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Posted - 2012.09.02 02:22:00 -
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Disclaimer: It seems the thread has come BACK to the original post since I started typing this. Much of what is coming in the following wall of text was in reaction to the bickering earlier from pages 3-4. I'm glad to see you've all brought it back around to where it was intended but GTFO!!! I spent a LOT of time typing this crap so you're gonna read it! ;)
Oh, and I'm not sure the OP was really against IRC, FB, or Twitter. Just that it's logical to assume a general status update would exist ....here. Well, not "here" cuz this is MY post. That would just be silly. You get my point. Anyway, skip over this if you like, no worries. At this point it's more or less a pat on the back for some and a nudge to others.
when did the OP declare an If (else) statement? Reread OP and let's get back on point? =)
I did not think he was complaining so much as stating the obvious. These forums are for discussion, feedback, and support, are they not? While it is great that information is also being spread through other formats, and seemingly open for all access barring any disagreement bans or what have you, the point made was that it is still a third party method of access. For those who for whatEVER reason can not or simply do not want to go to a third party to learn of information that logically should already be listed in the BETA private NDA forums here, I feel their argument is justified and is far from crying like a child. Some do push the limits obviously but, with that said, taking a stance implying that a player is less dedicated to "the cause" because he can't be bothered to go out of his or her way to find information from CCP that is NOT provided in an already CCP controlled forums is, to me at least, quite silly.
We're testing. We're in a relatively closed BETA. This forum is to support that. Why would anyone assume that the most current information is NOT here by default? Why is requesting a simplified progress or bulleted list of "yo. stop griping folks! We're looking into X, but probably won't fix that until we trace Y. In the meantime we understand Z is a huge concern for the community, but it would be really super-awesome if you guys could focus on and play around wtfever we'd like to test instead...." I do believe a secondary point was to help try to minimize countless pages of the same complaints. If there was a single point of reference to where these issues stand---here---it MAY lead to less rants, and may provide players actually concerned with TESTING a rough indication of direction so that we can set OUR priorities in line with the DEVs'. Are PS+ players going to chase IRC down? Maybe. Maybe not. Do they see it as testing to even care about twitter? As a new player downloading DUST---without the dedication to or even knowledge of EVE as some of us have---finds gameplay awkward (and it can be severely at times), why would that player be bothered to go to the forums other than of curiosity, not to mention finding a third-party IRC forum to seek information that by logical assumption would be ...here, if it existed? "Hm. New game demo? neaT! Let's try this.... waiting .... waiting.... oh. Battle is no longer available? Odd, but hell I spent forever downloading it so let's give it a go again! waiting.. waiting... I'm IN! No. I'm out..... OK maybe the game server is down or something so let's check up on the forums ...before I delete. la la la. Oh wow, there are a few others posting the same problem! I am not alone in this universe! OMG I feel just like Jodie Foster did when I saw my dad again on that backwards space beach, but who turned out to be an alien! My dad, not the beach. They should have sent a poet..... oh. Wait, what? No feed back? hmmmm.... Oh! I can go here instead for status updates and such!? ...yeah"
I know I'm exaggerating, and I'd like to say Jodie Foster was once hot, but well. The point remains.
Even if none of that concerns you or even offers insight to another view from yours, then at the very least try to see how this, at first glance, could seem to the influx of players seeing segregation of "EVE" players from the FPS "mouth breathers" as someone mentioned earlier (perhaps I misread that line? I hope?). We're divided now, and it's BETA. Wtf of the future of this game?
Meh. This is a strange thread to me. It was an honest request not intended to take anything away from IRC users and comms, but to provide here as well a condensed "hey we're listening," or "frack off, it's our game." Either of which I'd be fine with. At least I would know where we stand ;)
Oh. And I say that as an EVE capsuler since '06. As the French say, "Le bite moi." No. They don't really say that, I just thought it was funny. Sorta. Not really, but I've already dedicated this much energy to it I feel I can't really backspace at this point. All or nothing, ya know? Too, that's a LOT of letters to delete. Ya, I know I could just select/delete but I'm on a laptop. Track pads annoy me.
Big hugs to all. Well, except for that heavy I couldn't kill even while shooting him in the back while he hacked a canon and still had enough armor to turn around and mow me down. Like a gnat. Not because I hate you (I know you're reading this, you stalker, you) but because I probably couldn't get my arms around the suit. And technically, because I hate you. 4SRSLY.
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Posted - 2012.09.02 08:56:00 -
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Again, the OP was simply a request for a weekly update within the forums to give the general player/tester base a nod if nothing else, that yes, issues are being heard. That the 10s of posts complaining about a single topic are not in vane. That there is a reassurance that some of us are not bashing our heads against a wall hoping for a follow up of sorts, only to find beans are spilled elsewhere instead of within the NDA private CCP forums. Absolutely nothing against IRC, FB, Twitter, Interviews now, or any other form of media aside from other forms of media being 3rd party perhaps, while forums users are scratching their heads potentially slipping into the why bother mode. That's not to say that even if DEV posts were stickied every hour on the hour they would be read, but that's another topic. OP was short and to the point. I'm not sure how the thread diverted so far.
Some point AFTER the OP the topic shifted and went downhill. Those posts were not the OP's intent, I believe.
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