Too many forum posts on the same topic.
Sat, 01/02/2016 - 05:58
First, I want to say that I am guilty of the title of this thread. I made two (or was it three?) asking about armor and damage types when I really could have jumbled it all into one post, and it would have worked fine.
Now, I also want to say the title of this article is slightly misleading. I am not talking about too many forum posts on the same topic in general, I am talking about too many forum posts about how Spiral Knights is dying. The game is dying, not many can deny that, but can't we simply enjoy what we have left in the game and not complain about it? Seriously, there's a new thread about how "dead" Spiral Knights is every other day, and I'm getting sick of it. What really set me off was this post:
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/113195
...which was posted on every section of the forum. I may even be guilty of posting these types of threads, depending on ow you look at it. I posted this:
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/113146
I get that people are upset about this, and I'm sure they have reasons. However, it would be best if instead of constantly reminding the remaining players of the impending doom, they could let us enjoy what is left in the game. If they really, really wanted change, they could try to make an organized effort to revive the game instead of constantly complaining on the forums. Maybe Spiral Knights still has a chance at revival.
Sun, 01/03/2016 - 13:03
#2
The ironic thing here is, probably the second most common thread type after "The game is dying" is "stop with the #dedgaem threads, it's still alive" threads. Which is what you've done here.
Mon, 01/04/2016 - 07:21
#3
Users aren't responsible for
Users aren't responsible for changing games.
Admins and devs are. Users join games to accept the offer of being entertained.
By the way, SK isn't the only game going this way.
Tue, 01/05/2016 - 17:48
#4
@Nolidor
Yes, but users are
@Nolidor
Yes, but users are responsible for alerting the admins when the game needs some new stuff, which we have been doing, which brings me to my next topic. I see forums moved to different categories all the time. Unless I'm mistaken, which I probably am, only Admins can move forums. Therefore, admins must be seeing these forums.
Tue, 01/05/2016 - 18:00
#5
Ehh
Nope, thread creators can move their own topics to other subforums. In their wake, they can leave "shadow copies". It is typically frowned upon to leave a shadow copy behind, however Game Masters typically leave shadow copies so that people know where the thread was moved to.
Users aren't responsible for changing games, no. However, we are the ones who are putting money into the games that developers make. As such, developers should attempt to listen to their userbase, but if they are unable to then having a community buffer (such as game masters/community managers) pass on good ideas or thoughts works too.
Believe me, users are always coming up with new stuff that could be added to the game. It's not really a matter of developers being low on ideas, but rather low on manpower, time, and/or money.
At least you tried...