Poster: Riordain at 2/23/2006 9:19:53 AM PST
Subject: How to get Blue to Listen to your Ideas? |
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Guide needed!
Of the hundreds of ideas and anti-ideas (complaints and protests) that crisscross this board, only a few dozen actually get read by blue, and only a HANDFUL can possibly actually make it to the periodic CM/Developer meeting, which is the only thing that really matters.
I guarantee that "underwater dungeon," "soloable epic content," "hideable shoulders petition," and "Nerf Shamans" and so-on and so-forth have never made it to that meeting. I wonder what HAS made it, though, and why?
MOST of our ideas may go to waste, but we know the CMs read SOME of them, and they must also choose some of them to pass on to the people who matter (we presume.)
What mostly determines whether an idea gets attention, and whether it gets passed on to content planners and other devs?
Do you guys read threads only if they've gotten a lot of attention from other people first? Do you only read threads with intelligent titles? Do you only read original-sounding threads that are not 4-channish spammy reposts?
How do you decide what, of the content that you actually read, gets acted upon? Is it purely your own judgement? Or do some qualifiable factors influence your decicions?
Number of times an idea has been repeated or for how long? Intelligence/thoroughness of one particular "kingpin" thread on the subject? Number of agreement replies to one particular kingpin thread on the subject? Or, some set of defined rules; a "do I care about this issue" checklist?
Tell us how to better gain your attention without wasting your time. If I want to write a thread about why I want part of my $13/month to go towards developing an underwater instance, what needs to happen for this idea to actually end up being discussed between you and the people who make instances for a living? Is it even possible that that would ever happen?
| | | http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=7243860&p=#post7243860 | | | Poster: Tseric at 2/23/2006 9:44:24 AM PST
Subject: Re: How to get Blue to Listen to your Ideas? |
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Q u o t e:
Tell us how to better gain your attention without wasting your time.
I can't speak for everyone on the team, but I'll tell you what I like to see.
Spend your efforts, intelligence and attention to why aspects of the game are fun/boring/broken, etc.
The difference between quailty feedback and a suggestion is the difference between "why" and "how". If you clearly explain why, the devs can see your issue with what is actually in the game. This can be measured and understood in a better context.
"This idea would fix such and such" usually results in a long thread about why such an idea may or may not be good, how another persons idea is better and so on. It deals primarily in hypotheticals, rather than being based in more tangible truths.
We realize everyone wants to contribute to the good of the game, but this has to be understood in a practical context. Detailed feedback about why something is the way it is serves as a better method to have your ideas thoroughly considered. Everyone has what they regard as a great idea, few people follow trains of thought and lines of logic to reasonably prove that something could be improved and why.
Just admiring the shape of your skull...
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