The Codex is frequently stupid, immature, unoriginal, and annoying. Some users can ignore the sad Cartman-lite attempts at comedy, and enjoy the huge collection of often obscure LPs (over 300, I think), some thoughtful RPG design discussion, the Library, a couple of memorably bizarre personalities and the fact that such a niche site is so bustling.and some can't. Ting at 3:44 - you talk as if the idiotic memes are the beating heart of the site. Whining about everyone hating you, only to put your hands over your ears and sing "la la, I can't hear you" doesn't exactly reflect well on you as both a developer and a person. If you want to ignore such people, then by all means, go ahead, but don't insult them or refuse to engage them fairly. In fact, I'd say most of the critique has come out because people genuinely care about your games and want to see them improve, not get worse over time. If you engage people in debate, address their points directly, rather than quoting them out of context and focusing on the more inflammatory statements, while ignoring the legitimate comments.įinally, most people there don't hate you, or want you to die, or whatever, as you insinuated, though after the frankly rather arrogant and self-important way you've handled this situation, I imagine you've lost a few fans. Excusing criticism on the basis of "I don't make those kinds of games anymore" simply isn't valid.
You ignored pretty much every single one of these. Yes, things there can get vile sometimes, but look past some of the crude language and you'll find people with very well-written, well-articulated and logically sound arguments.
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Rather than choose to actually respond to those issues in Avadon in a fair manner, instead you called out the community as some sort of troll haven full of people who hate your guts. I saw little hatred on the Codex, but what I did see were many disappointed people who were hoping Avadon would be a better game than it is. It has a number of pretty obvious and glaring issues. Jeff, the reason people critiqued Avadon isn't because they want a certain type of game you don't make anymore.
Still disappointed? Then I don't want your money. (I suggest until the boss fight with Zhossa Mindtaker.) Give it a few hours on Hard or Torment difficulty. We have a one year no questions asked money-back guarantee. Were you my fan, but the Avadon demo turned you off? Well, here's a challenge. Teh casualz need to be eased into that sort of thing. I put them there to not scare off more casual gamers. The gritty, hardcore elements in Avadon are later in the game. Pick past the ranting, find the reasonable things they are after, and write that game. You want to do what I do? You want to make a living writing RPGs? You have skillz? Go there. The anger might manifest itself in unappealing ways, but it's real. There was a thing that they loved, and it is gone, and they are angry about it. They were forsaken by Sir-Tech, and Origin, and SSI, and Bioware, and now me. The sort that used to be common on the ground and have faded away. These people love, love, love old-school hardcore RPGs. Here, as I see it, is the story of RPG Codex. This is the Great Magic Power of Indie developers. What I tell them is that they should look for an underserved niche and serve it. Here's Your Audience, Wrapped Up In a Bowįledgling developers write me all the time asking for advice on what sort of game to write. I am only bringing this up because this blog is mainly about indie gaming, and I think this a great opportunity to make a huge point in that area.
I've been reading their posts and chatting with them and I think I understand where they're coming from a lot better now. However, I think I kicked a group of my fellow gamers when they were down, and, being a lifelong gamer myself, I regret that. I think what I wrote was fairly mild and I do still stand by every word of it. Now, in the light of day, I feel kind of bad about it. This had the entirely predictable effect of infuriating the previously mentioned community. I thought that I had a lot of good points to be made about the perils and opportunities of listening to feedback from fans (or ex-fans), so I wrote a blog post about it. The other day, after Avadon: The Black Fortress came out, a certain community of hardcore fantasy RPG fans jumped on it with universal loathing.
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