Possible paying gamers (investors) come to this site and can see these "game is dying" threads, they then are led to believe that any time they spend in this game is not going to be fun and that the game "is dying"...... by doing this you are actively taking part in killing the game by telling newcoming players that this game is bad......
If this game is dying it is because of you.....
Part of the reason that people make these threads is because the game does in fact appear to be dying. You can argue that the promotions are keeping it afloat, or that the sprinkling of grindy events is truly the lifeblood of SK, but the fact remains that we haven't had any permanent content in over a year, and we haven't had any significant new content (i.e. a new boss) in much longer than that-- but the reason the game REALLY looks like it's dying is because of how public relations are being handled.
Yes, telling people nothing does avoid building hype around content that is going to be delayed but at the tremendous price of hurting your fanbase, shutting people out, and downplaying your own updates. If us believing and subsequently being disappointed by SEGA or Three Ring's is seriously the issue, that is to say expecting a content release when they say they're going to make it, or expecting content to actually be made in a timely fashion period, then there is really no reason for us NOT to hold their silence against them as well- the worst they can do is cooperate (i.e. tell us what's happening) in such a way that benefits them.
A good example of what I'm talking about is the Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It was announced over a year ago with a "no idea when it will come out" style release date up until well... it was about to come out, but Edmund then went on to occasionally answer questions, talk about development, and generally kept the hype train rolling. People can and will wait and understand, when there is a good reason for them to, but had Edmund stayed quiet, it would have been very easy to forget that development was underway, or that it was even coming out.
It won't stop when it's actually happening and is true fact.
Yes, Pery Alaois agrees!
The only reason I posted THIS thread--> http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/105148 was to answer the question.
Well, I put it in the graveyard now. You're welcome.
EDIT: Took out a comma.
well certainly the "law of silence" by part of the CM,GM and devs dont help to this, what i still find kinda funny its the argument of "well guys you deserved it to troll the GM,CM and Devs" reason why patch notes arent posted anymore, because the first thing that community do is "WHERE IS MA GUNNA UPDATA"
but in IMHO they only should post the small bugfixes patch notes without being open to discussion, just like any other annoucement, now if a big update hits or a change to some game mechanics (dunno lets say like changes in sprites skills) then yes that should be open to discussion where players can talk about those changes, but small things lets say like "fixed a small error in X texture model" shouldnt be never open to discussion.
things like that (and any other lack of communication) only make the players feels like now (as Fehzor Said) its like what happened on Starbound forums. after the valentine update everything was just silence and the community started to said like "bla bla they run with our money!, bla bla they steal money from us! they now live in a mansion in florida!" and well you get the point, but the truth was another, and now while part of the community dont believe in them yet, theres a good portion of them that recover the faith in the game after those daily blog post which show the progress they have with the game.
of course i know they arent similar games, but what im trying to said its at least they can tell us what its going on with the game (not talking about gunner update but the game in general) that wouldnt be bad even if it just 1 post every 2 or even yet 6 months. and i dont talk about spoilers or something like that just info about whats going on, because at least with that you know where the game is heading and some people will just understand that and find what to do with their time.
would be good that "SK will die" threads dissapear? yes but would be also good that at least devs trough CM or GM tells to the playerbase what its going on and shouldnt worry about this. and not just the typical post of "the gunner update its in the works never was cancelled" like the one that Fehzor got from Aphrodite, more like an elaborated response on whats going on what new mechanics they plan to add but will take time to implement or how with this new code open new posibilities for the game and not just for guns (dunno like other game devs that talk very passionate about their game as develop)
because at least for me this silence isnt helping them, even if they just want to avoid the "flamers".
fools!, expect great unrelenting flames of hell and destruction, obliteration, extermination and annihilation, NO REST, NO PAUSE. All of your sweet hopes will be decimated, ERRADICATED, vaporized from existence with the burning hate of doom and gloom, NONE SHALL LIVE, NONE SHALL ESCAPE.
Your Fang of Vog has changed: FLAME +666, ctr UNBELIEVABLY DANG HIGH, damage vs little hopes MAXIMUM! ASI +999
Aviri is casting "ULTIMATE RAGE" ETA , right the hell now!
The only reason to invest some cash in this game is Starter packs. And that's a one time thing.
Don't see ANY reason to buy any cosmetic pack since its weekly and nothing rare about it any more.
If you really want it to stop then stop making threads about it and let other people's "SK ded" threads fade away as quickly as possible, doomsday knights will always find a reason to believe the game is dying, we always will.
Or continue on and destruction is ensured.
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If this thread can go down with less than 5 comments I promise never to preach doom or comment on SK dead threads ever again, can you really help this game or no? 1.0