What Grinds My Gears: Questioning Loyalty towards CoH
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Posted on: 2009-10-05 21:19 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by JJDrakken
Reading is Fundamental P.K.
Re-read my post, not once are you mentioned anywhere, I promise you are not the center of the Board Universe. JJ |
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I have to agree with Bubba here. Showing support for a product you enjoy and a company that treats you well is one thing. Having "loyalty" to them, especially such that transcends personal preference, is not something I think is health either for the players or for the developers.
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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I think you should be loyal to your friends and family.
And nothing else. |
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Well... I'm loyal to CoH in the sense that I've renewed my subscription in each of the last two months despite not actually playing much, but that's down to the promise of early(ish) access to the Going Rogue beta.
Recently I've been playing mainly WoW, which is probably heresy in the eyes of some people.
/me hides from the torch and pitchfork wielding mob
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Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree
Recently I've been playing mainly WoW, which is probably heresy in the eyes of some people.
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HA! You silly WoW players with your quaint concepts of torches and pitchforks.
*builds a quantum reality drive phaser and attaches it to the end of a stick and pokes Nightshade with it*
HA! Take THAT!
1) Thats suggest the marketing ploy 'loyalty through thick and thin' has some merit
2) WoW hate is over done. Its a decent enough game, but for sure not my cup of tea. So any hate that comes, just let it pass.
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Including myself, I know of 70 people who do. I'm at the extreme end with 14 tops (usually just 8 with multiple accounts here, in EVE, and EQ1) and the other end of the spectrum are a couple families who play 3 games. Nowadays, people with multiple accounts in one game are probably far more common than folks with one account in several games.|
Originally Posted by Creole Ned
But I wonder how many people who play MMOs subscribe to more than one at a time? (I honestly do not know.)
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
Well, many people are genuinely and truly stupid.
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You see this in every MMO, without exception. Folks go to try something new and the mouth breathers (some of whom have, sadly, procreated
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Originally Posted by Dr_HR
MMO wise. just 1 and always 1 (ignoring any overlaps)
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In my book 'loyalty' implies a lasting fidelity that perseveres through adversity. With a game, people's loyalty can be pegged directly to how much fun they're having (or not having). |
Originally Posted by Commander
However, there are the folks that say, "OMG! So and so is playing Aion now! Well, looks like they weren't so loyal to CoH after all!" Or the "Well, looks like so and so is playing Aion... good, glad they're gone."
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In this context it isn't a very useful term.
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I'm playing Aion right now. A lot of other people here in the office are also playing it.|
Originally Posted by Commander
So, as I tend to surf the global channels often, I happen upon a discussion about questioning people's loyalty to CoH if they play other NCsoft games. Lately the talk has been about Aion.
Don't think this is turning into a flame-fest, well, at least from me, against Aion. In fact, I've subscribed to it and I'm loving every minute of it. However, there are the folks that say, "OMG! So and so is playing Aion now! Well, looks like they weren't so loyal to CoH after all!" Or the "Well, looks like so and so is playing Aion... good, glad they're gone." The funny thing is that people tend to see things no more than 3 feet in front of them. They see playing Aion as a breakaway from CoH. They think that subscribing to Aion hurts CoH. Well, sadly, they are mistaken. Any business made from subscriptions and sales of Aion actually helps CoH. CoH isn't only getting funding from their own subscriptions. They get funding from NCsoft, who in fact is taking in the money from both products. If Aion does well, it means there is a larger pool of money that can be distributed between the products that NCsoft produces/distributes. Just like the money taken in from CoH is used to fund other NCsoft titles. Every major company makes a product that competes with itself, well, because no matter what product is bought, the corporation takes in money. Maytag makes more than one washing machine. Blizzard makes more than one MMO. NCsoft is just another company that is making its own competition just so it can continue to produce the products that we love so much. So, the next time that you see someone bash someone for playing another NCsoft game, you march right up to them and give them a stiff right hook to the jaw! Any money that can go towards the preservation of CoH is clean money in my book! And that's the way it was. Goodnight, Paragon City. ___________________ The views expressed are those of the [author/presenter/interviewee] and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the NCsoft or its members, sponsors or partners. NCsoft makes no representation concerning and does not guarantee the source, originality, accuracy, completeness or reliability of any statement, information, data, finding, interpretation, advice, opinion, or view presented. So there! |
Before that, I was playing Batman: AA, before that Champions Online, before that Civ IV, Prototype, World of Goo, Deadspace, Left 4 Dead, etc etc.
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o snap!
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Even BaB is stealing ideas from "the other game"! | ...before that Champions Online... |
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Zombies ftw! That game had me jumping outta my seat in fright.|
Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler
Left 4 Dead, etc etc.
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On the question of loyalty I think BAB's response sorta answers it. I can eat at McDonalds and Burger King without being 'disloyal' to either. Naturally I'd also have severe indigestion, but ya know...I like me burgers.
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"...here in the office are also playing it."|
Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler
I'm playing Aion right now. A lot of other people here in the office are also playing it.
Before that, I was playing Batman: AA, before that Champions Online, before that Civ IV, Prototype, World of Goo, Deadspace, Left 4 Dead, etc etc. |
Gorram slackers. I'm the sysadmin and even *I* don't game at work!!!
Be well, people of CoH.
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But they can do it and justify it as "research." |
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
"...here in the office are also playing it."
Gorram slackers. I'm the sysadmin and even *I* don't game at work!!! |
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I should go back to school.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
But they can do it and justify it as "research."
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
But they can do it and justify it as "research."
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I agree wholeheartedly with that list, but I would add "country," because, if for no other reason, criminal penalties could attach if you are disloyal in specific ways. I have plenty of other reasons to be loyal to mine, though.|
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I think you should be loyal to your friends and family.
And nothing else. |
Where a subscription fee is charged, my loyalty lasts as long as the subscription period, and that loyalty is not necessarily exclusive.
That being said, I have time for about one game at a time. Odds are, if I'm active in this game, there isn't another.
I had country in my list once. I even took an oath to defend my country from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
And then one day I realized that my country had been taken over by domestic enemies a loooooong time ago.
Be well, people of CoH.
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It would appear he has encountered someone not on his "friends and family" list.
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Originally Posted by Caligdoiel
The only thing I hope BaB's takes away from Champions is the travel power flavoring ideas (I do sooooo like Acrobatics as a travel set. Flippity-flippity-flippity-BOING! Also "platform" flying adds a nice touch.
Bill, I am constantly distracted by your signature banner, just WHAT is going on there? |
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You can click it for the full version.| Bill, I am constantly distracted by your signature banner, just WHAT is going on there? |
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