David Gaider wrote...
Maria Caliban wrote...
How BioWare Fans Set Themselves Up for Disappointment: A Case Study
Yes. It's not lost on us that, when it ultimately does come out as to who is romanceable and who isn't, there will be people who have built up speculation to the point that those romances all but existed in their minds-- and we'll have taken it away from them like a beloved teddy bear. Yanked it right out of their hands as if a romance had already been written and we deliberately deleted it.
The idea that every character that is so much as glimpsed must provide concrete proof as to why they shouldn't be romanceable is a bit eyeroll-inducing, but such is life in these parts.
For the record, before I say what I am going to say, I have not once posted on BSN who I thought should or should not be romance-able “specifically” so I am not saying this out of being overly defensive about such things. I personally have always just gone by the philosophy "I'm just happy we have the ability to have a F/F romance at all". I also have stated on here before that I highly respect David's opinions on many things.
However, I don't understand why David as the head writer for the DA series needs to come on here and basically make fun of or even insult potential DAI customers. I am not saying that he or anyone else should go out of their way to make DAI a game for "all people" or even to particularly "kiss the customer's arse" so to speak. But why so snarky? People get very emotional about these games because YOU as writers have made it very personal experience for them. That is precisely why so many of us like DA games compared to other mindless "kill, stab, kill, slice, kill" games. But David's above quote seems to me to be at least a passive/aggressive, if not actually direct, way of telling potential customers that they are somehow bad or stupid for being so emotionally invested in a product that has been designed to do that very thing !?!
Let me be clear that I agree that fans get carried away and I understand that the writers/developers at BW must get super tired of people complaining and moaning about things that ultimately does or does not end up happening. And maybe after so many years the writers/devs are maybe a bit too sensitive about it now but it seems to me comments like this just seem so unprofessional and mean spirited in nature.
I think as moderators and as very influential employees of BW there is an expectation that in a public forum/place a certain degree of professionalism should be upheld. It is unfair in one aspect that as fans most people here do not give you that same courtesy back but as fans it’s really not something expected from them.
Please, please don't take this as me being upset at what Davis said, but just the way he said it. In the past when I worked for a company and had the ability to represent them in the cyber world, I always imagined as I typed (for a public posting) my boss peering over my shoulder. And one cardinal rule is to never post anything that will unnecessarily insult or alienate a potential customer unless you are making a statement that you intentionally do NOT want that type of customer buying your product. (Which I admittedly assume is not the case here.)
I really would like David to address this. Do you not care that you alienate these potential customers? Do you disagree that as the head writer you don’t have a responsibly to at least appear professional in the public forums? Are actually saying you do not want these people to buy the product you are working on? Or is it possible now that as a society we have come to the point where as a business it’s just not important any longer to be nice to customers?
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