How can the players make the Developers feel more appreciated?

[neko kyouran]

A request for poll from a forum user geared towards having the dev/ wtb devs answer....

[Suno_Regin]

The snork and smurf thing's getting old ><

You guys need new joke votes

*constructive feedback*

[steuben]

sharp pointy sticks to the disbelievers.

[zorbels]

Well I know there are like a ton of appreciation threads for the dev's because I have posted in five of them since my being apart of this community. Seeing the players say thank yous and great job is probably getting old though I am sure they appreciate it. I voted for "Give more constructive feedback on what they do, not only appreciation." <---- I think that at least helps a little more than saying thank you.

[Duraza]

sharp pointy sticks to the disbelievers.

YAY! pointy sticks rock 

Really though I went with giving more constructive feedback.

[Rongar Elani]

I've always tried to express myself as respectful as I can, be it a complaint, a critique or a wish. I surely could have posted more often in threads, where it's been about being grateful for the developers' hard work, but despite all the rants and complaints that appear on this board, I thought they'd know about how much we appreciate their efforts. After all, many of us are playing (and testing) this alpha version of a game with our heart's blood and favour it to other, even full developed MMORPGs.

And this, playing PS with heart's blood, is in my opinion the reason for the rants that appear when something went wrong in the players' opinion. They lose temper because they are.. hmm... 'in love' with the project, so to say, which makes them unable to formulate their complaints respectful at times. I, however, have failed upon that aim as well a few times, which I apologize for. Nevertheless, rants are critique too, miserably formulated, often angry, sometimes disappointed, or just purely cold-hearted; but they are critique, provided by people who want the best for the project, and of course the best for themselves. However, they don't see that they could have done much better in aiding the project, if they just expressed themselves more mature, and without lessering the efforts of the dev team, since that is what discourages the team from spending their time on the project, but much more, from spending their time on the forums and listening to our critique. We all need to be more patient with eachother, the dev team with the community, and the community with the dev team. Remember, we're all in the same boat; dig too many holes and it will sink.

Patience is the key, and that's what I think needs to be worked on, hence, my vote went to #2.

*Edit* Only the devs and WTBs shall vote? *removes vote*

[Tuxide]

Smack all the whiners and complainers on the head with a big, pointy stick.

True fans of the game defend their game of choice.  Oh, and join the PR team.

Edit: Retracting vote after being confused just like Rongar.  I still stand by what I say here, however, and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me why this poll is only for devs/wtbs.

[Zan]

The poll is intended for Developers and WTB Devs to vote only, not us players since we can't answer for them.

So come on Devs, let yourselves be heard here! I don't think it's just important that you guys listen to us but we should know what's going on in your heads as well and what we can do to make things more pleasant.

Thanks for submitting the poll, Neko.

* Zan hands neko kyouran a jar full of cookies

[zorbels]

Oh crud, I should really learn to read. I also removed my vote. 

[Waylander]

I'm sure all the devs are disappointed with the lack of "Send them money and hott pics"

If I were a dev it would be the pointy sticks one.  But, with moderation.  We don't want people pointy sticking constructive criticism (Note: I am the exception here.  I pointy stick everybody)

[neko kyouran]

i prefer bananas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ayQelkb1uk

[Liadan]

i prefer bananas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ayQelkb1uk

what, no kittens?

[theirah]

this is getting seriously off-topic. 

so...any thoughts or comments from the devs reading this?

[Caarrie]

since a lot of the devs dont read the forum, i dont think many will vote or reply to this thread. The idea is nice but the devs should not have to ask for feedback from players that is positive, players should be greatful for what the devs do.

The devs work very hard to get the game out to you guys and mostly all i read on this forum is how much you guys hate the features the devs work so hard to add to the game. Very rarely do i hear from a player that they like a feature that has been added to the game or a change that has been made.

[zorbels]

since a lot of the devs dont read the forum, i dont think many will vote or reply to this thread. The idea is nice but the devs should not have to ask for feedback from players that is positive, players should be greatful for what the devs do.

The devs work very hard to get the game out to you guys and mostly all i read on this forum is how much you guys hate the features the devs work so hard to add to the game. Very rarely do i hear from a player that they like a feature that has been added to the game or a change that has been made.

Whoa! Caarrie slow down and read. No one was complaining. Actually this was a thread made as Neko put in his first post on the request of a player. I think the player was hoping to get an idea of what the community could do to show their appreciation to the devs in a helpful manner.  Instead of making a thread to appreciate the dev with like a million and one posts saying the same things. This thread was created to find out what the dev's would appreciate from us as players.

 Most of the players here are glad for what the dev's do, don't take out the complaints from stupid, grumpy player posts out on people who are trying to show their love. Wow there really has been a down fall to these threads if the GM's are this uptight.