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The very very good line.
Yes siree, PGI is back in my awesome books. It's been growing on me since IGP bit it, but I've always been a little skeptical, wary perhaps... but this patch and the reaction settles it. PGI are awesome. You guys can have my monies again.
Also welcome to my rant thread. *slams door*
So the community's reaction to the new voting system kind of surprised me. I mean, it was obvious there was going to be a little lash back, but I figured it wouldn't be much. And, I suppose that really I've only seen the same few on the whole 'Don't wanna play that mode' bandwagon so perhaps they're just being rather loud and exaggerating just how many really follow their line of thinking. I've fell into that trap before.
Yet here we are. I see a lot of angry threads. I see a lot of people that I haven't seen on the forums for ages, coming in to complain. I'm admittedly a little taken aback about how direct people have been. It's ranged from 'The game is ruined!' to 'I'm not paying PGI anything more'. I've even seen 'I payed not to play skirmish'... erm... no, you didn't, but that's another argument.
My irritation doesn't stem so much from whether people want the change, but rather the fact that we knew that this change was coming. The community, you know, those that actually wanted to make a change on the game, voted for it. PGI made sure they posted their intentions in great detail. PGI did what those people asked for. They did it well. They've proven already that it's made a difference ELO wise. Yet there's so much outrage regarding how this ruins the game for some.
EDIT: Right, so, I'm aware the original poll wasn't open for very long. A lot of people didn't see it, I know. I agree that it could have been open longer, though considering the new poll I'm not sure the result is going to be very different. However, after that poll they did post a lot on it. This didn't really come out of nowhere- people did have the time to object more than they did, if they felt it was necessary. So perhaps my 'irritation' comes more at the volume and intensity of complaints now, even though we all knew this was coming before hand.
What you like playing, which modes you hate, which ones you'd rather never see, that's up to you. I fully understand that people absolutely hate certain modes, and I know why people feel cheated in some ways. Everyone has opinions... though you probably should have expressed them in the prior polls, rather than bottling them up until now.
Rightio, onto the point.
Instead of ignoring this, instead of giving up screaming "how does thy please this lot?!", they've made another poll. And I'd imagine that it means that they'd be willing to remove the voting system, despite the work they put into it, if the majority wants it.
That's pretty incredible. That they're still willing to listen. I've seen a lot of people say 'PGI has ruined it again!', yet by all accounts they're doing damn well.
So, kudos to you PGI. Kudos for sticking with us, for braving the mobs, for persisting to listen to us and for showing that you're willing to develop features that the community will enjoy and benefit from. The poll looks incredibly close right now, so it'll be interesting to see how this turns out. I only ask that the community refrain from being so hostile, since this isn't the PGI that we once knew.
Edited by AUSwarrior24, 08 October 2014 - 02:29 AM.
