ESSENCE OF A SMASH!: 2014

HULK NOT DONE LONG WINDED DISCUSSION ON HULK SITE IN WHILE, SHOULD BE A SMASHINGLY GOOD FUN!

ADORABLE FOLLOWERS GOT MAD WITH HULK TODAY OVER A VIDEO POSTED BY JIM STERLING. FOR THOSE TOO LAZY NOT TO CLICK LINKS AND HEAR BRITISH VOICES, JIM TALKS OF THE BIZARRE YET INCREASING FAILURES OF VALVE IN CHECKING PRODUCTS BEFORE THEIR EVENTUAL RELEASE.

SOME FOLLOWERS ARE OF THE OPINION THAT NO PUBLISHER, SITE, OR ENTITY SELLING A PRODUCT SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A PRODUCT BEING A PILE OF SHIT, FURTHERMORE FOLLOWERS BELIEVE THE ROLES OF SMASHING THESE GOOD FOR NOTHING SCUM DEVELOPERS THAT SELL INTENTIONALLY BROKEN PRODUCTS IS INHERENTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND NO ONE ELSE.

NOW.... HULK LOVE ALL FOLLOWERS, BUT THESE FOLLOWERS ARE MISGUIDED, AND HERE ARE HULK'S UNSMASHABLE REASONS AS TO WHY

1: MONEY HAS ALREADY TRANSFERRED BETWEEN GROUPS.

IF GAME IS RELEASED, BOUGHT, REVIEWED. FOUND TO BE HORRIBLE BEYOND STANDARD BUGS ISSUES AND CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS FRAUDULENT SCHEME TO TRICK PEOPLE.... THEN THE COMMUNITY BASED CHECKING SYSTEM IS ALREADY TOO LATE.

2: REFUNDS ARE NOT FULLY EMBRACED IN INDUSTRY.

TO DATE, THE ONLY COMPANY TO HAVE A GOOD REFUND POLICY THAT HULK KNOW ON PERSONAL LEVEL IS AMAZON ( FOLLOWERS SAID GOG ALSO GOOD BUT DONT QUOTE HULK ON IT) , NOT EVEN STEAM ( WHO DOES EVENTUALLY GIVE RETURNS WHEN SHIT HITS FAN) WILL HANDLE MORE THAN ONE RETURN PER CUSTOMER OR AT LEAST THIS IS WHAT REPRESENTATIVES HAVE PREVIOUSLY STATED.

INDIE GROUPS SUPPOSEDLY ARE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH REFUNDS BUT HULK NEVER NEEDED TO DO A REFUND DUE TO THE GAMES USUALLY BEING EXCELLENT.

MANY AAA SITES DO HAVE A REFUND POLICY IN PLACE, BUT IT INVOLVES JUMPING THROUGH HOPES, PAYING SHIPPING COSTS OR "STOCKING FEES" AND USUALLY IS LENGTHIER THEN IT NEEDS TO BE TO DETER PEOPLE FROM TRYING.

3.COMPOUNDING NEGATIVE MEDIA PIECES CAN HARM A REPUTATION.

IN SHORT, THE THEORY IS THAT IF ENOUGH BAD PIECES OF MEDIA ARE RELEASED
YOU TEND TO START SEEING BAD SALES WHEN IT GROWS BIG ENOUGH. HULK CALLS THIS A THEORY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH EVERY MARKETER ON THE PLANET UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT, NO PROPER SCIENCE HAS BEEN DONE SINCE SOCIAL MEDIA IS A NEW INTRODUCTION TO THIS COMPLICATED ISSUE.

4: THE GAME INDUSTRY (LIKE START UPS IN TECH INDUSTRY) DO NOT UNDERSTAND QA.

HULK PERSONAL POLICY IS THAT ALL KNOWN BUGS MUST BE REMOVED BEFORE GAMES SHOULD BE RELEASED. THIS MEANS HULK PROJECTS CAN TAKE A LONG TIME AND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES CAN EVEN BE A DRAIN ON RESOURCES.

LARGER OUTFITS DON'T LIKE SPENDING MONEY PROPERLY ON QA (AND INDIE USUALLY REFUSES TO)... OF ALL THE BUDGETS THEY ARE GENERALLY THE TINIEST ( WITH MARKETING BEING THE LARGEST) AND ONCE SOMETHING IS OVER BUDGETS THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN REALLY DO..... SO IT WORKS LIKE THIS, A "SHOW STOPPER" WILL GET FIXED, THE MAMMOTH FLYING HIGH INTO THE SKY PROBABLY WON'T UNLESS THAT MAMMOTH ENDS UP BREAKING THE GAME.

THEN THERE'S THE SPECIAL GROUP OF JACKASSES WHO THINK THEY DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO EARN INCOME AND SHIP IT BROKEN TO HOPEFULLY FIX IN A DAY ONE PATCH OR SOME OTHER LAZY PIECE OF MARKETING BULLSHIT.

5: DEVELOPERS SADLY ARE JUST AS LIKELY TO BLAME AUDIENCE THAN BLAME THEMSELVES WHEN THEY SCREW UP.

THEY HAVE ALSO BLAMED A GRAPHICS CARD UPDATE, FALSIFY MEDIA OR TIRADE ABOUT WORLD BEING AGAINST THEM OVER TINY CODE ISSUES ( HULK HAVE SEEN PROGRAMMERS OVERREACT AND START THROWING DEATH THREATS AROUND BECAUSE OF FREAKING SYNTAX ERRORS.....SYNTAX ERRORS OF WHICH HULK CAN'T SHARE BECAUSE THEY WERE SCARED OF PEOPLE REACTING AND DELETED TWEETS 10 SECONDS LATER!). THEY ALSO CALL REVIEWERS "SLUTS" , "BITCHES", OR "WHORES" WHEN THEY FIND FAULTS ( EASILY REPEATABLE ONES) WITH THEIR PRODUCTS.

6: THE POWER OF THE COMMUNITY "VOICE" IS NOT A STABLE GROUNDED THING...

ITS DETERMINED BY PEOPLE ON RECEIVING END AND ULTIMATELY THE VOICE CAN BE NONEXISTENT IF NO ONE LARGER IN THE COMMUNITY STEPS UP TO MAKE OTHERS KNOW ABOUT IT. THE TERM "SIGNAL BOOSTING" BECAME VERY VERY POPULAR ON TWITTER WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PHENOMENA AND ULTIMATELY, SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY BEING A DICK ( AS THE DEVELOPERS TEND TO SEE IT) DOES NOT MEAN YOUR FAVORITE KICKSTARTER OR MOBILE GAME OR "AAAAAAAAAAAA" NEXT GEN TITLE WILL GET FIXED BECAUSE PLAYER SEE SOMETHING.

SO WITH LINKS IN HAND, BIZARRE STORIES LEADING TO STRANGER STORIES, LEADING TO MISTAKES, AND EVENTUAL SLOWED SALES HULK NOW WANTS TO RETURN TO THE BEGINNING....

THE COMMUNITY *CANNOT* BE THE FIRST LINE IN DEFENSE WHEN SHUTTING DOWN WHAT LOOKS LIKE GET QUICK RICH SCHEMES. GAME SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PLACED UP TO BEGIN WITH.

DUE TO THE REASONS HULK ALREADY LISTED, IF ENOUGH SHIT GAMES ARE RELEASED, THEN THE REPUTATION OF THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR SELLING THE GAME CAN ALSO TAKE A HIT. THEY TAKE THE HIT FOR SHOWING WITHOUT A DOUBT, SEVERE LACK OF COMMON FUCKING SENSE, AND FOR A COMPANY LIKE STEAM ( WHOM HULK RESPECT IMMENSELY) IT IS A TRAVESTY THAT NO ONE STOPPED, SAW GAMES LIKE ALIENS AND THIS 2066 NONSENSE WAS BEING RELEASED AND FIGURED IT MIGHT NOT BE WORTH IT.

IT MAKES THEIR ENTIRE PROCESS OF GREENLIGHTING ( OF WHICH IS KINDA SORTA DEAD BUT NO IN THE GRAVE YET), THEIR PROCESS OF ALLOWING NON GREENLIT DEVELOPERS ON STEAM LOOK LIKE A FARCE AND ONLY ADDS MORE QUESTIONS TO THE FLAME WAR OF HOW THE HELL STEAM IS ACTUALLY RUN. THIS ITSELF IS A CONTINUING ISSUE FOR NEW INDIE DEVS THAT REALLY NEEDS CLARIFICATION.

ONE QUICK VIEWING OF THE MATERIAL WOULD HAVE SHOWN THIS WAS A POSSIBLE LAWSUIT WITH POTENTIAL ASSETS BEING STOLEN.

HULK NOT GOING TO LIST LARGE QA METHODOLOGY PRACTICE ADVICE FOR VALVE, THAT WOULD BE STUPID, BUT WITH FAILURES OCCURRING, REFUNDS STILL BEING A PROBLEM, AND MORE SHITTY GAMES BEING RELEASED ACROSS THE WIDE SPECTRUM OF GAME RELATED DEVICES.....

A QA SYSTEM IS NEEDED, AND SINCE GAMES FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS THAT AREN'T HILARIOUS GOAT SIMULATORS, HULK GUESSING VALVE SHOULD HIRE PEOPLE TO PLAY SOME DAMN VIDEOGAMES AND ENSURE THEY MEET SOME KIND OF PRICE VALUE STANDARD BEFORE BEING RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, AND HULK PRAYS TO HULK GODS VALVE DOES THIS WITHOUT LOOKING LIKE XBLIG

HULK KNOW NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE HAD FOR THIS KIND OF SYSTEM..... BUT IF VALVE WONT TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY WHILE STILL NOT GIVING OUT REFUNDS.... THEN THEY WILL START LOSING SUPPORT IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IT MIGHT NOT BE TODAY OR A YEAR FROM NOW, BUT IF THE PROBLEM CONTINUES THEN HULK CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE FUTURE HELL THAT STEAM WILL BECOME.

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