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Astroturfing?

KedoremosKedoremos Member UncommonPosts: 432
in Age of Wushu

Oh man I gotta get this off my chest.

There seems to be a disproportionate amount of forum posts for this game.

Everytime I hit the front page there's a new post in one of the Wushu forums.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

 

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  • BiskopBiskop Member UncommonPosts: 709
  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843

     

  • ScalplessScalpless Member UncommonPosts: 1,426
    It's a new, decent sandboxy MMO with no spaceships. Of course it's popular on this site.
  • FromHellFromHell Member Posts: 1,311

    If a game is asian, hyped and new, remember the name is Age of Wushu!

     

     

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  • LoktofeitLoktofeit Member RarePosts: 14,247
    Originally posted by Kedoremos

    Oh man I gotta get this off my chest.

    There seems to be a disproportionate amount of forum posts for this game.

    Everytime I hit the front page there's a new post in one of the Wushu forums.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

    It seems like genuine interest, though. bcbully, GreyKodiak, Biskop and the other avid fans of AoW seem pretty on the level, and their posts seem to be sincere enthusaism.

    If anything, bcbully posts are a breath of fresh air around here, as we all have MMOs that we enjoy playing, but it's rare to ever see someone post about the great time they just had in a game. I wish more people did that.

     

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  • CaldrinCaldrin Member UncommonPosts: 4,505
    so people are posting stuff about a new and up coming MMO and you think its the company doing it lol..
  • GrayKodiakGrayKodiak Member CommonPosts: 576

    You got me, I am a shill for snail. They were going to use me to smooth out the english translations into something resembling a passable experience, but then they decided that they would keep the old 1990's bad translated wushu movie feel in place...so they sent me out to this message bored. Where 40 people see a post I make and I get payed 10 cents a view...just this post I am going to make $00.65.

     

  • PsychowPsychow Member Posts: 1,784

    This isn't GW2. These are real people discussing the game...

     

    Edit: Except GrayKodiak...

  • RefMinorRefMinor Member UncommonPosts: 3,452
    It's just a decent game that isn't like any of the other clone themeparks, all the people I see posting are just talking about a game they enjoy, not saying its going to destroy WoW or change the earth, it's refreshing. I have played for a bit and can see the comments are genuine, talking about both strong points and weaker points to the game.
     
    It's nice to see a game arrive with no hype, and have people just show some joy at discovering something different.
  • AlBQuirkyAlBQuirky Member EpicPosts: 7,432

    Originally posted by GrayKodiak
    You got me, I am a shill for snail. They were going to use me to smooth out the english translations into something resembling a passable experience, but then they decided that they would keep the old 1990's bad translated wushu movie feel in place...so they sent me out to this message bored. Where 40 people see a post I make and I get payed 10 cents a view...just this post I am going to make $00.65.
    I only count for half a person. Sorry about that, Gray :)

    (00.65 @ 00.10/view = 6 and 1/2 views?)

    - Al

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  • Crazy_StickCrazy_Stick Member Posts: 1,059
    Remember this is a classic game ( as Nine Scrolls Manual) in Asia released here in the west in an attempt to open up a market. They don't have a big enough budget to buy astroturfing specialists. I am not surprised that it is proving popular here on this site. That's because the forums are populated by a lot of disenchanted veteran MMO players looking for something outside the typical themepark mold. This game has features in spades if not the most modern graphics (understandable considering the age.) 
  • GdemamiGdemami Member EpicPosts: 12,342

    Originally posted by Kedoremos

    Oh man I gotta get this off my chest.There seems to be a disproportionate amount of forum posts for this game.Everytime I hit the front page there's a new post in one of the Wushu forums. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing 

    Nah, the game has some rabid fanboys active on these boards but still does not attract enough attention to generate negative posts.

    You can see same pattern with other smaller, indie games.

  • RoxtarrRoxtarr Member CommonPosts: 1,122
    Originally posted by Kedoremos

    Oh man I gotta get this off my chest.

    There seems to be a disproportionate amount of forum posts for this game.

    Everytime I hit the front page there's a new post in one of the Wushu forums.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

     

    It's a game that invites plenty of discussion.  There is nothing sinister happening here.  I remember when there were about 3 of us posting regularly about this game.  Now others have taken notice, they are discussing it.  Most of the threads I've seen have been relevent and have spawned healthy discussion.

    If in 1982 we played with the current mentality, we would have burned down all the pac man games since the red ghost was clearly OP. Instead we just got better at the game.
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  • RefMinorRefMinor Member UncommonPosts: 3,452
    Originally posted by Crazy_Stick
    Remember this is a classic game ( as Nine Scrolls Manual) in Asia released here in the west in an attempt to open up a market. They don't have a big enough budget to buy astroturfing specialists. I am not surprised that it is proving popular here on this site. That's because the forums are populated by a lot of disenchanted veteran MMO players looking for something outside the typical themepark mold. This game has features in spades if not the most modern graphics (understandable considering the age.) 

    I was pleasantly surprised by the graphics, shame there is no day/night, weather, but some of the vista are very impressive.

  • TottalTottal Member Posts: 3
    Heck, I like the game, and now that I can play without the bizarre one-hour limitation (thanks for the beta key), I'll be glad to pick up testing it again. I hope they don't mind me pointing out all the Google Translate errors, because that's mostly what I have issues with. Maybe if the game were translated properly, I'd be able to find more mechanics problems, but let's start by making the game comprehensible.
  • Crazy_StickCrazy_Stick Member Posts: 1,059
    Originally posted by RefMinor
    Originally posted by Crazy_Stick
    Remember this is a classic game ( as Nine Scrolls Manual) in Asia released here in the west in an attempt to open up a market. They don't have a big enough budget to buy astroturfing specialists. I am not surprised that it is proving popular here on this site. That's because the forums are populated by a lot of disenchanted veteran MMO players looking for something outside the typical themepark mold. This game has features in spades if not the most modern graphics (understandable considering the age.) 

    I was pleasantly surprised by the graphics, shame there is no day/night, weather, but some of the vista are very impressive.

     

    I've been trying to get a confirmation but word is the game is four years old in the east. In consideration I think the graphics do well. In the west we are supposed to be a like a patch behind them.

  • GrayKodiakGrayKodiak Member CommonPosts: 576
    yea there is graphical update which I care not one whit about. I mean bring it but it is not gonna make or break the game for anyone.
  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Originally posted by GrayKodiak
    yea there is graphical update which I care not one whit about. I mean bring it but it is not gonna make or break the game for anyone.

    I can do without game play is great on my old pc atm.

  • AfterlifeAfterlife Member UncommonPosts: 256
    Can't quote but to the guy two posts above, the game launched in china June or July last year.
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