So I got banned. Again. And threatened with a permanent ban if I ever return.
Want to know what I was banned for? In a thread called "Influence MAG: part II" - where the moderators and devs descend to allow the community to input on another completely pointless feature - I explained why the beta-members failed to ask the right questions during the beta of MAG - and described how they didn't support those of us that actually did ask the right questions.
This was deleted, because it didn't follow Yaster's "advice" about being chill and friendly.
Then I apologised for misunderstanding his "advice", and apologised for wasting everyone's time in the suggestion thread where the community would be allowed to field some input.
So I was banned. For trolling.
So there you have it. If you ever wonder why Playstation games and functions have these ridiculous features no one wants. And why the powers that be only ever manage to produce talk, if at all that, about getting the things that actually make sense into the package - now you know.
Because the truth is that the beta-testers they have are used as focus-groups and initial customer reaction, not as testers for faults and bugs. While the community is used for advertisement for already decided on projects, rather than a source for input and ideas.
But no worries. At least it's official now that we aren't really allowed to make suggestions.
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zippdementia - August 05, 2010 (05:51 AM) I've been banned from gaming communities for stuff like that, before. I was banned from an art community once for saying I didn't like some work one artist had posted. The reason? Negative vibes. Yeah. |
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fleinn - August 05, 2010 (06:48 AM) Mm. Be nice == agree with everyone, specially the most noisy ones (the rest we don't care about). Still.. I think this one is pretty high up there on the top of the irony scale. Banned in a "community can make suggestions, we are community oriented"-thread, after one of the official beta-members attack you personally for one of the suggestions. I mean... what can you say? |
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zippdementia - August 05, 2010 (12:59 PM) It's pretty frustrating. People get away with behavior on the internet that in person would get their asses kicked. People can do all sorts of power-tripping online that they can't do in person. |
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