Postman Pat Incident

The Postman Pat Incident occurred on the 2rd of March 2020 when Pat, who was at the time the head mod of GS, left the server out of anger. He did not return for several months until the creation of GS6. This event was critical, leading to the end of GS5 and the start of GS6 later on.

Creation of GS5
GS4 underwent a great deal of turmoil, before abruptly ending. Chegg was exhausted from being the head mod of GS for so long. Pat offered to take position of GS as head mod, while Chegg would help him. This GS was to be set during the US Civil War, and was often called "GS: Cuck Wars". The game had a slow development pace, although innovations were planned for the game, including a proper combat system and battle calculator, among other things. It could be argued that this game was quite ahead of its time compared to other GS games.

The incident
GS5 was developing at a slow pace due to Pat being overwhelmed by the large amount of work needed to be done as mod. Chegg, despite her promises of providing guidance and help to Pat, did not do much in terms of creating mechanics, leaving more work for pat to do. A brief argument ensued after Pat announced his intention to leave. Chegg stated that the onus was largely on Pat to develop the game since it was mainly his idea to not only take up control over GS, but also have a civil war RP laden with mechanics. Chegg eventually accused Pat of overstating his own role in developing the game, stating that his main contribution was "post paragraphs of text in moderation". Pat told Chegg that the game's poor development was due to her poor delegation of responsibilities. Several other members told Pat that since the game was his idea, it was mainly his job to be a leader and head developer. Pat claimed that Chegg still should have pushed him more and done more, which other users stated would defeat the entire point of making Pat the head of the game.

Several members began theorising that the main problem was primarily communication. There was a mismatch between Pat and Chegg in terms of who would do what. There was also an overarching belief within the server that Pat was doing nothing as leader, which might have been true but could have been exarcabated by Pat's poor communication skills and transparency. Pat proceeded to call the other server members "parasites" and accused Chegg of never talking to him about game ideas, which was met with a negative reception within active members at the time. Following this, Pat left the server.

Fallout
The Postman Pat Incident meant that GS5 was effectively dead before it began. The premature death of this iteration resulted in GS being stalled for a large period of time until the creation of GS6, where he was an admin and then the Vatican player. This event would only be the first in a series of destabilising conflicts between Pat and other server members. GS5 itself is looked upon fondly for its promises however, and some members such as Conq still desire for it to become a reality so that he can kill black people.