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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 3581284" data-attributes="member: 2572">I would disagree with you on the first point but agree with you on the rest. The point of a preview is to give the potential  customer a glimpse at what is being offered in order to wet  thier appettite for the final product. In this case I feel they failed misserably. I too feel that the overall concept has some merrit and is worth a shot to see if it works. The problem is that the preview presented has absolutely nothing to do with the main concept. First they picked a name that only has meaning to insiders and one particular game (and only to the hardcore players who bought Unhinged) and additionally opens itself to ridicule. Why not pick a name that can be understood and embraced by all gamers if this is supposed to be a site for all gamers. Next up they make a temporary website where people can go once the name and concept has been released. This website however also has nothing to do with a website for all gamers. Instead it is a website about a game based on a character from M:tG. The content of this temporary site should be promoting the final concept and telling people what to expect. Additionaly the boards there are all about the game as well instead of covering the concept. There should be at least a section if not the main premise of those boards to talk about the main concept and help build a real community that will migrate to the final product. This community could also provide suggestions and ideas about what a community for gamers should include. Lastly they also take this temporary website and skin it in the worst way possible. As harsh as it sounds radioactive cat urine is a fairly acurate description of the impression given. The color combination alone is siomething that will turn off alot a people stopping by to check it out for the first time. Once more this is supposed to be about all gamers but instead they skin it in color combinations that will turn away many otherwise interested people. I personally found it irritating to just look at the site even though I was interested to find out what it was about. I certainly won't be using the forums because of this issue alone even if they changed them to cover the main concept.For these reasons I feel that once more WotC marketing and PR have failed at thier jobs. WotC has an interesting idea and one that certainly deserves exploring. It is quite possible that the design and implementation people will come through in the end but they will be so while at the same time trying to overcome future resistance to thier idea that customers might have based on thier impressions of this preview. While the language in some of these posts may be harsh and insulting the point still needs to be gotten accross. If this is supposed to be for and about gamers then they need to listen to the gamers. So far the gamers have spoken and while they may be for the main concept of a myspace for gamers they are certainly against the actual solid product released so far however limited it might be. If the final product is going to be a success they need to hear and understand that the final product needs to be nothing like the preview we have right now. To continue down this path and leave up the existing preview website will only handicap the success of the final product.</blockquote>

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