Well now that you also acknowledge this is not fair and it may also hurt your reputation, you need to take some action. Either ban people who have received earlier access from MS or cancel it altogether.
Thereās no need to investigate who has access of the game right now, just put down a rule and if they do participate people will immediately know if they had early access or not. Iām sure though they wouldnāt risk it and they wont participate anymore.
As it stands right now, this tourney will bring mostly hate and divide the community since it doesnāt have credibility anymore. So itās lose lose scenario at the moment both for participators and viewers. Just imagine the chat section of twitch during tourney, it will be extremely toxic. Bad advertisement for AoE.
Iām glad that you think I can cancel a 20k tournament. But I canāt. And I wouldnāt either.
And by the way, I donāt know who made you believe you are entitled to tell me what i must do, but you are certainly not.
If Iām taking advice from anyone, it will be not from the guy who accused me of corruption without even knowing my name or what a tournament admin does
If thereās anything I expected it is this. Most likely they believe that because you were critical of the game, you donāt deserve it. Despite your critical angle has been more suggestions on how to improve and theyāve been polite, and youāve added so many high quality videos hyping the game and explaining how people can enjoy this game.
Tbh this is how I judge people on the higher ups about how much they are about what the community says. I honestly couldnāt care about who gets an advantage over what Iām the tournament, but this āselectionā of content creators really puts me off.
Wishing bad luck and failure to someone just because you disagree with his vision speaks a lot louder about you than it does about the people youāre wishing on.
This guy makes drama out of nothing. Then donāt watch the tournament if u think itās unfair. who cares about your opinion. There is still time for pro players to grind the game after release and believe me there will be Starcraft 2 players who come and will grind and show the power of Starcraft mechanics in that tournament.
In all honesty, letās not spark such a negative discussion about the fact that a handful of early access players are currently playing in the game. AOE4 will finally be out in a few days. I am really happy. Even if I was a little sad yesterday, the fact will push me even more to put a few percentage points on top. Finally the game comes, a huge tournament is started right away. A lot of people try everything to immediately bring the game to life. Letās look forward to it and no later than October 28th. finally go to the battlefield!
I honestly dont know what to say, but I really wish the game developers can make this precious beta chance like what they did for the first beta in Aug, sth like a draw. At least from that stand point lot of people will feel better, at least it is sort of āfairā for everyone, since we all at least have a āhopeā for a āchanceā.
Iām sure Iām being naive butā¦ is it impossible to officially acknowledge, approve, and explain this limited early access? At least it may remove some misguided disdain towards the (suspected) participants. It wonāt be pretty for someone responsible, but probably saves the relation with the community in the long run.
The early access for certain divinely chosen individuals backfired heavily in Path of Exile. Different kind of game though and definitely different level of communication with the community. I expect the say as little as possible policy will continue to be followed.
Advertisers have been given early access to products since the birth of advertising. Why canāt you people just be happy for them since some of them also happen to be fans of the game? It doesnāt affect you in any way (other than make you irrationally angry).
The developers and or independent tournament organizers shouldnāt be punished just because some people refuse to behave like adults.
I understand itās been acknowledged and is publicly known to exist. But I havenāt traced it back far enough to know who said what. So Iām not able to amplify. But it sure makes sense to me. This franchise is amazing and I canāt wait to see AoE4 launch. The release will be amazing.
I donāt have access, by the way. But my buddies do.
Sorry, are you saying I created a false expectation of something? I have nothing to do with the tournament, though I am very much looking forward to it.
