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JakeF
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I fully expect to be warned or kicked from the forums for even asking this question.
But hey.
Why, using the in-game chat, does it pop up with a box saying "This message contains inappropiate language" when you write the word Glu? If it's about preventing bashing it seems somewhat pathetic to me.
Don't get me wrong, foul language has no place in a game that can be played by those 9 years old and up.
But banning the word "Glu"? Seriously?
But hey.
Why, using the in-game chat, does it pop up with a box saying "This message contains inappropiate language" when you write the word Glu? If it's about preventing bashing it seems somewhat pathetic to me.
Don't get me wrong, foul language has no place in a game that can be played by those 9 years old and up.
But banning the word "Glu"? Seriously?
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Capitalism: Support the rich.
Communism: Illegal to talk **** about your government (glu).
So this is what happens when Kim Jong-un and the traders of Wall Street have coitus.
I don't like the result.
Capitalism: Free country
Communism: Tries to be fair to both rich and poor.
This thread is getting banned for "bashing glu." But seriously admins and moderators, if you don't want us to bash on Glu, try and get the developers to make a better game.
I live in America for free. I dont like the government. But i am allowed to say "this government sucks."
I say that on forums and i get banned.
Sure, comparing Glû and communism is quite a big of a stretch, but I'm sure you can see the similarities.
And yet an absolutely free game that somehow manages to get people to pay hundreds to thousands of dollars in.
I miss the 2010 era gameloft games. $6.99 flat fee for a good story, good game play, and relatively good graphic game.
I heard in China, they're designing games that purposely force players to spend over 50 grand on one game, and they will still never beat it. This game model is what I call "********".
Glu's walking down that path. So are many other gaming companies.
All the big PC MMO are going this way as well, charge less for the game box, and charge you for consumables that are pretty much essential.
I much prefer paying more up front and having an even playing field, but greed won't allow that, and all the time people allow themselves to be used as cash cows it will only get worse.
To be honest I'm willing to pay a few dollars or more if the game itself is balanced and it's purely spent for vanities, but this game forces you to be super frugal on gem spending.
If it wasn't for free gem offers, I'm pretty sure I would have never made it to where I am now, especially in pvp.
Unfortunately, free gem offers are no longer an option for me. I have received the maximum amount of gems i am allowed to receive from tapjoy.
Tapjoy has a limit? Didn't know that.
For android there's the option to watch videos which are repeated ads of games, shows, and other things for 1 gem.
No, no, no. Tapjoy gives you unlimited gems. But Glu has a limit. You hit that limit, and every single time you do an offer, you get a "data error" message, and then after that, you're screwed. No more tapjoy gems.
The watching videos thing is ok, but the videos are limited.
Oh that make sense. I've gotten quite a bit of gems from the videos; sometimes "watching them" for a whole 15 minutes with 30 gem payouts. Most of the time though it's 4 or 5, occasionally 7 or 8.
Firstly I'd like to thank you for not closing/deleting this thread.
Secondly, the reason for the comparison with communism is nothing to do with the game itself but the attitude of the corporation behind it. I've found on many occasions that Glu will not tolerate discussion on its forums that sheds negative light upon the company.
There are members of my guild who have received bans for expressing the slightest criticism. And all too often we as players will be ignored for several weeks when raising genuine issues through the ticketing system. Hence the forums being the only way to get a message across.
Understandable, if you as a company are doing everything within your power to address players' concerns, fix bugs and even out the playing field for paying & non-paying consumers. In this case heavy criticism would probably be unwarranted.
However, we find ourselves in a situation where every new aspect introduced is a way of making Glu money, rather than an honest attempt to improve player experience. And we're getting sick of it. More and more players are leaving the game.
For example, people asked for an offerings tournament. Yes, we get one, but only after two p2w offering tourneys.
Another example: Pvp comes along. Rich players are advantaged because not only can you use several mana potions per match (something they can afford each time), their rank won't decrease from rank 0 when they lose a match. Oh, and unsurprisingly you need to spend money on in-game currency to play more than 10 pvp a day.
Back to censorship. If you're (not you personally admin, the company as a whole) not going to allow free discussion including that which picks out and comments upon flaws pertaining to whatever aspect of Glu it be, that is suppression. And why is the word Glu banned from in-game chat?
As a business model, congrats, you've created an endless cash flow.
As an example of good PR/customer service, congrats, you've created an unprecedented disaster.
*waiting for constructive criticism to be deleted by commies*
From a financial report of March this year
Not, we must continue to improve the customer experience.
Not, we must focus on receiving positive feedback from our userbase.
Instead, "we must continue to improve our monetization of our players".
Says it all really.
Youre lowly and pathetic if you do that. And JakeF, you make excellent posts. I wish Glu could listen, but they're still counting out the money tey made on the freaking Beast King Tournament.
I'm going to reply as I can point-by-point.
This thread likely should have been closed many times, as it gets progressively more aggressive. So this is just a reminder to keep it civil, for those otherwise inclined (not you, JakeF).
I highly doubt folks have been banned from the game for expressing criticism because we don't have that kind of chat monitoring functionality! If we did, we'd be banning the racist/sexist/abusive users before those who say "Glu."
Players are not "ignored" by Customer Care; there is a queue. Everyone is eventually addressed, and if they haven't answered your question appropriately, just reply to the ticket and continue to escalate it (humanely).
We "tolerate" all kinds of discussion here on the forums- threads are only closed or removed if they become filled with swears and/or are overly aggressive or insulting to the mods or other players. But I don't actually know why Glu is banned in game chat, so can't help you there.
You must understand that closing more threads only pisśes off more players? We players want a better game, because we truly care about EW3. What Glû is doing is completely throwing away the game aspect and trying to do their best to just suck money from players. And it will work in the short term. But eventually everyone that has an IQ over 70 will find out that spending tens of thousands of dollars will not bring the game forward, instead, it only encourages the company to continue with the freemium model, and bring the game down where spending is absolutely necessary. I spent money before, a small amount, because i felt that the developers deserve something for making such a great game and offering it for free. Like many people, the paying part comes from a happy player that is willing to donate, not the company trying their best to suck it from us. And you just understand, seeing the game degrade from what it was five months ago is painful, and we need to express that pain.
And then we come to forums. Only to find that every constructive post we make is being ignored by the company. So our complains escalate, up until the point where we are screaming for the people to make this game better so we will be willing to spend money.
But, of course, that never happens.
Ultra, we don't close threads because we want to or even because we necessarily disagree with you or the underlying feedback. We close threads when they are abusive and aggressive and we can't do anything to change the game from here; and calling us or the devs or the QA people or anyone else at Glu useless idiots or ***** or ****** or ****** or ******* (for effect there) won't change the game.
In our forums over their many incarnations, I have read almost every post for every game since we've had a space for players to discuss. So yes, I understand more than you know.
Did I not use a swearword in the post I just made? Lol.
New record.
Nope, turns out the word "gay" isn't banned from glu forums. Which is just as well really.
Oh and to your question Griml0ck, I'm sorry but it's because glu simply don't care.