Link?

Yes, but I direct that rage to the same place I direct my sexual frustration, L4D2.

   Hunters gotta hunt...

all i want is to be able to move on, and help make this game great.  i know that making a post like this is prob counter productive to the process.  like if you ignore them, then they will go away sort of thing.  but its stuff like that that's slowing the progress down.  if the dev team is having a hard time keeping us in the loop, or prevented from doing that because of the people that can't control themselves then its going to be hard to stay focused.

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silly question, but why not just have the dev journals be read only?

i thoroughly enjoy reading what the team is up to, even if i dont agree on every point... and who possibly could?

really?  i mean the guy jumped the gun and automatically thought they were going to make elemental into dragon ball z.  you don't think that maybe he could have said "could you elaborate on some of those concepts?"  that would have been a more thoughtful and debatable post.

Preach on brother!  I'm with ya. 

I rolled my eyes when I saw one post that can be summarised as:

"Respectfully, I have to say agree with Spyndel... I don't like this."

And a dev responded to it with "If you don't like it don't post here! Show some respect!"

Over sensitive to criticism much... I mean I understand it. They're hurting and there's a salt in the wounds thing going on, but there is kind of a double standard going on. Frogboy encourages reviewers to review the 1.1 version of the game and says he wants getting berated in the reviews to act as a long standing reminder of what they did wrong... Apparently customers coming onto the forums and complaining about what they did wrong and seeking reassurance from the devs that they are fixing it right is totally out of line however.

Side by side some dev posts are very concerning. In one post they talk about how they were blind and didn't realise all their mistakes leading up to the launch. Then in another post you've got dev saying they know exactly what and everything they did wrong and don't need to be told. It's like... Come on guys... They've got the humility down but certainly not the grace.

Of course we are getting a lot of non constructive flame posts on here. Still I'd rather see the devs talk them down rationally then nuke and lock threads hopping the flamers will just shut up when they are really just making them stew some more. Some won't listen sure, but that's no reason to further inflame the ones that would.

Edit: I do really like this Reply by Frogboy that seems to be response to the complains in that thread though.

https://forums.elementalgame.com/395632/page/2/#35

Now is the time for the Elemental community to stop adding to the problems and either choose to be part of the solution, or butt out.

As has been stated, there is now nothing to be gained by bitching and whining. Stardock have taken their kick in the teeth and if we want Elemental to be the best game it can be we've now got to help them get off the floor rather than just keeping on kicking them when they're down.

It is incredibly difficult to work in a creative field where excitement and adrenalin are the things that get you through the late nights. Let alone when you have a whole lot of 'energy vampires' sucking the life out of you.

I for one am very appreciative of how day after day Brad comes in here and bares his soul to us. This makes him an easy mark for those sad and petty individuals who want to take advantage of his openness.

It isn't the criticisms about the game that are the issue. It is the constant personal and character attacks.

The Dev Journals are awesome - warts and all. Please don't stop doing these, Brad.

And they should be done away with.

If complaints/dissatisfaction is expressed with some measure of sense and respect and is not off the topic of the thread/board - it should stay. If it's flaming or trolling - nuke it. If the person that flamed or trolled wants to discuss his/her issue - they can do so without the flaming or trolling.

Doesn't sound unreasonable and is consistent with (what I thought anyway) the forum's rules.

I agree with OP but I also would like to see a post that pretty much pleads with Brad to not stop posting on the journals. The journals are what keep me connected to this game still, and I don't want that to be severed as I really have alot of faith in this game and the company and well... saying that I doubt my connection will be severed but I still want journals