Sierra slams HomeWorld community, lashes out at Vivendi
HomeWorld developer sick of Internet grief.
In a recent post on HomeWorld’s official forum, producer Alex Rodberg has hit out at the level of pigheadedness on show by HW users and their failure to build a relationship with one of the most end-user focused developers around.
It seems that a post bemoaning the no-show of HW2 at this year’s ECTS was the straw that broke the developer’s back.
“Well, I'll be concluding my participation in this forum with this post. Frankly, the effort put into keeping this miniscule community informed is not worth the aggravation or the time,” raged Rodberg.
“I just returned from Leipzig, Germany, where Homeworld 2 was demonstrated at a consumer Games Convention larger than ECTS. The game looked fantastic and people responded to it marvellously. Given that trade shows like ECTS are used to hype upcoming products, not products practically in stores, and given that VUG has about a gazillion games to market (most of which have greater earning potential than HW2) we made the decision to focus on other products at ECTS,” he continued, hinting that perhaps Vivendi is not as focused on HW2 as Relic would like it to be.
He concludes his post with a paragraph that will doubtlessly reflect the feelings of anyone trying to bring help, news and information to an Internet-using community riddled with puerile know-all fanboys, intent on complaining about everything, without wanting to actually read anything.
“Enjoy the game. I look forward to hearing more complaints about how Sierra ignores the community. I'm sure accusing instead of asking, and bitching instead of learning, will accomplish your goals admirably.”
Ouch!
It seems that a post bemoaning the no-show of HW2 at this year’s ECTS was the straw that broke the developer’s back.
“Well, I'll be concluding my participation in this forum with this post. Frankly, the effort put into keeping this miniscule community informed is not worth the aggravation or the time,” raged Rodberg.
“I just returned from Leipzig, Germany, where Homeworld 2 was demonstrated at a consumer Games Convention larger than ECTS. The game looked fantastic and people responded to it marvellously. Given that trade shows like ECTS are used to hype upcoming products, not products practically in stores, and given that VUG has about a gazillion games to market (most of which have greater earning potential than HW2) we made the decision to focus on other products at ECTS,” he continued, hinting that perhaps Vivendi is not as focused on HW2 as Relic would like it to be.
He concludes his post with a paragraph that will doubtlessly reflect the feelings of anyone trying to bring help, news and information to an Internet-using community riddled with puerile know-all fanboys, intent on complaining about everything, without wanting to actually read anything.
“Enjoy the game. I look forward to hearing more complaints about how Sierra ignores the community. I'm sure accusing instead of asking, and bitching instead of learning, will accomplish your goals admirably.”
Ouch!
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