Harvinger Studios, Savage Crucible

[TheGillMan]

It's not even necessarily bad business, it's just amateur marketing and communication. Like, If they'd said up front "after the sale we will only have con stock left" then fine, but they keep implying their stuff is gone gone gone, and then whoops, we got a *little* more.
I do think they want to imply every sale could be the last to goose numbers, and it does make a customer feel really jerked around.

Exactly. It may get folks to rush in due to FOMO, but I'd argue that just as many folks will feel like they're being messed with. It doesn't generate goodwill towards a company when they seem like they are playing games, even if that isn't their intent. It most definitely comes across as amateur at best, arrogant at worst.

 

[JakeEkiss]

Actually I was thinking of Colville as the anti-Vala when that video was being discussed the other day, right down to the ups and downs to selling at retail.

VERY accurate.

 

[Poe Ghostal]

I just think pretty much all social media tends to boil people’s brains like frogs over time if you invest too much in it. You start out doing it for the enjoyment and engagement of people who share your interests, but especially when you’re offering a product you’re going to run into problems and sometimes is going to write a negative comment that pisses you off. At that point you need to just take a breath or two and walk away - or even don’t allow comments on your posts. Whatever it takes to keep yourself out of that toxic soup.

 

[Alt]

I just think pretty much all social media tends to boil people’s brains like frogs over time if you invest too much in it. You start out doing it for the enjoyment and engagement of people who share your interests, but especially when you’re offering a product you’re going to run into problems and sometimes is going to write a negative comment that pisses you off. At that point you need to just take a breath or two and walk away - or even don’t allow comments on your posts. Whatever it takes to keep yourself out of that toxic soup.

I've actually taken steps to be intentional with my internet use. This helps me reclaim my own time and emotional space and just enjoy things.

You can log on and see if a toy is in stock. There's no need to look at the Hasbro pulse comment section.

 

[Damien]

There's no need to look at the Hasbro pulse comment section.

Hasbro Pulse has a comment section? That seems like a wildly fucking bad idea.

Yeah, I thought you might've seen that one. Like, holy shit that was so much good advice he could have charged for it. And a lot of it comes straight from his time in the video game trenches and those folks are brutal.

Genuinely, and again because I am apparently a Colville shill... a Colshill, if you will. Have a sandwich with some dill. You can even send me the bill. You know the drill.

What?
Oh, right.. what I was going to say is that Matt Colville gives some of the most easily-actionable advice I've ever seen of a person giving away advice for free. Consistently. About all kinds of things. And it seems, to me at least, like it's basically always good advice.

 

[JakeEkiss]

And it seems, to me at least, like it's basically always good advice.

I'd tend to agree, and like, even if it isn't good advice, it's usually clear and concise enough that you can form your own better version of it.

 

[Cold Blue]

The whole Elric situation is... oof. I feel for people who narrowly missed him, it really feels like they're just playing in people's face at this point.

Unrelated but, has anyone tried putting lizardman leg / arm armor on the human characters? They look different so I can't tell if they'd swap or not, and I can't find anything about it.

 

[JakeEkiss]

The whole Elric situation is... oof. I feel for people who narrowly missed him, it really feels like they're just playing in people's face at this point.

Unrelated but, has anyone tried putting lizardman leg / arm armor on the human characters? They look different so I can't tell if they'd swap or not, and I can't find anything about it.

It's definitely possible, Brynyar's forearms are the same as the Imperial Sentry and Veteris Rapax.

 

[fac]

Like, If they'd said up front "after the sale we will only have con stock left" then fine, but they keep implying their stuff is gone gone gone, and then whoops, we got a *little* more.

They did try to say this in the Sold Out codex but they weren't clear what they meant by sales channels. Reading between the lines I thought they probably meant they might have some sitting around that they will sell, but not sure when or how, but cons seemed likely.

 

[Alt]

Hasbro Pulse has a comment section? That seems like a wildly fucking bad idea.

Insta.

 

[Damien]

Insta.

Ooooh.

Also.. still a terrible idea to read the comments.

 

[JakeEkiss]

Reading between the lines

A phrase which itself shows their attempt at clear communication ain't working.

 

[Alt]

A phrase which itself shows their attempt at clear communication ain't working.

Words exist in the Crucible.

 

[Damien]

The Crucible Words You Have That Know We Can!

What the fuck do you mean I have to EXPLAIN what I just clearly wrote in words? Fucking simpletons.

 

[docsilence]

I just think pretty much all social media tends to boil people’s brains like frogs over time if you invest too much in it. You start out doing it for the enjoyment and engagement of people who share your interests, but especially when you’re offering a product you’re going to run into problems and sometimes is going to write a negative comment that pisses you off. At that point you need to just take a breath or two and walk away - or even don’t allow comments on your posts. Whatever it takes to keep yourself out of that toxic soup.

I work directly with a city's official social media manager and I regularly tell her she is NOT PAID ENOUGH and the city should provide her with a special Cadillac health plan to cover her mental healthcare because every fucking day is a bloodbath. She's great at her job and is just abused morning to night.