side note: People have been talking about how you can still definitely play AJ Classic on a browser with the tiny Log In button. You definitely can. But by the end of this year, you won't. I guess that gives Chromebook users a little time to figure out what they're gonna do to play AJ Classic once Flash stops working. 

Not everyone can afford to get another computer, so this really stinks for Chromebook users. I am hoping that, despite the ambiguous reply from AJHQ, that they're going to eventually work on a Chromebook app for Animal Jam Classic so we don't have a whole giant group of Jammers forced to quit. I'd miss you all so much :(

The next segment of the post is one that I wrote up a couple of weeks ago, but I think it still stands:

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I've thought about this a lot since it happened, and I've come to the ultimate conclusion that the name change was just a flat-out bad decision. Not just for the Jammers who have to put up with it, but for Wildworks themselves. 

Unless AJHQ goes into more detail about WHY this switch would be beneficial, 

Changing Animal Jam: Play Wild! to just Animal Jam is like trying to give a game that was originally just a mobile spin-off the credit that normal AJ has for its longevity. 

Adding "Classic" to the name of the original game that started it all just makes it seem like AJHQ is going to be pushing it aside from now on... though it's important to note that AJHQ has said multiple times that Animal Jam Classic is not going anywhere. 

But most importantly.... now we have two very different games with basically the same name. That is the biggest problem. 

When people talk about normal AJ and AJPW... while people will use the phrase Animal Jam Classic, no one will use 'Animal Jam' to describe Play Wild. It's just wrong and confusing. 

EVEN AJHQ ISNT ADHERING TO THEIR NEW CONFUSING CHANGE:

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Additionally, here's this post that shows AJHQ is just confusing themselves:

The only game mentioned is 'Animal Jam'. With Wildworks' annoying change, 'Animal Jam' is supposed to just mean 'Play Wild' now. Guess what? All the 'AJ Backgrounds' are from what is now just supposed to be called 'Animal Jam Classic.'

I wonder if it was just one person at Wildworks who decided to change the names and everyone else was opposed. Was it you, Clark!? -_-

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Let's randomly switch gears and talk about the Play Wild app now.

Up until I logged in a couple weeks ago, I hadn't logged in in a few years. The login procedure is definitely much more sleek than AJ Classic. 

It makes my laptop heat up a whole lot; the fans get concerningly loud xD

Honestly, 3D CGI makes me kind of nauseous and the only thing I like about Play Wild is my den:

c:

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I hope you're all doing well, though I know that quarantine has really impacted most of us, physically or mentally. 

I know I've definitely been struggling more intensely because of it, so if you feel similar, know that you're not alone. 

You can rant or even just share how you're feeling anytime in the comments, and you can let me know in your comment if you want it actually published, or just want to rant to me privately. I won't be able to respond in that case, but you'll be in my thoughts <3

Thanks for reading, and jam on~

~DoomyPanda

(Haven't used my image signature in a while because it's on my desktop computer that my brother has been glued to for the past few months xD)