AtomicMew wrote on Jun 17^th, 2014 at 3:23am:


^ This times ten. There are some things that this game does well, but sometimes the most important thing to know is what you can't do.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 16^th, 2014 at 1:37am:


and

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 16^th, 2014 at 7:12am:


I guess that narrows down the time frame when Maj got moved to LotRO. The offer to take responsibility only came after he found he was leaving.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 11:07pm:

You took it on the chin, in no small part because we did not know you've "been off ddo for a while." If anything, the communications we've been getting from you indicated you were very much on ddo, and were going to be on ddo for longer.

This is what I was trying to address in my earlier post. Your communication skills are not what you think they are. You did not convey this information previously. Here, it seems like you believe you did. And yet, we are all reacting to the news that you are now on Lotro, because to us, it is fresh news.

We have not been in the communication loop. We feel disrespected because of it. Customers will always feel it is their right to be informed about the product/service for which they pay. I don't know if you accept that as true. All I can say is that from my experience and feelings, it is absolutely true. I feel entitled to information that affects the quality of the product I'm paying for.

Further, announcing that you've "been off ddo for a while," and then expecting us to have acted in the past as if we knew it then is inherently disconnected from reality, or just a little bitch move.

You may not have felt personally responsible for sharing the news, or even in control of whether or when it was announced. I understand how a corporate environment can affect such things. Yet regardless of the validity of your situation, our lack of information was a fact. You seem to want us to react to not having information in a way that is simply not human.

You can't get the trust you're asking for, and it's not because we're a bunch of unreasonable misanthropes. It's because of information withheld. We are still a bunch of unreasonable misanthropes, but for once, that isn't what's driving the reactions you're getting.

Maj, you like to think you're all for the consumer but fuck me buddy, you're so far removed from giving any fucks to paying customers that you may as well be the Pope ...... which, I'm sure on some level you like to think you are.


Business practices like you and your ilk dabble in would not fly here, run tell dat!

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 11:07pm:


We aren't looking for somebody to blame, we're looking for somebody to fix it.

"Taking the blame" while you are not in a position to fix anything is counterproductive, and frankly quite insulting, because it implies placing blame is what we are interested in.

When you mislead us as to your position, you are effectively telling us that we, your customers, are less than people in your eyes, and are undeserving of the basic human decency of honesty.

I wish you luck in your new job, I hope it's worth the respect the manner of your leaving cost you.

EDIT: I also agree with pretty much everythign Revaulting just said, though it's too long to quote.

AtomicMew wrote on Jun 17^th, 2014 at 3:23am:

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 11:07pm:


me too.  and still came back to spray it on your chin.

enjoy.

Vexation wrote on Jun 19^th, 2014 at 1:17pm:


I think you are still in the denial stage.  That is all he provided.  In fact let me help you out.

I know that U22 was terribad, and as a person who is not an employee at Turbine I can accept full responsibility, and feel really bad about it.  I feel so bad about that happening, U23 will be super awesome and new cool stuff will be brought into the game along with a ton of bug fixes. 

~time machine to the future~
I am just as upset about U23 being a buggy mess as all of you.  I super promise this will never happen again.  If you can just tell me some exploits I will super super promise to fix stuff that will actually cause more damage.  I also feel bad, but as a not employee of Turbine there was nothing I could do about it.

You can replace the U version anytime you miss any of his "communication" and keep reading this post.  The only useful stuff he posted was when he would slip up or use stealth marketing to release unannounced info, before the official venues.

Mastertool wrote on Jun 20^th, 2014 at 12:56am:


You forgot the last stage.

So long, and thanks for all the fish. Turbine wants me elsewhere. I'm sure someone in DDO team will take care of all those issues.

majmalphunktion wrote on Jun 18^th, 2014 at 11:07pm:


Let's get this straight, you get named Live Producer, publicly, on March 31, and you then take a new position April 23.  Hmmm ... thinking back to what you said:

Quote:


Kudos to you for being the corporate guy to say it with a straight face while sticking a shiv in the players.

You were nothing but a placeholder talking head willing to be used by Turbine, who banked on your good will with the player base.  I hope they paid you well enough; I mean that IS what all this was for after all? 

Seriously, I hope the LoTRO players see through the visage that you show.  Say what you want, but your actions show you to be just as corporate as .  And don't tell me you had more success - 'cause that ain't the case either.

What vision were you hoping we would see as your DDO legacy anyway?

This quote, April 22,  is especially tasty given how this has gone down, no doubt, feeling good.

Quote:


https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/441106-Player-Council-the-Vault-and-De...

Hafeal wrote on Jun 20^th, 2014 at 5:53pm:


The Player Council never needed Majmal to do the things it's doing.
We did ask for him to show up and talk with us in the beginning of his supposed tenure as the Live Producer
but honestly he would have been redundant as things are discussed between ( mostly but not only ) Cordovan, Severlin, Vargouille, Steelstar and us. A Dev starts a thread with an idea ( Hey I want Rainbow Colored Flying Ponies, what do you think of the idea ), and then we answer ( Hell No [ from all the PC members ], DDO is not My Little Pony Online  )... Things gets refined or killed ( Ok, I shelf that idea ).

What you see posted by the devs since a few weeks is the second/third/fourth iteration of an idea from the PC point of view.
( for example I was quite happy to see that some suggested +120 Spellpowers for the relevant 3BC Items as it was something that had been suggested by some PC members [ me included ], even if they really didn't want to change it from the weak +112. )