Internet Stars Ruining or helping PS2? - Page 2

Colindapieman · 2013-01-02, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by Zet

The only negative effect that seems to be occuring is the imbalance on the servers these guys play on. I'm also not as hyped up about their choice for celebrities. They should've gone with people who at least know a bit about the game and have done videos on it. TB was in there from the start and Seananners recently did a live stream on PS2, but I'm still disappointed about Tobuscus's input into all of this.

Tobuscus is very funny in my opinion, but a game like PS2 that requires skill strategy and focus is not something any of us think he can do. His weakness has always been not taking anything seriously and Planetside emphasizes seriousness. Seananners is similar but he's somehwat competent. TB is the best
but he doesn't have nearly the experience he should. This begs the question:
Which internet persona, if any, should lead which factions?

Hamma · 2013-01-02, 04:39 PM

The whole thing is kind of odd - hopefully it brings new players in if nothing else.

Just wished they picked people who actually played PS2 more besides TB but it is what it is.

typhaon · 2013-01-02, 06:08 PM

Other than the silly video I saw the day they announced this, I've seen no other evidence of anything going on...

I haven't looked for any... and I play on Mattherson - but, uh.. yeah... I guess that's all I have to say about this.

DirtyBird · 2013-01-02, 07:51 PM

I've never heard of two of them and have no interest in whatever it is they are doing.
Guaranteed they wont be appearing on my server any way and imo thats probably a good thing.
You should see the kiddies get all giggly and excited when GrinCatBriggs use to appear....small things, small minds etc.

AThreatToYou · 2013-01-03, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

The whole thing is kind of odd - hopefully it brings new players in if nothing else.

Just wished they picked people who actually played PS2 more besides TB but it is what it is.

I was about to say just this. TB is the only one who even has half of an idea of what to do. Maybe he has 3/4ths to a hole. Still, the other two are absolute ... well, "derpheads" and I really have no idea what they have to do with PS2.

Electrofreak · 2013-01-03, 11:38 PM

Heh, I knew TotalBiscuit back when he was just another DJ on PSR - PlanetSide Radio, which I did scripting and code work for. We even had a SOE dev on DJ, but nobody was supposed to know about that.

I guess TB was pretty popular as a DJ, though we were excited to get more than a couple dozen listeners back in that day. I heard he went on to do DJing for WoW Radio after PSR shut down and somehow he grew into a gaming celebrity.

Now I think the whole thing is kind of dumb. They're working hard to attract players to a game with some very broken core mechanics that's really hurting the long-term playability of the title. I really hope they work towards solving that problem quickly or they're just going to lose the players they've pulled in with this event.

Germanius · 2013-01-02, 04:45 PM

Bad PR idea, but does people really care about?

Zet · 2013-01-02, 04:48 PM

Myes, it's just a big hauling campaign. I don't think they do it to give the players something new. Maybe we'll be suprised on the 25'th though. Get a real non-zerg war going on.

Ghoest9 · 2013-01-02, 05:09 PM

I dont see it hurting anything.

Total Biscuit had totally distorted the population on Waterson long before this event. And even so we survive their numbers.

RykerStruvian · 2013-01-02, 08:03 PM

The GMs in PS1 were bigger stars than these guys to the PS community imo.

SuperMorto · 2013-01-02, 09:03 PM

You know a lot of the community put so much hard work into making Planetside 2 much bigger than it was going to be. And SOE trashed it. Fact is the community never think like the internet stars.

I personally am sick of seeing TB's face all over Planetside 2, it makes me want to throw up.

Planetside 2 should not of had a face, but only outfit names and player names, the things that make the game tick.

Soothsayer · 2013-01-02, 09:14 PM

I think putting a face to the leaders isn't good. Attaching an identity with all of it's (potential) baggage is even worse.

That being said, I haven't been paying any attention to the whole thing except for seeing the three pictures in my load screen as PS2 patches. That's about the level of exposure to this event that I've had.

Maybe I'll see what they are actually trying to do here, though I'm not likely to spend much time seeking out that information. Probably will spend more time writing this post than that.

PoisonTaco · 2013-01-02, 09:58 PM

The leader for the VS should be Bill Nye.

HiroshiChugi · 2013-01-03, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by PoisonTaco

The leader for the VS should be Bill Nye.

LMFAO! I totally agree xD and I think I've seen you on Waterson before... >_>

thegreekboy · 2013-01-02, 10:06 PM

They should have picked and publicized leaders from the actual planetside community. For example, Sardus for TR, EVILPIG for NC, and some other big named outfit leader for VS