Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
I see no reason to lock it, on the other hand some REAL answers from SE would be rather nice.
Though the above link does get a laugh from me, I'm rather irritated that all of SE's, "listen to the voices of the peoples" speech has not happened at all.
I don't expect SE employees to be monitoring every single forum, but for crying out loud we're one of the six premier community sites, would it kill them to provide some feedback at least?
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If you are not asking a question, do NOT post a thread, please take your discussions elsewhere. If you wish to comment on a question, or provide an answer to a question, please post a reply, but any questions inside a thread that is not the first post of the thread will be ignored.
For the subject line, please put one of the things:
A.) Put the question in the subject line and the message.
OR
B.) If the question is too long, put part of the question and then repeat the entire question in the post.
Please make sure a thread with the same question does not already exists, or your thread may be merged or deleted.
Threads that do not conform to these rules may be overlooked and not added to the list to be submitted to SquareEnix.
Disclaimer: Things subject to change without notice, especially if SquareEnix decides to change it on us.
Thank you,
AKosygin
FFXIOnline.com Moderation and Administration Team
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Originally posted by IfritnoItazura View PostHow are you managing a reply when you're not sending questions to someone who can answer them?
i.e. We never got replies back from first set of questions, since it was sent to the wrong person. Not that the existence of the semi-mystical "right person" has been confirmed, as of yet.
The existence of this sub-forum is still misleading. At least, lock it until DiV can actually deliver questions with assurance of reply.
Don't think so? Then, post the replies to the first (and only?) set of questions sent. =b
You must have missed it.
http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/sit...questions.html
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
No one is being hurt by this sub-forum, the mods and admins do not need to prove anything and SE *is* listening to the fan base on many many things and the proof can be seen in game.
I see no reason to "Lock it and bury it" at all. All that's needed are questions that can't be answered by other players or simply waiting a week or two to find out in game.
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Originally posted by Icemage View PostWe DO actually get responses, when there's actually enough meaty questions to submit.
Originally posted by AKosygin View PostHowever, as I have said, the way for the questions to make it to the appropriate people and back isn't complete and we are still in the middle of ironing it out.
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Originally posted by Icemage View PostWith the impending release of Wings of the Goddess, I foresee a lot of questions popping up; as such, I think it's a good idea to leave this section open to give people somewhere to vent about how stupid Dancer is. ;)
Don't think so? Then, post the replies to the first (and only?) set of questions sent. =b
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
they're designed to filter out needless questions where the answers are either already known or are moot.
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Originally posted by Idun_Midgardsormr View PostLack of feedback from SE would seem to infer lack of interest on their part. Perhaps if they were to take a more active part, it might lend a bit more credibility to the forum, but there again they don't even respond to questions or requests on the POL site, so perhaps that's a bit much to ask?
Square-Enix doesn't monitor this forum; we do. The intent is that we distill the best questions and forward them on, but many questions have already been answered, and there aren't (quite) enough good questions to send another request to them as yet.
Bear in mind that they're doing us a favor by answering any questions, so we can't just rapid-fire bombard them with just any question every few weeks. That's why the rules in this subforum are set the way they are - they're designed to filter out needless questions where the answers are either already known or are moot.
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Lack of feedback from SE would seem to infer lack of interest on their part. Perhaps if they were to take a more active part, it might lend a bit more credibility to the forum, but there again they don't even respond to questions or requests on the POL site, so perhaps that's a bit much to ask?
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Just because SE doesn't answer these questions directly or right away does not mean these questions aren't looked at or considered. As such, I think this forum is worth keeping around.
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Originally posted by IfritnoItazura View PostIsn't it about time to close off the "Ask SquareEnix Questions" sub-forum? The questions aren't being sent to S-E, and the company isn't interested in answering.
Having this sub-forum is misleading. Lock it and bury it somewhere, please.
With the impending release of Wings of the Goddess, I foresee a lot of questions popping up; as such, I think it's a good idea to leave this section open to give people somewhere to vent about how stupid Dancer is. ;)
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Isn't it about time to close off the "Ask SquareEnix Questions" sub-forum? The questions aren't being sent to S-E, and the company isn't interested in answering.
Having this sub-forum is misleading. Lock it and bury it somewhere, please.
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Re: Rules for the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
old rules are still valid, but thanks to IfritnoItazura for reminding us to clean up some of our posts :PLast edited by neighbortaru; 04-03-2007, 04:20 AM.
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Re: Changes to the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Originally posted by Idun_Midgardsormr View PostAre the posts already made safe from this new rule, or should we delete them and start over?
There are several posts that have been made prior to this announcment, my own among them, where the topic header is NOT phrased as a question; as 'normal' users, we can't edit the headers once posted, so should we simply delete them and start over?
Also, we no longer have the ability to search previous questions that may have already been answered - how about creating an viewable archive of these instead of just deleting them and saving a lot of duplication of questions??
If a question is not submitted to SE, can it be re-entered for reconsideration?
It strikes me that 9 is a pretty restrictive number - today is only the 6th of the month and there are already 6 posts in there! At that rate, we may be looking at a question per day - what are the criteria that the review committee will be looking for to decide if a question should go forward or not? Number of replies? Or simply based on the gut feeling of the reviewers at the time? This would infer that popularity is the key, but I would like to confirm this - FFXI is enough of a guessing game as it is (unless you read through the cheats and spoilers) - please don't make this forum the same!!
Presuming that the question meets the syntax and rules specified previously and is a pretty good question in general....- Is the question frequently asked by the community that can only be answered by SE, but was not addressed recently?
- Is it a reoccuring "hot topic" discussed in the community?
- Does the question lend itself to possibly an interesting answer?
- Is the question generally popular with the community in which the community collectively wonders about the answer?
The second one might cover questions like: "What are you doing about RMT?"
The third one might cover questions like: "Who is [GM]Dave?" or "What does the Dev Team have in mind for the near future?"
The last one is generally a popularity contest, based upon the "ratings" people give to the thread, and the activity of the thread in views and replies.
We actually plan to submit 10 questions, the last question being reserved for use by the Mod/Admin team to put in a question that may be missed, off the wall, rephrased, or one deserving to be asked that did not fall within the normal guidelines.
Most questions should not be repetitively asked of SE, and should be current. No point in asking about last year's update this year.
I hope that answered most of your questions.
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Re: Changes to the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Are the posts already made safe from this new rule, or should we delete them and start over?
There are several posts that have been made prior to this announcment, my own among them, where the topic header is NOT phrased as a question; as 'normal' users, we can't edit the headers once posted, so should we simply delete them and start over?
Also, we no longer have the ability to search previous questions that may have already been answered - how about creating an viewable archive of these instead of just deleting them and saving a lot of duplication of questions??
If a question is not submitted to SE, can it be re-entered for reconsideration? It strikes me that 9 is a pretty restrictive number - today is only the 6th of the month and there are already 6 posts in there! At that rate, we may be looking at a question per day - what are the criteria that the review committee will be looking for to decide if a question should go forward or not? Number of replies? Or simply based on the gut feeling of the reviewers at the time?If you feel that a question should have been included on the list but was not, it is likely that you did not follow the formatting guidelines and/or it did not receive the appropriate support from other members.
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Re: Changes to the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
Originally posted by Wise Donkey View PostEmphasis mine. Oh teh irony!
Ok, this thread is serious again. Nothing to see here, move along. :P
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Re: Changes to the "Ask SquareEnix" section.
wise guy eh? how's about a ban stick for you? :evil:
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