Post by Morreion on Sept 19, 2010 12:12:13 GMT -5
Waging WAR: The blame game (Massively)
This article was written about how blame for things going wrong can be shifted around the healer/tank/DPS holy trinity spectrum. But the real fascinating part is the reaction to the article, and the author's reaction to the comments.
Some commenters gave the author of the article a hard time, being that the article was more of a general article than a specific WAR focus. As the comments went on, the author replied:
This was a remarkable comment- we see a bit behind the curtain of what goes on behind the scenes at a major gaming blog site.
A comment following:
Perhaps this is fair. I know some game fans seem to think that game sites are in cahoots with game companies; I doubt it myself. However, to find really hard and blistering opinions, it is probably better to look at individual gamer blogs. If a major site trashes a company, the company may stop doing interviews and such with them.
Overall, I thought the article wasn't bad at all; game fans can be harsh on forums or in comment posts; but it was interesting to peek a bit behind the scenes on this one.
This article was written about how blame for things going wrong can be shifted around the healer/tank/DPS holy trinity spectrum. But the real fascinating part is the reaction to the article, and the author's reaction to the comments.
Some commenters gave the author of the article a hard time, being that the article was more of a general article than a specific WAR focus. As the comments went on, the author replied:
Listen folks,
I've written about everything I possibly can when it comes to WAR. I've even tried contacting some of their PR staff for interviews. I've pulled my teeth as long as they will go and yet, the game remains unchanged, stagnating, and completely lacking in vertical growth.
Tell me, what is there to write about, when the developers of the game themselves won't even celebrate their 2nd anniversary with more than a simple 100% renown boost for 3 days?
Did you see Champion's Online's anniversary bash?
I'm ashamed for Mythic. I'm ashamed for Mythic because they can't even be bothered to be ashamed for themselves.
Yours,
Greg W.
I've written about everything I possibly can when it comes to WAR. I've even tried contacting some of their PR staff for interviews. I've pulled my teeth as long as they will go and yet, the game remains unchanged, stagnating, and completely lacking in vertical growth.
Tell me, what is there to write about, when the developers of the game themselves won't even celebrate their 2nd anniversary with more than a simple 100% renown boost for 3 days?
Did you see Champion's Online's anniversary bash?
I'm ashamed for Mythic. I'm ashamed for Mythic because they can't even be bothered to be ashamed for themselves.
Yours,
Greg W.
This was a remarkable comment- we see a bit behind the curtain of what goes on behind the scenes at a major gaming blog site.
A comment following:
the weird thing is, thepost you just made was more entertaining than the article you originally typed out. Where are the articles written with such venom? If mythic refuse to give you interviews why dont you make that the topic of your next article.
Perhaps this is fair. I know some game fans seem to think that game sites are in cahoots with game companies; I doubt it myself. However, to find really hard and blistering opinions, it is probably better to look at individual gamer blogs. If a major site trashes a company, the company may stop doing interviews and such with them.
Overall, I thought the article wasn't bad at all; game fans can be harsh on forums or in comment posts; but it was interesting to peek a bit behind the scenes on this one.
