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Ophelea
Folks, Hal's (and the other plots) were increased before Hal ever got a desk. David resized plots whenever he got tired of building areas.
Not according to Hal, hence:
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Originally Posted by Hal`cyon Skyler
I wasn't on the payroll but I did take out a student loan to fly out for the Summer, and this was just one of his way of welcoming me in.
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In the time I was in office (I have no idea how many when I worked offsite), no fewer than 8 different groups of players came to visit. There was never a single player and the groups were often 4 or more.
Great, so if I show up at the devs' offices, can I get my plots resized right now, too? or maybe some other in-game perk?
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Every time, EVERY time, David showed off the world building tools because quite frankly, they rocked. And if they so wished, and if it were POSSIBLE, he increased the size of their plots - AND EVERY PLOT AROUND THEM.
Great. They rocked. Show them off all ya want, just don't commit the changes until the project is complete and has been fair and equitable for all.
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LO and his wife didn't get a plot size increase, they got a uniquely designed piece of land.
Why doesn't this surprise me? :rolleyes:
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In a zone no one can enter, there's a tank in the water and jet in the air because David and I had gone slap-happy one day. It's what I asked for.
Key phrase "In a zone no one can enter". If it doesn't affect the in-play world (ie, where people can go), it doesn't matter.
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As the former community manager, I can tell you that I forwarded hundreds of requests for fixes to plots - from lack of resources, to size, to broken water - and David worked on every single one of them. THEN HE UPSIZED THE PLOT.
Bug/balance fixes are fine and expected. Miyuki (one of our guild communities) FINALLY got an outgoing portal nearby after asking for one for the better part of a year. It was part of a large update where pads and portals were added across Saritova Island. It wasn't done as a thank-you, or because I went and visited their offices (probably why it took so frigging long, in hindsight). The lair that was later stuffed underneath the portal hill never was fixed while I was there. You drowned in it, and it was placed seriously goofy, not to mention it was also a goofy size which made it mostly useless.
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Cry fowl all you want, it wasn't favoritism. It's who David is...he likes to do nice things for the players and this is the one thing he could do that didn't cause a balance issue and he would have done ANYWAY.
Cool, so when does Landowyn's plot get its size upgrade? I mean, if it was supposed to be done ANYWAY.....
You see, it IS favoritism; it IS what leads many game development companies down the primrose path to real impropriety. "Awww, this won't hurt anything if I give you xxxx", then "Well, I gave so-and-so xxxx, so it won't hurt if I give you yyyy", ad nauseum. You HAVE to resist the urge, because the results are NOT pretty, as we are starting to see here.
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If Hal hadn't told you what happened, you'd never know. Think about that?
..and lack of facts helps the situation how?