Insomnio Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) April 1st, "fools day". Bioware puts up a video claiming they have a new mini game coming, named the "Ship Droid Experience". Meant to be a facetious prank, in hindsight it was humorous, but many people thought it was a real feature. I thought it was a bit of a destructive goof, and may have disheartened a number of people, even caused the loss of a few subs. This game would benefit from a few mini games. A few small distractions, some social aspects and time consumers would be a huge addition to the game. Waiting for a group to pop with LFG? Play a quick mini game. Want to play SWTOR with friends but not in the mood for the grind? Play a game of Pazzak. Want to get competitive, but in a fun casual way? Join the Swoop/Pod racing circuit and vie for position on the leaderboard. Any number of mini games would go over well. A little effort would go a long way bioware. Edited June 25, 2012 by Insomnio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasgallant Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 April 1st, "fools day". Bioware puts up a video claiming they have a new mini game coming, named the "Ship Droid Experience". Meant to be a facetious prank, in hindsight it was humorous, but many people thought it was a real feature. I thought it was a bit of a destructive goof, and may have caused the loss of a few subs. This game would benefit from a few mini games. A few small distractions, some social aspects and time consumers would be a huge addition to the game. Waiting for a group to pop with LFG? Play a quick mini game. Want to play SWTOR with friends but not in the mood for the grind? Play a game of Pazzak. Want to get competitive, but in a fun casual way? Join the Swoop/Pod racing circuit and vie for position on the leaderboard. I guess you do not understand the nature of april fools day??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomnio Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 I guess you do not understand the nature of april fools day??? I think I understand the concept, but when you are asking people to give you money every month, teasing them with fake content they actually want seems a little harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti_Bodies Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) even caused the loss of a few subs. If you mean the literal definition of "a few", meaning 3-5, then yes. BW probably lost a few subs over this. Even you, who was upset enough to make a post about this, stayed Edited June 25, 2012 by Anti_Bodies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasgallant Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I think I understand the concept, but when you are asking people to give you money every month, teasing them with fake content they actually want seems a little harsh. its not harsh..it was a joke.. would it have been cool.. ya.. i doubt if anyone left solely because of an april fools joke.. and if they did..they need to grow up.. every game i have played has had some sort of april fools joke atleast once or twice in their time.. seriously it was aj oke.. and not harsh in the slightest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlarto Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I think I understand the concept, but when you are asking people to give you money every month, teasing them with fake content they actually want seems a little harsh. I am sorry, yes my friend life is harsh, and an April fool's jokes maybe not in your book of humor, but really /shrug Your welcome to your opinion, but I did have /facepalm moment, if your serious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimsPicken Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 LOL its 2 months later. let it go. They rustled your jimmies but good didnt they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomnio Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 If you mean the literal definition of "a few", meaning 3-5, then yes. BW probably lost a few subs over this. Even you, who was upset enough to make a post about this, stayed If that is all you picked out of the entire paragraph, its safe to say you just came out of the closet in blazing glory fully dressed in your white knight costume. Yes I stayed, and guess what, I just bought more time. Further confused? I like TOR (to a degree), but find the game has room for improvement. Confused even more now? Mini games would help break up monotony of quest, wash-rinse-repeat. Its glaringly obvious the game needs some new game mode additional content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faytthegreat Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 What i find most odd here is that you have waited until late june to comment on this? To each their own i guess but this kind of thing has been happening across the industry for a few years now, a lot of companies and websites do it nowadays, MMOs more so than most, Blizzard being a prime example and even with having left WoW sometime ago i still took the time to check their april fools for this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasgallant Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 If that is all you picked out of the entire paragraph, its safe to say you just came out of the closet in blazing glory fully dressed in your white knight costume. Yes I stayed, and guess what, I just bought more time. Further confused? I like TOR (to a degree), but find the game has room for improvement. Confused even more now? Mini games would help break up monotony of quest, wash-rinse-repeat. Its glaringly obvious the game needs some new game mode additional content. yes minigames would help the game and could be fun..however.. you honestly being upset over an april fools joke is completely foolish.. it just shows that you can not take a joke.. though i personally would love to see some minigames, i would and did not get offended when they set forth with their april fools joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TzachNahRood Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120401 Features of this mini-game include cleaning the cockpit windows, calibrating the ship’s food processors, and several other exciting maintenance duties: Cleaning the cockpit windows? Calibrating food processors? People not only fell for this, but actually want to play a mini-game that involves cleaning cockpit windows in SWTOR? Come on OP. Seriously? Mind boggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatB Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 its not harsh..it was a joke.. would it have been cool.. ya.. i doubt if anyone left solely because of an april fools joke.. and if they did..they need to grow up.. every game i have played has had some sort of april fools joke atleast once or twice in their time.. seriously it was aj oke.. and not harsh in the slightest. Minigames cool? yeah... shipdroid cleaning window minigame? Probably not so much. 'Twas an obvious april fools. Don't know anybody who was fooled longer than the length of time it took to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatronAdena Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 oh it needs content and what not.. but again: something outlandishly dumb or silly or shocking, on april 1st... 99.999% of the time is just that april fools, it's THE holiday for the internet really. I can see SOME issues perhaps for an individual who has some sort of disorder where they have no ability to grasp abstract behaviors like that, and or come from a culture where there is no april fools ( though again spending ANY time on the internet on an april first would very quickly introduce them to that tradition) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomnio Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 oh it needs content and what not.. but again: something outlandishly dumb or silly or shocking, on april 1st... 99.999% of the time is just that april fools, it's THE holiday for the internet really. I can see SOME issues perhaps for an individual who has some sort of disorder where they have no ability to grasp abstract behaviors like that, and or come from a culture where there is no april fools ( though again spending ANY time on the internet on an april first would very quickly introduce them to that tradition) I found it funny, but the irony of suggesting a mini game as a spoof was even funnier. I was playing the game, going through the grind and found myself thinking that having some other content, even a mini game, to break up the monotony would be great. Then I remembered the Ship Droid Experience. Its not that I am angry they did not implement the ship droid experience. The issue is that this game would immensely benefit from having mini game content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryathal Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I found it funny, but the irony of suggesting a mini game as a spoof was even funnier. I was playing the game, going through the grind and found myself thinking that having some other content, even a mini game, to break up the monotony would be great. Then I remembered the Ship Droid Experience. Its not that I am angry they did not implement the ship droid experience. The issue is that this game would immensely benefit from having mini game content. that is why we need addons, bejewed addon was awesome in wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossesman Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I swear people want to complain about the smallest of things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ztooG_ Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Wahahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostpenguins Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I think I understand the concept, but when you are asking people to give you money every month, teasing them with fake content they actually want seems a little harsh. Wow... they decide to have a little fun and celebrate a day and all you can do is complain about it? I actually would have been miffed if they didn't do a joke parody. Blizzard's done it for so many years now that every 4/1 I go to the sites just looking to see what clever things they do for the April Fool's Joke. It's people like you that ruin the fun for others because you can't take a joke. Just because you don't laugh doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't be able to joke, especially when it's not offensive in nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSchmo Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Wow... they decide to have a little fun and celebrate a day and all you can do is complain about it? I actually would have been miffed if they didn't do a joke parody. Blizzard's done it for so many years now that every 4/1 I go to the sites just looking to see what clever things they do for the April Fool's Joke. It's people like you that ruin the fun for others because you can't take a joke. Just because you don't laugh doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't be able to joke, especially when it's not offensive in nature. Not only did he complain, but it's been eating him up inside for 3 months apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubernetic Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 April 1st, "fools day". Bioware puts up a video claiming they have a new mini game coming, named the "Ship Droid Experience". Meant to be a facetious prank, in hindsight it was humorous, but many people thought it was a real feature. I thought it was a bit of a destructive goof, and may have disheartened a number of people, even caused the loss of a few subs. This game would benefit from a few mini games. A few small distractions, some social aspects and time consumers would be a huge addition to the game. Waiting for a group to pop with LFG? Play a quick mini game. Want to play SWTOR with friends but not in the mood for the grind? Play a game of Pazzak. Want to get competitive, but in a fun casual way? Join the Swoop/Pod racing circuit and vie for position on the leaderboard. Any number of mini games would go over well. A little effort would go a long way bioware. Just a question, have you been waiting three months to post for a particular reason? Yes, the game would benefit from minigames quite a bit. I believe the developers have agreed to this, but without timetables. I think the point is, THAT minigame is not what the game needs. That was the... humorous... part... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkpook Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I agree with you that the game could certainly benefit from mini-games, if done well. The Space portion of SWTOR is one of the better mini-games in MMO history, and more of that caliber are certainly welcome. However, your main point in this thread is going to get lost because you chose to "whine" about something silly. The April Fool's Day joke was funny, and any angst over it is misplaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreebler Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I was grobbles-deep in studying for finals and so I thought they were simply going insane. I didnt realize it was an april fools till sometime after may 1st:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishtim Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 April 1st, "fools day". Bioware puts up a video claiming they have a new mini game coming, named the "Ship Droid Experience". Meant to be a facetious prank, in hindsight it was humorous, but many people thought it was a real feature. I thought it was a bit of a destructive goof, and may have disheartened a number of people, even caused the loss of a few subs. This game would benefit from a few mini games. A few small distractions, some social aspects and time consumers would be a huge addition to the game. Waiting for a group to pop with LFG? Play a quick mini game. Want to play SWTOR with friends but not in the mood for the grind? Play a game of Pazzak. Want to get competitive, but in a fun casual way? Join the Swoop/Pod racing circuit and vie for position on the leaderboard. Any number of mini games would go over well. A little effort would go a long way bioware. Although i agree that a couple of mini games would be cool anyone that fell for the ships droid prank is obviously a complete moron that hasn't been on the interrnet ever on april fools day Lots of big companies out there unveil new 'products' on april fools day including such gems as google romance, virgle, youtubes upside down viewing experience, chrome 3d, gmail motion, google maps 8-bit, WOWs pandarens as a playable race (in 2002), crabby the dungeon master, and the dance battle system, and the biggest gem of them all (pre-internet) the BBC doing a film on harvesting 'spaghetti trees' (i **** you not, google it) It's called having a sense of humor, try it sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibdabs Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I think I understand the concept, but when you are asking people to give you money every month, teasing them with fake content they actually want seems a little harsh. You call that content? Lighten up - every MMO out there does an April Fool gag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodan Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 its not like bw is the only company to pull april fools pranks, other gaming companies do it every year *rolleyes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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