Are OCR (and Marketing) missing the marks?
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Aura_Familia,
Posted on: 2010-09-08 17:14 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
In all serious what I actually meant in my tin foil hat post was that now that the pressure is off from DCUO for the moment it means they can relax a bit and marketting will let them get away with a tad more than normal.
Expect everything to become very hush hush once more when DCUO is closer to release next year.
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Back when the boards were separate there were at least 3 mods for the EU boards, Bridger followed by Ghost Raptor covered the English boards, Kerensky covered the German boards and another mod covered the French boards, but I'm damned if I can remember his name!|
Originally Posted by Eiko-chan
I thought Avatea was the French moderator (only moved now to the US).
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Then they all got laid off and Avatea has covered all three from the US ever since.
So she's doing the work of 3 people and still manages to be very supportive!
Not saying that the marketing people are good, mind, just pointing out that some of them do their best to help and be supportive. Avatea and Mod08 appeared unexpectedly at an in-game wedding the other day, it was lovely.....like they were on some sort of date....hmmmm, now there's some gossip for the boards!!
We built this city on Rock and Roll!
His name was Palladium if memory serves
Thelonious Monk
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I must give Avatea higher marks than her American counterparts. Certainly, as Coin explains, she's not had the easiest job with CoH. Not only did she have to take up the slack of her laid-off compatriots, but she also had to move all the way from England to Mountain View to do so. That's some chops right there.|
Originally Posted by Coin
Back when the boards were separate there were at least 3 mods for the EU boards, Bridger followed by Ghost Raptor covered the English boards, Kerensky covered the German boards and another mod covered the French boards, but I'm damned if I can remember his name!
Then they all got laid off and Avatea has covered all three from the US ever since. So she's doing the work of 3 people and still manages to be very supportive! Not saying that the marketing people are good, mind, just pointing out that some of them do their best to help and be supportive. Avatea and Mod08 appeared unexpectedly at an in-game wedding the other day, it was lovely.....like they were on some sort of date....hmmmm, now there's some gossip for the boards!! |
Speaking of lay-offs, je-saits sums up my feelings on the latest hot topic concisely. I understand that TheOcho really can't say much in terms of the leaving of one Christopher Bruce, but obvious Marketing quips are obvious.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
the vast majority of junk I've seen floating around recently wouldn't be productive to answer so I don't fault them for ignoring it.
we've gotten answers & clarifications on an assortment of productive topics over the last while. From where I'm sitting all the wailing and rending of garments is a massive overreaction to a fairly minor change in how rednames interact with the community. |
There is no such thing as an "innocent bystander"
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Originally Posted by BigFish
Clap louder! You'll save Tinkerbell yet!
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I've never considered factual observation to be cheerleading, but to each their own.
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You may consider certain comments to be trash. Fair enough. But that's an opinion, not 'factual observation'. Please try to remember there is a difference |
Originally Posted by Nethergoat
I've never considered factual observation to be cheerleading, but to each their own.
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There is no such thing as an "innocent bystander"
Cheerleading isn't cheerleading unless you're using stunts
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And short skirts.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Cheerleading isn't cheerleading unless you're using stunts
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That's not toally required - you can do it in hotpants too - but skirts are the traditional look.
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Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
And short skirts.
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when one opinion is firmly rooted in observable reality and another isn't, the wise man knows which to value.
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Originally Posted by BigFish
You may consider certain comments to be trash. Fair enough. But that's an opinion, not 'factual observation'. Please try to remember there is a difference
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
when one opinion is firmly rooted in observable reality and another isn't, the wise man knows which to value.
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There is no such thing as an "innocent bystander"
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
when one opinion is firmly rooted in observable reality and another isn't, the wise man knows which to value.
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Your observable reality is very different to my observable reality then, clearly.
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Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
Your observable reality is very different to my observable reality then, clearly.
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and thank God for that.
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Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
Your observable reality is very different to my observable reality then, clearly.
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Stay classy, San Diego.
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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
I thought you stayed subscribed so that you could sit around and be disappointed by how long it was taking to get the next new thing, and then disappointed in said thing once it got here.
To be perfectly frank, I'm not sad to see you go. Your doomcrying totted up to look "researched" made you a persistent negative nancy, and didn't do a damn thing to help the game or the community. |
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Hmmm . . . . I'm not seeing the usual uptick in forum traffic that normally occurs after a release. Either they are burning the midnight oil to get something else out by Christmas, or their really has been a policy change on dev posting.
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Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
There is a cycle to their posting. When things are very quiet on their end it's usually because they are about to publish a new issue or major new tech either on live or test.
Once they publish (or a few days before), there is a lot of chatter back and forth talking about the new stuff, explaining things, and even goofing off in off-topic threads. Then it tapers off indicating it's time for them to grind those hours away making new stuff again. We are currently in the tapering phase as I19 winds its way to test. * * * |
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The winter event, probably.
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Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
Hmmm . . . . I'm not seeing the usual uptick in forum traffic that normally occurs after a release. Either they are burning the midnight oil to get something else out by Christmas, or their really has been a policy change on dev posting.
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