Social Media Networks in Planetside 2 - Page 2

Hamma · 2011-07-20, 02:42 PM

Quite a little rant there with 3 posts

I really dislike this stuff also but I wouldn't be surprised if it made it in. It is indeed free advertising.

Chaff · 2011-07-20, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Quite a little rant there with 3 posts

I really dislike this stuff also but I wouldn't be surprised if it made it in. It is indeed free advertising.

Can you tell I'm not a Social Media fan ?

yeah
guilty
I am a salty old fart

Instead of shopping for a new manpon - I'll just hunt down a hay bale with a rope.

Bags · 2011-07-20, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

I really dislike this stuff also but I wouldn't be surprised if it made it in. It is indeed free advertising.

Why would your friends not already know about it? Sony is doing something wrong if the only way they can get the message out there is by abusing our social media devices.

Chaff · 2011-07-20, 02:55 PM

btw

I hope you keep on the DEV team to help with PC specs. I'm saving up. My old gaming rigs MB fried last year. This is the only game I'm worried about missing.

I know the AMD vs NVIDIA debate could get touchy. Do what you can to keep us in the loop.
plz
I'm saving my $$$$$$.....and waiting for any information on how my next gaming PC can best be optimized for PS2.

Tigersmith · 2011-07-20, 02:55 PM

I really dont care if its in the game. But I know I really enjoy twitter. And would be happy to see it added.

Logit · 2011-07-20, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Bags

Why would your friends not already know about it? Sony is doing something wrong if the only way they can get the message out there is by abusing our social media devices.

I'm not sure it's his friends he's worried about.

Who doesn't have Facebook these days? If you can provide worldwide advertising for free, why shouldn't you?

We might not be a fan of it, but it's not surprising at all if it happens.

Infektion · 2011-07-20, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Firefly

Not really. Because I delete friends who spam my news feed with bullshit.

LOL! I wish I had you as a friend on FB

Chaff · 2011-07-20, 03:18 PM

Once you become a salty old fart - you lose all interest or drive to keep up with new technology.

I wonder how many new accounts they'll get in PS2 due to twitter, Facebook, or the next hot-button Social Media platform.

Logit · 2011-07-20, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Chaff

Once you become a salty old fart - you lose all interest or drive to keep up with new technology.

I wonder how many new accounts they'll get in PS2 due to twitter, Facebook, or the next hot-button Social Media platform.

I wouldn't necessarily label Facebook as "new."

Impossible to know, but the potential for it to attract tons of subscribers is there. If it makes the game larger, and therefore more awesome & epic. I say, why the hell not?

Firefly · 2011-07-20, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Infektion

LOL! I wish I had you as a friend on FB

I don't see why, and I'm sure I posted a link to my Facebook somewhere on the forums so what the hell is stopping you? I don't make a big fuss about it - I just click the little unfriend link and problem-solved. If it's something I feel requires a memo, such as those fucking idiots still posting that goddamned "ZOMG THE DARKHORSE BATTALION LOST NINE MARINES IN THREE DAYS!" horse shit from almost a fucking year ago, I'll casually drop a "Welcome to October 2010, where was your support then?" and be done with it.

Originally Posted by Chaff

Once you become a salty old fart - you lose all interest or drive to keep up with new technology.

Yeah... right. Which explains what you're doing on an internet forum talking about an MMO-FPS.

Chaff · 2011-07-20, 03:34 PM

oh snap

I see consistency within my TWACKED appearance of being an inconsistent hypocrit.

L4G · 2011-07-20, 03:41 PM

Add me to the list of people who would hate to see this included in the game!!

Most importantly i don't want my colleagues to know that I have been awarded Hacking Support Silver when I should be working

But I also don't want to be reminded how long ive actually been online for when PS2 does get released .. xFire was bad enough when it told me I had spent 18 Hours ingame during a day and im sure thats not the worst length of time by a while

Chaff · 2011-07-20, 03:45 PM

If it resulted in candy pooping out of my flash drive - I'd agree to any add-on.

Bags · 2011-07-20, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Logit

I'm not sure it's his friends he's worried about.

Who doesn't have Facebook these days? If you can provide worldwide advertising for free, why shouldn't you?

We might not be a fan of it, but it's not surprising at all if it happens.

Okay, the day the game was announced I informed all of my friends who would have any interest in it.

So my point is again, how would social media help them at all at this point?

Firefly · 2011-07-20, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Bags

So my point is again, how would social media help them at all at this point?

Because you might make new friends or discover some long-lost acquaintance or classmate or coworker or some chick you wanted to bang but couldn't seal the deal.

Because internet-people in today's day and age are sheep and need to be told what their likes and dislikes are - an example is this phenomenon of "OMG, So-and-so likes this and he's really cool guy doesn't afraid of anything so that means it must be okay! [clicks "Like"].

Because some people might miss your oh-so-super-important status update that says "I just jizzed in my pants, Planetside 2?!?!?" because they were too busy doing something like, I dunno, having a real fucking life, and then by the time they get around to logging into Facebook their feed is trashed from all you cocksuckers playing Farmville and Mafia Wars and Cafe City so they missed your status. But they didn't miss the steady stream of spam saying "Bags just got stabbed in the dick by Firefly!" and "Bags just bailed out of his Mossie and hacked into Rehua!" and "Bags just killed Tigersmith with his Jackhammer" and "Bags just warped onto Hossin!"

And finally, some people can be told to their face in person "Yeah man I'm not coming over because I've got to play Planetside with my outfit tonight" and they blink at you, then subconsciously think you're a dick for ditching bro-mance date night, and then they see it pop up in your feed and all of a sudden they're like "OH SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT AWESOME SHIT?!?!?!"

That's the power of social media. In addition to being a hugely fucking annoyign time-sink, it has its hypnotic benefits.