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Originally Posted by Otis
The whole reason LFG was in the influencer program was because of this website, and the popularity it enjoyed through the efforts of LFG (and others).
The lack of any agreement between SOE and LFG regarding the content on this site as a precondition for his enrollment in said program clearly illustrates that either they had no desire to change it, or hoped to by offering LFG the position in the first place.
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SOE attempted to use brute force methods to create the appearance of a happy gaming community on its forums. Those efforts failed miserably, and backfired to create EQ2Flames.
SOE terminated me and this site from that program for what it felt were its best business interests, pure and simple. All the bullshit Grimwell said in that email he sent me is a lie.
They just want their traffic back, plus somehow believe they can silence our voices and regain the appearance that they have happy users and their game isn't all fucked up. They are in more denial of reality than a crack addict.
Regarding those who have stated I wasn't an active participant in SOE's private forums for the Influencer Program (formerly the Summit Program), you'd have to see those forums to understand why. They were totally dead, and next to unused by anyone. They'd get a new post maybe once a day to once every 3 to 4 days. Much of the posts were about things that were totally stupid, like someone endlessly arguing that the conjuror class hat should be changed. There was really nothing to participate in.
Plus, of course I'm not posting on the official forums, duh. I post on this site. I can't post what I post on the official forums - my posts would be deleted and I'd be banned.
There has been a tremendous loss to SOE by the strongarmed actions of Brenlo and his yes-man Grimwell in removing my fan site status and severing ties with this community as they did.
What loss? Just a few things off the top of my head:
1. I generally tried to keep on good terms with SOE by applying a positive spin on many negative things that were posted against SOE here. I was constantly being accused of "kissing ass" to SOE by many of our users because I was frequently defending SOE on this site. I'm now forever relieved of that burden, and I seriously hope nobody will ever think I'm kissing SOEs ass in the future. What they lost was my good will, and my occasional willingness to "help out" and "quiet" certain situations by helping hide their incompetence and problems. I've now been relieved of all obligations to support them in any way. This lifts a great burden from me personally, and will undoubtedly result in great problems for them in the future.
2. I was under a nondisclosure agreement with SOE based on my participation in the Influencer program. That NDA was very clear about me not disclosing certain information I received from SOE. Based on that NDA, there was a ton of stuff I never disclosed that would have created huge traffic for this site and amazing drama for our users. By being kicked to the curb by Brenlo and Grimwell and thrown out of the Influencer program, I'm no longer subject to that NDA for any new tasty information I learn in the future. I acknowledge that I'm still obligated not to reveal things that were subject to the NDA while I was in the Influencer program, but I have no such obligation with respect to future information I obtain. Again, this lifts a great burden from me, and will no doubt result in many future problems for SOE.
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