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Originally Posted by The Hiram Key  Okay, but how is Silky Venom any different then what the offical forums would look like ? Why push your "dirty laundry" off on someone else (fansite) in the name of community building ?
Those same people you refer to as "spec ed" are now posting on SV's site, and if Sigil had their own forums, they would be posting there. The signal to noise ratio over there seems about normal, so I will say "bzzz, wrong answer".
Is it the money ? The hastle ? The wounded pride from EQ1 forums ? Fear ? Unable to take responsibility for that which you have birthed ?
Surely someone has the inside poop on this, and I am not talking the "official response inside poop", I am talking the "the real reason" type poop.
And that, is a loot of poop. |
I know the discussion has moved on a couple pages since you asked Hiram but beyond the problem of signal to noise official forums create a sense of entitlement to the people that post there. You can see it all over the WoW forums and in the old EQ forums.
"BLUE plz, my question is more important that everyone elses!"
"ARADUNE: Why did my corpse rot, it had 2 hours left on the timer!"
People posting on official forums feel they are speaking directly with the developers and are doing so with complete anonymity so they act like shit heads. It will usually end up being a net negative unless you have some very very diligent CMs and volunteer mods.
If you put the developer/player interface off onto affiliate sites you create a very different dynamic. Players appreciate when devs take time out to "visit" them on their forum. If you don't go out of your way to piss people off you generate a lot of good will (as evidenced by all the Nino and Tigole love around here). The sense of entitlement is gone because I'm no longer speaking directly to devs when I start a new post. I'm speaking to my peers and if a dev jumps in, cool.
Very smart decision IMO even if it has been a little poorly implemented in the case of Vanguard.
P.S. - Take Nino's leash off! edit: Never mind, I see he is posting again.
P.P.S - These forums need much more moderation so what happened to Nino doesn't happen again. The garden needs weeding Req!
