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Darkdeath19
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I am appalled and disgusted by the way the whole thing happened. From the beginning it felt like they weren’t ASKING our opinion, they were merely seeking an endorsement for their already-held beliefs that the wilderness and trade were coming back. The Guinness World Record was a nice touch, well done on that. Had there been a true one-person-one-vote result, and possible discussion BEFORE instituting such a vote and/or petition, then it may be easier for most people to swallow the “overwhelming results* that have occurred. It’s a basic, if not THE basic, principle of negotiation; when people don’t feel like they’ve truly been part of the process, they’re not going to accept the ultimate outcome or answer. They feel steamrolled, like their opinion really did*’t count. The fact that you are listening to opinions AFTER the referendum has closed is a face-saving gesture, and would have been appreciated more BEFORE a referendum was even discussed. That way, you would likely have received more honest feedback regarding a POTENTIAL future update, not responses to something that is now perceived as having been planned all along, and with responses now fraught with emotion rather than rationality.
I admit several things: 1) I will likely keep playing, despite this ridiculous fiasco. I enjoy the game and the release it gives me from my every-day life. 2) I will take every new update and suggested development with a very large grain of salt, considering the methods that were used to bring about this result. And 3) it is unlikely that I will trust any “we value your opinion” spiel that is used on me again, based on these methods.
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16-Jan-2011 18:08:05 - Last edited on 16-Jan-2011 18:10:21 by Darkdeath19

Darkdeath19
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Anticipating some responses to this response, 1) I have no huge objection to the Wilderness or to people who enjoy it; I will go nowhere near it as I have always done, and they are welcome to murder in peace without my participation. 2) the Trade system does create some issues in my mind, as it has been 4 years since there was any semblance of free trade, and several new high-dollar items have been introduced in the interim, which presents some questions regarding regulating prices and whether the GE will be effective in the long run given that players are unlikely to use the market price suggested by the GE when they can receive a higher price on the player-created market. 3) I admit that I will be glad to be able to give my friends supplies and armor that they may need, but I would also suggest that the LENDING system be expanded to include armor sets and lending more than 1 item at a time to combat the issue of “he stole that!” that is almost guaranteed to arise. It’s human nature.
Consider yourselves draped with disappointment, and my objection to the process and the way the outcome was obtained lodged most emphatically.

16-Jan-2011 18:08:14

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well there are good things about this vote
(1)even if you can vote repeated times on same computer it just shows how much you care for the vote and how commited you are to the game.
(2)with free trade back in the game it will demolish price manipulation as you could buy things for whatever price you want, it would also kill of merchenting clan chats.
(3) with the old wilderness back all quests, treasure trails minigames and maybe even dungeoneering will be re-located, so you wont have to risk your life to play a minigame or do a clue scroll,
(4) also the reverants will be removed, i dont know about you but *hey kill me all the time and im glad they will be finished.
(5) it will bring the fun of the game back, like the good old days of before december 2006, it would benefit for the game because the news will spread to any ex-runescape players which may tempt them to rejoin.
so in my perspective i think this referendum was a good one, whatever the result i hope you guys voted for what suits you best.
~very high up~

16-Jan-2011 18:20:46

Darkdeath19
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Infallibility: There's a difference between sarcasm, as I employed in my response, emotionally-fraught criticism, which I also employed, and posting single-line threads reading "bring back wildy/trade noooooowwwwwwwww", which may be more closely associated with whining than other forms of expression.
And why not use whining? Since they seem to endorse such a method of expression, it seems only logical to use it. (This is sarcasm again.) Yes my response comes across as "whining", but so will EVERY response that goes against the "popular" view, regardless of how it is worded, framed, phrased, or delivered. That's the nature of perception.

16-Jan-2011 18:24:35

JohneySteel

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Well... Im just glad the game is returning to what it was before, for the most part.
No more price manipulation and merch clans. Maybe we could make money off of herblore, smithing, and fletching again. Having high levels in those skills dont bring much profit anymore.

16-Jan-2011 19:36:44

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