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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51545 Posts
December 04 2012 12:05 GMT
#21
On December 04 2012 20:30 greggy wrote:
^ or maybe you're one of them.. hmm


lol, game being a blizzard employee, yeah suddenly it all makes sense.
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ryndaris
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
263 Posts
December 04 2012 12:09 GMT
#22
On December 04 2012 20:38 Shady Sands wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2012 20:35 ryndaris wrote:
Well, that's certainly part of the story... but I'm sure there's many legitimate posters that express similar (apologetic) opinions. It's sad that manipulation like this takes place, but I think that for the majority of the time it falls within the boundaries of legitimately expressed opinions, so the only real effect is a slightly altered impression of community consensus. I don't think that influences player retention as much as expanding the player base, so it's still in a game's best interest to address the issues the community presents if it wants to preserve long-term player numbers.


Did you just write an apologia for apologists?

mind = blown


Not at all... the point I was trying to make is that since apologists do exist (and their opinions are just as legitimate as mine or yours) these "fake posters" only serve to inflate the number of apologists in a given discussion. The way I see it, that doesn't change the fact the the game's developers need to address the game's issues as brought forward by the community (the critical part) if they want to retain players, so there isn't any real damage being done.
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15366 Posts
December 04 2012 12:11 GMT
#23
On December 04 2012 20:47 Shady Sands wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2012 20:44 Netsky wrote:
Yeah, this does happen. But, it's pretty safe to say it's not happening SC2 on here, or on /r/starcraft for that matter.

Maybe it's more prevalent than I think, but it seemed to be pretty rampant with Guild Wars 2 and SWTOR. Both those launches had batshit insane fanboys everywhere on forums.

Actually I'm almost dead certain it's happening here. Loads of low post-count posters (sub 500 posts) trying to claim that a 2 and a half year old game is still going through teething issues, and then worshipping every new patch as if it's a magic bullet--and that's when they're not claiming HOTS (read: 60$ to blizzard) will make everything better.

Never underestimate stupid people.

I don't think this is a problem really. Assuming this exists here, if they are too overt they will be discovered and banned, if they are too inconspicuous their message will get lost.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
December 04 2012 12:19 GMT
#24
Shills are common for terrible indie mp3 players on head-fi.org, but I never considered Blizzard would need to do something like this. I guess it's not that unlikely.

I'm gonna say all the people still playing SC2 aren't just being paid by Blizzard tho, so clearly there's lots of people who just make bad choices and then defend them. Actually the same happens on head-fi. Someone makes a stupid purchase and then because there's so many shills telling them they did the right thing, they join in defending it for free even tho it has tonnes of problems. Maybe Blizzard is being run by Chinese scammers lol.
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xsnac
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Barbados1365 Posts
December 04 2012 12:28 GMT
#25
lol this is patetic now every1 will get paranoid about ppl who defend blizzard . i defend blizzard often just becose without blizzard we would never ever have so good games ( except valve games ) such as diablo and starcraft .

@ op , i dont think your friend was talking about blizzard . i think there are many gaming company that sucks and need paid posters but blizzard is not one of them .
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Chezinu
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States7468 Posts
December 04 2012 12:32 GMT
#26
On December 04 2012 21:28 xsnac wrote:
lol this is patetic now every1 will get paranoid about ppl who defend blizzard . i defend blizzard often just becose without blizzard we would never ever have so good games ( except valve games ) such as diablo and starcraft .

@ op , i dont think your friend was talking about blizzard . i think there are many gaming company that sucks and need paid posters but blizzard is not one of them .

Does being aware of the horrors of scum make people paranoid? Maybe so...But that is the price one must pay to play.
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Corvi
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Germany1406 Posts
December 04 2012 12:49 GMT
#27
this is a featured blog with the op even openly accusing blizz? so admins are aware of this happening on tl and are basically confirming this now?
Dismay
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1180 Posts
December 04 2012 12:50 GMT
#28
The Samsung guy was the only obvious shill I've seen.

Has anyone thought about the opposite though, the guys paid to trash talk other products? I'd love to get paid for trashtalking a certain dota clone hint hint nudge nudge.
In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
December 04 2012 13:00 GMT
#29
On December 04 2012 21:49 Corvi wrote:
this is a featured blog with the op even openly accusing blizz? so admins are aware of this happening on tl and are basically confirming this now?

no, this is a featured blog cuz the guy is a featured poster/blogger
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Wildmoon
Profile Joined December 2011
Thailand4189 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-04 13:09:13
December 04 2012 13:07 GMT
#30
Are there people who get paid to trashtalk companies? I think if they can get paid to defend then get paid to attack is equally possible. So now we would have to be aware of both sides? Some people blindly hate Blizzard and some blindly defend them. This is not exclusive to Blizzard though. Valve,Riot,EA,Bioware and every big company may do something like this. Oh I think it's not that fair to blindly accurse Blizzard of this. It's possiblt for people to have different opinion than you. People should be a bit more generous.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
December 04 2012 13:07 GMT
#31
Wow this is pretty dumb. Blizzard is such an amazing company that has won many awards that proves it's prestige and honour. Blizzard will never do something like this. That scummy company Electronic Arts on the other hand, now they're something.
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Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
December 04 2012 13:14 GMT
#32
I can corroborate this business. I know a couple guys who's job it is to not only pretend to be consumers on forums and leave positive reviews but also work to remove negative comments from other sites, and to bump negative blogposts about certain products further down on the google search results.

That being said, you don't have to be a "plant" to defend blizzard or SC2. Some people are just more prone to form loyalty to certain brands or teams. When I was a kid it was about liking Nintendo vs liking Sega.

I follow Destiny on facebook and whenever, WHENEVER he posts a status about playing league of legends it gets flooded with kids berating him for having "betrayed" Starcraft2. It's crazy.
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aliquis
Profile Joined September 2012
Austria38 Posts
December 04 2012 13:14 GMT
#33
Hello, in my country it is confirmed that even the poilitical parties hire people to post good propaganda on large newssites forums/facebook etc.
aike
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1629 Posts
December 04 2012 13:17 GMT
#34
Dude the samsung guy was epic though haha. He actually talked with everybody and provided good info And if you look at a thread posted a little bit ago where a guy was like "which cellphone is the best" you can tell that TL users are a big fan of samsung anyways haha. TL only banned him because it was a sneaky thing to do, not really because what he was posting was bad haha.
Wahaha
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-04 13:31:15
December 04 2012 13:28 GMT
#35
On December 04 2012 20:54 Chezinu wrote:
To prove my innocents, Battle.net 0.5 sucks and I never brought sc 2!!! Boycott power!

Edit: oh wait, I can edit posts in blogs. Sorry for the double post.

get out EA schill! :D

on a serious note ive seen users on forums like incgamers who reminds me of crusaders foregoing any common sense and they are generally black and white, my first thought was such people have to be paid otherwise im loosing faith in humanity.
Stork[gm]
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-04 13:35:39
December 04 2012 13:33 GMT
#36
This isn't anything new... Governments and private enterprising individuals and organizations do it all the time, often with legitimacy and quote "professionalism" unquote. It's not a phenomenon that's historically absent either, I'm not sure why people don't assume this occurs all the time in the first place. I don't see how it's "lol blizzard", more so "lol humanity", because not only has it occurred for the longest time, but society continues to allow it to exist as a phenomenon because of how much people relish in meaningless flaming and trolling and feed the shit fest PR machine. It makes me sad.
"If you're not living in the US or are a US Citizen, please do not tell us how to vote or how you want our country to be governed." - Serpest, American Hero
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
December 04 2012 13:36 GMT
#37
On December 04 2012 22:33 Caihead wrote:
This isn't anything new... Governments and private enterprising individuals and organizations do it all the time, often with legitimacy and quote "professionalism" unquote. It's not a phenomenon that's historically absent either, I'm not sure why people don't assume this occurs all the time in the first place.

It occurs in real life, so it is even more probable it occurs on internet where you can be in "50 places" at once with only a finger-power AND better anonamity.
Stork[gm]
AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
December 04 2012 13:38 GMT
#38
This knowledge can really make a guy paranoid.
"How are you?" "I am fine, because it is not normal to scream in pain."
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
December 04 2012 13:40 GMT
#39
On December 04 2012 22:38 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote:
This knowledge can really make a guy paranoid.


What do you mean.... It's already commonly accepted fact that media systems and propaganda of all sorts have their own agendas and every person on the street with a loud speaker has their own personal interest or stake. We have entire professions dedicated to lying, fabricating, and defending morally offensive or harmful positions. Why not be afraid and aware of what's right in your face already.
"If you're not living in the US or are a US Citizen, please do not tell us how to vote or how you want our country to be governed." - Serpest, American Hero
GizmoPT
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal3040 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-04 13:45:38
December 04 2012 13:45 GMT
#40
i bet Riot pays for guys to come to SC2 forum to say sc2 is dying
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