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Billi Gene
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.08.27 07:38:00 -
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Silas Swakhammer wrote:Sgt Pseudo wrote:I hope our Devs are somewhat imune against this abusive behaviour One can only hope. I read somewhere, I think a City of Heroes dev said it, that it takes game developers two months of work to create content that players will burn through in two weeks.
RIP CoH/CoV
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Billi Gene
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.08.27 07:50:00 -
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Raymundo Kagestad V wrote:That is interesting. Of course, the console market (Not all of it) is slightly more...Angry. But at the same time, I don't know how I should feel about people quitting because some immature kids hurt their feelings.
Remember High School? Most of us don't. It was kind of like that, but we weren't allowed to quit. Now you're getting paid to do something you presumably enjoy, and someone talking bad about you or your mother hurts your feelings enough to throw away your job? That's...That's really something.
abuse isnt limited to a single occasion, it can go on for years, and when the name of a Dev is known can infect more than just a games forums.
often abuse will personally attack various attributes of a "hated" dev, and as just seen over at CoD-land direct threats over social media threatening harm to a Devs children and wife.
How seriously should that dev take such language?... should he wait until something actually happens to his family? .. how much of that type of stress, day in and day out, across FB with pages dedicated to hating on you, to your Twitter account, the game forums the Studio Forums, the distributor's forums and industry forums both ameteur and business.
internet bullying has become so inset with so many facets of the gamer community ... its embarrassing to admit that ones a gamer in certain company :P
And it all starts here..... on the forums. |
Billi Gene
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.08.27 13:14:00 -
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nice to see a thread about online abuse degenerate into name calling.....+1 for humanity :P
there have been numerous posts by DEVs hinting at internal procedures.
did you know that they have lists of threads that are recommended reading? I'm also fairly sure that i have heard of a newsletter that lists interesting threads and ideas, whether or not said ideas are taken seriously is no different to any other internet entertainment... some stuff is just fun or funny.
haven't you noticed that if something catches the eye of a DEV, that they will sometimes pipe in with random comments. Notice the reaction in a thread with a DEV post, they usually stretch on for quite a few more pages with players throwing ideas around.
DEV's have to learn fairly fast that everything they say and do is noted and memorised. This is why it is so bog standard for any game's DEVs to just hand out throwaway cryptic responses. It doesnt mean that they aren't listening, but that they know We are.
When you find a group of DEVs that are engaged in their project, it is no different to any player that is engaged in a game, the difference is that a DEV very often cannot say anything, for fear of being quoted if a change doesnt make it to Live. They then have to deal with the fallout from the player base, or those sections of it that can't or won't understand that there are processes going on behind the scenes to ensure that the product remains stable.
As always, the best way to get noticed is to not drown the message in painful, personal or vitriolic abuse or language. Don't write posts or threads as if a DEV will respond, instead get other players engaged in the discussion. It is still likely that a DEV will skim thru the thread, but more so than if they are looking for a reason to shut a thread down or lock it, because of abuse and other negative behavior.
gardens don't grow if every time a new plant pokes its head up you pour petrol on it set it alight then dance with glee around its smouldering corpse.... sure it sounds like fun.... of a sort... but only if all you want is flaming wreckage. |
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