Nymphae
Banned
Hooray my first thread! Please be kind
In light of the Flappy Bird bullshit, I started thinking about why people seem to have no problem sending hate and complaints about anything that comes to mind, and wondered how disproportional the good vs bad comments are (it certainly feels like there is more hate circling the net most days). I wish I could find the tweet I saw that was directed at the FB dev, it was along the lines of "Die you piece of shit, put Flappy Bird back on the app store!" So this person played the game, liked it enough to send this shit to the dev "asking" for it to be put back up, but I'm guessing sending a word of thanks was out of the question for this individual.
Not to pat myself on the back, but I recently emailed the developer of Olli Olli for Vita, to thank them and tell them how awesome their game is. They replied saying thanks and included a link to a song called "You're so good", it was really funny and made me smile. We need more positivity in this industry. It only takes a few minutes and obviously people really appreciate it.
How many of you have ever actually taken the time to thank people for the work they put into making games that you enjoy? Maybe it was just a tweet, or a comment on FB, or perhaps a lengthy email to the staff. I like to think this stuff can go a long way towards making people feel like they are doing something worthwhile, and I try to do this as often as I can when I feel like it is deserved. Maybe if more people sent words of praise instead of hate, we wouldn't have stuff like the FB dev pulling out, or Phil Fish's twitter meltdown.
In light of the Flappy Bird bullshit, I started thinking about why people seem to have no problem sending hate and complaints about anything that comes to mind, and wondered how disproportional the good vs bad comments are (it certainly feels like there is more hate circling the net most days). I wish I could find the tweet I saw that was directed at the FB dev, it was along the lines of "Die you piece of shit, put Flappy Bird back on the app store!" So this person played the game, liked it enough to send this shit to the dev "asking" for it to be put back up, but I'm guessing sending a word of thanks was out of the question for this individual.
Not to pat myself on the back, but I recently emailed the developer of Olli Olli for Vita, to thank them and tell them how awesome their game is. They replied saying thanks and included a link to a song called "You're so good", it was really funny and made me smile. We need more positivity in this industry. It only takes a few minutes and obviously people really appreciate it.
How many of you have ever actually taken the time to thank people for the work they put into making games that you enjoy? Maybe it was just a tweet, or a comment on FB, or perhaps a lengthy email to the staff. I like to think this stuff can go a long way towards making people feel like they are doing something worthwhile, and I try to do this as often as I can when I feel like it is deserved. Maybe if more people sent words of praise instead of hate, we wouldn't have stuff like the FB dev pulling out, or Phil Fish's twitter meltdown.