I invented a new word today. "FOMO Edition" for the version of a game preorder that permits access to the game X days early. I have hope for this one. It might catch on.
@dedlibru@RogerbrownWoW WoW players do not want reovlutionary change because it's rolling the dice on how good the change will be. Bigger change, bigger risk. Just like politics. This is a Big Change. Which I generally support.
@dedlibru@RogerbrownWoW Interesting observation. "Change" is a big word. There's change like "make it better" but "revolutionary change"; most humans are very afraid of revolutionary political change. I *know* I am. WoW players want change: improvements on what we have. 1/2
@ScripeWoW@RogerbrownWoW Yes. And the customer is very far from always right.
Nobody knew they wanted an iPhone until Steve Jobs showed them that they absolutely needed one.
Pretty sure that around 3-6 months after Midnight release the vast majority of WoW players who are dooming about addon apocalypse will be happy with the changes.
Everyone is afraid of change but humans adapt quite quickly.
It's not the Overton window. It's not the echo chambers. It's not merely outrage algorithms.
It's what the algorithms think we *care about in the first place*, and what others really do not believe about those issues.
This is literally one of the best videos I have ever seen about how we think, what it means for social media, and *what we can do about it*. This is one of my favorite topics and I have heard and read a great deal about it.
Cannot recommend it enough.
https://t.co/sjMdQh7J3r
“WoW is fucking dead, guys” -WoW players before, during, and after Cataclysm, MoP, WoD, Legion, BFA, SL, DF, TWW, and Midnight across the span of 14 years of WoW never actually being dead
@Shieldwalled No. It is not worth your time.
I'll take the bullet though. Just transfer it to me and I'll give them all the feedback. Frees you up to prog on Live.
😉 😉
people think they'll be the statistical anomaly when consequences are good (winning the lottery) but no one thinks they'll be the statistical anomaly when consequences are bad (getting your baseball stolen on national television)