September 7, 2012

  • ...virtual war...

    The current entry on my bf's gamer blog:  http://justonemoreunlock.blogspot.ca/2012/09/the-reason-not-to-save-city-of-heroes.html#comment-form

    Yes, it's argumentative, which is something he DOESN'T do often.  It's not even a genre of game he particularly likes.  Which I guess is why most people have said he is uninformed.  I'm going to say that I definitely never tried this game.  Have I heard about it before this?  Heck yeah, but super hero mmo's have never been my thing.  This entry's not about whether it should be kept or put down, it's simply an observation to the bf's post.  

    Most of the comments are pretty civil minus a few.  It is surprising for me because I know how mean people can be on the internet.  To ask if he's trolling makes me laugh.  As an outsider to the entire issue, what he's saying is that passion and love for a game doesn't matter to most game manufacturers/developers.  

    The comments in reply to his blog entry floor me.  They are for the most part very respectful.  THIS makes me see how and WHY the city of heroes community is as good as all these petitioners say it is.  If this discussion were on the topic of WoW closing, I'm certain there'd be more people cussing and dissing directed to my bf compared to the current comments about the closure of CoH.  A community is made up of it's people.  What makes this game different isn't the genre (super hero mmo).  The people who are part of this community is what makes this game unique.  This is particularly true about all games though.  If the community to a game sucks, I for one would not continue to play.  However, even just looking at the comments written there at the current moment, I can say that I'm surely impressed.  I have never seen such an out-pour of comments like this before.  No, not because of the amount of comments, but rather the type of comments written there.  

    The manufactures/developers have the right to do whatever they want with the game.  If they wish to shut down the game, it is their right.  The players also have the right to their petitions to not have the game closed and everything else they wish to do.  So who is in the right here?  The developers or the gamers?  Putting all stats aside, what are the main reasons for the closure?  Can the community really not be created elsewhere?  Would you not keep in contact without the game?  it's this fight against real life versus virtual reality.  

    Perhaps for most gamers, the closure of the game is about a sense of loss of self (yes, way tooo many prepositions making it sound weird).  It's like you've lost a little part of yourself when the game is gone.  But yet again, I ask, can what you've lost NEVER be found again?  

    I don't know.  I guess I'm going to psychological on this issue.  Perhaps they could sell the game to some one else.  But what are the reasons for the company to not do this in the first place?  

    I don't know.  I just feel like there are too many unknowns all over the place.  Yes, Although you may not need to know WHY they're closing and they've already given you the courtesy of telling you when, the truth remains that players want closure.  Without all the facts, they can't rest in peace.