Oh.
My.
God.
Dude, Prophet. Just. Dude. You are... Just....
Holy Jesus monkey balls.
So much to say. So much to respond to.
*Sigh* OK, ok. Let's just take this one at a time.
I urge MA to list avatar names of MA employees, who play EU on live servers!
As Coz1969 rightly gave proper examples in
this post using RL examples, I'll follow suit:
- I understand Mark Zuckerberg has a secret Facebook account. ("Secret" meaning almost noone knows the name, not "secret" in that no one knows it exists. That's what known as an open secret) How dare he. (btw, he has more than one. *oops*)
- I hear Jeff Bezos buys things through Amazon, and even calls support using fake names. I demand to know what he's buying, as his purchases influences the sales ranking of those items.
- Hey guess what? Employees of Walmart are allowed to shop in their own store without having to wear their uniform or announce that they work there. I smell a scam!
- Wanna know a secret? Bills Gates uses Microsoft products. Keep that on the low-low.
(ex-mod note: No we're not discussing real-world issues, so rule 3.6 doesn't apply imho, though others are free to disagree if needed.
)
No, EU isn't in the same league as those massive business successes, however the point stays the same: No company, even game companies withholds their employees from using their product.
Exception: Certain financial industries have very strict rules regarding what employees and folks with "insider knowledge" can or can not do.
Oh hey, MA has strict rules regarding what their employees can and can not doing with any potential ingame moneys.
Yes, MA has many employees who play the game. That has been known and admitted to since the days of the Entropia-Pioneers forum. (Circa 2003-07 ish?) No they aren't going to tell you their names. To demand such information is ridiculous. No, those players don't affect your gameplay nearly as much as you think (in most cases). And if they do, they affect them only as much as all us other "real players". You want Truth?: Those who have knowledge of names are actually burdened by the knowledge. More so when the employees don't know we know.
If you are seriously so worried about the fact that MA allows staff ingame (under monitored conditions, with rules in place to avoid the very thing you fear, btw) then please do yourself a favor. Leave the game. Now. Just walk away. You only have 2 years invested here. I've been here 8 years and had to watch a small handful of people like you waste a decade of their life here being paranoid, throwing accusations around, and generally making life for everyone they touch much less enjoyable. Don't do that to yourself or us. Please.
I can't believe you sheeple...
/mod note/ Differing opinions are one thing, but please keep the discussion civil and constructive.
For this point, I can't say it any better than she did. Dude, calling people names because they disagree with you is not cool. It just isn't. Here's a thought. Try to find out why we disagree.
So we bitch and moan when they don't play and test the game and then we bitch and moan when they do?
^This. I've seen too many cases over they years where MA gets crap for doing things, then gets crap for going the otheir direction. The best part? Often they get crap
from the same people both times.
Thanks to MS9 for that post. (And Mastermesh and Akbar for sharing cross-forum) I've always liked the fact that she works hard to post Truth (with a capital "T") based on the information she has while still respecting all sides.
Given the handle he has chosen for himself its pretty likely he thinks highly of his own abilities and not so highly of the abilities of those around him. Thus his need to offer pronouncements and prophecy to others.
In fairness Mag, I have to say you're Freudian analysis of names is off. I've gotten crap myself for naming my ava "Teacher", but I've explained it
in the past so thanks to the power of links, I don't have to repeat myself.
I suspect his use of "The prophet" is the same as most other's ava name: He thought it sounded cool.
Although your Rarr... Shoo. post had me
, so I'm glad to see you didn't lose your sense of humor over this thread.
Again, no need to discuss anything.
Then why post it on a forum?
I will remind Kim|Calypso about this thread myself with bumping it every day,
Dude, this sounds very much like an ultimatum. What are you threatening to do if they don't comply with your demands? Keep playing?
Again, threats and demands are simply not cool. They are a sign of a very significant personal problem.
Those that know my writings and personality over the years will understand just how serious my final comment to you here is. However I must emphasize it because to others in the world of forums, it seems quite tame.
the_prophet, based on this thread and your other recent posts, I'm quite sure I really don't like you at all.