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In addition, only players with an active WAR subscription will be allowed to post on the forums. There will be a number of different account “levels” on these forums and players who show that they can contribute to the ongoing improvement of WAR, whether through suggestions, critical evaluation, user-generated content, peer-to-peer (in other words, contribution has its privileges) will be given greater access to private areas of the boards where Mythic developers (including myself and strike team leads) will be posting extensively,
Ah, the breathtaking irony of a Mythic Forum Grind. http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=603
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Tmon
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There will be a number of different account “levels” on these forums and players who show that they can contribute to the ongoing improvement of WAR, whether through suggestions, critical evaluation, user-generated content, peer-to-peer (in other words, contribution has its privileges) will be given greater access to private areas of the boards where Mythic developers (including myself and strike team leads) will be posting extensively... I predict that six weeks after forum launch, posters will discover that their forum contribution score was randomly generated when they first logged in to a forum. In response Mythic will release a two sub forums that were cut during the forum closed beta.
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March
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I see your forum contribution point fiasco, and raise you one public flogging of the WebMaster in a "humourous" YouTube video.
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Nebu
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A closed forum? That is the worst idea I've ever seen. Talk about removing a marketing tool.
Apparently Mark does listen to VN. Well, he's getting what he deserves then.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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If they are smart they will have a beta forum. Then they can take all the ideas that people offer and then do the exact opposite. Then they will have a grand forum.
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Modern Angel
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Unbelievable. I mean, seriously. It's like a compass pointing to magnetic wrong every single time they do something.
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Nebu
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Unbelievable. I mean, seriously. It's like a compass pointing to magnetic wrong every single time they do something.
That's hilarious.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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waffel
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A forum grind? Where only subs can post, and people's opinions are judged and listened to based on how many 'forum points' they have?
Ok, seriously, what the fuck? Is Warhammer a huge psychological experiment just to see how many piss hoops people will jump through for video games that they've become attached to?
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March
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Seems to me, the only real questions worth asking are these: Will contribution be assigned randomly to all who are present on the forum when a happy event (e.g. user content, peer-to-peer, or good critical eval) happens? or Will contribution be fragmented into individual grinds and then combined via some sort of arcane and barely comprehensible formula into a forum level unlock? My former elder beta status has given me a peek into the future, and I think it is the latter.
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raydeen
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MJ is a cyber alchemist. Everything he touches turns to comedy gold. Jokes about the forum rankings aside, all I get out of that is, 'We're going to analyze what you post and based on how much we like you and your opinions will determine how much access you get.' MJ might as well just set up a little tea party with his dollies and talk to them and get their ideas for all the good this is going to do. There's no thought going into any of these decisions. There can't be. Not rational thought at any rate.
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I was drinking when I wrote this, so sue me if it goes astray.
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Fordel
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Secret Pendragon test boards, 2.0!
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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Sjofn
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about sums up the whole forum thing for me.
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God Save the Horn Players
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K9
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Yeah, it sucks with some of the imbalances in WOW and I should have worded that better, but I think that even with the imbalances the PVP is more interesting than WAR is currently. It just feels like all the classes are exactly the same and it takes forever to kill anything. It makes for a very slow feeling game in my opinion.
I'm not sure it's possible to have balance in a class-based game. Anyhow, WoW PVP is all out of whack the other way at the moment. Not that holy priests have ever been anything but fodder for DPS classes, but now I consider myself lucky to live for more than 4-5s against most classes.
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Hindenburg
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I'm not sure it's possible to have balance in a class-based game.
It is. Fighting games like SF and KoF have characters different enough to be considered classes. class + gear = impossible to balance.
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"Who uses Outlook anyway? People who get what they deserve, that's who." - Ard.
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UnSub
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On the forums: Anyone want to bet any money that if you say things deemed critical of Mythic / WAR / MJ on the supa sekret boards you'll be kicked off, never to be allowed to return? That it will become an echo chamber of positive feedback and limp suggestions (e.g. "Vampire Lords are totally cool and I've written a 1000 word post on how they can be seamlessly integrated into the game, starting with some fanfic")? It's a car accident waiting to happen. Mythic just doesn't get players at all. Not how they behave, not what they want, not how to interact with them - nothing. It helps keep this forum ticking over (it went almost a week without having anything stupid in WAR to talk about before the latest announcements) but it's not a way to run a railroad MMO studio.
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Jherad
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Super secret forums are nothing new in War.
They had beta forums, and elder beta forums.
Then when War went live, they had test forums, and secret 'Posted enough "what did I have for dinner today?" type threads in beta' extra forums.
This just lets people know that there is a way to reach the extrasuperhappyeveryoneloveswarhammer forum. A wonderfully cosy echo chamber.
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rk47
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Time to grind your Exalted status with Mythic dev Faction, boys.
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Colonel Sanders is back in my wallet
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Jherad
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I find Rachel Maddow seriously hot.
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Perhaps he's realised that talking about Warhammer on forums is more fun that actually playing Warhammer, so decided to develop that side of the game instead.
The loot looks pretty shit though.
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I think Mark is right. The time to open official forums on a project as big as Warhammer is certainly when your two proxy boards (Warhammer alliance and VN) have moderators that publicly start to wonder what the fuck you are doing.
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waffel
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Forumhammer!
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Tmon
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Maybe they'll come out with a forum only sub plan for people who just want to play the forums.
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WindupAtheist
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"You're just a dick who quotes himself in his sig." -- Schild "Yeah, it's pretty awesome." -- Me
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Unbelievable. I mean, seriously. It's like a compass pointing to magnetic wrong every single time they do something.
FATALITY!
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UnSub
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Maybe they'll come out with a forum only sub plan for people who just want to play the forums.
With Jacobs no longer spawning on the F2P boards, the P2P forums will be the only way to find this particular mob. You'll only get one-shot for the gank though, so it had better be a good one.
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Triforcer
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So when Mark came and posted here, we have to count it as income? I'll alert my accountant.
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All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu. This is the truth! This is my belief! At least for now...
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waffel
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« Last Edit: February 01, 2009, 11:50:28 PM by waffel »
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Triforcer
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I'm impressed if he's getting through this with martinis. At this point I'd be staggering in at 11:30 A.M., stinking of whiskey and varnish.
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All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu. This is the truth! This is my belief! At least for now...
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Bismallah
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That forum shit is idiotic... beyond idiotic. Getting points and reputation for good posts? Seriously?? Haha. Wow.
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ashrik
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It might just be an expanded version of Blizzards MVP system, that gives access to special forums instead of just green text and the hate of untold millions.
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Nevermore
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Only active subs being able to post is pretty standard for official boards. The 'forum level' thing sounds like the idea of a retarded monkey. Nothing will generate more success than surrounding yourself with people who do nothing but agree with you!
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Over and out.
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raydeen
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I noticed Brucie there has quite few WoW boxes behind him and at least one CoH box. They haven't gotten around to ORvR yet because he's probably still trying to grind out his Lightbringer.
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I was drinking when I wrote this, so sue me if it goes astray.
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Redgiant
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Every sentient being (fanbois excluded) knows Mythic just wants to get eyes off of forums which are not explicitly censored by them.
Even WHA doesn't cater to that level; no outside forum would (I'd hope).
This is a new low in propaganda and censorship attempts, seriously. I hope there is a fucking huge backlash in terms of cancellations and ridicule to stop others from thinking to try this crap on gamers.
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A FUCKING COMPANY IS AT STEAK
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Modern Angel
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Every sentient being (fanbois excluded) knows Mythic just wants to get eyes off of forums which are not explicitly censored by them.
Even WHA doesn't cater to that level; no outside forum would (I'd hope).
This is a new low in propaganda and censorship attempts, seriously. I hope there is a fucking huge backlash in terms of cancellations and ridicule to stop others from thinking to try this crap on gamers.
Oh for Christ's sake... look, the word "censorship" is the last bastion of internet mouthbreathers the world over who want to act like shits on the internet. They're allowed to censor. It's not a democracy. That's not where they're failing. They're failing because instead of just opening some fucking forums and kicking the shit out of people who act stupid they're tacking on a stupid gimmick which will allow the funneling of the most rabid fanboys into a perpetual private audience with Jacobs. Stop saying censorship. There is no censorship on corporate run forums.
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Ratama
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Every sentient being (fanbois excluded) knows Mythic just wants to get eyes off of forums which are not explicitly censored by them.
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This is a new low in propaganda and censorship attempts, seriously. Eh, that's every official forum; hardly a new low. Just stupid in that they waited this long. Edit: Or what MA said. Dammit, getting slow in my old age. they're tacking on a stupid gimmick which will allow the funneling of the most rabid fanboys into a perpetual private audience with Jacobs. At this rate, those private forums will be the only place he'll be able to post as himself in (relative) peace; he's worn out his (relative) welcome everywhere he used to post, afaik.
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Spare the rod, spoil the dev.
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Modern Angel
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The great glorious joke is that he hasn't worn out his welcome because the game is bad (though that certainly doesn't help) but because he's so Mark Jacobsy. When people are all, "Man, I hate Mark Jacobs" it's not because of the game.
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