New community manager in ubisoft forums - Page 4

Jimbuna · 07-07-10, 01:12 PM

He is now suitablt attired and help is on its way

AVGWarhawk · 07-07-10, 02:12 PM

I truly do not understand what the community manager is attempting to do. Of what use is this posting and telling the community he does not know a thing?

krashkart · 07-07-10, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

He is now suitablt attired and help is on its way

You have a most superlative taste in armors, my friend.

Edit - Might I also recommend a mix of Swiss pikemen and Landsknecht to accompany your cavalry?

Jimbuna · 07-07-10, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

You have a most superlative taste in armors, my friend.

I'd need it if I was the Community Manager over on the Ubi forums I reckon

krashkart · 07-07-10, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'd need it if I was the Community Manager over on the Ubi forums I reckon

Indeed. A lot of pent-up frustration to be let out and he's the only one there with ears (erm, eyes anyway).

mookiemookie · 07-07-10, 02:37 PM

It had to be expected. Why would Ubi throw this poor guy to the lions when he obviously had no news to report to the teeming masses? What point and purpose does he serve? More botched marketing on the part of Ubisoft...

Zedi · 07-07-10, 03:05 PM

Simply because those fat dudes from ceo have no clue about wtf is going on with their products. They think that everybody is happy same as the AC2 crowd, so they thrown a clown for entertainment. I feel really sorry for that guy, he just try to do a job for what it gets payed. He really have no clue about how badly damaged SH5 is and why this community so angry and pissed off.

Wish that 1 day a dev or a faty from ceo will show up there trying to be a funny guy.. that would be a real massacre

Takeda Shingen · 07-07-10, 03:11 PM

Watch it. Some of us have friends on the Dev Team. Thanks.

SteelViking · 07-07-10, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Magnum

Simply because those fat dudes from ceo have no clue about wtf is going on with their products. They think that everybody is happy same as the AC2 crowd, so they thrown a clown for entertainment. I feel really sorry for that guy, he just try to do a job for what it gets payed. He really have no clue about how badly damaged SH5 is and why this community so angry and pissed off.

Wish that 1 day a dev or a faty from ceo will show up there trying to be a funny guy.. that would be a real massacre

Yeah, I can see blaming things on the CEO and maybe even bad mouthing them(heck I do that often enough) but none of this is actually the devs fault. We are lucky the devs were able to do as well as they did on this game with the way Ubi's upper management has been acting. It is the CEOs/upper management that makes all the product decisions such as release date, whether a patch will be made, etc. In fact, I have gotten some help from a few devs doing mod work, so if anything, we should still be thanking the devs.

krashkart · 07-07-10, 04:04 PM

@Magnum - some of the devs do lurk here from time to time. I don't know any of them personally but I have communicated briefly with one of them. They are human, too, and deserve an equal amount of respect from us as we would show for each other and ourselves.

Jimbuna · 07-07-10, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Watch it. Some of us have friends on the Dev Team. Thanks.

DITTO

Frumpkis · 07-07-10, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by janh

Thanks for the link! That sounds like Ubisoft is really heading away from PC platform games, at least the single player ones. I don't think there is much to expect from them in the future anymore, but maybe they will sell the Silent Hunter label to one of the smaller developers that already focuses on highly detailed realistic simulations and strategy games.

I think that might be the worst of all possible outcomes, for several reasons:

The code base is buggy -- it still has problems that were never fixed in SH4 and were patched up with chewing gum and duct tape by modders. An independent dev starting from scratch would have a better chance of giving the subsim community what we're looking for. Maybe even a cross-platform sim that would work on Windows/Mac/Linyx? That's how X-Plane works. They even have a stripped-down app for iPhones, which seems silly, but it brings in lots of cash to fund development of the PC sim versions.

Also, any money paid for a license from Ubi would be money that can't go to more art development and programmer man-hours. That's one reason why Bioware bailed out of the D&D franchise and created their own IP for Dragon Age.

Finally, for better or worse, the "Silent Hunter" name has a big footprint in the market. It needs to go away, to leave room for new projects that can develop their own franchise in this area... the way the LockOn air combat crew did after Microprose and the "Jane's" series disappeared. Actually there is a new "Jane's" game coming out, but it looks like a console-type action shooter, nothing like the original combat flight sims. That's the kind of thing that can happen when franchise names are sold, unfortunately.

Anyway, I'm ready for a completely fresh look at this type of sim, from a developer whose heart is 100% into it, and backed by a financial side of the company that won't pull the plug, before the game is actually ready for release.

jdkbph · 07-07-10, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by elanaiba

Well, the good thing is ... he's there. It's not by accident.

Of course he doesn't have any news right now. Part of his job I guess is to work so that in the future there is news

Well Dan, if anyone would have news it would be you, wouldn't it?

So how about it... what news on patch 3? Is it in work? Is it planned? Has it been talked about at all? If so, what is the current consensus?

And you're right... we are owed. An honest answer to a direct question, if nothing else. We've had enough corporate speak and the "gee guys, I can't talk about it" crap, don't you think?

JD

07-07-10, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Faamecanic

I LMAO at Privateer's response in that thread

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Posted Tue July 06 2010 17:37 Hide Post"A decision has not been made until now IF a patch will be release OR IF no future patch will come."

Now that's pretty clear to me.
The 'until now' says it all!
The decision was just made to make no decision!
Duhhh!"

Then you should love the further posts.
==============================
Him:
"A decision has not been made until now IF a patch will be release OR IF no future patch will come."

Me:
Now that's pretty clear to me.
The 'until now' says it all!
The decision was just made to make no decision!
Duhhh!

Him:
Making a decision to not make a decision would still involve a decision-making process and such a thing has not happened.
The "until now" part means a clear decision should come.

Me:
So what your saying is:

No decision has been made yet on a decision weather a decision to make a decision
about decideing to, or decideing not to patch again is decided.

Now my head hurts.
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SteelViking · 07-07-10, 04:54 PM

@privateer,

That is classic

07-07-10, 01:12 PM	#46
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	He is now suitablt attired and help is on its way __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-07-10, 02:12 PM	#47
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,281 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I truly do not understand what the community manager is attempting to do. Of what use is this posting and telling the community he does not know a thing? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

07-07-10, 02:37 PM	#51
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	It had to be expected. Why would Ubi throw this poor guy to the lions when he obviously had no news to report to the teeming masses? What point and purpose does he serve? More botched marketing on the part of Ubisoft... __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

07-07-10, 04:04 PM	#55
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	@Magnum - some of the devs do lurk here from time to time. I don't know any of them personally but I have communicated briefly with one of them. They are human, too, and deserve an equal amount of respect from us as we would show for each other and ourselves. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

07-07-10, 04:54 PM	#60
SteelViking The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: U.S.A.-East Coast Posts: 1,587 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 4	@privateer, That is classic __________________ He sank 198,650 tons....who you ask?....Erich Topp, that's who!

07-07-10, 03:05 PM	#52
Zedi Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,845 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 2	Simply because those fat dudes from ceo have no clue about wtf is going on with their products. They think that everybody is happy same as the AC2 crowd, so they thrown a clown for entertainment. I feel really sorry for that guy, he just try to do a job for what it gets payed. He really have no clue about how badly damaged SH5 is and why this community so angry and pissed off. Wish that 1 day a dev or a faty from ceo will show up there trying to be a funny guy.. that would be a real massacre

07-07-10, 03:11 PM	#53
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Watch it. Some of us have friends on the Dev Team. Thanks.