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[DragonRacer]

Well, I am thrilled. This went off incredibly well and, other than some of the photos on Twitter showing names (I cringed, but it was out of my hands at that point), I'd call this an amazing success.

 

Cameron himself, one of the producers, told me he can hear people all over the studio talking about what we did. And while the cupcakes are delicious, the heartfelt letters have meant so much more to all of them.

We really drove home the positive message of thanks for giving women more visibility in gaming. I think we have done a very good thing here, as well as lifted a lot of dev spirits that appeared down this week.

 

Allan and I also talked a lot on Steam while this was all going down, and he encouraged all of us to continue being the loud voices of positive vibes for BioWare - not just for supporting them in what they did with Lady Inquisitor but in anything and everything they do that we find awesome. It seems they have a bad habit of getting caught up in a lot of the negative stuff hurled at them (from the forum, Twitter, Facebook comments, etc) that it's easy for them to miss the positive vibes, the simple "thank you's" and such.

 

This was, obviously, a HUGE gesture and it got their attention. But we can continue to be a positive force for the team by sending positive feedback whenever we want, coordinated or not. Even simple, small gestures such as sending a "thank you" or "that's great" Tweet/PM to them would go a long way to keeping things just a little more positive and better, and help them not to get too bogged down in the negative crap that gets spewed at them.

[DragonRacer]

Carson McConnell ‏@cancerbaby  43m  

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on the flipside of that, thank you so so much to @TiffanyMLowe, @aTigerslunch, et al for the cupcakes. your letters made me cry a little bit

[aTigerslunch]

I had a tweet from him myself.    I was glad to hear that it came in at a time that was rough for them.

[aTigerslunch]

Well, I am thrilled. This went off incredibly well and, other than some of the photos on Twitter showing names (I cringed, but it was out of my hands at that point), I'd call this an amazing success.

 

Cameron himself, one of the producers, told me he can hear people all over the studio talking about what we did. And while the cupcakes are delicious, the heartfelt letters have meant so much more to all of them.

We really drove home the positive message of thanks for giving women more visibility in gaming. I think we have done a very good thing here, as well as lifted a lot of dev spirits that appeared down this week.

 

Allan and I also talked a lot on Steam while this was all going down, and he encouraged all of us to continue being the loud voices of positive vibes for BioWare - not just for supporting them in what they did with Lady Inquisitor but in anything and everything they do that we find awesome. It seems they have a bad habit of getting caught up in a lot of the negative stuff hurled at them (from the forum, Twitter, Facebook comments, etc) that it's easy for them to miss the positive vibes, the simple "thank you's" and such.

 

This was, obviously, a HUGE gesture and it got their attention. But we can continue to be a positive force for the team by sending positive feedback whenever we want, coordinated or not. Even simple, small gestures such as sending a "thank you" or "that's great" Tweet/PM to them would go a long way to keeping things just a little more positive and better, and help them not to get too bogged down in the negative crap that gets spewed at them.

I don't have them all, unsure how to find some of them actually, I may do those messages here and there for them when I can. I know I hear bad stuff, but its only small amount that I hear. Imagining everyone every where else, yeah, I can see how the get bogged down. I will try and keep helping.    I been adding as I see them.

[DragonRacer]

I am out of likes, apparently, so apologies for all the posts I want to like right now.

LADY NUGGINS, LOOK AT THIS FROM THE LADY INQUISITOR THREAD:
 

In fact some people are reading the thread now.  I heard one person "OMG I named my nug plushie Nuggins!"

[Lady Nuggins]

THAT MADE ME SO HAPPY.  To think I picked this name on a whim because I wanted something specific to Bioware games.  I don't think I'll ever give it up now.

[DragonRacer]

Still rolling in...

 

Melanie Fleming ‏@mel_f_lem  12m  

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@TiffanyMLowe @aTigerslunch @oceanicsurvivor your words were so kind and your cupcakes delicious. Thank you.

[oceanicsurvivor]

Maybe I just lack all common knowledge of how twitter/the internet at large works...which is entirely possible...but how did they know I had one?

[Nefla]

Maybe I just lack all common knowledge of how twitter/the internet at large works...which is entirely possible...but how did they know I had one?

I dunno, they didn't know I had one but that's probably because my twitter name is Niftu_Cal

 

I am so behind the times (for some reason I keep thinking I will get notifications from the threads) but omg I'm so touched by their reaction I actually have tears in my eyes

[DragonRacer]

Maybe I just lack all common knowledge of how twitter/the internet at large works...which is entirely possible...but how did they know I had one?

 

Seems most the devs use Twitter primarily. My guess is that since your Twitter handle is the same as your BSN, that's how they found you. Chances are they may have attempted everyone's BSN handle on Twitter and then just sent Twitter messages to the ones that showed as existing Twitter accounts. Otherwise, those of us without Twitter sound like they got some messages here on BSN via PM.

 

Crafty lot, those devs. 

[oceanicsurvivor]

Seems most the devs use Twitter primarily. My guess is that since your Twitter handle is the same as your BSN, that's how they found you. Chances are they may have attempted everyone's BSN handle on Twitter and then just sent Twitter messages to the ones that showed as existing Twitter accounts. Otherwise, those of us without Twitter sound like they got some messages here on BSN via PM.

 

Crafty lot, those devs. 

That makes sense   I clearly just can't internet.

[DragonRacer]

That makes sense   I clearly just can't internet.

 

Noooo worries. I am still sort of figuring out Twitter myself, as I'm primarily someone who uses forums and Facebook for all my social networking needs. I only ever made a Twitter account the last time I was involved with sending goodies to BioWare, because I was told that's their primary form of communication with the outside world. LMFAO

[Lady Nuggins]

If anybody cares, I ended up making a post on Tumblr about this because Twitter's too limiting. 

 

I didn't really talk about our project outside of the BSN before because everybody I follow on Tumblr has been really negative about Bioware and representation, and it made me feel a bit silly about sending them cupcakes.  But now I'm seeing how much our project mattered, and I think it's worth talking about.

[DragonRacer]

If anybody cares, I ended up making a post on Tumblr about this because Twitter's too limiting. 

 

I didn't really talk about our project outside of the BSN before because everybody I follow on Tumblr has been really negative about Bioware and representation, and it made me feel a bit silly about sending them cupcakes.  But now I'm seeing how much our project mattered, and I think it's worth talking about.

 

Loved it! Would like but I'm still at my quota, apparently.

 

Meanwhile, more from Twitter (the never-ending flood...):

 

Patrick Weekes ‏@PatrickWeekes  12m

Thank you so much to the awesome fans who sent us the cupcakes and the really nice notes! They were both really welcome today.

 

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr  9m

@PatrickWeekes The cupcakes sounded delicious, and the notes made me cry.

 

 

For perspective, Cameron Harris is an editor at the Montreal office. Apparently, our letters of support got forwarded there as well (which Allan had said as much, but cool to see someone from another office post about it).

[Lady Nuggins]

Loved it! Would like but I'm still at my quota, apparently.

 

Meanwhile, more from Twitter (the never-ending flood...):

 

Patrick Weekes ‏@PatrickWeekes  12m

Thank you so much to the awesome fans who sent us the cupcakes and the really nice notes! They were both really welcome today.

 

Cameron Harris ‏@camharr  9m

@PatrickWeekes The cupcakes sounded delicious, and the notes made me cry.

 

 

For perspective, Cameron Harris is an editor at the Montreal office. Apparently, our letters of support got forwarded there as well (which Allan had said as much, but cool to see someone from another office post about it).

 

We made someone cry!  Success!

 

...Uh, I mean... 

[Nefla]

If anybody cares, I ended up making a post on Tumblr about this because Twitter's too limiting. 

 

I didn't really talk about our project outside of the BSN before because everybody I follow on Tumblr has been really negative about Bioware and representation, and it made me feel a bit silly about sending them cupcakes.  But now I'm seeing how much our project mattered, and I think it's worth talking about.

That was a great post, I wish I wasn't out of likes for today because I love this!

[aTigerslunch]

Awesome! Yeah, still seen a few, couple more I added. Ugh, wish I had more likes to like more posts with.

[Brass_Buckles]

We made someone cry!  Success!

 

...Uh, I mean... 

 

Fans are collecting developer tears now?

 

Anyway, I was thinking if we ever have cause to do this again, we should really include notes from people who aren't able to make monetary contributions.  I should have suggested this before, but it slipped my mind... It just seems wrong to only give a voice for those of us who are willing/able to donate a little money toward the goodies.

[aTigerslunch]

Fans are collecting developer tears now?

 

Anyway, I was thinking if we ever have cause to do this again, we should really include notes from people who aren't able to make monetary contributions.  I should have suggested this before, but it slipped my mind... It just seems wrong to only give a voice for those of us who are willing/able to donate a little money toward the goodies.

 

Great idea, wish I thought of that as well, cause there is a thread in here somewhere called Thank you's as well.

[Blue Gloves]

Fans are collecting developer tears now?

 

Anyway, I was thinking if we ever have cause to do this again, we should really include notes from people who aren't able to make monetary contributions.  I should have suggested this before, but it slipped my mind... It just seems wrong to only give a voice for those of us who are willing/able to donate a little money toward the goodies.

 

Agreed.  Next time.

[Blue Gloves]

Meh- my name was the one that went up, and I don't really care.  Gotta love lifelock

[Brass_Buckles]

Meh- my name was the one that went up, and I don't really care.  Gotta love lifelock

 

Actually there were two people's names in the same image.   One up top, one at the bottom.

[aTigerslunch]

My first and last name was on there, but there are minimum two in my area with same name. I know a few others as well, just in the same state. Though I am not related to them.

[Andraste_Reborn]

I think it would be neat to do Cupcakequisition 2: Cupcake Harder some time after the game is released. That way we''ll all have something new to write about in our next round of letters. We can tell them how great all our female Inquisitors are. (And they're going to be great. I can tell.)

 

Maybe around December? That's six months away, would give people time to finish Inquisition.

 

If I'd known our letters were going to be passed around to the other teams, I definitely would have talked more about how much I love my Sith Inquisitor and my Shepherd. (Mass Effect isn't perfect, but I'm playing ME3 for the first time at the moment and damn, I love my Shep.)

[oceanicsurvivor]

I think it would be neat to do Cupcakequisition 2: Cupcake Harder some time after the game is released. That way we''ll all have something new to write about in our next round of letters. We can tell them how great all our female Inquisitors are. (And they're going to be great. I can tell.)
 
Maybe around December? That's six months away, would give people time to finish Inquisition.
 
If I'd known our letters were going to be passed around to the other teams, I definitely would have talked more about how much I love my Sith Inquisitor and my Shepherd. (Mass Effect isn't perfect, but I'm playing ME3 for the first time at the moment and damn, I love my Shep.)

haha well at some point cupcake harder sounds like an excellent idea. However if that did happen I don't think December is a good month. People are doing holiday shopping and many travel then, which means less people would probably have money to contribute. Im glad today went smoothly and that it clearly meant so much to the devs. Lets keep cheering them on here, twitter, and elsewhere since our positive support seems to have gone a long way

Essentially what I'm trying to say is we need to strengthen the cupcakequistion before we consider making another move  

 

And yes, collecting letters from people who couldn't contribute financially seems like such a no brainer...what, 10 hours after its too late