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o_sensai · 04-28-2006, 06:46 PM

Now, some may think that this needs to be in the 'Bitch about updates' thread, but I think this is too important to be read in a thread that has no worth.

I'm seriously concerned about the publicity of this MOD. All the devs keep on hinting at a release not being too far off, but yet the media for this MOD doesn't match this suggested progress. Where are the concept drawings? Where are the screen shots of maps? Where are the screen shots of skinned player models? Are we ever going to see any of this? It seems like the answer is no, since the only type of media that they dev team wants to release is "polished" stuff. I think I can speak for many when I say that I am interested in the design for this mod almost as much as actually being able to play it.

I want to ask the dev team, what is the point of showing only "polished" things if you're so far in the development process? What about showing off the development process itself more? If you're so close to a release, why not show some not-so-perfectly polished things, and then explain in a post or whatever what changes has been made since then?

If you took a poll, I seriously doubt most people would only care about seeing in-game shots or an avi. It seems that this method only caters to one type of player that takes a look at this mod. As for the rest of us, it just seems that interest are waivering a little bit because the media for thos mod is so stagnant. I'm tired of reading posts about ideas that probably won't be implemented in the release of the game because you're way too far in the process to even begin code/alter stuff. I want more conversation on things that are actually in the game (concept art, player models, etc.).

In the end, I think the dev team focuses their media release too much on catching the attention of a potential base and keeps on forgetting to keep the attention of their actual base.

04-28-2006, 06:46 PM	#1
o_sensai Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	A Publicity Rant With Results! Now, some may think that this needs to be in the 'Bitch about updates' thread, but I think this is too important to be read in a thread that has no worth. I'm seriously concerned about the publicity of this MOD. All the devs keep on hinting at a release not being too far off, but yet the media for this MOD doesn't match this suggested progress. Where are the concept drawings? Where are the screen shots of maps? Where are the screen shots of skinned player models? Are we ever going to see any of this? It seems like the answer is no, since the only type of media that they dev team wants to release is "polished" stuff. I think I can speak for many when I say that I am interested in the design for this mod almost as much as actually being able to play it. I want to ask the dev team, what is the point of showing only "polished" things if you're so far in the development process? What about showing off the development process itself more? If you're so close to a release, why not show some not-so-perfectly polished things, and then explain in a post or whatever what changes has been made since then? If you took a poll, I seriously doubt most people would only care about seeing in-game shots or an avi. It seems that this method only caters to one type of player that takes a look at this mod. As for the rest of us, it just seems that interest are waivering a little bit because the media for thos mod is so stagnant. I'm tired of reading posts about ideas that probably won't be implemented in the release of the game because you're way too far in the process to even begin code/alter stuff. I want more conversation on things that are actually in the game (concept art, player models, etc.). In the end, I think the dev team focuses their media release too much on catching the attention of a potential base and keeps on forgetting to keep the attention of their actual base.