I'm sick and tired of this site having contests that require you to register an account with other sites. It's bullshit. I'm registered here; shouldn't that bloody well be enough?
guys i know all your online sales and numbers building gurus tell you how awesome twitter is. but you've got more than enough evidence right here that your fanbase doesn't use it.
before you buy tickets to that 'how to get more click throughs with twitter' ask yourself, how old are these guys? and maybe even ask, how in touch are they with *my* fanbase, ignoring age?
"There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play." Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
guys i know all your online sales and numbers building gurus tell you how awesome twitter is. but you've got more than enough evidence right here that your fanbase doesn't use it.
before you buy tickets to that 'how to get more click throughs with twitter' ask yourself, how old are these guys? and maybe even ask, how in touch are they with *my* fanbase, ignoring age?
That is exactly the problem with every aspect of this industry, the " professionals " and or business models they choose to follow are so totally off the mark on the reality of where the consumers of this industry really are that any of us with any intelligence or real education have gone beyond frustration to quickly be approaching outright hostility over it.
We are sick of the idiot wannabe's trying to force us into their mold, and drive us down thier cattleshute so they can claim some bullcrap numbers that are all ficticious and fabricated anyway.
I hope none of you sign up for twitter .One guy said its a way for the CIA to collect info. Holy crap the general MMO gamer is so paranoid.Its not like you have to put any persenol info up.If they wanted to know about you they would know about you lol.Well I didn't have a twitter account...But I do now.
This contest is for the normal people , not the ones who refuse to take off there tin foil hats it would appear.GIMMMMMME MAH PLUSHIE THINGY.....
It makes me really happy that so many other people are taking a stand against Twitter. Social media is extremely detrimental to our discourse as a people.
The spelling and grammar issues are enough to upset anyone who cares about communication, but the prevalence of mundane chatter is a level of narcissism and short attention spans. It isn't bad enough most people get their news from sound bytes on television, now they won't even read the news that is linked (sometimes) in tweets. It is repulsive to me that anyone thinks anything of substantive value can be communicated in 140 characters or less.
"Gamers will no longer buy the argument that every MMO requires a subscription fee to offset server and bandwidth costs. It's not true you know it, and they know it." Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, 2007
Wow so many unsocial mmo fans ragging on social media outlets. For the record it's not the media outlets that are the problem, it's the way some users use them. A.K.A blaming guns for killing people. Grow up people and stop living in the past. Oh well I guess I'll be 1 of the few that enter for a chance to win if only I could remember my Twitter username/password......
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
Got to agree, never been on Myface or twatted on about the fairly uninteresting goings on of my daily life. I find the need to constantly provide mundane details about yourself incredibly narcissistic. But then people choose to buy magazines with five pages devoted to Davina McCall standing at a bus stop, so what do I know. Anyway, the upshot of all of this is that I won't be getting a cuddly toy.
You do realize that a good amount of tweets are NOT narcississtic but rather business related? Twitter can be used for a lot more than micro blogging stupidity. I get a lot of different information there....info on earthquakes around the world, info on world news, links to recipes and articles, jokes and links to videos, all kinds of shit and RARELY do I ever see one of the infamous "today I ate a turkey sandwich" tweets. Not many people DO that, it's just they're the people that are talked about in disgust.
As far as the Charr plushie....I'm new to GW and am currently level 10 and I fucking HATE the Charr. Hate them. As cute as the plushie is, I have no desire to have one. I would just want to take a bow and arrow and shoot it through the heart. Maybe in GW2 I will grow to love them, but that time....is not now.
you guys really under estimate how powerful a tool twitter can be. news travels very fast, especially in the gaming realm. the mobility of it is its strength, which is why you usually hear things first on twitter as opposed to a website. this goes for new game announcements, beta application openings and direct com. with developers
and if you choose to follow attention whores, then thats what youll see. you decide who and what to follow
It coudl be a generational thing. I hate twitter as well.
It is a communication medium and I can conceive of a few instances where it would be useful but for me it borders on "who cares what you are thinking in 120 words or less". Or whatever the limit is.
There's a certain level of (I'm not even sure of the term I would use) "self proclamation" in recent years that doesn't seem to resonate with some.
Like Skyrim? Need more content? Try my Skyrim mod "Godfred's Tomb."
I've never used Twitter, have never had a Twitter account, and plan to go to my grave without ever doing either. I'd rather ante up the $34.99 for one, rather than have the taint of (Twitter) evil on my eternal soul.That goes double for Facebook.
Only on Twitter? This is sad. You're alienating your core fanbase with this sort of segregation. I understand you want to boost your twitter member count but jeez.... really guys? So sad =(
Twitter hate is funny, I used to think it was stupid, but if you actually try it you'll realize all these the things you hate about it just is false.
It isn't anymore invasive than any other thing. Really MMORPG.com gets more info from you than twitter. Nobody really tweets what they do every 10secs in the bathroom, they usually just report news about themselves or there company. It is more like going to a news site, but instead of getting a lot of info you could care less about, you get a bunch of headlines you very likely will have an interest in. Also, having a twitter doesn't make you have a low attention span...like some really ignorant people think.
Most people that hate it, don't really know what's used for (not really socializing, just getting fast bits of info to people) or just sound like a bunch of people that can't handle new things...twitter is really the least horrible social network thing around today.
"Great minds talk about ideas, average minds talk about events, and small minds talk about people." - Eleanor Roosevelt "Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security." -Norman Vincent Peale
Twitter hate is funny, I used to think it was stupid, but if you actually try it you'll realize all these the things you hate about it just is false.
It isn't anymore invasive than any other thing. Really MMORPG.com gets more info from you than twitter. Nobody really tweets what they do every 10secs in the bathroom, they usually just report news about themselves or there company. It is more like going to a news site, but instead of getting a lot of info you could care less about, you get a bunch of headlines you very likely will have an interest in. Also, having a twitter doesn't make you have a low attention span...like some really ignorant people think.
Most people that hate it, don't really know what's used for (not really socializing, just getting fast bits of info to people) or just sound like a bunch of people that can't handle new things...twitter is really the least horrible social network thing around today.
It's also based on who you're following... So if you're following someone who is talking about going to the bathroom every time, stop following them! <_<
Comments
Plus its used probably smells like cigarette smoke.
"Don't tell me what to do! , you're not my mod"
Saying invented by me.
KAWIII XD
I'm sick and tired of this site having contests that require you to register an account with other sites. It's bullshit. I'm registered here; shouldn't that bloody well be enough?
guys i know all your online sales and numbers building gurus tell you how awesome twitter is. but you've got more than enough evidence right here that your fanbase doesn't use it.
before you buy tickets to that 'how to get more click throughs with twitter' ask yourself, how old are these guys? and maybe even ask, how in touch are they with *my* fanbase, ignoring age?
"There are at least two kinds of games.
One could be called finite, the other infinite.
A finite game is played for the purpose of winning,
an infinite game for the purpose of continuing play."
Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
That is exactly the problem with every aspect of this industry, the " professionals " and or business models they choose to follow are so totally off the mark on the reality of where the consumers of this industry really are that any of us with any intelligence or real education have gone beyond frustration to quickly be approaching outright hostility over it.
We are sick of the idiot wannabe's trying to force us into their mold, and drive us down thier cattleshute so they can claim some bullcrap numbers that are all ficticious and fabricated anyway.
Real gamers are GEEK the rest are weak!
I hope none of you sign up for twitter .One guy said its a way for the CIA to collect info. Holy crap the general MMO gamer is so paranoid.Its not like you have to put any persenol info up.If they wanted to know about you they would know about you lol.Well I didn't have a twitter account...But I do now.
This contest is for the normal people , not the ones who refuse to take off there tin foil hats it would appear.GIMMMMMME MAH PLUSHIE THINGY.....
Would love to get one the Charr is my favorite race in Guild Wars after all.
I entered via my Twitter account, so if no one else wants to enter, can I win by default.
Ceissa Desiste: EverQuest (Cazic-Thule/Brell Serilis)
i hope this contest isnt the first of many marketing blunders. most twitter fans dont have time for mmo's.
There I fixed it.
It makes me really happy that so many other people are taking a stand against Twitter. Social media is extremely detrimental to our discourse as a people.
The spelling and grammar issues are enough to upset anyone who cares about communication, but the prevalence of mundane chatter is a level of narcissism and short attention spans. It isn't bad enough most people get their news from sound bytes on television, now they won't even read the news that is linked (sometimes) in tweets. It is repulsive to me that anyone thinks anything of substantive value can be communicated in 140 characters or less.
"Gamers will no longer buy the argument that every MMO requires a subscription fee to offset server and bandwidth costs. It's not true you know it, and they know it." Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, 2007
WTF? No subscription fee?
Wow so many unsocial mmo fans ragging on social media outlets. For the record it's not the media outlets that are the problem, it's the way some users use them. A.K.A blaming guns for killing people. Grow up people and stop living in the past. Oh well I guess I'll be 1 of the few that enter for a chance to win if only I could remember my Twitter username/password......
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
You do realize that a good amount of tweets are NOT narcississtic but rather business related? Twitter can be used for a lot more than micro blogging stupidity. I get a lot of different information there....info on earthquakes around the world, info on world news, links to recipes and articles, jokes and links to videos, all kinds of shit and RARELY do I ever see one of the infamous "today I ate a turkey sandwich" tweets. Not many people DO that, it's just they're the people that are talked about in disgust.
As far as the Charr plushie....I'm new to GW and am currently level 10 and I fucking HATE the Charr. Hate them. As cute as the plushie is, I have no desire to have one. I would just want to take a bow and arrow and shoot it through the heart. Maybe in GW2 I will grow to love them, but that time....is not now.
President of The Marvelously Meowhead Fan Club
Only on Twitter, you say?
Pity.
you guys really under estimate how powerful a tool twitter can be. news travels very fast, especially in the gaming realm. the mobility of it is its strength, which is why you usually hear things first on twitter as opposed to a website. this goes for new game announcements, beta application openings and direct com. with developers
and if you choose to follow attention whores, then thats what youll see. you decide who and what to follow
Remember when Penny-Arcade would make funny strips instead of pandering to game companies that give them free stuff/games?
It's been a long long time..
They look cool, but like so many others, I dont care if you have just bought a marrow, or whatever. I will not use twitter
Cluck Cluck, Gibber Gibber, My Old Mans A Mushroom
It coudl be a generational thing. I hate twitter as well.
It is a communication medium and I can conceive of a few instances where it would be useful but for me it borders on "who cares what you are thinking in 120 words or less". Or whatever the limit is.
There's a certain level of (I'm not even sure of the term I would use) "self proclamation" in recent years that doesn't seem to resonate with some.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
I made a twitter just for this contest.
I've never used Twitter, have never had a Twitter account, and plan to go to my grave without ever doing either. I'd rather ante up the $34.99 for one, rather than have the taint of (Twitter) evil on my eternal soul. That goes double for Facebook.
Only on Twitter? This is sad. You're alienating your core fanbase with this sort of segregation. I understand you want to boost your twitter member count but jeez.... really guys? So sad =(
Sad, twitter is too mainstream. I only use vintage social network sites. I just signed up for MySpace.
Yay cute plushy for me
Twitter hate is funny, I used to think it was stupid, but if you actually try it you'll realize all these the things you hate about it just is false.
It isn't anymore invasive than any other thing. Really MMORPG.com gets more info from you than twitter. Nobody really tweets what they do every 10secs in the bathroom, they usually just report news about themselves or there company. It is more like going to a news site, but instead of getting a lot of info you could care less about, you get a bunch of headlines you very likely will have an interest in. Also, having a twitter doesn't make you have a low attention span...like some really ignorant people think.
Most people that hate it, don't really know what's used for (not really socializing, just getting fast bits of info to people) or just sound like a bunch of people that can't handle new things...twitter is really the least horrible social network thing around today.
"Great minds talk about ideas, average minds talk about events, and small minds talk about people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security." -Norman Vincent Peale
It's also based on who you're following... So if you're following someone who is talking about going to the bathroom every time, stop following them! <_<