{"id":1283,"date":"2006-04-07T05:19:45","date_gmt":"2006-04-07T12:19:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-08-05T02:27:04","modified_gmt":"2006-08-05T09:27:04","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/node\/1283\/","title":{"rendered":"Amusing retrospective"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found an old comment I posted on Brokentoys right at WoW’s launch, when people were still skeptical about its success and value. It is quite amusing to read now :)<\/p>\n

—
\nSo, the time has come where I point out you and Haemish discussing on the old WT.o that no mmorpg, not even WoW, will reach the 400k mark in the near future?<\/p>\n

:)<\/p>\n

My predictions seem to be correct. Now call me \u2018fanboy\u2019.
\nAnd keep minimizing what WoW does, blame the brand and the kids and repeat that it\u2019s just EQ 1.5 with more \u2019shiney\u2019. Keep trivializing, keep dismissing. (Oh, but it\u2019s just a stable client with a polished interface, come on)<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see in six month or a year if the subscriptions will fall or will keep raise. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll found around a new bunch of \u201cexcuses\u201d about why the game is indeed a long term contender.<\/p>\n

The process of \u201cOh, but we all knew already about all this happening\u201d is already started. Everyone! Jump on the bandwagon! QUICK! I wonder why any other company hasn\u2019t tried to create a better WoW five years ago if it was that expected and easy to build.<\/p>\n

Sure, there\u2019s no innovation at all. This is why 600k supposed players are going to play *this* game. It\u2019s just a miracle. Or \u201cBlizzard\u201d, or another excuse to dodge the *merit* of *why* this happens.<\/p>\n

The \u201cboring shit\u201d is about to collapse. You\u2019ll see that. Everyone that will keep with this type of blindness will be repaid with an even bigger failure. WoW is a (still weak) proof that sometimes something good happens. Even if 90% of the elitists will keep refusing to accept it.<\/p>\n

Now go on with the sarcasm, it\u2019s the only way to keep this defensive, jaded attitude. Go on to repeat the same old misunderstanding. You have to complain and whine, no matter of what happens or why it happens.<\/p>\n

I feel a well hidden but consistent dose of hypocrisy. Quite spread around. About something I\u2019m sure: WoW will be successful because of the \u201cdiet coke\u201d marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Diet coke marketing for the win!<\/p>\n

P.S.
\nOr perhaps, if you want to be honest and have some modesty and humility, go read what even Lum directly wrote in the presentation about the \u2018mass market\u2019<\/a> and this genre that he posted around April. Then consider what WoW accomplished there and consider what any other mmorpg hasn\u2019t. And why.<\/p>\n

But going defensive is simpler and doesn\u2019t requre any effort. Keep going.<\/p>\n

I wonder if I\u2019ll be ever able to see some professionalism in this genre. And for \u2018professionalism\u2019 I don\u2019t mean being polite (aka known as: \u201c(a) anything that can be construed as talking negatively about competitors is wildly unprofessional\u201d). But being honest and unpretentious. Trying to accept the weakness and the mistakes, trying to learn from them with some humility.<\/p>\n

To finish a last note: what I wrote has a value only if WoW is going to overwhelm EQ2<\/u>. If it happens it means I was and am right. If it doesn\u2019t happen and EQ2 subscribers will match WoW\u2019s subscribers (low or high), it will mean that I\u2019m an idiot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found an old comment I posted on Brokentoys right at WoW’s launch, when people were still skeptical about its success and value. It is quite amusing to read now :) — So, the time has come where I point out you and Haemish discussing on the old WT.o that no mmorpg, not even WoW, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20,7],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-everquests","tag-wow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}