Mal,
Let me start by saying I've gotten along with you remarkably well over the years, and have tried to stay "above" taking issue with your approach to problems, but with all due respect, it absolutely amazes me how much trouble you go through to twist anything I or Steve says to your advantage.
I DID NOT dismiss the poll, and it was NEVER my intention to do so. I simply put it in perspective - something you may have lost sight of recently.
Forgive me for my forwardness, but it's a sad commentary that some choose to push things to extremes because the only answer they want is "please forgive me master, I am wrong and will not only fix your concern but solve the world's problems as well".
I want this game perfect as much (maybe more) than anyone else - but "demanding" it be done now and claiming there are no excuses sounds a bit dictorial and unfeeling.
This board is supposed to be an open forum with "discussion and compromise" its flag. Attempting to flatten the tires of every attempt to work toward a solution will only bring unfocus and distrust.
Some of us put in hours upon hours of personal time to help here in one way or another, and the undermining of our efforts to do so - leaves a bitter taste in one's mouth.
The game needs work - and everyone here is trying to do that correctly AND keep a positive attitude on the board. If we're given half a chance, we may be able to accomplish more than simply defending ourselves.
Disclaimer : Once again I have to state I am not an employee of OOTP and the above comments are mine alone.
Henry
PS: Oh, and please don't attempt to claim what my purposes are in posting an opinion. I have no hidden agenda, but making such claims is a way to convince the masses I do.
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Originally posted by Malleus Dei
Okay, it's a afct that the borad members are a subset of all OOTP users. Howvere, the logic that was postulated to try and spin the poll away, that only the ones who "push the game" visit the boards, is clearly fallacious. Historically, the people who visit gaming boards include those who have questions about the game and/or who have problems with the game as well as the modder and expert crowds - in other words, for every Henry there's a Metball. You people all know that troubled users come here; all you have to do is read the board to see that. So how do you know if of them voted or not? Did you look at the data? If so, please enlighten us. Otherwise, simply dismissing the satisfaction poll for out of hand for allegedly not being representative is bogus. What we all DO know is that polls like that are the only post-sale satisfaction metric that we can reasonably obtain.
You can try to spin it enough to make the reality of it go away some, but to do that you're going to need to put a LOT more spin on it than that.
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