Propaganda?!

icontested

As stated, it seems ESO hate is facilitated by propaganda. I have both consoles and PSN is a bit laggy now which is causing ESO interactions with PSN to lag. I was playing with various people and the first thing they did was blame ZoS. This is how far and widespread this propaganda has become?

I like facts. No game is perfect, especially genre breaking and pushing the boundaries, but how quickly this mind pollution has become accepted is nothing more than fascinating. Are you the hunter or the hunted?

That is all

Acrolas

It's only propaganda if the misleading information is created by an organization or movement to further a political or economic agenda. It's a specific type of intentional communications campaign with the desired results carefully planned out.

This is more what Hank Green calls a hypothetheory, which is basically an untested hypothesis presented as factual evidence. Anyone can do that, and most of us probably made at least one before breakfast.


It's not fact. It's just people venting over an issue they have no direct control over. And it's not intentional, because players are not required to know anything prior to playing a game. They don't know better. Hypothetheory, not propaganda.

icontested

Acrolas wrote: »

It's only propaganda if the misleading information is created by an organization or movement to further a political or economic agenda. It's a specific type of intentional communications campaign with the desired results carefully planned out.

This is more what Hank Green calls a hypothetheory, which is basically an untested hypothesis presented as factual evidence. Anyone can do that, and most of us probably made at least one before breakfast.


It's not fact. It's just people venting over an issue they have no direct control over. And it's not intentional, because players are not required to know anything prior to playing a game. They don't know better. Hypothetheory, not propaganda.

I guess if other game companies wanted to mess up the flow it would be propaganda ?

firstdecan

It's ZoS fault. In the absence of good information, people will simply spread bad information. If bad information is all they have, that's the most informed they can be. The only way to counter this is for ZoS to be responsive and release good information, which is not a reputation they have built for themselves.

So, be prepared to deal with a deluge of bad information. If you have internet access, this should be nothing new.

SeptimusDova

OP Proof ?

icontested

firstdecan wrote: »

It's ZoS fault. In the absence of good information, people will simply spread bad information. If bad information is all they have, that's the most informed they can be. The only way to counter this is for ZoS to be responsive and release good information, which is not a reputation they have built for themselves.

So, be prepared to deal with a deluge of bad information. If you have internet access, this should be nothing new.

All true. When every new person you play with reverts to the stated tactic out of ignorance and other factors it has reached plague status. A few acknowledgements, good bad and ugly, accepting responsibility and even a diplomatic statement can go a long way.

Forestd16b14_ESO

Blame the players who scream at the tiniest thing and want a flawless 100% perfect game. No game is perfect especially at launch or a year from launch. Games like WoW and runescape well over 5 or 10 years old still have bugs and problems sure ESO is diffrent but at the same time ESO isn't different. ESO will have it's ups and downs and it's our jobs as the players to find and tell ZOS about these problems and do anything else we can to help them fix it.

icontested

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

Blame the players who scream at the tiniest thing and want a flawless 100% perfect game. No game is perfect especially at launch or a year from launch. Games like WoW and runescape well over 5 or 10 years old still have bugs and problems sure ESO is diffrent but at the same time ESO isn't different. ESO will have it's ups and downs and it's our jobs as the players to find and tell ZOS about these problems and do anything else we can to help them fix it.

Agreed. Attitudes are contagious. Lead by example