Clarifying some points about Ascendancy

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Nephalim wrote:

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raics wrote:

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Nephalim wrote:

People watch streamers for...eye candy?

Why did you think they banned tank tops and using a sports bra instead of t-shirt?

Doesn't apply to male streamers im guessing.

Can't remember, maybe it did too :)

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raics wrote:

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Nephalim wrote:

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raics wrote:

Why did you think they banned tank tops and using a sports bra instead of t-shirt?

Doesn't apply to male streamers im guessing.

Can't remember, maybe it did too :)

It can't be sexually suggestive, so for males you can't be shirtless (for transwomen it'd follow the rule for females) afaik.

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Sheriff_K wrote:

It can't be sexually suggestive, so for males you can't be shirtless

Honestly the whole thing is bollocks, dunno what's so suggestive about a nice, big, hairy pair of moobs, and that's the build most streamers run. Esports being an actual sport is still up to debate and poor sods already think they're running wimbledon there.

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鬼殺し wrote:

We. Do. Not. Claim. Him. Nor. Do. We. Want. Him.

Yeah, right, sing that tune again after the apocalypse.

crocodile Dundee bro

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鬼殺し wrote:

All jokes aside, I get that the devs are super stupendously busy but relying on streamers to do important reveals seems a strangely backyard operation thing to do. I think I'd rather a few reveal videos by Bex, honestly. I can only compare to the few other games I play/am interested in that regularly reveal new additions, notably Smite. I can't conceive of Hi-Rez stooping to using streamers to announce a new God when they've got the reveal videos down to an art.

But eh. In some ways, PoE will always be a backyard operation I guess. Even if that backyard is a larger office in Auckland.

I just can't decide if it's still charming or not anymore.

ZiggyD has released sponsored preview videos that were really well-done, and miles above what GGG could have done. It's good that they're delegating it to the community, look at what Wizards of the Coasts does with its "Spoiler Season" (which Blizzard is now copying with Hearthstone, and is technically what GGG has been doing with the Ascendancy reveals, giving it to third-party websites/mediums/fans/etc., it's all for exposure/advertising, though that's less to do with the community aspect.)

Giving reveals to the community is a good move, it works really well for Wizards of the Coast, and it's good for Hearthstone as well. It bolsters a sense of community, frees resources for GGG, and is free advertising.


The only foreseeable downside to this is the absence of Chris' sexy voice... But Ziggys will suffice. :P

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鬼殺し wrote:

I just can't decide if it's still charming or not anymore.

Well, I did say once that PoE suffers from a severe Peter Pan syndrome.

Credits to stream shouldn't go to ziggyD nor Kripp (both streaming midnight CET).
I would also prefere a video by Bex, with comments from Chris in it... I am thinking of making a promo video myself... Premiere ready and time in hand.