A preview of things to come?

Thermodyne · #1 August 14th, 2005, 09:52 AM

I�m surprised at you guys. MM has decided to take the game retail, which means that the majority of the people introduced to it will be kids. And this is �the� SE forum at the moment. It�s not a private forum purely reserved for the use of a few SE hardliners. I would imagine that SG would like it to generate traffic and new customers for their games. Thing are going to change, and a lot of the old guard won�t like the results, but such is life.

AMF · #2 August 14th, 2005, 09:58 AM

That's a good point. If we really want SE5 to succeed, then we need to be prepared for a lot of new players to the game - and, if this is THE forum for SE5 then it will need to be ready.

However, I am not sure this will be the official forum - given that Shrapnel will not sell SE5, I suspect that whichever company does will have an official forum - which may very well be less rigorous (in terms of friendliness, intellectual level, maturity, etc...)...

But, really this is all sort of premature...and I do sound a bit arrogant in the above statement...I am reminded of the truism that every generation thinks the newcomer generation is composed of losers/slackers who didn't suffer and grow like they did....so...nevermind! Progress is progress.

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Thermodyne said:
I’m surprised at you guys. MM has decided to take the game retail, which means that the majority of the people introduced to it will be kids. And this is “the” SE forum at the moment. It’s not a private forum purely reserved for the use of a few SE hardliners. I would imagine that SG would like it to generate traffic and new customers for their games. Thing are going to change, and a lot of the old guard won’t like the results, but such is life.

Ragnarok-X · #3 August 14th, 2005, 10:15 AM

Yeah, but maybe Fyron will offer us a private board over at SE.net. Honestly, i dont like being crowed by kids, i like the offtopic, serious talk here quite a lot.

AMF · #4 August 14th, 2005, 11:05 AM

No! It's stupid. I'm the sooper master at this board! WAH WAH WAH! Me space emperor! Ypu POOPY HEAD! BOOYAH!

I agree.

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Ragnarok-X said:
Yeah, but maybe Fyron will offer us a private board over at SE.net. Honestly, i dont like being crowed by kids, i like the offtopic, serious talk here quite a lot.

Xrati · #5 August 14th, 2005, 11:37 AM

I guess if change is inevitable! Bring on the kiddie crowd! But be warned that you may need more diapers then are available! The best way for them to get going here, is to start with a mature attitude. SOMETHING you will not be able to teach them over the internet. You are not their parents and all manners start at home.
Like I said before, "Don't give them the address here!" but now it's to late. Just like water seeks its own level, intelligent people/young adults will seek out an intelligent forum. Those are truly the people you'd want to stay around here! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon43.gif[/img]

Suicide Junkie · #6 August 14th, 2005, 12:45 PM

While this may not be the official "official" forum, it will certainly remain the unofficial "official" forum, if you know what I mean

Thermodyne · #7 August 14th, 2005, 01:40 PM

Xrati, Your post reminds me of a true life story.

In the town where I live, a large block of land was owned by a mining company. They wanted to dig a big hole and sell off the stone. We to a look at their facility on the other side of the county and decided we had to prevent them from ruining our town. We went to the county, we went to the state, we went to the feds, and then we got some lawyers and did it all over again. Then we got some good lawyers and went after it a third time. And just for good measure we tossed in a housing development that the mining company wanted to build on the edge of their property. So we have our days in courts all over the place, and in the end we prevent the big hole but get 60+ new homes and a big bill. So I kick in my share and move on.
Now the mining company has sold off the 1000+ acres and the buyer wants to build 2000+ town homes. The community gets together and led by the owners of the last new development, want to fight the developer. They say that it will ruin the value of their homes. So when they came calling on me, to see if I would contribute to the cause as I had done in the past, I declined. And then told them that I hadn�t given up on trying to keep them out!

All things change, some to your liking, some not. Since I�ve been around SE, this will be the third big change. Some to my liking and some not.

You can try to keep them out, but it might not be worth the cost. And in the end you will only slow them down. You�ll either have to adapt, or move on. If you want an exclusive �gated community�, then make one, it�s easy. Otherwise just sit back and see what happens. Oh, and I would assume that someone let you in here at some point. Doesn�t the rest of the world deserve the same opportunity?