...First, to all the others. The moaning questions won't be answered. Also flood questions won't...
It's AMA or it isn't. I will point that out
every time someone posts this.
If it isn't an obviously solid effort to address the concerns presented then AMA is the wrong channel. I can't imagine why he would even mention an AMA in the context of the current EU atmosphere.
If he posts a legit scheduled AMA to the community and then leaves in frustration after refusing to address the real questions that the actual long time PLAYING AND PAYING customers of this game put forward it will be worse than staying silent.
I understand the excitement at the notion of an AMA, and the notion that some sort of collective promise to keep it clean and scripted might encourage him to do it, but it doesn't matter.
If you're not prepared for McCormick, don't engage on a public, unmoderated 2-way platform.
I'm well aware that there are certain moderation capabilities on reddit. I know that someone can see a time to shine. I don't think though, that anyone wants to be caught between the EU community and the CEO of Mindark.
There are literally thousand of questions here on this forum that someone can cherry pick for a press release or an interview-style event. Great lead ins to long speeches about visions of the future and the direction of MindArk and Virtual Reality, or Virtual Banking.
I've been pretty clear and I have no need to make even longer lists here or anything. But this is 100% a real sore spot and for him to even mention an AMA at this point in things is silly. I know he's young but I wonder if he didn't just want to drop a "hip" buzzword in there.
Because unless they have a "surprise" ama and a few shill accounts to post leading questions for 5-10 minutes before "having to close" it's 90% or better predictable exactly what will happen at reddit. And again, a faked out AMA is going to cause a lot more grief with the actual interested community than it would ever help.
The whole thing is a bad idea. It's such a terribly bad idea for a "first step" right now I can only imagine it was put forth as a distraction. There's got to be a literal novel of me trying to be positive and encourage forward looking discussion with this community on more than one forum.
I don't really want to be a super downer about this but hey - don't start preaching at me or anyone else right now. He cracked open the door. People are being perfectly honest about what's on the other side of it. He can pull it shut again for a minute (because nobody would expect anything else) and decide about how to proceed.
I'm sorry for not being sorry. And that's true, both parts of it. Have some hope I guess. There's no need going around telling people to "be nice" because it makes a lie of the whole thing. How about hey fix the floors that cost me thousands of NOT VIRTUAL dollars before they get on making some more freaking "Randomness" into the game.
Think how a player who has invested tens of thousand of dollars into durable virtual goods on the back of Mindarks promises regarding space over the last 5 - 7 years feels before you start gatekeeping or white knighting there, good redditor. Do you really want to be telling him to be quiet so that you can try and get a nod to a question about random free crap?
IDGAF I guess I'm just wasting my own time stressing. But I sort of got slapped in the face again today as I went to play with my toys and enjoy my morning coffee. Then come here (and arkadia forum) to this sort of thing. Just another day in EU.
Remember MindArk does not comment on planet-partner specific issues. Fungus infecting the buldings is not one of my more serious complaints. It's also off topic, I guess, to a mindark specific "AMA".
I may not even go log in for it, tbh. Maybe it would be hilarious if he did it and nobody who cares even showed up so a couple guy can sit around and fluff him for half an hour with scripted lead-ins for quotable posts.
This is silly. Maybe he can find a platform to host a AMNQIRWTATBNIOH. Dunno who does that.
Ask Me Nice Questions I Really Want To Answer Today But Nothing Important Or Hard
Edit (sort of):
This post has sat unposted for nearly 20 minutes. I've had a smoke and thought about how much I care. I feel much more strongly on this point than I do about possibly being rude to another community member. This post is not for Osten just a matter of timing and situation that he was the last person with a post like this.
I don't care if someone doesn't have the level of involvement to understand where all of this comes from, when the frustration and the long lists of questions come back out and the hurt and angry players come here to relieve just a tiny fraction of their stress.
The fact that he put that out about having considered an AMA is not out of line. But it happening is not realistic. And if that drives a wedge further in between "new " and "old" players or "free" and "paying" players it's a real shame.
Express yourself. 100%. Don't take one second telling me what I should or should not have to say. Then I can offer you the same respect.