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Actualy, I rather suspect "the masses" are online posting recipies for egg-nog on thier Facebook page and probably have no idea what the acronyms MMORPG or TOR mean ....or why any grown person would waste thier time and money playing a virtual Jedi in a game.
It's a rather unfortunate tactic here that people try to dismiss the opinions of others as unimportant because they are "niche" or pump up the importance of thier own because they are "main-stream" or represent "the masses".
The plain and simple truth is the only opinion that posters here are really able to speak authoritatevy for is thier own.... unless you've been elected to represent some groups opinion by "proxy". I wish people could just stick to using the word "I" when offering an opinion.
Again, a lot of people felt the same way about Warhammer Online during the first week after release.
Things can change drastically after the honeymoon period wears off. I'm not saying whether or not the majority of SWTOR's players feelings about the game will change drastically or not. Rather, I'm simply saying that claiming that the game is great because of anecdotal evidence of people saying they're having a great time, despite the fact that it's still the first week after the release, is nonsense.
Wait 3-6 months for the novelty of the game to wear off, and then we'll really see whether or not this game has what it takes to keep people interested and entertained.
Would the same rules apply to someone posting positively in "every single thread that they can find" ?
Really is amazing some of you feel this way towards people that do not care for this game. Stunning actually. Frankly reveals quite a bit about your own mentality.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
No, because positivity helps people. Negativity pisses everyone off.
Whooo-eee but the random selection method of the sampled group makes it pretty useless for any attempt at polling purposes.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Positivity breeds complacency.
Negativity breeds change.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
All right. So here is the deal:
You are all welcome to post your opinions (positive or negative) about any game you wish on our forums. But there are a few caveats:
"Positive" posting no-nos:
Going to other game forums and posting constantly about how your game of choice is better than the game in the game board you're posting in for X Y and Z reasons.
Negative posting no-nos:
Posting negative opinions about a particular game or user with the intention of pissing them off. This is called trolling. And this also includes cleverly created topics that appear somewhat legitimate but are only being made to bait others into getting riled up, also known as trollbait.
Posting negative commentary about a specific game or topic on a consistent and frequent basis. For example, someone who has many legitimate beefs about a particular game and articules them well, but is essentially fighting the same battle on a day-to-day basis. At a certain point we consider this trolling as well and it is not allowed. If you really dislike a game, say your piece and move on. Or better yet, write a user feature on it.
We want you to be able to voice your negative opinion on a game, but it doesn't need to be in every topic of the game's forum, especially if it is disruptive to the discussion. "New patch added 10 zones!" "Who cares? It's still a themepark game." This sort of thing is really unnecessary.
I'm going to lock this one up now so we can all get on to actually discussing the game.