{"id":641,"date":"2005-04-04T12:28:23","date_gmt":"2005-04-04T19:28:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-04-04T13:03:23","modified_gmt":"2005-04-04T20:03:23","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/node\/641\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of demagogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geldonyetich.blogspot.com\/\">Geldonyetich<\/a> finishes <a href=\"http:\/\/games.slashdot.org\/games\/05\/04\/04\/0156233.shtml?tid=209&#038;tid=187\">on Slashdot<\/a> with a fortunetelling piece about World of Warcraft&#8217;s short-lived success. And gets linked everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a reader of Grimwell&#8217;s board this is nothing new since Geldon already expressed extensively his point of view (which I share in some points). The news is that those thoughts are now &#8220;public&#8221;. They are linked everywhere, they become mainstream. Arguments for the masses. A recurring topic in the official boards of the game. Under the eyes of Blizzard and their competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Pulling a Lum.<\/p>\n<p>This is indeed pulling a Lum. We were all expecting some sort of return. Not a return of Lum, but the return of interesting and valuable criticism. Thought provoking commentary to shake things at the high level, <a href=\"http:\/\/gbob.onlinegamers.org\/about2.html\">&#8220;forcing game companies to engage the player base in a real dialog&#8221;<\/a>. A challenge for ideas, for experience, for talent. For passion and dedication. Something going from the players to the developers and vice versa. To strengthen a relationship and create synergy.<\/p>\n<p>Instead we have a rather superficial glance, perfect for demagogy and situational rumoring and gossip. <\/p>\n<p>Did you think a new Lum was needed? No. You just need a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grimwell.com\/phpbb\/viewtopic.php?p=15851&#038;highlight=#15851\">&#8220;Zonk&#8221;<\/a> lurking around your corner of the internet with sympathy. That&#8217;s the power of mainstream information and of those who ride that horse.<\/p>\n<p>(And also a responsibility for Geldon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geldonyetich finishes on Slashdot with a fortunetelling piece about World of Warcraft&#8217;s short-lived success. And gets linked everywhere. If you are a reader of Grimwell&#8217;s board this is nothing new since Geldon already expressed extensively his point of view (which I share in some points). The news is that those thoughts are now &#8220;public&#8221;. They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cesspit.net\/drupal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}