Age of Conan

Originally posted by kazamx

Well, as a mod on the AoC forums, i can tell you it's against the Eula to post information about your account.  An example of this is to say that you are quitting the game, and canceled your subscription.

 

And this is why AOC forums are screwed. They need to train the morons they have working on the boards. This guy is an idiot. Just think for a moment and you can see how if he really does believe what he says the forums are just going to remain a laughing stock.

He believes saying you cancelled your account is against the EULA because your not allowed to talk about your account. Your not allowed to say your leaving because your talking about your account.

if I say I subbed for a year and love he game then he would ban me because I am talking about my account. If I helped a guy with account problems and told him how I fixed mine he would ban me for talking about my account AND the guy asking for help, because its talking about his account.

If this guy honestly believes that talking about your account is wrong, then he should be named shamed and kicked from the mod team.

Do you work in the Accounts department.? end of subject.

Originally posted by Dkevlar

Originally posted by Aguitha

 Maybe communism is accepted in Oslo, but not in the rest of world.

Peace.

 

Not it is not. But.. I lived in Norway for some time, but... I hope this is not going to offend any norwegian, since it is not my intention, but.. well.. norwegians have a special mentality, Most  of them are not that open to other views apart the ones they have and as foreigner there, working in and for their behalf, many times i found myself crashing on "stone walls" when trying to explain that certain simple concepts and perspectives while might be valid to norway, are not shared in equal fashion by everyone. 

and strangely I worked also in sweden .. and can say that is much more easier to engage in a conversation and exchange of ideias with the swedish .  

That would explain management

Originally posted by dancord26

Originally posted by Aguitha

On the AOC forum that is.   My brother who's been playing the game since launch hit 80 last week.

Since he hit 80 he found himself bored with the lack of content end game, so he decided to quit the game, not definitively, but for a while, until they add some end game content at least.

He went to the official forum and post a very intelligent post about the reasons why he was leaving and made suggestion what Funcom should do to improve the game.

His post was well written, polite, expressing it's tought about the game.  Well FC ban him from the forum for making a critic about the game.

I played this game about 2 weeks before quitting, my brothers stick to hit for some reasons, i just can't believe a company actiing like that.   To post any cristisism about the game earn you a ban from their forum.  I lost all respect i had for this company.  Maybe communism is accepted in Oslo, but not in the rest of world.

Peace.

 

Well, as a mod on the AoC forums, i can tell you it's against the Eula to post information about your account.  An example of this is to say that you are quitting the game, and canceled your subscription.

I am not sure if I should be impressed or laugh. Pretty ballsy though.
 

If I post that I have  a bug isnt that talking about my account?

Originally posted by Jokerkaaos

I've been watching those forums (I love a good train wreck...) and I was struck by the decision to appoint various players as moderators. In fact, it ALWAYS astounds me when a company does this.

A company running a multi-multi-million-dollar enterprise should take pains to make sure that their Public Faces (forum moderators, tech support personnel, etc.) are of the highest quality. They should use letter-perfect English in print and should be able to maintain a top-notch level of professionalism in all circumstances.

I encounter this in my work all the time - more "technically-minded" people (engineers, etc.) tend to have a certain disdain for the more liberal-arts educated. In short, they think writing and communicating are for English-major girls and they find customers to be nuisances.

In gaming, this typically manifests intself on the official forums. Devs think they know how to manage customer communication because they are smart and know the game. When they find out they don't know the first thing about dealing with customers, they either clam up or hire/appoint some intern or a bunch of "community leaders" to do this job for them.

This is a HUGE mistake, but I see it constantly. Any company with an investment of this size, dealing with millions of fickle customers in a highly competitive, highly public, highly-internet-discussed industry is harming themselves immeasurably by delegating the critical duties of communication and customer service to amateurs and fans on power trips.

The above post == "win";

Bad moderators for a bad game!

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There are the rules for posting that everyone agrees to by posting on the forums.  In the rules it states Posting of any account details (especially "I've Cancelled") is prohibited.  Do not get mad at the moderators when they are following the rules that Funcom has in place.  (And has had in place since I think 2005 well before Age of Conan)  These are Funcom's rules for posting.  It isn't much different from other boards I have been to.  I don't know of a single company that allows posters to make posts about how they are leaving the game. 

This is got to be my fav. thread in the hole world lol.

Originally posted by Cabe2323

 

 

There are the rules for posting that everyone agrees to by posting on the forums.  In the rules it states Posting of any account details (especially "I've Cancelled") is prohibited.  Do not get mad at the moderators when they are following the rules that Funcom has in place.  (And has had in place since I think 2005 well before Age of Conan)  These are Funcom's rules for posting.  It isn't much different from other boards I have been to.  I don't know of a single company that allows posters to make posts about how they are leaving the game. 

then my friend you suffer from a severe case of shortsight. "Goodbye posts" are usual in most mmorpgs forum. I personally made a "i quit for  now" on wow forum, stating that i would be taking a break until WOTLK and it is still there after 2 months. Not only that but even got a humorist answer from the Community manager " it is always good to take some vacancies. See you maybe in 5 to 7 months " ( what means WOTLK would be coming around november or so). 

Even  on the "evil" SOE forums this post  are not unsual and allowed unless they present a clear provocation or insult.