Players! You are not real!, Another disgusting lie Options

[Sikret]

While I understand that these people are really envious of Improved Anvil's quality and popularity, I really didn't expect them to go so far to write such disgusting lies:

He writes:

whereas this can't be proven unless I had access to the BWL database (to cross-check IPs), I strongly suspect that the fanbase is at least partially astroturfed.

Hilarious!

All of the people who have sent praising post about IA are known people who have used the same nicknames in all forums for years (see Sorcerer's place for example).

He continues:

As a semi-proof, you don't see people posting praise this often at no other mod forum.

Well, that's because:

1- Improved Anvil is the only bugfree big mod.
2- Improved Anvil adds so many new quests and new content to the game.
3- Improved Anvil has high quality (= no bugs, no CTDs, good tactical challenges, new encounters, new monsters, expanded strongholds, Item randomizer and so on)

Instead of deducing the natural consequence that players really like IA, the envious modder has decided to conclude that these posters are not real (i.e. it is me who is posting here with different nicknames to praise my own mod!!)

He also claims that we delete criticisms which is another lie. We have only deleted insulting or trolling posts in the past. Constructive and polite criticisms have never been deleted; some of the topics (a minority of them not all of them) have been closed after a while but none of them have been deleted (even a degree of rudeness has been tolerated and even though some posts have been tactless and insulting enough to deserve being deleted, we kept them).

Where is the modding community going to?

My suggestion to them is to make a better mod than IA if they can. In that case, players will send praising posts to their forums. No more disgusting lies and accusations please. I am fed up with such lies.

This post has been edited by Sikret: Sep 4 2007, 08:57 AM

[Spike]

I'm a german player and im real. I havent completely finished IA yet, still waiting for v4.3 for a full walkthrough. but so far i can say i really like IA. I can understand if some users dont like this mod, but everyone can make his own decision. You can always uninstall IA, but to say there are fake users, who praise IA without a proof is really an impudence. It tells it owns tale.
You do a great job and i hope u arent affected by such stupid comments and continue your work on this project with the existing quality.

Greetings
Spike

[Sikret]

You can always uninstall IA, but to say there are fake users, who praise IA without a proof is really an impudence. It tells it owns tale.

That's the point, Spike! Thanks.

You do a great job and i hope u arent affected by such stupid comments and continue your work on this project with the existing quality.

Rest assured. Such "lies" are not new to us. They kept doing this since long time ago. I ignore them 99% of the times, because as you mentioned, what they write tells its own tale. Most of the times they don't need any reply from us. Intelligent players know how to interpret them.

@brelinde

For what it's worth, nobody's flaming IA. Not everyone enjoys it, but every player is different. The original poster requested an assessment. Assessments were provided. Most were neutral in tone. All things considered, I would view the discussion taking place as just that, discussion.

You are also one of the players who has sent praising comments about IA. Are you a fake poster? Was it me who was using your nickname at that time?!

Perhaps you have changed your mind about IA since that time, but this is not my point. The point is that it was you. It was not me using your nickname.

Discussion is all right, but spreading lies is different.

Apart from that particular post, even the other posts in that thread at G3 do not provide players (including the original poster) with any valid assessment of the mod. One of the guest-posters has admitted that he has not played IA v4.x at all and his memory of the mod is quite outdated and goes back to IA v3 (which was much different than v4.2 which is the current version and not comparable with the forthcoming v4.3 in the least) and has also admitted that he has not played even the v3 long enough. So, the entire thread (which includes some lies and some outdated information) can hardly provide any good assessment or advice for players.

Most of the criticisms are already replied to either in the mod's F.A.Q. or in various threads in this forum. All this said, I am the first person who has repeatedly said that those who don't like my methods can simply ignore my mod and don't play it. But writing lies such as IA players are fake is something quite different.

This post has been edited by Sikret: Sep 4 2007, 03:01 PM