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Alaina and myself had a long interview with him, he clearly had a negativ baseopinion already formed about the game and was mainly looking for the negative, he could have included tons of audiomaterials regarding mu, services, community that he chose to disregard to include clips from other players that were exclusively negativ. He already mentioned during our interview that he had already spoken with players who had 'left' entropia and lost lots of money.
The interview part with the Mindark official looks like a bait, i still cant believe they didnt agree on written questions in advance, the official must have expected the direction this would be going yet looked less prepared then the interviewer.
Nevertheless this video does give some nice information and will make people interested to check entropia out - i have no doubt.
Take a look at the comments on youtube, see how many praising messages are, for his journalist skills... those comments and his conclusions are kinda fishy.. but I guess the BS lies are a better strategy then the truth and reality when you're fishing for views and clicks. That's the journalism praised...the interview portion with MA was so pushy and cringy. how hard is it to produce decent, unbiased journalism - especially when players are jumping out of their chairs to help?
Take a look at the comments on youtube, see how many praising messages are, for his journalist skills... those comments and his conclusions are kinda fishy.. but I guess the BS lies are a better strategy then the truth and reality when you're fishing for views and clicks. That's the journalism praised...
Apparently Larry posted a comment that wasnt very complimentary and got banned.Take a look at the comments on youtube, see how many praising messages are, for his journalist skills... those comments and his conclusions are kinda fishy.. but I guess the BS lies are a better strategy then the truth and reality when you're fishing for views and clicks. That's the journalism praised...
Lol so there's more to it, not just extra clicks and views.. think the guy gambled on ep? ))Yeah, he's shadow banning comments that go against the narrative. That's why the only comments under his video are ones that are blowing smoke up his arse.
Would be nice to get some player-made videos out there that show the true depth of this game. To be honest a video that isn't based on "make millions logging in to a video game" or "Entropia is a scam" would be a great. Lol.
I know there is some talk of getting some videos out there. Maybe there could be a pcf thread for this so those that want to get involved can pool together?
Yeah, he's shadow banning comments that go against the narrative. That's why the only comments under his video are ones that are blowing smoke up his arse.
Would be nice to get some player-made videos out there that show the true depth of this game. To be honest a video that isn't based on "make millions logging in to a video game" or "Entropia is a scam" would be a great. Lol.
I know there is some talk of getting some videos out there. Maybe there could be a pcf thread for this so those that want to get involved can pool together?
Aha! So it is a gambling game! I knew it, finally after 14 years!Video from website+ interview with Mindark official
The interviewer clearly had his own narrative.
What wasted potential for a great interview with MA.
Terrible Journalist, he might have learned the job from this lady
As far as I know with my basic level of understanding to be a journalist means to offer both sides of a story to the public and don't take sides.This dude had a clear agenda and tried to promote it as he knew best.Did a poor job collecting information.Now it even makes more sense why he was searching for someone who no longer play the game.Its more likely that someone that stop playing will deliver more negative impact about the game and can present the game in a negative way than someone who is constantly playing the game.
Now it makes even more sense why Mindark doesn't want to talk to the people or even do interviews.
There were definitely some hard truths spoken in the video. Props to the journalist for giving a good amount of effort to learn EU. Also, I thought the video was well produced and explained in an interesting, yet simple way. Unfortunately, he missed a lot of the nuance, game play opportunities, and sandbox elements that make EU as special as it is.
Did he even discuss PVP? What about Mayhems or other events where players take home serious prizes? Taxi and Mothership services? Markup? Did he not interview one single player that could explain the concept of MU% ?? He left out Societies, community and Land Area events, fashion shows, shared mobs, missions, story and game lore, picking oil, trading, shops and the auction house... and so much more! There's a lot of ways to enjoy yourself in EU that I feel his video didn't even scratch the surface of.
To just dumb the game down to: All players are addicted helpless gamblers being exploited by MindArk, doesn't do the game justice. I felt like that was his conclusion even before his interview with David Simmonds. It just isn't an accurate conclusion in my experience. Are there some players that treat EU like a casino and just simply "gamble"? Sure there are. But, that's a lazy generalization of Entropia. Just because some players are playing EU a certain way, does not mean everyone is playing that way. It leaves out so many other ways to play this game. I wish he would have spent some time delving into those different aspects.
Most the people on my friends list log in for a variety of reasons that were left out of the video, and not just to mindlessly click EP IV or mine FOMA with Level 13's.
I am glad overall that someone is peering into our quirky game and spending the time to make such a high quality video. His video, with its "luke warm" approval, will still bring in curious new people to see what the heck is going on here. For me, many games have lost my attention over the years, Entropia is pretty special. Props to him for giving more effort than most would have, to learn our game, I just wish he would have went more than surface deep of what a few participants told him were their experiences and observations.
I read some of the posts on PCF from some people that don't seem to play the game much and I'm sometimes left scratching my head... I'm hoping they weren't amongst the people he interviewed. In my experience, there's far more toxicity on the game forums than inside the actual game. Some of the loudest people complaining the most frequently on here don't actually represent how the community feels as a whole (my opinion of course).
Side note: I recognize the maker from several board game reviews I've watched of his. I think his channel is the "Sit down and shut up" one or something like that. His Terra Mystica review is hilarious! Darn... feeling a little bummed because he missed a lot of opportunities to explain so much more about the game. He gave the impression that he had an agenda to carry out, and wanted to paint the game with broad strokes.