10-29-2008, 02:13 PM
Quote:I guess that depends on how you look at it, then. Everywhere I went (and I was touring around Azeroth/Outlands over the last week) I heard negative commentary from folks in the public server channels. Every zone, folks are complaining about it. When it started, it wasn't too bad, and it was about 50/50 to folks complaining vs. folks enjoying. By the end, it was almost impossible to find someone who was enjoying the event.
And this was on both servers.
Now, I guess one could again say that the public channels again constitute a minority of players, but still. From what I saw, a pretty decent chunk of folks were unhappy with the 2 minutes and lower phases of the event. Was it everyone? No, of course. I know that I myself remained pretty indifferent to it, so that's at least one person who isn't in the 'didn't like it' camp.
I still have to think that such a vocal and generally negative reaction has given Blizz some pause, minority or not.
This is a bit tongue and cheek, but...do you spend much time on the public channels? I've had trade chat and general chat turned off for around 2 years because any non-holiday, non-special-event time consisted of bickering and complaining.
Anyway, more seriously, I hope Blizzard isn't deterred from future special events just because some vocal players complain (folks always put out more energy to complain than those that are pleased anyway - human nature) about something that only lasted one week and was tied to an expansion, which only comes around about every two years.
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