outlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:59 am
TGS wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:26 pm
If CIG is abusing human stupidity and desire to always have more shinies, then so is pretty much every other consumer industry out there. Because that is literally the basis on which most consumer industries operate. Which if that is the case, then you cannot really blame CIG for that as they're just doing what everyone else does.
outlander wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:14 am
I personally think that CIG are abusing human stupidity and desire to ALWAYS HAVE MOAR SHINIES,
but then so does pretty much everybody else these days, and
I see no reason to attach the blame to one specific company, especially since they do actually work on their project, and their stated goals are not beyond what's physically possible or practical.
And yes, I see such practices as malignant and stupid
in general. I think that over-reaching hype and PR is exactly why we can't have nice things any more. And, to be honest, I am happy to see Josh not engaging in such practices. While I think that interaction with consumers is important (and thank God we have Talvieno here to handle most of it), making it a foundation of your project is only marginally different from an actual scam. That's my opinion brought from experience of both observing companies and running a business of my own, and I think I'm entitled to it even if you don't like it, or think it's wrong.
Lol I know what you mean and I knew you said that. I just wanted to reiterate the point because honestly as much as marketing in the consumer society we live in is really bad and exploitative, it is what it is and really my logic has always been about responsibility. People need to learn to take responsibility for their own actions and that includes getting sucked in by the hype a company pushes.
OF COURSE a company is going to try to market and hype. But from CIG I don't see it as much as others do. I see them often planting seeds and then the community grow the crap out of it. But then when the hype has reached fever pitch, and it almost always does they turn around and blame CIG for it. I find that really odd because like the ship sales people seem to have this thing with blaming CIG for what the community has done.
Many accuse me of a being a fanboy/white knight but I truly just don't see CIG doing anything that bad. They sell stuff. You're allowed to not buy it. They don't pressure people, they don't push people and hell aside from the Pioneer (base builder) they don't even really hype things up that much. The community does though lol. The community is relentless. I wish they were more like you all here. All the regulars here are pretty chill. Even back when there was stuff to hype about with LT you remained chill. I like that.