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Post by Republic's Fury on Dec 5, 2006 0:49:33 GMT -5
I have to disagree. I hardly ever visit the Realms. I only go there typically for the unit section. The information that is presented there isn't nor can it be official. And though they do do a good job on keeping it up to date and the site works better in most cases, the community should be at WK.
To fracture the community by "off-siting" decentralizes it and has the potential for fragmenting the community in such a way that it can be detrimental.
Now I'll agree that you can discuss things there more openly, that is a good thing. But to shif the focus away from WK could hurt the company. Though there really isn't anything that supports this conclusion I have so I could just be a loonie.
- Karl
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Post by Zxqueb on Dec 5, 2006 10:15:47 GMT -5
I don't see that at all. Certainly Realms is a different community than the WK site, but I'm not convinced that is a bad thing. I've found WK to serve more as a new player entrance to mechwarrior as well as a rules resource. Realms tends to focus more on gameplay and tactics, but with the drawback that people tend to be less kind to newer players. It's a community that I feel more comfortable with beyond that of the WK forums, which I felt that I "outgrew" to a certain degree after a while. If realms wasn't there, I think I would have logged on less and less. It was a different tone that I needed to keep my interest and one that WK doesn't really want on their home forums.
I don't see realms as taking away from WK, but instead adding a new community for those people who want one. Besides realms is part of the MW community as a whole, same as this site. I'd rather have people who play a game find a community with which they are comfortable. It's the community as a whole which keeps people fired up about the game. And I can't say I've ever really seen an "us vs them" mentality between MW web forums.
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Post by elite130 on Dec 5, 2006 17:03:15 GMT -5
I tottaly agree with Zqueb.
WK i visit less frequent and truly rarely post there at all.
But I do check the rules forums.
While at Mwrealms I am more active, it doesnt help that I know quiete a lot of the faces behind the names.
But i also never expierenced a WK forum vs. MW forum menatlity.
I could say something about the foolishness of some advice given on both sites but I will wisely shuttup.
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Post by mikeguth on Dec 20, 2006 17:24:44 GMT -5
NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO...
Please don't go. Corle should never have left, and neither should you. The game needs good players who are also good citizens and role models for the younger players. So, cut back, take it less seriously, but don't leave......
Mike Guth
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