Patch 4.0.1 Renamed the 'Delete Avatar' Button to 'Take a Long Rest' — 14,000 Users Have Permanently Deleted Their Accounts Believing It Was a Sleep or Idle Feature

Patch 4.0.1 deployed at 2:00 AM EST with 22 documented changes, including a platform-wide UI language update intended to make MetaCity's interface 'more approachable and warm.' Among the changes: the 'Delete Avatar' button in Account Settings was renamed to 'Take a Long Rest,' rendered in soft gray text with a crescent moon icon. The patch notes described this as 'a softer framing for account deactivation options.' By 7:00 AM, the MetaCity support queue had received 14,000 tickets from users who had clicked 'Take a Long Rest' expecting to enter an idle mode, offline state, or scheduled inactivity feature — all of which do not exist as named functions in MetaCity — and instead permanently deleted their accounts, losing all avatar data, virtual property, currency, and accumulated achievements. Account deletion in MetaCity is irreversible. The 14,000 users are irreversible. MetaCity Support issued a statement at 9:00 AM confirming that 'Take a Long Rest' does in fact mean permanent account deletion and that no recovery option exists. The patch notes have been updated to clarify this. The button has not been renamed back. A second petition, separate from the NPC honesty petition, is now circulating. This one has 520,000 signatures and a more aggressive tone.

Sources inside the platform have confirmed that what began as a minor technical anomaly rapidly spiraled into one of the most-discussed incidents in metaverse entertainment this year.

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As of press time, no official statement has been issued. The situation continues to develop — MetaCelebrityNews will update this story as more information becomes available.