chess.com team, please shed some light

In August, September and October we used to see @battleMind24 and @ignoble here. They answered our questions, collected our suggestions, @battleMind24 fixed the bugs and added the new features (with some new bugs, of course  ).

But in the middle of November something changed. We still write our suggestions and report bugs. But there is almost no reaction from chess.com team. Well, @ignoble created 1 forum topic, but then disappeared again and did not answer anything here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/is-there-a-roadmap

The CHANGELOG was not updated for 2 weeks. Is there a team working on 4 Player Chess or a single person? If it is a single person then I can understand that he does not have time for both: the forum and the development. But if it is not a single person than ... what changed?

Players started to buy Gold membership to be able to invite teammates. I expected chess.com team to pay at least the same attention to 4 Player Chess as earlier (like in August, September and October).

Thank you.

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You have to consider that for many this time of year is the Holiday Season for many. So it is possible that they are taking more time for family & friends. After the first of the year, things will most likely pick up.

Glad you're paying attention, @BabYagun. Battlemind has some personal conflicts has had to deal with the past couple of weeks. He has been working as he gets time, he has not been able to put the focus into it that he had. It will likely be a couple more weeks before he can get his focus back on 4 Player Chess... but then we do have holidays to contend with as RG-2HI4U mentioned.  In the meantime, we have added a new developer to the project who is coming up to speed now. He loves 4-Player Chess and has been asking to work on it for months. We're all very excited for that to be happening now. @erik is also planning to become more directly involved here as well, so by the time we get through the holidays, the 4 Player Chess team will be much stronger and more capable than ever.

Thank you for your answer. I forgot about American holidays. Let's hope your new developer will start working soon. There are _lots_ of annoying bugs to be fixed.

I love your current Avatar @BabYagun, My son & I are fiends for "Minions"

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Dear @ignoble, I just remind that "a couple more weeks" passed 2 days ago. Please tell us the current status:

1. Where is @battleMind24 ?

2. Where is the new developer?

3. What about @erik ?

I hope John is around and deal with everything that prevents him from being here !! Put your personal conflicts in a paper boat and drop them along the first river you came to the road. Then come back here because I miss you!

We are working things out @BabYagun. We have added a couple of new developers and @battlemind24 is helping get them up to speed. You will start to see movement again soon. We appreciate your patience!

“Magnus, you seemed to have some hiccups earlier today, not really smooth performances, and this wasn’t that smooth either.”

Maurice Ashley’s comment while interviewing Magnus Carlsen about his involvement in developing the 4-player chess variant in chess.com.