we  do  work  but  not  all  can  donate  to get credits or  can  be here  24/7  we  have  jobs!/   family  !!

Massive sense of entitlement around here.

Bit of an overreaction there, Countryboy. Don't wind yourself up now!

I am not sure why everyone is acting crazy, sure we should work hard and not seek handouts but Also complaining about getting something for free is just as stupid. Why should admins have to put in extra work on something they were giving to us for free? Sure it might be annoying that a bot interrupted your "oh so important" chat but it was free. Think of it like spam for the freebie and move on. If credits come back that is. IF they don't then maybe its time for crew leaders to actually start helping their families get those important credits instead of being sarcastic and telling us how entitled we may feel. Not everyone has the knowledge on how to make decent money and if they aren't making ends meet then it not only hurts them but the family leader and family as well. 

Thank you admins for giving us the free credits for so long. They were greatly appreciated by me and apparently a few others but I will only speak for my thankfulness. 

Excellent change Squishy, I approve of it! Let the people work for their credits instead of feeling entitled to promotions

To all the people blaming those who complained that the constant spamming of credit alerts was annoying: You seriously need to improve on your reading comprehension skills. Nobody said they didn't want more free stuff. The promotion was indeed annoying like Squishy mentioned and it was killing both the global channels and the IRC. Especially the IRC.

If I may suggest a different promotional approach, consider the following:

1) Eye catching IRC button on every page, possibly on clock level center screen

Because tbh, as a new player, I never even found that button until I asked about where the hell do all these codes people are pasting in my crew chat come from

2) Easy option to log in with an anonymous IP address, possibly a simple checkbox that when clicked will give the user a default masked connection (bonus points for autogenerated funny ones)

Because as a not so new player, I realized IPs are getting constantly tracked by a few people making it a real pain to escape from your past characters

3) Irregular credit drops, with a few minutes of warning before hand like "Credits will be given out in X minutes" and then 1-4 codes 

Because credits do bring people to IRC, I know they brought me and I know they brought many others. Having a regular credit drop system will make it so people log in a few seconds before the drop and leave as soon as it's claimed like before.

4) A short but informative description on what IRC has to offer on the page before you connect (https://mafiareturns.com/comm/mibbitout.php?client=mibbit), like "new threads, deaths, rogues, duels etc are announed here" and "people talk lots of shit, you should too"

Because those features are really neat work and are not mentioned anywhere

I've never understood your reasoning to give out this many credits. I always figured you had data backing up your strategy, thus making it worth it. I guess that this is not the case seeing you just made a move based on a few people their opinions in this thread.  

If you want to conclude if the promotion is really that "annoying" why not ask your entire community through a poll or w/e.  Then again, at the stage this game is at... it shouldn't be about "opinions". It should be about the data you have collected by now and the conclusions you can draw from analyzing them.  

Oh and "work" for your credits? Come on guys... swiping a credit card isn't exactly "work on MR" now is it. However, that's an entirely different topic to discuss. This is about a wished effect these credit promotions were supposed to gain (from an administrator p.o.v.)..... not about you judging people their efforts (the fuck?). 

N one ever said they hated the credits. Just the posts about them in Global. And no one ever said they were entitled to said credits. This thread got a little out of hand. But hey, Squishy can do whatever he wants anyways. It's his game!

No* Just noticed my typo.

I've never really understood the desire to drive people from the game onto IRC. I'd actually prefer everything be announced in quick chat (maybe in a new quick chat channel, "A", for announcements), DFP, rogue, credits, etc, but that's just me.