Email Campaign to major Gaming Mags.

[tai4ji2x]

Leave the Amazon debate out of this thread please, or it will be closed.

why do mods on so many internet forums in general go about moderating in this way? why not just edit the offending thread and issue a warning to the individual? then if that member persists, ban him/her and then subsequently delete or annotate those posts with your course of action? i find that to be a much better way of maintaining an atmosphere of open discussion rather than outright closing entire threads - which i think just ends up stifling dialogue more than the offending posts ever could in the first place.

just MHO

[Pode]

Catiline has expressed his opinion that the .org should not appear to support a campaign of negative reviews on Amazon or anywhere else. That is his right, and I support it. More than that, I agree with it. There should not be a campaign. If you like the game, review it favorably, if not, unfavorably. Or not. Do whatever you and you alone feel is right. Just be aware that these options exist for you to express your opinions in places other than forums.
Catiline, I hope you will take this in the spirit it was intended: a sincere effort to help stop the debate over reviews. Let's all agree to disagree about them and leave it at that.

[Old Celt]

I think we should all be respectful of the Mods right to do their work as they see fit. If you have questions, you should write to the mod and ask them, but don't make a public thread the place for this conversation. That kind of action is a provocation for the mod to close the thread.

Catiline has made it clear that this whole subject is thin ice, and off topic content will not be tolerated. So please, if you want the discussion to continue, try to keep it to what will be acceptable so the thread can go on. Even with that, I believe this thread's days are severely numbered.

[tai4ji2x]

That kind of action is a provocation for the mod to close the thread.

that's the thing... why the impulse, seemingly common within so many of us, to just outright close the thread? why not just delete or heavily edit or at least annotate the offending posts? eh... whatever. i'll shut up (see what i mean about stifling?).

[Puzz3D]

I think you have to keep in mind that game magazines are not impartial. They have a vested interest in giving a game the highest rating that appears credible because they get advertising revenue from the companies that publish the games. That's why Rome v1.0 averaged a 93% rating from the magazines. Even with the remaining gameplay issues, magazine ratings of Rome v1.2 would probably be even higher than 93%.

[BlackSquadron]

Amazon would need advertising revenue too...

[Shigawire]

Count me in.

[Old Celt]

If any of you are registered over at the .COM, you can e-mail Alex, the SEGA rep by following the links from his user name over to the private mail message option. Get to these links by opening the stickied thread on SEGA/CA. I've sent a message detailing the problem and asking for SEGA help.

[BeeSting]

It's good to see you guys taking action. Count me in!

[Pode]

Good thought, Old Celt, and a particularly apt choice of quotes to go along with the protest icon. May I suggest either linking that message to the ludus magna thread or explaining how to do a quick diagnostic campaign so that it's easy for him to see the issue for himself?

[.Spartan]

Someone should post a list at the TWC as well.

-Spartan

[tai4ji2x]

Someone should post a list at the TWC as well.

list of?

[Kekvit Irae]

I have a few honest questions, and I hope nobody takes it the wrong way, but...

If people do not like the current state of the game, why do they continue playing it? Why not move on to something that they feel is better? Why continue posting in the game-related forums about the problems? Why take the problem to third parties when the developer is fully aware of the community's displeasure?
It seems to me that the majority of people who dislike the game feel the need to flog a dead horse when they could just go out and buy (or download, there are plenty of free games on the net) the next best thing.

This is what has always confused me about complaints about the "lack of support from CA."

[.Spartan]

list of?

Names and email addresses as well as a community letter for lazy people also contact info for non English publications would also be nice.



Anyway, if I get the time in the next week or so (no promises) I'll see if I can get some students at a near by HS or U to do a protest march outside of the biggest software store in the local area. It is great because there are several Us and a couple HSs close by that have student bodies that shop there so it should have a nice impact if I can find the time put it all together. Unlike in the USA, Japanese stores go crazy when such things are even talked about especially those that cater to the young.

-Spartan