I was just wondering, what is the point of making it a "secret" if it were for advertising purposes? If it were a secret, then the entire plan was to deceive people that there are actually more people who has them when it's not the case...was that the ad they were trying to promote, because we all know about the elite items (unless you can't read the patch updates)? Tell me, what good does it do aside from confusing the community?. Was this "advertisement" an excuse for being caught cold in the act, maybe? :P Why didn't they just declare that Saycred did this and that and therefore earns whatever, just like how normal people do? I've never seen a game give recognition on someone's contribution and keep it a secret (until now)...that will then make it a paradox...a secret recognition :P. So...
can we all assume that this is "normal" practice for STS? They give "secret" stuff?...
was this the first time or was this the first time they got "caught"? :P
This single event gives every player the presumption that another player's "awesome" item is just a gift, who are you to say otherwise? we now have to take photos of every drop we got LOL do you see the ripple effect? :P (unless that's also part of the advertisement lmao). I say caught because nobody from STS came out clean, not even the "benefactors", it was only when someone "caught" Saycred that they were forced to speak of this as advertisement, etc.? I don't recall reading anything that says Saycred wanted the info out...Did they go out and tell everyone, hey, let's all give Saycred applause, no, the forums had to force the issue first, in fact, we have a dev responding and somehow teasing the community about the issue, wow, was that part of the advertisement too? Did they plan that a lot of people gets upset and try to force the issue out first before they declare its an advertisement? wow what a breakthrough advertisement, not even Steve Jobs (RIP) can do that...you need to have ability to look into the future to know people will catch your "secret"...oh wait, maybe...the person who discovered the "secret" was part of the act...wow it's just getting more brilliant by the second :P You know...easy to make excuses :P I'm just enjoying analyzing the entire thing, I find it funny how people are buying into this advertisement, and my opinion is not fueled by jealousy, If this was something like the other previous personalized recognitions (i.e. Buwanda) in the past (that were clean, proper), then yes I'd be jealous, but I wouldn't want to be the center of a controversy like this, no sir, you can have it all. In my opinion it's just a bunch of people that got busted and now trying to save face...it doesn't make sense, you have three guys designing the "weapons" and got recognized by the forums, had their names imprinted on the weapons, and Saycred's contribution is a secret? (scratches head) major plothole in the script? I also remember Cinco mentioning he doesn't want players to grieve in response to why there's no breakable items in the game...and this secret is obviously causing more than that LOL (plothole again?). You have a staff named after a player (buwanda) but Saycred has to be a secret? I don't think anyone would mind the elite Staff names after Saycred if he really did contribute, that's better than this 007-esque method. It's just filled with plotholes...doesn't hold water...To me, it looks likes someone got caught cold just doing some damage control. Well...good luck with this. They're still rehearsing their "scripts", let's all be patient and wait for their ultimate scapegoat script, that's why it's taking its time, still needs some proof reading. I'm sure it'll be good. I'll be looking forward to the script. Make it good and more believable. :P
PS: Either that^ or this is the worst advertisement scheme I've seen in recent memory unless the intention was to promote flaming and hatefest :P
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