Ashamed to be part of the gaming community some days (like today).

[Knight Templar]

As I have said elsewhere, the harassment she receives is disgusting and unwarranted.
The most recent attacks are the least I have seen.

 

[Still Life]

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I don't think you understand. A spade is a spade.

Furthermore, there may very well be legitimate complaints with Bioware, but defaming a writer is no foundation for a legitimate grievance. Bioware has always been open to legitimate criticism -- more so than a lot of companies -- and have in the past, openly acknowledged fan-feedback. Whether they choose to act on it is not choice a bunch of keyboard warriors can claim authority over.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

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Given her actions and what she said on twitter, she is getting what she deserves. You reap what you sow.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

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Given her actions and what she said on twitter, she is getting what she deserves. You reap what you sow.

What actions? And the 8 twits she had justify a witch hunt? Are you serious?

Sorry, there is nothing that justifies the behaviour of a premature jerk. Or in this case, hunderds of premature jerks.

her comments about her job and gender leave me without sympathy for her. She seems to have no problem dishing it out, but can't take it when she gets it back.

 

[Site Ser]

The ability to skip combat like dialogue is, in my opinion, idiotic. That's not to say favoring a game's story over it's gameplay is an idiotic mindset to have. I think what BioWare implemented with ME3 is perfect, the "story" option for single-player making combat extremely easy to allow for a quicker progression to the dialogue.
But if ALL someone wants is a story, then they shouldn't be playing a video game in the first place.

That being said, a vast portion of the gaming "community" are a bunch of over-sensitive, self-entitled ingrates who think a game not being entirely flawless (or what they think of as flawless) is an affront to humanity and that anyone who's involved with such a thing should be burned at the stake.

*facepalm* @ little kiddies getting their panties in a bunch.

 

[LetalisK]

Shoehorning homosexual relationships?
Guh. Just like the BAWWing of Skyrim... People realize that crap is optional, right?

Evidently not. These people have more in common with anti-gay marriage right wingers then they'd like to admit. Against poorly written romance stories? Fine. Makes sense, though even then it's still optional. But I'm seeing way too many gamers that just don't want da ghey anywhere near their vidja games. And the whole "But it would cause continuity problems" is the most thinly veiled pile of bullshit I've seen in this whole conversation.

 

[esperandote]

Good on Helper and Flynn for fighting back a bit, professionalism shouldn't be a factor when you are being so visciously slandered. What a bunch of butthurt misogynist losers...some people are not even worth the oxygen they breathe.

Her last name is Hepler, Helper (Hamburguer Helper) is the name people give her to make fun of her... hehe.

GM shouldn't have trash talked customers.

Screw that, Flynn should get a medal for that post. I applaud him for standing up for a co-worker. The customer is NOT always right, and Bioware doesn't need that guy's business.

If you ever attended business school, that line of thought about the customer NOT being always right is just flat out WRONG. Keep in mind that Bioware is still a legitimate business entity, no matter how bitchy the customers might get, telling your market share to "fuck off" shows poor PR, degrades company image, and shows a great lack of professionalism.

Defending someone is not an excuse to disregard professionalism in handling a matter like this. That guy needs to remember that he's still representing the company with his statements. Instead of giving him a medal, Bioware should show him to the unemployment line instead.

Chances are that some of the guys that trashes her aren't even paying customers.

 

[Verzin]

Christ..This sort of crap is sickening.
I'm disgusted to share the name 'gamer' with these pathetic horrible children.
yes. I call them children. I don't care how old they are. they've proven their true age.
This is...god I'm so sick of my fellow human beings. what's wrong with us?

 

[Awexsome]

Nobody can say with a straight face that this was about her not being able to take 'criticism'.

It was 100% abuse that would've gotten those trolls arrested for harassment if they had done it in person to her. Then she and Bioware responded in kind to these insults, calls for her head and complete trashing of her entire professional career with basically a "fuck you". Which is just what those trolls deserved.

Bioware has just a horrid chunk of "fans" that really need to have their computer break down to make the internet a better place.

 

[ran88dom99]

By far her greatest "crime" was suggesting that games should let the player skip combat, stating: "Games almost always include a way to "button through" dialogue without paying attention, because they understand that some players don't enjoy listening to dialogue and they don't want to stop their fun. Yet they persist in practically coming into your living room and forcing you to play through the combats even if you're a player who only enjoys the dialogue."

I spent my third DAO instal to get this feature.

 

[boag]

What in god's name causes people to regress into a pack of morons?

Being part of a Community that labels its identity around a hobby for starters.

If you put on the "GAMER" tag on a list of traits that describe you, then you deserve to be treated as the stereotype that everyone is familiar with.

If you put gaming as an activity or hobby you enjoy, then you are a normal person and you can step back and look at arguments like the one posted.

the whole issue was causes by the aggrieved sharing poor choice words (which is hilariously ironic) on the internet.

A recent high Profile female was the focus of hatred on the internet and was classy enough o sail through it without inciting much more hatred by using very clever replies to the hate filled posts.

example

 

[LittleBlondeGoth]

I'm not quite sure how to feel about skipping combat sections, because I often play games like RPGs and the such for their stories. But when I really think about it, the combat sections are also part of the story that makes every run of every game, no matter how linear or open, unique in their own respect to the individual playing the game, whether canonical or non-canonical.

But also it's the fact that actually playing it is what distinguishes a game from a movie or a television show. If you wanted purely story, you can always flick on the tv, put in a movie or pick up a book and read it. Combat systems are the very core of what makes a game...well...a game. They aren't games if you simply sit there and watch them. And there is a game mode that means you don't have to rely on pixel perfect moves. Easy Mode exists for a reason.

I'm kind of on the fence about it, really. I can't say I'm for it, but I can't say I'm entirely against it because I'm guilty of occasionally wishing I could just move on with the plot without going through more combat. I feel like from a practical viewpoint it may have some merits, like allowing people like your other half's mom to go through games with ease and thoroughly enjoy them. But fundamentally, that removes everything that makes it a game and it's nothing more than a movie, which completely obliterates what makes the gaming unique as an interactive medium.

Still working on figuring out how to say what I'm thinking without it coming across like "she shouldn't be playing games because skipping combat isn't how playing a game is supposed to be done." Because that's rude and insensitive and it's not what I mean nor what I'm trying to say. I'll get back to you at a later date. .-.

It's OK, I know what you're getting at here. And I agree - the interactivity is what makes a game be a game. Though I suppose there's titles coming out now like Dear Esther or Heavy Rain, which are more in this vein. I know my mother in law played the latter and really enjoyed it. She had some QTEs to contend with, but was OK with them. She really does love playing games, has done for a long time, but she's annoyed that because her fingers aren't as dextrous as they used to be, she can't always progress very far.

Maybe easy mode is enough, I don't know. I'm happy with combat so it's not something I use. Perhaps some kind of automatic targetting would help? Oh, I don't know. I guess my thought is that whilst Hepler's view may be seen as 'controversial', I don't think it should be automatically dismissed out of hand as 'the worst idea evar'. It's an issue for debate. Maybe it will introduce some changes. Maybe it won't.

 

[Imbechile]

-You're keeping yourself in denial if you think that the "mob" has no credibility.
I'm just saying that you should have learned by now that most people act like morons on the internet, and that you should ignore them, and instead, focus on those that have valid complains.You just need to sift through the usual trolling to find legitimate criticism.

It saddens me that people have started insulting her personally instead of her work. Those that did have valid complains are now getting shoved in the "mob" by other people, dodging yet again issues that both Bioware's games and the company have.

PS: Dissmising constructive hate as just trolling attempts is a very bad thing. That hate stems from the love for the genre, and it's made when someone strides too far from the right path.

I don't think you understand.

You see how you're keeping yourself in denial. You don't even wish to respond to the rest my post. You just quote me out of context to easily refute my arguments. Do you see now how it makes you look petty?

A spade is a spade.

Again you're burying your head in the dirt, not wanting to see the bigger picture, and furthemore, you generalise. In time you will learn that, in life, not everything is black and white, but I disgress.

Furthermore, there may very well be legitimate complaints with Bioware, but defaming a writer is no foundation for a legitimate grievance.

As I said earlier: Most of them are trolls. The internet is full of them. Why were you so suprised by this? And, furthemore why are we still discussing about those trolls? Trolls gonna troll. And also, as I quoted RPG Codex, Hepler is just the unlucky reciever of all the anger against Bioware that's been bulding up for some time now.

Bioware has always been open to legitimate criticism -- more so than a lot of companies -- and have in the past, openly acknowledged fan-feedback. Whether they choose to act on it is not choice a bunch of keyboard warriors can claim authority over.

In the past? Probably. I recently got a good internet connection so I don't know what the form's were 5-6 years ago. But did you seen now? The moderators edit posts with legitemate and constructive criticism, lock threads often. It's like they're fucking Gestapo or KGB.

 

[KingofMadCows]

Skipping combat? Who does she think she work for, Obsidian?