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The Daily Grind: What developer do you appreciate?
Last week a group of bloggers led by Scarybooster celebrated DAW -- Developer Appreciation Week. In Scarybooster's words, DAW "is about developers and how we appreciate them. Plain and simple, this is the time to be positive and show them our heart-felt thanks for making our lives fuller." So today, let us put down our critical cudgels and sarcastic snark to send some love toward individual developers and dev teams. Whom do you appreciate? Who do you think has been doing a stellar job making games, communicating with the players, and standing up to the immense pressure of the business? Yes, it may be hard to bite your tongue when someone else mentions a dev you have a blood vendetta against, but let's make today's Daily Grind positive. It can be done! So who do you love, baby? Give your favorite devs a shout-out and perhaps make their day! Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
The Daily Grind: Which MMO developers do you appreciate?
MMO players are undeniably full of passion and energy, but that often comes with a dark side -- we can be quick to judge developers' directions and jump on every mistake, perceived or real. So instead of being down on developers this week, a few bloggers have taken it upon themselves to throw "Developer Appreciation Week" (DAW). In it, they put aside criticism and acknowledge the individual MMO devs and dev teams that have done a lot of good for the genre, and who might be unappreciated for all of the hard work that they do. So which developers do you appreciate? Who are the ones that do an outstanding job reaching out to the community? What teams "get" how to make and run a MMO in a superb way? Which devs are engaging, intelligent, witty and insightful? And -- most tellingly -- have you ever named an in-game character and/or real life child after your favorite dev?
