Yeah youre obviously correct, fizzer is a fairly bad business leader. I dont know how much youd enjoy a truly populist warlight though. This site would have become 'diplo game' centric a long time ago. People have been slathering for a decent diplomacy set up and rule structure for about a year now. You want to play a diplo ladder gui?
Something suspicious about the RT ladder...: 6/17/2014 05:01:12
FFA ladder. Sure. "Diplo" is role-playing. There is not a mechanism in place to deter people from not following the assigned roles. So the idea of such a ladder is purely rhetorical.
But, to carry on with the "supply the fucking demand" theme: WL could be made so role-playing games have a better framework (alliances, ceasefires, built-in templates of popular role-playing games, new cards, etc.).
Members should be more involved in the decision-making process when it comes to something as simple as choosing a template that members will play. Does Fizzer even play the RT ladder? The 2v2 ladder? The seasonal ladder? If he doesn't, why does he even care what the templates are? To pick templates that people do not like and then expect them to enjoy playing them again and again is pure ignorance.
Imagine Fizzer as a host for a dinner party. He invites you to his house. For fruit he has apples and oranges (lack of variety!), when he could have had apples, oranges, mangoes, strawberries. For meat he has frozen fish and frozen chicken (bland settings!) spiced with salt (1v1 ladder as the basis of most templates!) when he could have had fresh fish and fresh chicken with fresh natural spices from Indonesia, Mexico, China, Thailand, or India. For non-alcoholic beverages he has water with sugar (reinforcement cards!) when he could have provided fresh juices and sodas people like. For alcohol he provides cheap beer (1v1 ladder settings as the base of half the templates!) instead of good wine, good beer, good hard liquor. People go to the party. Some eat and become full. Others try the food and leave right away. Some see the food and leave right away. Those that stay get drunk on cheap beer. But did they really have a great time? Could the party have been better? Will they go to the same party tomorrow (participation rates on the RT ladder)?
Fizzer as party host is limited by money. Fizzer as WL game host is limited by will, imagination, and a willingness to learn what the people want to play in a competitive environment.
In Chinese the word 聪明 means "intelligent." 耳 is ear. Intelligent people use their ears to listen to others. If you look at statues of Buddha or Confucius you will notice that they always have huge ears, which reflect their purported intelligence. 明 means clear and is composed of the sun 日 and moon 月. To be intelligent, you think and see things clearly. The templates chosen were not intelligent choices. Fizzer did not listen to members when choosing the templates. And he did not think things through clearly enough when creating the templates or the RT ladder system. And when people express an interest in seeing things improved, he does not listen. 不聪明
Edited 6/17/2014 05:33:17
Something suspicious about the RT ladder...: 6/17/2014 05:19:02
Fizzer is a nice guy who just made a game because he felt compelled to. He never wanted to go into business, he was part of the indie computer game scene for a long time and realised he could make something that the community might think was cool. He actually made one of the best indie brower games (that ive seen anyway) and this was a blessing and a curse. It was expensive. Unfortunately that left him in the weird position that he needed to make some money off it, and he became slightly beholden to the customers. For the last few years hes struggled to reconcile his semi complete vision of his perfect WL, and the reality of having to go through the bother of paying for it, coding it, give people what they want and his personal life.
He still hasnt reconciled his vision (all those templates you hate and LD) and reality (supplying the fucking demand), and i dont think he will. WL will just hobble along, directionless and backward but still basically fun.
Something suspicious about the RT ladder...: 6/17/2014 08:23:13
I wouldn't mind that change in rt ladder (not seeing who joined) if there is a similar to 1v1 ladder range mechanic introduced (meaning you're not paired if there is a bigger difference than x in rating).
Learn to read please, reading > using caps.
Something suspicious about the RT ladder...: 6/17/2014 09:26:03
