Grand wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2016 at 8:26pm:


Don't use words you don't understand.  Just because it's on your word of the day calendar doesn't mean you should use it in a sentence.

Asheras wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2016 at 10:44pm:



Oh did I hurt the little shillboi's feels? 

REDUCTIONIST: "the practice of simplifying a complex idea, issue, condition, or the like, especially to the point of minimizing, obscuring, or distorting it."




Enjoy that bag of dicks girly.

Grand wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2016 at 7:57pm:


Lol.  So you can use google.  Looks like you and KNN have even more in common than I thought.

Revaulting wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2016 at 10:23pm:

Ooooh, that burn is going to need skin transplants!

DropBear wrote on Apr 24^th, 2016 at 5:44am:

It wouldn't be funny, Bear, people would die.

As much as I'd like to see Turbine punished for the crimes it's committed against a great IP, I don't want any of them fired because then they might try to find work in an industry where their actions affected more than just the leisure time of a few thousand gamers. We're keeping society safe by keeping them busy here.

DropBear wrote on Apr 24^th, 2016 at 5:44am:



Don't worry it's spreading... and it's not just Video Games... it's the whole computer industry... where good enough means it somewhat more or less do what it's been designed to do... most of the time.

The problem is that that kind of mentality is spreading over to whole segments of the industry... As long as it does more or less what it's supposed to do... most of the time... it's ok...

Yuck...


It should do it perfectly each and every time... and any result that is not exactly what is expected is a malfunction and/or a defect.

Asheras wrote on Apr 24^th, 2016 at 2:27pm:


I very much agree with this.  DDO could potentially be turned around if they stopped the incestuous promotion policy and brought in a competent professional.  Sadly, I suspect the problem is deeper than just incompetent producers, but goes to orgn priorities, budget and resourcing.

Other orgns harness creative people, but still manage to run a business.
The danger in the games industry is if you have those creative types promoted to management type roles, without having any business sense.   These roles are certainly not suited to everyone who's done their time on the front line of game development.

You don't want overly creative or overly controlling people who don't understand the nuance and balance required. Project mgmt is always about trade-offs.  You can never have everything.

Turdbine is a good example of these polarised elements.
Most of their producers appear to be in the "creative bucket" (being charitable here - I would normally say incompetent and unprofessional) in that good IT/IS practice is not utilised or heeded.
On the other hand, you have the douchebag operating with impunity throughout the orgn treating customers with complete disdain (instead of respect).

I think gaming industry customers are characterised as negative, when I would describe many as passionate (although they are diverse), and if you can harness that, you will find a very loyal customer base even if they don't agree with everything you do (and they won't). 
Here's a tip for Turdbine. Dismissing, ignoring and mocking them is never going to put you on a winning footing.   

Asheras wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2016 at 5:12pm:


I disagree.

Make no mistake, I believe that the folks at DDO are inept, and this lack of skill is evident in the details of their execution, but the strategy of their customer treatment and game management is deliberate and intentional.

Turbine gives their customers the amount of consideration and respect that Turbine feels the customers deserve.

Further, management maintains the level of skill in their employees that they feel their customers and the game deserve.  They could get an objectively better community relations "manager" than Jerry, but they don't because he's "good enough".  Similarly, Jerry and Sev and the rest could work to better understand the game and player experience and become a better player, but they do not because they are sure that they are already "good enough".

Their clumsy and skill-less execution is a symptom of their culture of "fuck it, that's good enough for who it's for". 


It's not "oops" the tenth time, and it's certainly not "oops" the hundredth time.  What it is is a display of the value (or "worth") they place upon their customers.



Asheras, I don't believe you're a shill or an apologist or a fanboi.

I do, however, think you're unreasonably optimistic.