Feldon
Brian Green, former developer on Meridian 59 (and currently on the Storybricks team), has posted an intriguing essay on the realities of Community Management for an MMO, the day-to-day challenges, and how it can go wrong if mishandled. At one time or another, I have made many of the same points as this article, but it is nice to see it all written down in one place. Many times people see community managers only as the people who post news about a game. Sometimes they’re derisively painted as the mouthpieces of developers or management, the hapless people who have...
Day: September 24, 2012
Cyliena of EQ2 ZAM followed last Thursday’s LiveCast and was able to grab a screenshot of the in-game item which SOE Live ticket holders will receive (regardless of attendance). EverQuest II: Dashenti Lasheris, Fighter type Vampire Mercenary, NOTE: During the Livecast, the merc was indicated to be a healer, but since that time, this information was updated to a fighter merc.
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