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Szark

News Manager

Joined: 5/02/06
Posts: 4423

 
6/11/08 9:40:36 AM#1

Smartcell has announced that they will be opening up world chat in Shadow of Legend for the purpose of taking questions and suggestions on improving the game.

As you know, among all the chat channels available in Shadow of Legend, world chat is the only channel that you have to pay an insignificant fee to chat in.

However, Focus Group must continue, and to keep participation strong, SmartCell is opening up World Chat for FREE for this Wednesday, June 10, and this Wednesday only.

[GM]Grand_Master will be in the game moderating Focus Group and will be taking your questions and suggestions for improving Shadow of Legend the game.

Event: FREE World Chat

When: Wednesday, June 10, 2008. 11:00 am – 1:00 pm PST.

Where: in-game Shadow of Legend, world chat channel

[GM]Grand_Master will also be working to bring free world chats to the usual Monday Focus Groups.

Read more here.

streea

Hard Core Member

Joined: 8/04/06
Posts: 616

6/11/08 10:29:53 AM#2

Who was it who first thought "hey, the biggest draw of MMOs in general is the community, so let's make you pay extra for that one defining feature that makes or breaks a game!"?

Free MMOs bring people in and then once they're in and enjoying the game, they spend money on it (if they have it obviously). But community is a big part of what keeps players playing... that's one of the key things that's made WoW as huge as it is. So why would a company want to alienate new players (who are playing for free) by keeping them from asking questions and talking to the community?