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thegrouchygamer.com - 9/14/2008

Mythic Screws Up WAR Launch Before We Even Get On Servers

— thegrouchygamer.com — I don’t want to go off on a rant here, but; Congratulations Mythic. You’ve made a game... we all want to try. We’re so anxious, in fact, that when you put out 60,000 copies of the Collector’s Edition back in March that it ... (more) Mythic Screws Up WAR Launch Before We Even Get On Servers

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Warhammer Online

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dwarfpriest.com - 9/10/2008

Raid Stacking 101

— dwarfpriest.com — Blizzard has announced its intention to change how raid buff stacking works in patch 3.0.2, making more... buffs and debuffs affect the whole raid, but limiting how many things they can stack with. I know this topic has been picked apart to death, and ... (more) Raid Stacking 101

World of Warcraft

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moorgard.com - 9/8/2008

Mobhunter.com

— moorgard.com — Cuppy posted some thoughts on the recent debate concerning whether or not Mythic’s Mark Jacobs should have... posted the response he did to the EU beta issues on his blog . Her points are correct and reasonable, and I agree with them in spirit just as I ... (more) Mobhunter.com

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PR filters
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Voices of the Gods
Mobhunter.com — Cuppy posted some thoughts on the recent debate concerning whether or not Mythic’s Mark Jacobs should have posted the response he did to the EU beta issues on his blog. Her points are correct and reasonable, and I agree with them in spirit just as I do with Amber’s rant in the comments section. However, in many cases the realities of community management are different from the ideals of it. The simple fact is that CEOs and execs get to say what they want whenever they want, and community ...

Open Beta? More Like Free Trial
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Free speech for people who work on MMOs
Tobold's MMORPG Blog — ... . And some people are unhappy about that. I think we can all agree that Mythic's way to communicate with their players is substantially different than those of other MMO companies. SOE and Blizzard are so tight-lipped, letting out only carefully screened statements, that they make the KGB look chatty. But is Mythic's way better or worse than the old way? Part of the problem is certainly that humans are creatures of habit, and blanket statements like "devs shouldn't blog about their current games" are often accepted just because it has always been that way. But if we changed our ...