I know *I* won't be supporting anything from NCSoft and the only grass roots thing I can do on my end which is not spend money on things they produce/support etc. Frankly its the only thing I can do, that and tell friends and other gamers about NCSoft's history. If that's too "negative" for some people then we will just have to agree to disagree on "negative".
When it comes up like this:
Friend: "You know, I'm thinking about getting into an MMO, but I don't know much of what's out there other than WoW."
Me: "Oh, depends on the genre you like. I play LotRO and RIFT, personally, both of which John plays too, but he also gets his scifi thing from STAR TREK ONLINE and TSW."
Friend: "Hmmm... I've seen a lot I like in GUILD WARS, what do you think?"
Me: "Well, personally, what I've seen looks pretty nice, but I'm not interested in it because I'm boycotting NCsoft and because I'm already in two other fantasy games. But there are a lot of folks who like it, so if you want to try it, give it a go."
Friend: "What? Why won't you play stuff that NCsoft makes?"
Me: "Because of how they handled CITY OF HEROES for the longest time, and then slamming the door on it the way they did. I resent the living hell out of them, personally, so I'm expressing my consumer opinion with my wallet."
To me, that's fine. I'm stating my opinion, but if said friend still wants to try it, that's cool.
It's when I hear stuff like:
Rabid fan: "OMG EVERY OTHER GAME SUCKS AND COH WAS THE ONLY THING WORTH PLAYING AND I WONT BE HAPPY UNTIL WHATSHISNAME RUNNING NCSOFT FALLS DOWN AND DIES AND U SHOULD ROT IN HELL BECAUSE YOU WERENT LOGGED INTO AP33 EVERY MINUTE SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND..."
You know how this rant goes. This, no. These people I want to smack.
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite