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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Grind: Official or unofficial WAR forums?]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/11/the-daily-grind-official-or-unofficial-war-forums/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/11/the-daily-grind-official-or-unofficial-war-forums/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/11/the-daily-grind-official-or-unofficial-war-forums/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/forums/" rel="tag">Forums</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/" rel="tag">The Daily Grind</a></p><div align="left"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/french_taunter_225.jpg"  alt="" />With the recent announcement that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Mythic/">Mythic</a> would be bringing the <a href="http://www.warhammeronline.com"><em>Warhammer Online</em></a> <a href="http:// http//massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/31/mythic-announces-official-forums-for-war-with-a-twist/">forums in-house</a>, the topic of the pros and cons of official and unofficial forums have been brought out again. <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/07/three-things-official-unofficial-forums-can-and-cant-do/">Ryan Shwayder argued very eloquently</a> that developer interaction, ownership, and support for integrated features, and <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/10/unofficial-forums-sound-off-on-wars-official-forums/">we've now heard from some of the forum managers</a> who will be affected by Mythic's decision to put out their own forums. There are great points across the board, but this morning we thought we'd ask you - in specific relation to <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/Warhammer-Online/">Warhammer Online</a></em> - do you think that Mythic should (or should not) be opening forums at this (post-launch) stage? Perhaps you think they should limit them to only customer service and developer interaction and leave the more free-form discussions elsewhere? Or do you think that the fully-featured forums they're planning is absolutely the way to go - if only to (hopefully) have a moderated forum to discuss all things <em>WAR</em> on? How about those indie forums; what could they do to keep readers coming there? What balance of official and unofficial forums would you like to see for <em>Warhammer Online</em>?</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/11/the-daily-grind-official-or-unofficial-war-forums/">The Daily Grind: Official or unofficial WAR forums?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/11/the-daily-grind-official-or-unofficial-war-forums/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1456760/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/11/the-daily-grind-official-or-unofficial-war-forums/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>customer-service</category><category>developer-interaction</category><category>forums</category><category>official-forums</category><category>paid-staff</category><category>tdg</category><category>the-daily-grind</category><category>trolls</category><category>unofficial-forums</category><category>volunteer</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krystalle Voecks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
