Influencers versus Content Creators

[Slingblade2040]

The problem with some reaction videos is they can be biased / misinformed which can lead to a bunch of people believing the wrong thing.

For example, in regards to the recent removal of the dye slot on armor. I believe that was only done to fix a bug related to placing something in it.

Unfortunately, some people just assumed it was part of some diabolical scheme to sell DLC armor...

As mentioned by Rick, we always intended to update the new armor system to support dyes just like the old system but it just hadn't been a priority. (It has been bumped in priority now)

To be fair, we could of done a better job communicating why the slot was removed.

On the flip side, I can understand why it may have been overlooked / deemed unessecarry given that amount of other bigger changes / fixes that went into 2.0.

I wouldn't say sell DLC armor maybe more like dye packs. Those microtransaction profits do always entice folks to do things.

So just to set any weird conspiracies aside no dye packs for sale? No special color packs to be sold as DLC?

Holidays are coming up and im sure they already have DLC holiday skins in the works just would be weird to also see holiday dye packs for sale also.

 

[Corwyhn]

It's a good distinction about the label. I would say that there can be some overlap. There is an element of "celebrity" (state of being well known) that comes with being a content creator with a large following and that can translate into having some influence over that following. If nothing else, he can raise the awareness of issues for those in his audience.

When JaWoodle's video came out I caught myself going through different emotions. One of which I recognized as jealousy for not having a soapbox like that of my own to express myself. It was easy to read the comments and (falsely) conclude many people were just "yes men" parroting the creator. At first, that was my reaction.

Of course, it isn't like that. There are simpler and less sinister explanations, including "he just expressed himself and many others agree in whole or in part." I too could agree on many things he said, just as I can recoil at toxic statement he made suggesting the developers want to make the game less fun. It took some time to mentally unravel my thoughts about each subject he presented.

And I think his video was in response to comments in his other videos along with the sharp downturn in 7d2d reviews on steam. Was he simply being smart, reading the room and so making a video? Maybe. But one of the first things I thought watching it was that it might ■■■■ off TFP. Still making the video for him was a big risk and I don't see a pay off for him. I took making the game less fun as a sarcastic comment and I would have left it out if it was me making the video.

The yes men thing never entered my mind before and while I don't think its a severe problem I do see "some" problem. The things the 7d2d team are not fixing are things that should have been caught before 2.0 went live. Non of the stuff from linear progression complaints to silly smoothies should have happened in my opinion. But I need to add I am not a game dev nor have I ever been one. I was a pretty good dungeon master in my days so I am strong on story issues (or I think I am).

TFP are not bad guys and I have no idea what led to 2.0. None of us know why it happened. But I know Jawoodless video was well after the reviews dropped on steam.

I wanted Glock 9 play the biome progression. And he likes to stay under the radar. He makes occasional comments about things he likes or doesnt like in the game but he protects his brand and since its his money maker I get it. But he played with biome progression as non hostile to it as possible and I still knew the first thing I would do is turn it off when I updated to 2.0.

But just to add yeah I get sensitive too to anything that just sounds like sour grapes. Overall I think Jawoodle did well, showed his passion for the game and was not hostile about it but definitely concerned.