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[SlottsMachine]

A simile that may or not have merit. A debatable position maybe or perhaps the accuracy of the quill can be drawn in the mind of the beholder.

 

Your dedication to your craft is commendable I'll give you that.

[Reezus Christ]

Using neglected atrophied muscles is like that. 

Ouch. That's a toxic jab. Maybe you did post in Off Topic.

 

Your dedication to your craft is commendable I'll give you that.

I guess that's one word for it.

[Inquisitor Recon]

Does this guy have some sort of weird Stockholm Syndrome sort of deal going on?

[Fidite Nemini]

This is at least partly true. 

There is the other aspect of OT, its draw. If there isn't a pleasant place to loiter there is no draw for non-BW interested elements to hang around. This strategy takes advantage of other aspects of internet culture, short attention spans and the need for immediate gratification.

 

What is exactly bad about having a place for people to loiter and share thoughts on non-BW related topics?

 

The absolutely overwhelming majority of Offtopic dwellers were loitering there because there was nothing BW-related to talk about they had interest in. ME:A informations are trickling in at snails pace and most of what we get isn't groundbreaking informations (for obvious reasons given its curretn developement stage) and DIA is nearing the end of its fully supported life-cycle. And a lot of users in here don't have equal interest in both IPs.

 

So what they do in the meantime until something worthwhile to discuss about pops up, is loitering in Offtopic with their likeminded online acquaintances, talking about other shared interests, like non-BW games, or TV shows, music or sharing funny animal videos. And that is a good thing, because it keeps those people invested in the community even in times where discussions about directly BW related topics are scarce (or just plain fruitless because the people active in the ontopic sections just wildly speculate in circles for example).

 

 

Practically every major forum has an Offtopic section and they had those for ages, so there's clearly no harm in this.

[LPPrince]

What is exactly bad about having a place for people to loiter and share thoughts on non-BW related topics?

 

The absolutely overwhelming majority of Offtopic dwellers were loitering there because there was nothing BW-related to talk about they had interest in. ME:A informations are trickling in at snails pace and most of what we get isn't groundbreaking informations (for obvious reasons given its curretn developement stage) and DIA is nearing the end of its fully supported life-cycle. And a lot of users in here don't have equal interest in both IPs.

 

So what they do in the meantime until something worthwhile to discuss about pops up, is loitering in Offtopic with their likeminded online acquaintances, talking about other shared interests, like non-BW games, or TV shows, music or sharing funny animal videos. And that is a good thing, because it keeps those people invested in the community even in times where discussions about directly BW related topics are scarce (or just plain fruitless because the people active in the ontopic sections just wildly speculate in circles for example).

 

 

Practically every major forum has an Offtopic section and they had those for ages, so there's clearly no harm in this.

 

 

About the only thing that has me in the other sections right now is my Discover Andromeda thread. I can't afford the Inquisition DLCs right now so I won't bother discussing something I know nothing about, and there's barely anything to go on regarding Andromeda(the game) so I can only talk about Andromeda(the actual galaxy) and how it might pertain to the game, along with its actual details in reality.

[Fidite Nemini]

A community is defined by shared interests and interaction.

 

If there's no interaction, it's just a couple strangers not knowing each other that happen to have similar interests.

If there's no shared interests, it's just a bunch of people doing stuff.

 

In times when a community can't interact much, say because there's no news coming out in between game releases, giving the opportunity to interact strenghtens the community. Even if that means talking about MLP or Grumpy Cat.

 

Taking away that avenue is weakening the interaction potential and is, whilst not necessarly weakening the community, certainly not helping in creating a stronger one as has ironically been named as one of the reasons.

And since BioWare isn't elaborating in their reasoning, we can only interprete how that action resonates with our perspective and as is evident, those interpretations aren't exactly jubilant, which should be superflous to say, isn't strenghtening the community either and has caused the loss of good will from a number of posters, which isn't just detrimental to any community, but could directly effect the bottomline for future BW product sales (obviously not by much, but a loss is a loss and usually companies try to not go out of their way to give their own fan community reasons to do so).

[Monica21]

Hi everyone. Let's keep it civil in here. Thank you.

 

To ask the other members since there is zero chance that Anonymous Moderator will respond, were any posts deleted? Was there anything going on more than the usual, "No, you're not right. I'm right"?

[Puddi III]

There was an instance of name-calling.

[TheChosenOne]

There was an instance of name-calling.

Its wouldn't be the BSN when someone doesn't insult someone for something...... hell, it wouldn't be the Goddamn INTERNET if that didn't happen

[Dio Demon]

There was an instance of name-calling.

Tofu Pudding!

[Zerc]

Look one the bright side. The death of off topic also killed off the brony thread. It was a worthy sacrifice.

[Teddie Sage]

Look one the bright side. The death of off topic also killed off the brony thread. It was a worthy sacrifice.

[malloc]

It's lit

[Kel Riever]

Destiny belly flop is BioWare's gain.

You may ask what this has to do with eliminating the Off Topic section.  And my answer to that is:

Everything.

[von uber]

Definitely seems quieter on the forums now. Well done Bioware.

[Kroitz]

Look one the bright side. The death of off topic also killed off the brony thread. It was a worthy sacrifice.

 

Most problems boil down to someone watching too much cartoons, it ain´t natural.

[Zerc]

 

Born to be wiiiiiiild.

[Commander Rpg]

Definitely seems quieter on the forums now. Well done Bioware.

 

http://www.merriam-w...ionary/specious

[SlottsMachine]

"We're here, we're queer, and we don't want anymore bears!"

[Fidite Nemini]

Definitely seems quieter on the forums now. Well done Bioware.

 

Yes. Because since there's no informations about ME:A and DAI just got its last DLC, what do you suppose there is to talk about? Of course it gets quiet.

 

And BioWare, ... *still waiting for response*

[nallepuh86]

I think this has increased quality of the forums.   Now many of the haters are slowly leaving, because nobody waste time on just hating games(atleast i hope).

[Fidite Nemini]

I think this has increased quality of the forums.   Now many of the haters are slowly leaving, because nobody waste time on just hating games(atleast i hope).

 

I'm pretty sure haters are amongst the least effected demographic by these changes. Those people usually reside in the primary game sections and those are obviously still open and I didn't notice any increase in moderator activity.

[Reezus Christ]

I was gonna say something but I'll just laugh at post #2821

[bEVEsthda]

And BioWare, ... *still waiting for response*

 

I don't think the odds are any good. If they thought they had a good reason to non-communicate from the beginning - which they certainly seem to think they have, generally as well, and since a good while - there's no reason to think anything has happened that will change their mind.

 

The only theory that holds any hope of response or reconsideration, is that they are uncommitted about what they're doing. And I don't think that is the case at all.

 

Besides, it's too late. The damage to the Bioware brand is already done.

[Commander Rpg]

Besides, it's too late. The damage to the Bioware brand is already done.

I must still figure who would be so self-defeating to buy EAware games again, after the treatment done to us, users-customers.

Probably people who don't care if their hamburger at Burger King has been spit on, their fries burned and their coke mixed with 50% water.

 

Oh well, that's life.