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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Auran wants to make you their bitch]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/27/auran-wants-to-make-you-their-bitch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/27/auran-wants-to-make-you-their-bitch/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/27/auran-wants-to-make-you-their-bitch/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fury/" rel="tag">Fury</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/01/auran-bitch.jpg" />John Romero and Mike Wilson might be <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/21/romero-gamecock-is-dumb-gamecock-no-u-r-us-whos-bitch-are/" target="_blank">indulging in increasingly childish verbal fisticuffs</a> over the famous <a href="http://www.igloolounge.net/pictures/april06/romero_ad.jpg" target="_blank">"John Romero's about to make you his bitch!"</a> advertisement, but all of that testosterone-laden scuffling kind of glosses over the fact that antagonizing and belittling your players is not a great way to gain a solid following. Especially if your players are over ten years old.</p>
<p>Well, <a href="http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=12080.0" target="_blank">according to Signe at F13</a>, Auran (or whoever's really in back of the game <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fury" target="_blank"><em>Fury</em></a> these days - funnily enough it appears to be Mike Wilson's Gamecock) wants you to suck it down and stop being such a shameful girly loser in what has to be one of the outright worst MMO incentive emails I've seen so far, endearingly titled "<em>LOSER! LOSER! LLLOOOOSSSSEEEERRRRR!</em>"</p><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/27/auran-wants-to-make-you-their-bitch/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Auran wants to make you their bitch</em></a></p><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/2008/01/27/auran-wants-to-make-you-their-bitch/">Auran wants to make you their bitch</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:00:00 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://www.moorgard.com/?p=186>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/27/auran-wants-to-make-you-their-bitch/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1098107/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/27/auran-wants-to-make-you-their-bitch/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>auran</category><category>f13</category><category>fury</category><category>gamecock</category><category>john-romero</category><category>mike-wilson</category><category>signe</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tateru Nino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
