Marcian Tobay
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And thus goes World of Warcraft. Not with a sequel, but with some nerdrage.
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Quote:Last night, I was reviewing this thread in my mind, going over everyone's arguments. I discovered something: Very few people are in favor of this. The people that are "Pro" aren't so much "Yeah, this is a great idea! I'll sign up NOW!" They're more "This isn't as bad as everyone says it is."Originally Posted by Exodus_V
Si, I saw your post with the pics of his house and directions to said house(thanks btw)...i want to know if the "pro" name disclosure peeps have changed their forum name here in support? I'm gonna guess no or that they word-craft it so you have to think about what it could be? -
Quote:One GM for Blizzard did it... and got harassed to holy heck. Like, bad yo.Originally Posted by Exodus_V
Did I miss the part where all the peeps that believe this isnt harmful or fine with the decision have decided to change their forum names to their exact full name? I mean if its such a good idea or means nothing at all maybe we should lead by example and start the trend here?
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Quote:Then my statement stands: If he doesn't want to talk to her, he doesn't get to talk to her. He hasn't read her post yet. She could be in both a state of constructiveness and inflammatory behavior. She's Schrodinger's Troll, and unless he's willing to open the box, posting a response is just pollution.Originally Posted by JKedan
He could have her on ignore.
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Quote:I don't get the correlation. Want to PM me the explanation?Originally Posted by RaiderRich2001
Well, in his world, leaking tons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico is perfectly acceptable so I don't blame you.
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Quote:It'll be a good thing once we get over that infamous hump where an influx of new players essentially has the old players going "No, really. There is no end game content, but it's actually fun to not level, anyway."Originally Posted by Cinder_Flux
Maybe this is a good thing.
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Quote:Two things you indicate that you aren't reading her posts:Originally Posted by Venture
- I certainly hope Kali isn't making some lame "violence against women" codswallop argument. Men are twice as likely to be the victim of a violent crime as women and three times more likely to be murdered.
1) Your wording of "I certainly hope".
2) The part where what you said has very little to do with what she said.
If you aren't interested in reading her argument, you've waived the right to respond to it.
It's 07/08/2010, 10:24 AM, PST. This is still a stupid idea. In other news, the Emmy nominations are out. -
Quote:Let us all make note of a moment when Cryptic while running Champions made a smarter move than Blizzard.Originally Posted by NinjaPirate
Heh, I was thinking about STO and Champions Online.
Somehow Cryptic over there manages to get full Facebook and Twitter integration into their games, yet don't have to reveal their customer's personal info to do it.
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If I ever join Blizzard's community, the surprising revelation will be that my legal name is "Marcian T." Gender will be glitched.
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In order to prove that they had faith in the system, Blizzard posted the name of one of their GMs. Micah Whipple.
To clarify, they posted the name of someone whose job is to be the messenger that says "We are consciously denying you your hobby into which you've invested hundreds of hours".
In order to prove that they don't have faith in the system, players are posting a vast amount of Micah's personal details. Seem's Micah uses social networking sites. A lot. Enough that pictures of his house are being posted online, who he lives with, his ex's, his phone number...
... you get the idea.
Hey, wanna see where a GM lives?
I post this not because I think it's funny, but because I want to drive home what a terrible and dangerous idea this is. -
Quote:You're the fist person I've met to buy used games as a form of voting with their money. I like it.Originally Posted by Manofmanychars
Activision is 200% evil. Hence me buying Prototype pre-owned because I didn't want them to have my money but Prototype is the only game they've made since M:UA that I've had an overwhelming desire to own. War for Cybertron looks good, but I can live without it (or find that used, too).
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Quote:This compelled me to look up "astroturfing". I would now agree that the accusation is false.Originally Posted by Manofmanychars
Astroturfing? Really? KM is one of our older posters, and despite her occasionally becoming rather obtuse regarding certain topics, she's part of our twisted little family. If anything, she'd be astroturfing for us over on their forums. Honestly, let's at least accuse her of bad things she's actually guilty of. Like making up blatant falsehoods regarding the WoW community (which is less a community and more the MMO equivalent of whatever 4chan has going on).
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Quote:What sweeping generalization about CoXers did she just make? I just looked back and couldn't find it.Originally Posted by RaiderRich2001
You talking about "sweeping generalizations" is hypocritical to begin with, given that you yourself just said you made sweeping generalizations about CoH players on their forums.
But you're just astroturfing for the game, so whatever.
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Quote:When you QQ about the abyss...Originally Posted by KaliMagdalene
I actually had a very similar conversation over there last year.
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Quote:Why not? X is a variable, and you aren't sure what one likes most. It's almost gender neutral and the most useful. I love CoX.Originally Posted by Agonus
I always use something like CHV and I never ever ever use "CoX" to refer to this game.
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Quote:I just imagined them over there saying:Originally Posted by RaiderRich2001
You must be going to different WoW official forums than what I was going to when I played.
They're called "WoWtards" for a reason, Kali.
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Quote:... reminds me of when I got hired by a company a while back. First day of work they talked to me about the way I carried myself on the City of Heroes forums. As in, my attitude and what topics I discussed...Originally Posted by Friggin_Taser
Venture, what about my other point re: possible future employers? I know it's been a long standing HR practice for the last 4 years to include a google search of new applicants along with the usual criminal background check/possible credit score check. There's even employees who were already hired and worked for months fired over shenanigans with their facebook accounts, because it's all tied to their name. Obviously if I were going through the application process, I probably wouldn't want the posts I made in the heat of the moment during issues 2-7 to be used against me, nor would I expect a potential manager/head of HR to get a particular sense of humor/posting voice that's taken me 6 years to accrue here.
The concept of the internet implying privacy was a brief love affair from which the world awoke the next morning and promised to call, hastily scribbling its number on a napkin covered in Tabasco and saliva. -
Purely in mathematic terms, they're 50% more likeable and effective than the last guy.
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Quote:This reminds me of the TV Trope "Even evil has its standards". When gamers start effectively crying "Will someone think of the children!?", you know you've pushed a bit too far.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Does altering the status quo to expose the identities of their forum participants make the "risk of someone hunting you down" more likely, or less likely?
The bigger the number you're dealing with the larger the ramifications of "vanishingly low" probabilities are.
WOW has a playerbase larger than the population of some countries. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Ummm, the post linked there states that it is NOT retroactive. I trusted the person who posted the link to have properly conveyed it. In this, I was... em... SMOKE BOMB.
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Quote:That's offensive. I mean that sincerely. I am offended that a company would have such disrespect for its customers.Originally Posted by Gaderath
Well, I dunno if you go by the same name on WoW or not, but even stopping posting won't save you, if you have posted before. It is retroactive. http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...350529&sid=1#1
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Quote:Absolutely. When people complain about trolls in City of Heroes, I tell them "You do realize that a troll in City of Heroes is someone who uses the small spoon to eat soup, right? That we faint from the indignity of it?"Originally Posted by Manofmanychars
The funny part is that we sort of buck the WoW model, and while CoX may not have the same number of players, those that we do have are far more loyal and generally nicer to be around. Even our trolls are less-irritating than trolls found elsewhere.
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Quote:I don't actually like MMO's enough to play them obsessively. My method of operation is to join a game and stay for the community. I no longer want to do that over there. My name and last initial are enough that you can find me on Facebook. Certain aspects of my personal life don't intersect with my City of Heroes experience for very specific and deliberate reasons. Don't want to risk that crossover on WoW.Originally Posted by LadyGrimrose
I, for one, will not renew my account with the new expansion now.
A roundabout way of saying I very much doubt even Cataclysm's glory can outweigh this for me in the long run. -
I think what makes this more interesting is that Blizzard is, we must admit, generally a paragon for the MMO model. They know what they're doing and most other games draw from them to some degree.
With that burden of reputation, mistakes like this are greatly amplified in public perception. That is to say, we wouldn't care if Lineage did it. Not as much. -
Quote:Because Zynga has the fine print of the gods!Originally Posted by LiquidX
...What do you mean, Jimmy went to go live on a farm? WHY DO ALL MY FRIENDS KEEP GOING TO LIVE ON FARMS?!