by Lothaudus » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:30 am Purecasher wrote:You understand that Jagex would not publish any game... They have to make a selection of candidates. That's what I meant with deciding if it is good enough for them to be published.
So do you think a game that's nowhere near finished, that allows swastikas, macros, multiple logging on, discrimination, threats and bullying and where the developers have a "hands-off" approach towards moderating in-game behaviour in general, be more or less likely to be published by Jagex?
Purecasher wrote:I think you're smart enough to know what the difference is between a game being published for 300 people (which is the case, because the server is already lagging) and a game being published for 165million people (even more if there were more people playing it.
And I think you're smart enough to realise that the difference between those two is in raw server power and bandwidth. Something which comes only with money. As for players, the game is open to anyone on the internet right now and there has been no active campaign by the developers to promote it, with everyone coming in through word of mouth.
Now, please point to where the developers of Haven & Hearth have said they want to do this for money. Then please outline how your financial model will impact the game. Do you envision micro-transactions or special items and areas that are only available to players who pay a monthly fee?
Purecasher wrote:RuneScape is the #1 free multiplayer game now. That proves that the market is not only 10 year olds. Jagex' targetting age is 18-21 year olds.
... and the apparent average age of players is 16. I'm certain that doesn't include any 13 year olds who might've lied about their age.
Purecasher wrote:They are monitoring the game way better, punishing unacceptable behaviour (like raging) is being dealt with in a better way. The Player moderator team has significantly increased as well.
I just can't wait until this gets implemented in Haven & Hearth. Josan could be a mod.
Purecasher wrote:Jagex would be able to help a great deal with this game.
I have no doubt Jagex would love to expand the audience of the game as wide as possible, molly-coddle the Care Bears so they don't QUITRAGE after their first experience in the big-wide world and provide us all with some help from the Community Safety Team.
