mjq jazz bar wrote: south carmain wrote: Well they did hire one guy from the community (well I don't know if they "hired" him but they are working with him) but the only effect it really had was inflate his ego to the point where people couldnt fake being happy for him anymore.
I think I know who you mean.
It seems like he basically just gave himself a title and they were nice enough to let him say he's allowed to be the 'official' whatever he is.
Spaghetti wrote: I think I know who you all mean.
I'm not particularly impressed by said fan's efforts to promote the series. Seems half-baked and for the most part, preaching to the choir. Not to mention odd ideas about pitching Shenmue to people on Martial Arts groups on Facebook instead of, y'know, game fans on gaming websites.
Even my pokey little MAGIC Monaco thread on GAF probably got more outreach.
I understand that people can only judge what they see, so I will try and shed some light here because these comments are a little unfair.
The person I'm certain the three of you are talking about has largely worked "behind the scenes" with various fan community managers in ways that most aren't aware of. I hate to be coy about the details but it's not my place to discuss them openly. However you do at times see the results of that work without knowing that you are, because his ego's not exactly what it's made out to be in the first post above.
I can only speculate on what would cause someone to have to "fake" being happy for him in the first place, as he was an enthusiastic member of this forum who went to extraordinary lengths (truly above and beyond) to try and help something that this site was built for, but that's an ugly side of the human psyche I'd rather not dwell on.