"We shouldn't have official forums because there will be trolls" is a really poor argument. It's the internet. There are trolls everywhere. Should we shut down every website on the off chance a troll happens by?
Other people have explained why we official forums are good, and I've said all I can (or care to say) about why Guru can't fulfill this roll.
We need official forums. I can only hope ANet realizes this.
You're obviously not understanding something very important. THE OFFICIAL FORUMS OF A VIDEO GAME ALWAYS ATTRACTS TROLLS IN HORDES. Ya see, the trolls that come to this part of MMORPG are very tame in comparison of what would happen if ArenaNet had their own forums.
They don't need any official forum. They never have(ahem, GW1 for 7 years in case you haven't noticed). And I've already pointed this out, Guru isn't the official forum for ArenaNet to go to. ArenaNet doesn't base their decision off people in the forums based around their own games. Just because a developer or two posts on there just to clear something up doesn't mean that it's the uber site that they go to. What part of "they base their decisions off the community in game" do you not understand?
Is that a laugh at how ridiculous it sounds or just a laugh because it's funny? The MMORPG staff here is no different than the Guru mods, at least towards me. They warn me for being a troll and someone who supposedly flames other posters. When in reality they have no evidence to back those claims up. All they can do is interpret what I say which isn't fair in the slightest. Rules and how you approach them should be set in stone. Facts. But no, they make up their own opinions and base their decisions off those opinions. The staff here are completely subjective.
However, I digress. Because I could go on and on about my bone to pick with the staff on this site. Move along people. Nothing to see here.
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I love it when the Guru mods edit a message, completely changing the meaning without pointing out what they changed. It's worse than deletion.
It's unprofessional for a AAA MMO title to use 3rd party forums.
You're obviously not understanding something very important. THE OFFICIAL FORUMS OF A VIDEO GAME ALWAYS ATTRACTS TROLLS IN HORDES. Ya see, the trolls that come to this part of MMORPG are very tame in comparison of what would happen if ArenaNet had their own forums.
They don't need any official forum. They never have(ahem, GW1 for 7 years in case you haven't noticed). And I've already pointed this out, Guru isn't the official forum for ArenaNet to go to. ArenaNet doesn't base their decision off people in the forums based around their own games. Just because a developer or two posts on there just to clear something up doesn't mean that it's the uber site that they go to. What part of "they base their decisions off the community in game" do you not understand?
Is that a laugh at how ridiculous it sounds or just a laugh because it's funny? The MMORPG staff here is no different than the Guru mods, at least towards me. They warn me for being a troll and someone who supposedly flames other posters. When in reality they have no evidence to back those claims up. All they can do is interpret what I say which isn't fair in the slightest. Rules and how you approach them should be set in stone. Facts. But no, they make up their own opinions and base their decisions off those opinions. The staff here are completely subjective.
However, I digress. Because I could go on and on about my bone to pick with the staff on this site. Move along people. Nothing to see here.