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BioWare is shutting down its forums
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Crazkanuk
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fans can keep using venues that make them $$$$ because it is always about the dollars and not the gaming.
Truth is that developers NEVER communicate much at all with their supporters,gamer's.Instead we see easy weak efforts that simply post ...."server maintenance schedules" or updates ,but actual game talk and communication,,,pfft almost never.All you'll see is some mod come on to warn you,questions,hardly ever answered if ever but say one thing out of line and all of a sudden a rep shows up to warn you,kind of funny and sad at the same time.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
I noticed the importance of community based forums nearly vanished when Wow started becoming the most popular western mmo. They hosted their own forums from the start and suddenly the average forum voice was drowned out. Far too many people existed in a format suited best for smaller groups and forums shortly became little more than a battle ground of competing egos and interests with far too limited moderation.
Forums still allow a far superior method for open and intimate discussions than any current social media tool but requires far greater responsibility by it's participants and hosts which falls apart when disorganized. Forums can't be too large for the format, especially on the internet and Bioware surely wants to wash their hands of this responsibility.
Other developers should take note and do the same thing and allow sub-communities to once again strengthen and take control over conversations that take place outside of the game. Far too long have we allowed the developers to control the conversation for everyone ... which is precisely what they tried to do by hosting forums themselves.
I also have to mention the total bullshit thrown at us by them saying more modern social media platforms can fill the need for forums. The reason why they hosted forums to begin with was to maximize site traffic. They now want to maximize social media site traffic. Why? Advertising and money ... what else? If they gave a shit about community they would have never hosted their own forums to begin with as it destroyed game community sites. Yes, that is why these companies systematically killed community hosting ... they didn't want the players making the money as the internet evolved into a money making business.
When more and more companies realize forum hosting costs them more money than losing control over them we will see more shift away from them. Don't fool yourselves into thinking this is all about more efficient avenues for community communication. They make more money and gain more attention through modern social media which is driving this change.
You stay sassy!
Social networks such as Facebook or Tumblr make criticism harder because of diffrent format and audience, reddit also is notorious of nuking out criticism through downvote and other means.
btw. Bioware took out Off-Topic subforums some time ago from Bioware Forums, taking whole Bioware Forums seem like final step.
You can't silence people on the internet - the very idea is an anathema to the nature of the web.
Either that, or they get reallocated to something else.
My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)
https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/
I predicted it years ago. Before you did. :P
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Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"
I especially don't understand why they want to shut them down completely so fast. Read-only i get, but complete shutdown within two months?
Got a new manager who set them some *really* close budget limits? Can't be more than a few dollars once they are read-only. And thats generous. It's probably not even down, as in, no longer there, just not publicly avaible. The only thing they'll save is the traffic. So not even disk space or anything.
Or Facebook offered them a sweet deal if they can increase traffic by 20% or whatever.
I'll wait to the day's end when the moon is high
And then I'll rise with the tide with a lust for life, I'll
Amass an army, and we'll harness a horde
And then we'll limp across the land until we stand at the shore
If you were to ever have one, we wouldn't have to wait!
Epic Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1
Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
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Epic Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1
Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"
Let's party like it is 1863!
Also, think the servers still technically exist, but Maxis/Spore login data may be defunct in favor of the EA/Origin login.
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