Blodrast
10-14-2004, 18:13
ok, if you take a look in the Colosseum, you'll probably notice there are at least 3 threads on the main page concerning the same aspect: less-than-friendly posts by people towards the CA devs, discussions about whether it is reasonable or not for people to vent their frustration (and/or disappointments about the game, wherever applicable) by making ... "stronger" statements about CA devs, whether this is in part motivated by the fact that CA devs don't care about us and don't show up on the forums, etc.
You probably get the picture, or know what I'm talking about; if not, go have a look in the Colosseum.
Since apparently one of the significant aspects of this is the questionability of the level of involvement that CA developers have with these forums, and since people have pointed out (rightfully, in my opinion) that even when (please note: when, not if) the devs do post their post(s) just get lost among the multitude of threads and posts (let's face it, the Colosseum at least is pretty crowded these days), I thought that perhaps it would be a good idea to somehow give a distinctive mark to threads that contain CA posts in them.
This way, people would be able to appreciate the level of involvement that CA have with the boards, and find and read their posts a lot easier.
I'm sure there are pros and cons for this, and this is why I'm posting my question here: to hear your opinions, and maybe together figure out if it's worthwhile.
First of all: is it possible ? This would probably imply a bit of extra work (from Tosa, I presume), and in that case he's the only one who can decide if he has the time and patience to do this.
Now, for the conceptual pros and cons:
Pros:
- easily find dev posts; why is this important ?
1. they usually contain very useful information (perhaps not 100% of them, but most of them do), usually "inside" info. Most people on the boards would like to read that, I am certain.
2. why not use a search for posts made by Captain Fishpants or Southwater Panda ?
Well, one could do that; BUT, not if one were a Junior member.
Moreover, I find the following scenario a bit unrealistic: every day I come on the forums, do a search for all posts by each of the 4-5 CA devs that post here, and browse through the results to see if there's anything new. Would you do that ? I wouldn't (then again, I _know_ I'm a lazy sob).
Cons (or opinions I could think of):
- pointless, has no value, or at least not enough to bother
- use search; don't have it ? wait till you get it ;P
- not enough dev posts to be worthwhile
- I'm not interested in dev posts that much, give me a break
Please feel free to chip in with what you personally feel about this. Obviously it's not worth doing unless enough people feel that they would benefit from it.
PS. What I was thinking of when I said "marking the threads" was something like setting their icon to a shield like the one CA devs have as their icon.
Or, alternatively, the respective boards' moderator(s) might mark those threads themselves (if they are willing to commit themselves to that extra work, of course) and change the thread icon manually (it might be easier to allow them rights for this than for Tosa to code a filter for dev posts...).
You probably get the picture, or know what I'm talking about; if not, go have a look in the Colosseum.
Since apparently one of the significant aspects of this is the questionability of the level of involvement that CA developers have with these forums, and since people have pointed out (rightfully, in my opinion) that even when (please note: when, not if) the devs do post their post(s) just get lost among the multitude of threads and posts (let's face it, the Colosseum at least is pretty crowded these days), I thought that perhaps it would be a good idea to somehow give a distinctive mark to threads that contain CA posts in them.
This way, people would be able to appreciate the level of involvement that CA have with the boards, and find and read their posts a lot easier.
I'm sure there are pros and cons for this, and this is why I'm posting my question here: to hear your opinions, and maybe together figure out if it's worthwhile.
First of all: is it possible ? This would probably imply a bit of extra work (from Tosa, I presume), and in that case he's the only one who can decide if he has the time and patience to do this.
Now, for the conceptual pros and cons:
Pros:
- easily find dev posts; why is this important ?
1. they usually contain very useful information (perhaps not 100% of them, but most of them do), usually "inside" info. Most people on the boards would like to read that, I am certain.
2. why not use a search for posts made by Captain Fishpants or Southwater Panda ?
Well, one could do that; BUT, not if one were a Junior member.
Moreover, I find the following scenario a bit unrealistic: every day I come on the forums, do a search for all posts by each of the 4-5 CA devs that post here, and browse through the results to see if there's anything new. Would you do that ? I wouldn't (then again, I _know_ I'm a lazy sob).
Cons (or opinions I could think of):
- pointless, has no value, or at least not enough to bother
- use search; don't have it ? wait till you get it ;P
- not enough dev posts to be worthwhile
- I'm not interested in dev posts that much, give me a break
Please feel free to chip in with what you personally feel about this. Obviously it's not worth doing unless enough people feel that they would benefit from it.
PS. What I was thinking of when I said "marking the threads" was something like setting their icon to a shield like the one CA devs have as their icon.
Or, alternatively, the respective boards' moderator(s) might mark those threads themselves (if they are willing to commit themselves to that extra work, of course) and change the thread icon manually (it might be easier to allow them rights for this than for Tosa to code a filter for dev posts...).