I mentioned on the previous article about Star Trek Online’s new advisory board that Cryptic has this habit of making an announcement that is poorly worded, has fairly little description, and serves to gin up all kinds of fears across the community. Following the uproar that results from the announcement, Cryptic ends up releasing more details that put much of the speculation to rest.
So Cryptic announced a Frequently Asked Questions for the Advisory Board. Interestingly enough, the original five (now four) panel members were chosen by a “social networking firm” partnered with Atari. The same old message is still there, however. The panel is for the hundred thousand players who don’t use the forums, the panel members can be impeached, they do not have more sway than the average player, etc. I said “now four” because one of the members has already been impeached, due to comments about shaving a certain body part with her dad’s razor. So at least we know for sure that members can be impeached.
It’s always good to see developers like Cryptic reaching out to their fans, and hopefully the notion that players who did not open up to Cryptic on the forums will open up to these advisory players, comes true.
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