would free gifts effects podcast reviewers?

umformtechnik · June 2016

in some games the designers would give the people who make the podcast free gifts. in my fleet they said that some of the famous podcaters would get free dominion ships and things like these, and would probably get free kelvin enterprises soon. would free gifts effects podcasts reviews of new contents and things like these?

puckerbrush · June 2016

Do bribes work? Find out tonight at 6 on STO news!

lianthelia · June 2016

umformtechnik#9538 wrote: »

in some games the designers would give the people who make the podcast free gifts. in my fleet they said that some of the famous podcaters would get free dominion ships and things like these, and would probably get free kelvin enterprises soon. would free gifts effects podcasts reviews of new contents and things like these?

I'd say they work, considering I don't see how anyone could really give this game a favorable review, considering how buggy, unbalanced, and simply broken it is.

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snoggymack22 · June 2016

In my experience (which includes over a decade in the world of journalism) ... I've found that Free BEER tends to have an impact on reviews. But what that impact is, can be difficult to gauge once the free gift has been consumed.

Unknown · June 2016

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benirving · June 2016

Any podcast that gets a free jjprise should disclose it so people can factor that into their comments. Of course they wont, but they should. Hope elija enjoyes his new ship.

jahnk · June 2016

Ethics in the video game industry?
Heh.

darkknightucf · June 2016

I can answer this one: Not for us on The SHOW.

We call it as we see it, AND we encourage people to play the game, but be mindful of what they are getting into. We have and are working with the Producers, Devs, and Content Creators to try to get new features added, fix bugs, and provide constructive criticism (even if it's harsh at times, we still offer viable solutions).

The criticism turns into cheers when they do something good, and we let our audience know that it's good, and WHY it is good for the players.

My own personal opinion is this: gamers have gotten lax in demanding a quality game from companies and studios/devs. With an ever-shrinking development budget and less time for proper R&D and storyboarding, developers are pushing stuff out to market incomplete just to meet an arbitrary sales deadline. Metrics say one thing about the best time to sell a game, but those metrics are based on false assumptions, and predicated that what's being released is like every other title out there. If you release a good, polished game "off-season", gamers WILL buy AND support it. Continue to develop on the multiple aspects of said game, and more gamers (including first-time gamers) will enter into your ecosystem. Keep your ecosystem pristine, and you have them for as long as you want to.

darkknightucf · June 2016

jahnk wrote: »

Ethics in the video game industry?
Heh.

I smell GamerGate...

sunfrancks · June 2016

darkknightucf wrote: »

I can answer this one: Not for us on The SHOW.

We call it as we see it, AND we encourage people to play the game, but be mindful of what they are getting into. We have and are working with the Producers, Devs, and Content Creators to try to get new features added, fix bugs, and provide constructive criticism (even if it's harsh at times, we still offer viable solutions).

The criticism turns into cheers when they do something good, and we let our audience know that it's good, and WHY it is good for the players.

My own personal opinion is this: gamers have gotten lax in demanding a quality game from companies and studios/devs. With an ever-shrinking development budget and less time for proper R&D and storyboarding, developers are pushing stuff out to market incomplete just to meet an arbitrary sales deadline. Metrics say one thing about the best time to sell a game, but those metrics are based on false assumptions, and predicated that what's being released is like every other title out there. If you release a good, polished game "off-season", gamers WILL buy AND support it. Continue to develop on the multiple aspects of said game, and more gamers (including first-time gamers) will enter into your ecosystem. Keep your ecosystem pristine, and you have them for as long as you want to.

We all know that only special snowflake podcasters get the goodies.

You guys at The Show give an honest representation of the game, whether it is good or bad, so of course you're not special snowflake quality.

You do, however, have integrity.

darkknightucf · June 2016

sunfrancks wrote: »

darkknightucf wrote: »

I can answer this one: Not for us on The SHOW.

We call it as we see it, AND we encourage people to play the game, but be mindful of what they are getting into. We have and are working with the Producers, Devs, and Content Creators to try to get new features added, fix bugs, and provide constructive criticism (even if it's harsh at times, we still offer viable solutions).

The criticism turns into cheers when they do something good, and we let our audience know that it's good, and WHY it is good for the players.

My own personal opinion is this: gamers have gotten lax in demanding a quality game from companies and studios/devs. With an ever-shrinking development budget and less time for proper R&D and storyboarding, developers are pushing stuff out to market incomplete just to meet an arbitrary sales deadline. Metrics say one thing about the best time to sell a game, but those metrics are based on false assumptions, and predicated that what's being released is like every other title out there. If you release a good, polished game "off-season", gamers WILL buy AND support it. Continue to develop on the multiple aspects of said game, and more gamers (including first-time gamers) will enter into your ecosystem. Keep your ecosystem pristine, and you have them for as long as you want to.

We all know that only special snowflake podcasters get the goodies.

You guys at The Show give an honest representation of the game, whether it is good or bad, so of course you're not special snowflake quality.

You do, however, have integrity.

Concerning the "special snowflake podcasters get the goodies", that's not necessarily the case. @pwlaughingtrendy via LootCritter has provided us with keys to give away to our audience, and @dauntlessf05 aka ZEFilms has an exclusive on the new ships to produce videos for all to see. Most call it, "beautiful eye candy", but some in the inner circle call it, "ship TRIBBLE".

Do some get more attention than others? Yes. Does having integrity count? Yes, especially in the long run. When we say that the Cryptic Team has done something very well, you're more inclined to trust us saying it.

Bottom line: We all want a game that we can enjoy, whether it's easy-going, MMORPG-like, RP, or action-RPG. This game has so much potential to get people from various genres playing this game, regardless of whether they are Trek fans or not.

iconians · June 2016

I'm not really sure about what my opinion on this topic is. Maybe if some product keys were accidentally sent to my inbox, I might find myself more willing to make an opinion that free gifts do not affect reviews.

darkknightucf · June 2016

iconians wrote: »

I'm not really sure about what my opinion on this topic is. Maybe if some product keys were accidentally sent to my inbox, I might find myself more willing to make an opinion that free gifts do not affect reviews.

I C wut u did thar....

jaguarskx · June 2016

Yes, a free ship is enough to justify that a review can be biased because ships are highly valued in the game especially if it is a T6 ship. It would be considered a sponsored review because the reviewer is receiving compensation from the developer to do the review. That is an especially important if only people who give positive reviews receive the free ship.

In the US, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has started to crackdown on companies and individuals to do not provide full disclosure about reviews that being sponsored. Does that mean a person who fails to provide full disclosure about receiving a free ship for the review will face fines and / or imprisonment? Probably not since it is not a direct financial compensation, but the potential is there.

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking

trekpuppy · June 2016

I don't distrust the podcasters' intentions but can you honestly say that you will always give truthful reviews and never ever weigh in the fact that you're on a friendly basis with some developers that give you free stuff? The simplest way to get out of this dilemma is to always inform the community when you're offered gifts and always refuse to accept them. Cryptic should of course never offer them in the first place.

sunfrancks · June 2016

darkknightucf wrote: »

sunfrancks wrote: »

darkknightucf wrote: »

I can answer this one: Not for us on The SHOW.

We call it as we see it, AND we encourage people to play the game, but be mindful of what they are getting into. We have and are working with the Producers, Devs, and Content Creators to try to get new features added, fix bugs, and provide constructive criticism (even if it's harsh at times, we still offer viable solutions).

The criticism turns into cheers when they do something good, and we let our audience know that it's good, and WHY it is good for the players.

My own personal opinion is this: gamers have gotten lax in demanding a quality game from companies and studios/devs. With an ever-shrinking development budget and less time for proper R&D and storyboarding, developers are pushing stuff out to market incomplete just to meet an arbitrary sales deadline. Metrics say one thing about the best time to sell a game, but those metrics are based on false assumptions, and predicated that what's being released is like every other title out there. If you release a good, polished game "off-season", gamers WILL buy AND support it. Continue to develop on the multiple aspects of said game, and more gamers (including first-time gamers) will enter into your ecosystem. Keep your ecosystem pristine, and you have them for as long as you want to.

We all know that only special snowflake podcasters get the goodies.

You guys at The Show give an honest representation of the game, whether it is good or bad, so of course you're not special snowflake quality.

You do, however, have integrity.

Concerning the "special snowflake podcasters get the goodies", that's not necessarily the case. @pwlaughingtrendy via LootCritter has provided us with keys to give away to our audience, and @dauntlessf05 aka ZEFilms has an exclusive on the new ships to produce videos for all to see. Most call it, "beautiful eye candy", but some in the inner circle call it, "ship ****".

Do some get more attention than others? Yes. Does having integrity count? Yes, especially in the long run. When we say that the Cryptic Team has done something very well, you're more inclined to trust us saying it.

Bottom line: We all want a game that we can enjoy, whether it's easy-going, MMORPG-like, RP, or action-RPG. This game has so much potential to get people from various genres playing this game, regardless of whether they are Trek fans or not.

Then I stand corrected on the special snowflakes comment.

darkknightucf · June 2016

sunfrancks wrote: »

darkknightucf wrote: »

sunfrancks wrote: »

darkknightucf wrote: »

I can answer this one: Not for us on The SHOW.

We call it as we see it, AND we encourage people to play the game, but be mindful of what they are getting into. We have and are working with the Producers, Devs, and Content Creators to try to get new features added, fix bugs, and provide constructive criticism (even if it's harsh at times, we still offer viable solutions).

The criticism turns into cheers when they do something good, and we let our audience know that it's good, and WHY it is good for the players.

My own personal opinion is this: gamers have gotten lax in demanding a quality game from companies and studios/devs. With an ever-shrinking development budget and less time for proper R&D and storyboarding, developers are pushing stuff out to market incomplete just to meet an arbitrary sales deadline. Metrics say one thing about the best time to sell a game, but those metrics are based on false assumptions, and predicated that what's being released is like every other title out there. If you release a good, polished game "off-season", gamers WILL buy AND support it. Continue to develop on the multiple aspects of said game, and more gamers (including first-time gamers) will enter into your ecosystem. Keep your ecosystem pristine, and you have them for as long as you want to.

We all know that only special snowflake podcasters get the goodies.

You guys at The Show give an honest representation of the game, whether it is good or bad, so of course you're not special snowflake quality.

You do, however, have integrity.

Concerning the "special snowflake podcasters get the goodies", that's not necessarily the case. @pwlaughingtrendy via LootCritter has provided us with keys to give away to our audience, and @dauntlessf05 aka ZEFilms has an exclusive on the new ships to produce videos for all to see. Most call it, "beautiful eye candy", but some in the inner circle call it, "ship ****".

Do some get more attention than others? Yes. Does having integrity count? Yes, especially in the long run. When we say that the Cryptic Team has done something very well, you're more inclined to trust us saying it.

Bottom line: We all want a game that we can enjoy, whether it's easy-going, MMORPG-like, RP, or action-RPG. This game has so much potential to get people from various genres playing this game, regardless of whether they are Trek fans or not.

Then I stand corrected on the special snowflakes comment.

Meh, I'm not holding it against you if you're not

where2r1 · June 2016

I would like to know if a ship being reviewed was a "gift" from Cryptic.
Actually, I would like to know if it were a "gift" at all.

I would hope the podcasters for STO would bank roll their own ships for reviews to be above suspicion of taking payments for positive endorsements.

sunfrancks · June 2016

darkknightucf wrote: »

sunfrancks wrote: »

darkknightucf wrote: »

sunfrancks wrote: »

darkknightucf wrote: »

I can answer this one: Not for us on The SHOW.

We call it as we see it, AND we encourage people to play the game, but be mindful of what they are getting into. We have and are working with the Producers, Devs, and Content Creators to try to get new features added, fix bugs, and provide constructive criticism (even if it's harsh at times, we still offer viable solutions).

The criticism turns into cheers when they do something good, and we let our audience know that it's good, and WHY it is good for the players.

My own personal opinion is this: gamers have gotten lax in demanding a quality game from companies and studios/devs. With an ever-shrinking development budget and less time for proper R&D and storyboarding, developers are pushing stuff out to market incomplete just to meet an arbitrary sales deadline. Metrics say one thing about the best time to sell a game, but those metrics are based on false assumptions, and predicated that what's being released is like every other title out there. If you release a good, polished game "off-season", gamers WILL buy AND support it. Continue to develop on the multiple aspects of said game, and more gamers (including first-time gamers) will enter into your ecosystem. Keep your ecosystem pristine, and you have them for as long as you want to.

We all know that only special snowflake podcasters get the goodies.

You guys at The Show give an honest representation of the game, whether it is good or bad, so of course you're not special snowflake quality.

You do, however, have integrity.

Concerning the "special snowflake podcasters get the goodies", that's not necessarily the case. @pwlaughingtrendy via LootCritter has provided us with keys to give away to our audience, and @dauntlessf05 aka ZEFilms has an exclusive on the new ships to produce videos for all to see. Most call it, "beautiful eye candy", but some in the inner circle call it, "ship ****".

Do some get more attention than others? Yes. Does having integrity count? Yes, especially in the long run. When we say that the Cryptic Team has done something very well, you're more inclined to trust us saying it.

Bottom line: We all want a game that we can enjoy, whether it's easy-going, MMORPG-like, RP, or action-RPG. This game has so much potential to get people from various genres playing this game, regardless of whether they are Trek fans or not.

Then I stand corrected on the special snowflakes comment.

Meh, I'm not holding it against you if you're not

Nope

would free gifts effects podcast reviewers?

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