I’m proud of the shift I helped lead in VRChat and the club community. My focus was always long-term: making sure the space could thrive without depending on one dominant club.

It’s better now.

We’ve moved past what it used to be. Instead of one monolithic “main” place, we have a wide spread of vibrant, diverse clubs and scenes. People can explore different experiences freely, and that’s what I hoped for. I respect what came before, but I’m more excited about what we have now: a stable, lasting, open community with real choice.

And yes, a few people who built monolithic, exclusive spaces during the COVID era are going to be upset that their “empire” didn’t hold. But the trade was worth it. Diverse, brave people built new rooms, new culture, and new options, and the community is stronger for it.

Things are livable now. We don’t fight over “the main instance” or who’s in the exclusive circle. We can have healthy nights in smaller or quieter instances without anyone feeling like they got shoved into the “dollar store” overflow and missed everything because of instance caps.