Letting the general public ask questions is going to backfire spectacularly. Everyone needs to have very low expectations that any question asked will get a definitive answer. Instead you'll get a long winded off-the-cuff response that uses a lot of words but says very little. Never specifics, never definitive answers.
Rattenmann said: To be fair here: TESTERS on Discord claim they have so much fun and wish they were allowed to show that and talk about it. Now... that would be good eh? If testers are actually having fun in the game, why not show the fun parts? Why not let them talk? CLEARLY the PR side of VR does not know how to transport those fun parts to the outside audience. Let the gamers do it then.
You should edit again and add 'some' in front of TESTERS because some are also saying it's complete shet.
Vandraad said:Rattenmann said: To be fair here: TESTERS on Discord claim they have so much fun and wish they were allowed to show that and talk about it. Now... that would be good eh? If testers are actually having fun in the game, why not show the fun parts? Why not let them talk? CLEARLY the PR side of VR does not know how to transport those fun parts to the outside audience. Let the gamers do it then.You should edit again and add 'some' in front of TESTERS because some are also saying it's complete shet.
Also fair. Done. :-)
Vandraad said:
Letting the general public ask questions is going to backfire spectacularly. Everyone needs to have very low expectations that any question asked will get a definitive answer. Instead you'll get a long winded off-the-cuff response that uses a lot of words but says very little. Never specifics, never definitive answers.
Savanja said:
We would like to invite everyone to join me, Jamie "Savanja" Henry and Creative Director, Chris "Joppa" Perkins for a community Q&A to discuss recent updates to development. While we know we won't be able to answer all of your questions, we would like to make ourselves available to hit upon important topics within the community.
The Q&A will be taking place in Discord via a Stage Event today, Thursday, October 26th at 5PM PDT (-7GMT). We look forward to connecting with you all!
Agreed as well, communication is something that would have prevented this mess and communication is going to be the thing that gets us out of it. If they need money, then ask the community ways to monetize the game. Most people would prefer they release a single player RPG or even just a simple $1 dungeon experience, SOMETHING, other than 247.
So kudos to them for actually making a Q & A. Now the question will be if they actually integrate the overwhelming community feedback or just ignore it and move on. The last two months of this year will be very telling. As I have said before, when your community is active, even negatively active, that isn't a bad thing. It means they care. But when your community becomes a ghost town, that will be the end of the game, no doubt.
Go to the 1 hour mark, right around 1 hour and 1 minute.
Sav : "What are we doing to address and integrate that feedback?"
>>>>VERY VALID QUESTION<<<<<<
Joppa : *awkwardly long pause" well ummm check out our updates and progression!
>>>>Yeah we have been checking out your updates and progression for YEARS now <<<<<
As I said in my previous post, watch VERY CLOSELY how they listen to this feedback and backlash. If they just continue full steam ahead, then stay FAR away. But if they actually open up, become transparent, increase communication like this AND integrate that feedback, then you are with a good project!
While I felt the Discord Q&A was just a huge dumpster fire, especially the answers to questions that appear to have caught Joppa off-guard and flat-footed. (and HOW could that possibly be?) I do agree that Savanja did a far better job than anyone else in PR would have. So, kudos for that. Also, kudos to Nephele/Steve who both continue who both appear to working diligently in what I think are the end-times for Terminus.
Nagasakee said:While I felt the Discord Q&A was just a huge dumpster fire, especially the answers to questions that appear to have caught Joppa off-guard and flat-footed. (and HOW could that possibly be?) I do agree that Savanja did a far better job than anyone else in PR would have. So, kudos for that. Also, kudos to Nephele/Steve who both continue who both appear to working diligently in what I think are the end-times for Terminus.
The reason Joppa was 'off-guard and flat-footed' was because he didn't know exactly what questions would be asked. But even when he knows the questions his answers are long-winded and rambling because he doesn't prepare in advance.
Vandraad said:
Nagasakee said:
While I felt the Discord Q&A was just a huge dumpster fire, especially the answers to questions that appear to have caught Joppa off-guard and flat-footed. (and HOW could that possibly be?) I do agree that Savanja did a far better job than anyone else in PR would have. So, kudos for that. Also, kudos to Nephele/Steve who both continue who both appear to working diligently in what I think are the end-times for Terminus.
The reason Joppa was 'off-guard and flat-footed' was because he didn't know exactly what questions would be asked. But even when he knows the questions his answers are long-winded and rambling because he doesn't prepare in advance.
