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Why do you think the ESO dev discussion happened on Reddit and not here (WRONG ANSWERS ONLY)

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Edited by moderatelyfatman on September 16, 2025 2:58AM

Why do you think the ESO dev discussion happened on Reddit and not here (WRONG ANSWERS ONLY) 72 votes

Because they were worried having more than 10 people on the forums at once might crash the server.
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FroilDjikuRkindaleftMISTFORMBZZZCivilian_BystanderjoerginololinternetSporkyRatGasdreamLysorris 10 votes
Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
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Joy_DivisionWhiteCoatSyndromethejadefalconApoAlaiamagnusthorekBlueVioletMasterSpatulaAsdaraXarcDestaimandricusLumennCoachPowerwolfie1.0.AntonShanPurpleScrollcoop500JierdanitToanisDrybonez32 44 votes
Because Reddit is an obscure site that needed the publicity a game like ESO can bring.
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IcyNoticeMeArkaydanko355 3 votes
Other (Comment Below)
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  • spartaxoxo
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    Because they hoped their community read it.
  • Soarora
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    Didn't want those people who ping every ZOS employee they can think of to learn of more forum accounts to ping.
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  • Pevey
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    Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
    Soarora wrote: »
    Didn't want those people who ping every ZOS employee they can think of to learn of more forum accounts to ping.

    Bold of you to think the others have forum accounts... or even know ESO has a forum.
  • Buffy121
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    One of the developers has already been banned from the ESO forums and can't post here.
  • loosej
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    Overtime for the forum mods wasn't in the budget.
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  • Northwold
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    Because they wanted it to reach their user base rather than a tiny subset of players who have gone through the hoops to join the forums.
    Edited by Northwold on September 16, 2025 8:43AM
  • Stamicka
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    The devs love upvotes and karma.
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    Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
    hahaha
    nice poll gj
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  • StihlReign
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    Headphones are louder on the forums and no players with real accounts allowed.
    Edited by StihlReign on September 16, 2025 2:13PM
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    Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy’s fate in our hands.” – Ch. VI, v. 8-9. — Master Sun Tzu

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  • coop500
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    Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
    Does anyone have a link, cause I am actually having a hard time finding it.
    Hoping for more playable races
  • ZOS_Kevin
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    We chose Reddit because the layout and upvoting make it easier for the team to find and address relevant questions in an AMA format. Reddit also does a better job of keeping conversation threads together. We have tried to find a ways to replicate that here on the forum, but it isn't built for that.

    I know this was a fun thread, but I thought I would provide an answer incase anyone was wondering.
    Edited by ZOS_Kevin on September 16, 2025 2:19PM
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  • coop500
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    Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    We chose Reddit because the layout and upvoting make it easier for the team to find and address relevant questions in an AMA format. Reddit also does a better job of keeping conversation threads together. We have tried to find a ways to replicate that here on the forum, but it isn't built for that.

    And do you have a link so we can find it?
    Hoping for more playable races
  • Punches_Below_Belt
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    And yet seven “leaders” still managed to avoid the most upvoted, relevant questions. R U sure it wasn’t so they could find the questions they were willing to answer?

    Maybe next time do something less convenient for ZOS and more convenient for the player base you were trying to address.
    Edited by Punches_Below_Belt on September 16, 2025 2:22PM
  • TyrTrolas
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    Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
    Cheese wheels
  • ZOS_Kevin
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    coop500 wrote: »
    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    We chose Reddit because the layout and upvoting make it easier for the team to find and address relevant questions in an AMA format. Reddit also does a better job of keeping conversation threads together. We have tried to find a ways to replicate that here on the forum, but it isn't built for that.

    And do you have a link so we can find it?

    You can find the link here. We also posted it here on the forum before the AMA happened, so folks could go over and ask questions.
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  • coop500
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    Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    coop500 wrote: »
    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    We chose Reddit because the layout and upvoting make it easier for the team to find and address relevant questions in an AMA format. Reddit also does a better job of keeping conversation threads together. We have tried to find a ways to replicate that here on the forum, but it isn't built for that.

    And do you have a link so we can find it?

    You can find the link here. We also posted it here on the forum before the AMA happened, so folks could go over and ask questions.

    Thank you. Sadly I didn't even get to hear about it, but happy to check it out.
    Hoping for more playable races
  • twisttop138
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    Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    We chose Reddit because the layout and upvoting make it easier for the team to find and address relevant questions in an AMA format. Reddit also does a better job of keeping conversation threads together. We have tried to find a ways to replicate that here on the forum, but it isn't built for that.

    Supposed to be wrong answers only dude. Come on you can do better :smile:
    Edited by twisttop138 on September 16, 2025 2:55PM
  • magnusthorek
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    Because they didn't want to accidentally violate their own TOS and get auto banned by the AI.
    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    We chose Reddit because the layout and upvoting make it easier for the team to find and address relevant questions in an AMA format. Reddit also does a better job of keeping conversation threads together. We have tried to find a ways to replicate that here on the forum, but it isn't built for that.
    BOOOOOOO!!! :tongue:

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  • Lysorris
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    Because they were worried having more than 10 people on the forums at once might crash the server.
    Stamicka wrote: »
    The devs love upvotes and karma.

    One of the dev might got negative karma after this one 🤕#consumablesgate
    Edited by Lysorris on September 16, 2025 3:31PM
  • Punches_Below_Belt
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    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    We chose Reddit because the layout and upvoting make it easier for the team to find and address relevant questions in an AMA format. Reddit also does a better job of keeping conversation threads together. We have tried to find a ways to replicate that here on the forum, but it isn't built for that.
    BOOOOOOO!!! :tongue:

    If only they had access to some computer developers. That is a joke. Do not pull people to reinvent the forums the way you are wasting resources on Vengeance PVP campaigns navel gazing.

  • acastanza_ESO
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    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    We chose Reddit because the layout and upvoting make it easier for the team to find and address relevant questions in an AMA format. Reddit also does a better job of keeping conversation threads together. We have tried to find a ways to replicate that here on the forum, but it isn't built for that.

    I know this was a fun thread, but I thought I would provide an answer incase anyone was wondering.

    Mods plz ban for off-topic, thread is clearly titled "wrong answers only"
    But more seriously, it would be great if the Reddit AMA replies were collated into some sort of "AMA Roundup" news post to make it more accessible for people who don't want to dig through the thread.
    Edited by acastanza_ESO on September 16, 2025 3:42PM
  • LPapirius
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    How is it that even those of us that have advertising and announcements enabled on our accounts didn't get an email notification this was happening? Was there an announcement on this forum about this reddit discussion?

  • TheRimOfTheSky
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    Because this is how 99.9% of people view the forums

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  • Soarora
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    LPapirius wrote: »
    How is it that even those of us that have advertising and announcements enabled on our accounts didn't get an email notification this was happening? Was there an announcement on this forum about this reddit discussion?

    Yes there was an announcement on the forums about it. It was pinned and everything.
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  • Grizzbeorn
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    Do not pull people to reinvent the forums the way you are wasting resources on Vengeance PVP campaigns navel gazing.

    ZOS didn't develop the forum, nor do they maintain it. They pay the forum software vendor Vanilla to do that.
    Which is why it is so limited, because Vanilla ain't great.
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    • onyxorb
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      Hamster Local 500 threatened to strike if they added this extra workload to the servers. :D
    • Elvenheart
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      What ESO Dev Discussion on Reddit? 🤔
    • spartaxoxo
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      LPapirius wrote: »
      How is it that even those of us that have advertising and announcements enabled on our accounts didn't get an email notification this was happening? Was there an announcement on this forum about this reddit discussion?

      There was but I can see how it was missed because there's too many stickies atm IMO. Makes it hard to keep track.
      Edited by spartaxoxo on September 16, 2025 6:47PM
    • Elvenheart
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      spartaxoxo wrote: »
      LPapirius wrote: »
      How is it that even those of us that have advertising and announcements enabled on our accounts didn't get an email notification this was happening? Was there an announcement on this forum about this reddit discussion?

      There was but I can see how it was missed because there's too many stickies atm IMO. Makes it hard to keep track.

      This is true, I’m one of the ones who missed it, and I normally catch things like this.
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