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Vanguard Beta In Trouble?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the too-hardcore-for-you dept.

Heartless Gamer writes to mention a blog post exploring potential problems with the Vanguard Beta. The hardcore MMOG in development by Sigil has had some rocky times of late, and it sounds like the beta testers are right up at the top of the list of problems. From the article: "To the detriment of Vanguard, they (Vanguard's community) will protest any implementation that even remotely resembles a mechanic within World of Warcraft. Good or bad, it doesn't matter. If it's something within WoW, they want it O-U-T. Likewise, if you are from WoW, they want YOU out, too. They've already succeeded in driving out many of those testers. They're long gone and I can't say I blame them." Read on for other sites' commentary on this issue.

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  1. Jocks? by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Enter the "IT IS GOOD BECAUSE IT'S POPULAR" crowd. Less than a dozen comments in this thread thus far and half of them are people who love WoW because it's "dumbed down."

    Listen up, guys, WoW has 5.5 million+ subscribers because what it's doing is bad, not good. It's dumbed down, and if - like me - you spent hardcore-style hours raiding to get the best stuff, you'd know that.

    But no, like the guys at Vanguard, you can get past appearance. If it's popular, it must be bad.

    There, fixed it for you.

    By your comments McD serves the finest food in town, Coca Cola is the best beverage ever, Reality TV is the best entertainment in history, Internet explorer is the best browser and CNN has the best news service in the world.

    Yeah right.

    Just because something is popular doesn't mean it is good and just because something is popular doesn't mean everyone should do the same thing. If we did that we would all be wearing the same clothes, eating the same food and enjoy the same entertainment.

    Vanguard != WoW and WoW!= Vanguard. At least not right now. Not playing either I can't say I really care all that much.

    But I do care about populist toadies like you wanting to turn everything into the same generic mush that appeals to the largest group. Yuck.

    Then again, I am arguing with person who probably likes MTV. More fool me.

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