THENECROMANCER'S PROFILE

author=Dyhalto
Review events are becoming more and more disappointing. Look at the Review Jam from two summers ago. It was electric. Everyone was psyched. We laughed about the crumby prizes, compared each other's reviews, and ultimately spread tons of feedback. It was eight weeks of fun and excitement.
Now look at Meat Your Maker, the 3rd generation spiritual successor. It was only five weeks long and it couldn't generate a fraction of the original's energy. Even kentona half-assed his part of the event. It was basically a few extra badges if you wrote some reviews. Whoopee. Makerscore.

And all game and resource making events do is distract devs from their main projects. You could make a case for McBacon Jam helping people to network, but that's about it.

At least the events are in place to promote doing this kind of thing. If the problem is the people, then quitting the site because of the people seems like being part of the problem. If the talented devs leave then it will be even worse.

You can't expect all events to generate the same amount of substance. People have lives so maybe the Review Jam was during a time when people were available. Now school is starting and things are happening. That's more reasonable than blaming everyone's collective desire to be a good community to each person who expects a certain level of attention/activity/feedback/whatever.

It's also worth noting that in just about every aspect of life scratching someones back to get a scratch in return is commonplace. There are countless things fighting for a persons attention. Doing favors is a valid way to secure help, instead of sitting back and waiting for it to find you.

This couldn't be further from the truth.
I've been beating a drum for Nebulus to be awarded Featured Game for several months now. This isn't me with a vested interest. It's an outstanding game, and you'll agree if you try it out.

This doesn't mean effort isn't made. It just means one aspect isn't what it should be or maybe just not what you want. I'm sure the lucky people who do get featured appreciate it. Plus, isn't it a vote? So it's fairly democratic. It depends on who gets involved and their interests. Maybe they compare Nebulus to their choice and feel theirs is more deserving.

Regardless, effort is made. Kentona is always saying he is running out of ideas of games to spotlight and nobody is coming forth with suggestions. One has to promote themselves and their product to get big feedback. If that isn't happening and a game is sitting on RMN and nowhere else, and lack of feedback is an issue? Then there is more work to be done by the dev to get people interested. We can't all hit the Pom lottery.

The whole front page is littered with features that promote games that otherwise would sit in obscurity. Games are handpicked by the staff, I'd call that effort. There are 100's of good games among 1000's of games, so not all of the ones you want can be featured.

I don't think the point is what becomes of these efforts. Only that they do in fact exist. This site is more social than it has been but it hasn't given up on games. As time goes on and the site is updated, games become more prominent. I've said that the feedback on games is worse, but it's not because the site is preventing it. Maybe it's a shift in userbase and their priorities. Still a decent reason to leave.

It's easy to pinpoint the problems with the people, but I find it hard to place any blame on the site. Except for creating statuses xD One negative thing out of many positives.

author=suzy_cheesedreams
Well, there are fairly frequent review-based events, not to mention game and resource making events.

This is true, good point Suzy! ;P There are events for game making and there is always a push to get more games reviewed. So it's not all bad. I think there was/is a way to get MS for helping or commenting? I don't remember specifically. Things aren't all negative but it was better in the past.

I don't really get it, but I get it.

Let me guess..you did nothing to promote your game. You didn't participate in any events or get involved with the community in general. You didn't offer to provide feedback for other people, with the possibility of having the favor returned. You just plopped your game on a site with 1000's of similar looking games and expected yours to make a big splash.

Sorry, but I find it hard to have sympathy for people who expect to get something from doing next to nothing. In this day and age it's simply not enough. You have to work for it and you have to do it for reasons other than popularity/feedback. Especially for an unfinished game. Perhaps this is the right decision.