This page has been removed.
Unfortunately, this page has been closed permanently. We spoke with Odyssey about this and after some debate, they kept with their reasoning.
I have been allowed to explain their reasoning here, though even if you do not agree, I ask that you do not bother them about this. It has already been decided.
Player Counters
Firstly, we will go over this page by itself. The response was in slightly-broken English, so I have patched it up below— but the intent is still the same.
"Players were using a site to see when players are online, and then dictating when they play, depending on whether there are other players on or not."
"We wanted to avoid this so people can log in and play when they want to play, as opposed to watching and waiting for players to be online."
— Odyssey Interactive
Player Statuses
As for the individual status icons on Player Profiles, these will also not be returning.
When I added them, I contemplated the morality of it— since yes, it does allow for sniping or harassment.
The main intention was to avoid players in matchmaking, but this is unfortunately frowned upon. Odyssey's reasoning is as follows:
"We want to avoid this to have queue times as normal as they can be, and have things be as unbiased as possible."
— Odyssey Interactive
Closure
We want to make it clear that we're not mad about this. We are very grateful to Odyssey for allowing us to run this platform, and keep maintaining this great game.
If you have any further questions, you can ask on either our Discussion Thread, or shoot us an email at [email protected].
I want to make it clear that the site isn't shutting down, just the Player Counter!
