User blog:Alienation999/2014-Present, The Dark Ages and its History

Many users will agree that 2013 was the last good year of ROBLOX, having many popular events such as the Roblox Easter Egg Hunt 2013, Roblox Bloxcon, Virtual BLOXcon, though had the then infamous BLOXtober 2013, which was criticised for its 20000 x 20000 map, which was the largest ROBLOX map to date (Though considered good compared to the recent ones).

This Blog Post will cap on the dreaded year of 2014, which began the Dark Ages of Roblox.

The Universe Events
After being discussed about for a few years, Universe's, a highly anticipated feature, were finally added to Roblox. Its release coincided with the ROBLOX 2014 Winter Games, which utilised the feature. The event, unlike most others, was recieved well for its map and ambitious design.

This was followed by April Fools Day 2014, which gave players the Egg of Destiny. It was also during this month that Player Points were created, however, in this early incarnation, only limited Player Points could be issued, and their creation relied on the purchase of Developer Products. Instead of having a leaderboard for each game, there was a ROBLOX-wide leaderboard, and Player Point counts were displayed on the users profile.

Everything after this however turned horrible, with the beginning being the Roblox Easter Egg Hunt 2014. It was criticised heavily for being laggy, relying too heavily on Universes, and for having been created with lackluster effort. It was considered far inferior to the 2013 equivalent.

Player Points Era
In an attempt to recover from the disaster of the Egg Hunt, ROBLOX decided to cash in on the success of the Winter Games, and began The ROBLOX 2014 Summer Games, which heavily revolved around Player Points, which led to it being criticised. People however appreciated that it showcased Developer's Talent, instead of work created by the Admins.

It was during this era that ROBLOX became competitive, as people fought for Player Points, even leading to events being made solely to earn them, such as the ROBLOX Clan Battle. In the months following the ROBLOX Clan Battle, Player Points were reformed. Developers could now give an unlimited supply of them, the ROBLOX-Wide Leaderboard was replaced with individual game leaderboards, and PP-Counts were removed from profiles, and ROBLOX believed that PP made ROBLOX too competitive.