102392-whats-the-point-of-forums

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I cant figure it out.
Ive always thought forums should be a vote system - carbine should be like hey we have these 3 ideas to do to a warrior which one do you guys want?
 
then we decide and that gets implimented into the game i cant spell. (like straw poll)
 
anyway if i made a game thats what i would make the forums for.
 
Currently this game like WoW or LoL or any other game in the world - Forums have 0 point - developers lock posts that raise controversy and thats it - its a false sense of having a voice and that makes me sad. I really wish it was a vote system
 
As my math teacher always said "ehhhh suck eggs'
 
I would pay 30-40 bucks a month to play a game I knew my opinion could have an effect
 
or more! 
 
Think of that greedy developers	
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As my math teacher always said "ehhhh suck eggs'
 
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Theoretically? Forums are a digital meeting place where members can discuss aspects of a product or service to improve both their user experience as well as the user experience of other members. Realistically? Forums are what the community makes of them.
 
There will always be a handful who feel self empowered by deucing in a community punch bowl. Report them and move on. Fortunately there will also be a vast majority who embrace the product or service for what it is; improving both their user experience as well as the user experience of other members while contributing ideas without shooting people's kneecaps out.	
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Look up the origin and definition of the word: forum.
 
I believe the term you are searching for is: poll.	
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Forum is the game's Fight Club.
 
Now go suck some eggs on stream. Gomly needs entertainment while waiting for waifu to return from work to handle spiders. ;)	
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What's the point of anything, really, besides building a shelter and scrounging for food?
 
*ponder*	
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 half the players dont even look at forums or care - forums have nothing to do with the game people just argue thats it. have you ever read the forums?? developers always what to 'change' the game - come out with 'new' ideas - break the 'mold'  make a game that the PLAYERS have a say and that will be the new top mmo 
 
we pay carbine to make wildstar better. would you pay someone to build you a house but you had 0 say in it? you had 3 kids but he only gave you 1 bedroom? why dont we have a say? just add a poll system into the forums so people can vote on the direction the game goes while arguing about it.  arguing + voting = fun = life	
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Forums are for people to exchange ideas.  Nothing more.  There is no ironclad commitment involved on either party.  Sometimes the devs do take the forums into account.  Other times not.  The forums is a tiny fraction of any game's actual player base, and since the people on the forums are already showing that they're different in behavior it's not always wise to base design decisions off of them.  Half of us spend all day telling the other half that they're wrong.  The same thing would happen if they used polls as you suggest to make design decisions.  For anything major, half of the playerbase would disagree and leave.
 
There have been attempts to make games strictly by following player requests.  I don't think any of them got anywhere productive.	
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we pay carbine to make wildstar better. would you pay someone to build you a house but you had 0 say in it? you had 3 kids but he only gave you 1 bedroom? why dont we have a say? just add a poll system into the forums so people can vote on the direction the game goes while arguing about it.  arguing + voting = fun = life
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What's the point of anything, really, besides building a shelter and scrounging for food?
 
*ponder*
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What's the point of the body really?
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If they started taking everything we say seriously the game would be dead by the open beta
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			Still waiting on egg sucking.	
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I would pay 30-40 bucks a month to play a game I knew my opinion could have an effect
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Because if we were floating particles it would be hard to express our rage on the internet.
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			Why do online forums exist?  Comedy relief.	
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