I wasn't making fun of ESL people.
I wasn't making fun of "minorities".
I clearly wasn't making a politically-correct, customer support spiel.
I was just poking fun at an intentionally illiterate post that summarized the most common complaints about the game - issues which have been answered seriously elsewhere on the forum many, many times.
I am very sorry if I have offended anyone with my post, or made them feel uncomfortable. I honestly thought it was totally obvious that the OP wasn't being serious, so I responded in kind. That's all.
Regarding the "professional" behaviour of staff (including myself), on the whole we are. Just look at our post histories. At my post history. The customer support guys & gals follow a stricter standard than the devs, but no-one actively insults our players.
Also, we aren't trying to be super-serious about everything. We don't enforce strict rules on how to talk to to players. We don't only speak in a formal, so-PC-it-hurts monotone. We're gamers, too. We like to relax and chat with players, to joke, swear, and even troll the community from time to time. It's actually a part of our business strategy: we don't want to be yet another monolithic, faceless corporation that shits out a slurry of brown first-person-shooters. We're indie, and we do what we want, not some dark, looming publisher. We're making the game we want to play, and we hope others do, too.
Yes, GGG has grown a ton since I joined a bit over 5 years ago, when it was just 5-6 of us in Chris' garage, tripping over cables and reheating baked-beans for lunch. Now, we have an office. Three offices, even. And a customer support department. What? When did that happen? It's almost like we're a legitimate business or something. But we're still the same people. We still horse around, play games (POE and others), have dinner/lunch together, go out for a movie or board-game night... it's really a fun place to work!
If I were sitting somewhere in a sterile cubicle, toiling away for some giant machine of a company, without any opportunity to interact with the community, with no chance of accidentally insulting someone like a real person would, well... fuck that.
/rant.
there is really nothing you have to apologize for.
actually, i wish you wouldn't have, just because some self-righteous hypocrites in here act like they are fucking mother theresa -.-
You will never be happy if
you continue to search for
what happiness consists of.
You will never live if you are
looking for the meaning of life.
Last edited by feuerbach#2461 on Oct 9, 2013, 9:44:33 AM
People will get offended by anything nowadays. I really hope the guys at GGG stay human and don't turn into some corporate robots because of the 0.1% of people who get offended by such crap. This happened to Riot Games too, the first 2 years or so they were pretty much like GGG, joking around with the community and sometimes seriously trolling it but now this barely happens anymore.
GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.
Hey Rhys, you guys aren't hiring an Electrical Designer with an Oil and Gas specialty are you? Well, if GGG is ever planning on expanding to drilling and packaging oil, you know who to call to design your electrical system...
:(
I wanna work for GGG....
/singletear
Gears Granting Gas
You heard it here first.
Also upcoming coorperation with Valve.
I wasn't making fun of ESL people.
I wasn't making fun of "minorities".
I clearly wasn't making a politically-correct, customer support spiel.
I was just poking fun at an intentionally illiterate post that summarized the most common complaints about the game - issues which have been answered seriously elsewhere on the forum many, many times.
I am very sorry if I have offended anyone with my post, or made them feel uncomfortable. I honestly thought it was totally obvious that the OP wasn't being serious, so I responded in kind. That's all.
Regarding the "professional" behaviour of staff (including myself), on the whole we are. Just look at our post histories. At my post history. The customer support guys & gals follow a stricter standard than the devs, but no-one actively insults our players.
Also, we aren't trying to be super-serious about everything. We don't enforce strict rules on how to talk to to players. We don't only speak in a formal, so-PC-it-hurts monotone. We're gamers, too. We like to relax and chat with players, to joke, swear, and even troll the community from time to time. It's actually a part of our business strategy: we don't want to be yet another monolithic, faceless corporation that shits out a slurry of brown first-person-shooters. We're indie, and we do what we want, not some dark, looming publisher. We're making the game we want to play, and we hope others do, too.
Yes, GGG has grown a ton since I joined a bit over 5 years ago, when it was just 5-6 of us in Chris' garage, tripping over cables and reheating baked-beans for lunch. Now, we have an office. Three offices, even. And a customer support department. What? When did that happen? It's almost like we're a legitimate business or something. But we're still the same people. We still horse around, play games (POE and others), have dinner/lunch together, go out for a movie or board-game night... it's really a fun place to work!
If I were sitting somewhere in a sterile cubicle, toiling away for some giant machine of a company, without any opportunity to interact with the community, with no chance of accidentally insulting someone like a real person would, well... fuck that.
/rant.
There was really no need to apologize for your awesome post!
A few are a bit over-sensitive and need to lighten up. It's posts like yours which makes me appreciate GGG even more. You know how to have fun and be serious when you have to. You're not those formal robots that go by the book and I respect that you're not acting as if we were beneath you.
You guys are classy an a little poking fun on an obvious troll isn't a bad thing. I expect more funny posts from you and the staff, don't let a few ruin the fun!
Cheers!
Last edited by theeze#5064 on Oct 11, 2013, 11:02:16 AM
I wasn't making fun of ESL people.
I wasn't making fun of "minorities".
I clearly wasn't making a politically-correct, customer support spiel.
I was just poking fun at an intentionally illiterate post that summarized the most common complaints about the game - issues which have been answered seriously elsewhere on the forum many, many times.
I am very sorry if I have offended anyone with my post, or made them feel uncomfortable. I honestly thought it was totally obvious that the OP wasn't being serious, so I responded in kind. That's all.
Regarding the "professional" behaviour of staff (including myself), on the whole we are. Just look at our post histories. At my post history. The customer support guys & gals follow a stricter standard than the devs, but no-one actively insults our players.
Also, we aren't trying to be super-serious about everything. We don't enforce strict rules on how to talk to to players. We don't only speak in a formal, so-PC-it-hurts monotone. We're gamers, too. We like to relax and chat with players, to joke, swear, and even troll the community from time to time. It's actually a part of our business strategy: we don't want to be yet another monolithic, faceless corporation that shits out a slurry of brown first-person-shooters. We're indie, and we do what we want, not some dark, looming publisher. We're making the game we want to play, and we hope others do, too.
Yes, GGG has grown a ton since I joined a bit over 5 years ago, when it was just 5-6 of us in Chris' garage, tripping over cables and reheating baked-beans for lunch. Now, we have an office. Three offices, even. And a customer support department. What? When did that happen? It's almost like we're a legitimate business or something. But we're still the same people. We still horse around, play games (POE and others), have dinner/lunch together, go out for a movie or board-game night... it's really a fun place to work!
If I were sitting somewhere in a sterile cubicle, toiling away for some giant machine of a company, without any opportunity to interact with the community, with no chance of accidentally insulting someone like a real person would, well... fuck that.
/rant.
I am a robot and I am offended by your humanity and feelings.
I wasn't making fun of ESL people.
I wasn't making fun of "minorities".
I clearly wasn't making a politically-correct, customer support spiel.
I was just poking fun at an intentionally illiterate post that summarized the most common complaints about the game - issues which have been answered seriously elsewhere on the forum many, many times.
I am very sorry if I have offended anyone with my post, or made them feel uncomfortable. I honestly thought it was totally obvious that the OP wasn't being serious, so I responded in kind. That's all.
Regarding the "professional" behaviour of staff (including myself), on the whole we are. Just look at our post histories. At my post history. The customer support guys & gals follow a stricter standard than the devs, but no-one actively insults our players.
Also, we aren't trying to be super-serious about everything. We don't enforce strict rules on how to talk to to players. We don't only speak in a formal, so-PC-it-hurts monotone. We're gamers, too. We like to relax and chat with players, to joke, swear, and even troll the community from time to time. It's actually a part of our business strategy: we don't want to be yet another monolithic, faceless corporation that shits out a slurry of brown first-person-shooters. We're indie, and we do what we want, not some dark, looming publisher. We're making the game we want to play, and we hope others do, too.
Yes, GGG has grown a ton since I joined a bit over 5 years ago, when it was just 5-6 of us in Chris' garage, tripping over cables and reheating baked-beans for lunch. Now, we have an office. Three offices, even. And a customer support department. What? When did that happen? It's almost like we're a legitimate business or something. But we're still the same people. We still horse around, play games (POE and others), have dinner/lunch together, go out for a movie or board-game night... it's really a fun place to work!
If I were sitting somewhere in a sterile cubicle, toiling away for some giant machine of a company, without any opportunity to interact with the community, with no chance of accidentally insulting someone like a real person would, well... fuck that.
/rant.
I am a robot and I am offended by your humanity and feelings.
