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The Paradox forums in a nutshell:
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My usual haunt online is an offshoot of the Paradox forum. Most of us used to congregate in Paradox OT and most of us were banned over 10 years ago (during the debate surrounding the war in Irak) for being too 'toxic' 
As a matter of fact I wrote a post there today commenting on the closure of the BSN: in short, the BW devs do not know what toxic really is if I compare this place here to Languish.
Draining Dragon by air or sea, what game are we in?
Is this what it feels like to be a kid whose parents are going through a divorce?
I think this is what it feels like to be a kid whose parents are throwing them out, because they're 30 years old and their parents are tired of the sight of them sitting at the computer in their underpants raiding for a set of magic gloves in WoW.
Is this what it feels like to be a kid whose parents are going through a divorce?
Except your parents sit you down to explain and make sure you understand that it is your fault.
And the only reason they then get the belt out is because they love you so very, very much. It's hurting them more than it hurts you.
Are you serious?
Seems to me about 1/3 of the people on this forum have no sense of HUMOR or haven't experienced very much internets. I definitely attempt to keep myself civil on here but I've made my mistakes (like using a gif with a profane but easily PG rated word and getting a warning point today).
It would have been EASY to at some point, just permaban users that threaten and truly harass and then realize the rest of us are here for information, the discussion, the lulz and the inside jokes.
If you're going to run a public website or do virtually any type of creative work there will be someone out there that crosses the line and insults.
If that is the thing that is causing Bioware to dump this forum that's short sighted and myopic and definitely due to graceless moderation.
A few bad apples is not a reason to get rid of a whole range of things and relationships and communities. Furthermore if you're so dead set on the fact that this forum should just be closed because, idk, you're so sensitive and a poster was petulant, I just feel like you'd be better served by just logging out maybe?
Get rekt.
I'd kick us out for that. Who still plays WoW?
Who still plays WoW?
*raises hand*
I'd kick us out for that. Who still plays WoW?
I just tabbed back in from playing WoW.
Yeah, Byne dragged me into WoW too. Shame WoW has 200 servers and there's no way the few of us that play can interact. =/
Well my sons are fully dressed, and not in their 30's, they are only in their 20's, and my youngest is not going for magic gloves but his legendary ring before it disappears soon. So I do not understand this analogy.
Some of the anime thread plays/played WoW.
Not me tho.
WoW has its place, it's just not BioWare. I started playing in 2005 because dinner conversations were obtuse without peripheral knowledge of what in the world my sons were talking about.
I just tabbed back in from playing WoW.
You know, it's funny, that new CEO guy of EA Andrew Wilson, aka Mr. Suavecito, had some very recent interviews where he's talking about the importance of players enjoying games with friends and community. It was not just a MP pitch.
He's been talking about how when you play an EA game you become a part of a community. Sense of community is what keeps players engaged, entertained and excited. BSN is a way if sharing the game experience with our friends. A community. Which also includes the MP community.
I don't have a link. I was just rummaging around the internet looking for...things. I was not expecting to mention this, however it struck me as odd at the time because BW is now doing the complete opposite of building community. This was a recent interview, too. I'd say within the last month...
Ah, wait here it is. It was from May 10, 2016 Marketplace (dot) org. And an excerpt:
"Wilson on whether he thinks of EA as a social media company:
Well, there are a whole bunch of motivations as to why we play games — inspiration, escape, competition — but the very core of why we play games is social connection. When people come to play one of our games they become part of a community, they share something with their friends, they compete against them, they compete with them, they enjoy the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat; and that’s a pretty special thing. And if you look at the way our players enjoy our games, it’s always done with their friends."
In addition, I ran across an older interview form 2014 that I found interesting,
The Guardian (dot) com Sept 5 2014:
"This whole concept of the industry hiding everything until the very last moment is an outdated way to make games. Invite people in as early as you can, deal with the feedback and build that back into the game. What you get two, or three years down the track are amazing games built with the help of the community."
Hey my BE Prot Pally is all ready to go, and, Arcann will have to wait, his delay means he arrives to do battle the same day as the new hero class. After yesterday, I will be rolling the demon hunter thank you very much instead. Arcann will have to wait until Thursday with everyone else.
But, hey, please still keep these forums open for when I return.
You know, it's funny, that new CEO guy of EA Andrew Wilson, aka Mr. Suavecito, had some very recent interviews where he's talking about the importance of players enjoying games with friends and community. It was not just a MP pitch.
He's been talking about how when you play an EA game you become a part of a community. Sense of community is what keeps players engaged, entertained and excited. BSN is a way if sharing the game experience with our friends. A community. Which also includes the MP community.
I don't have a link. I was just rummaging around the internet looking for...things. I was not expecting to mention this, however it struck me as odd at the time because BW is now doing the complete opposite of building community. This was a recent interview, too. I'd say within the last month...
Ah, wait here it is. It was from May 10, 2016 Marketplace (dot) org. And an excerpt:
"Wilson on whether he thinks of EA as a social media company:
Well, there are a whole bunch of motivations as to why we play games — inspiration, escape, competition — but the very core of why we play games is social connection. When people come to play one of our games they become part of a community, they share something with their friends, they compete against them, they compete with them, they enjoy the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat; and that’s a pretty special thing. And if you look at the way our players enjoy our games, it’s always done with their friends."
In addition, I ran across an older interview form 2014 that I found interesting,
The Guardian (dot) com Sept 5 2014:
"This whole concept of the industry hiding everything until the very last moment is an outdated way to make games. Invite people in as early as you can, deal with the feedback and build that back into the game. What you get two, or three years down the track are amazing games built with the help of the community."
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Chris Priestly can be the new romance LI DLC
Who would buy this piece of garbage?
Well my sons are fully dressed, and not in their 30's, they are only in their 20's, and my youngest is not going for magic gloves but his legendary ring before it disappears soon. So I do not understand this analogy.
Okay, well, do you remember that episode of Breaking Bad where Jessie Pinkman's parents kick him out of his aunt's house because they caught him making meth in the basement? Well maybe this is a better analogy, the meth is "toxicity" and the Pinkmans didn't want to take the time to moderate the basement's contents.
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