A Response to the Disastrous Anniversary Backlash

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Resumen

TLDRFollowing the first anniversary live stream of Weathering Waves, the community expressed significant dissatisfaction, particularly regarding the anniversary rewards and a mistranslation during the event. Players took to social media to voice their complaints, leading to Kuro Games issuing a response acknowledging the issues and apologizing for not meeting player expectations. They announced a login event with rewards to show gratitude. Despite the backlash, the upcoming content appears promising, but many longtime players feel overlooked. The mistranslation added to the confusion, emphasizing the need for clear communication from developers.

Para llevar

  • 🔥 Community dissatisfaction over anniversary rewards.
  • 📢 Kuro Games acknowledges feedback and apologizes.
  • 🎁 Login event announced with rewards for players.
  • ❌ Mistranslation caused confusion during the live stream.
  • 👥 Longtime players feel underappreciated.
  • 📈 Upcoming content looks promising despite backlash.
  • 🤔 Players compare rewards to other games' anniversaries.
  • 💬 Clear communication is crucial for developers.
  • 🎉 Excitement for new content overshadowed by reward issues.
  • 🔄 Future updates will consider player feedback.

Cronología

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    The Weathering Waves community has been vocal about their dissatisfaction following the first anniversary live stream, particularly regarding the 50/50 banner situation, lack of special anniversary rewards, and a mistranslation during the broadcast. Many players expressed intentions to stop playing or review bomb the game on Steam. In response, Kuro Games acknowledged the feedback, apologized for the disappointment, and admitted shortcomings in their anniversary celebration planning and presentation. They promised to improve future versions and announced a login event with rewards to express gratitude to players, especially longtime supporters who felt overlooked. Despite the excitement for new content, the anniversary rewards did not meet player expectations, leading to comparisons with other games and previous Weathering Waves events. A mistranslation during the live stream added to the confusion, highlighting the importance of clear communication. Overall, while Kuro Games' response was expected, the community's reaction remains mixed, with players hoping for more substantial rewards and recognition in the future.

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Vídeo de preguntas y respuestas

  • What were the main complaints from the Weathering Waves community?

    Players were unhappy with the anniversary rewards, the 50/50 banner situation, and a mistranslation during the live stream.

  • How did Kuro Games respond to the community's concerns?

    Kuro Games acknowledged the feedback, apologized for the disappointment, and announced a login event with rewards.

  • What rewards are being offered in the login event?

    Players can unlock 10 radiant tides, 10 forging tides, and 10 lustrous tides.

  • What was the issue with the mistranslation during the live stream?

    A line was misinterpreted as 'very player friendly' instead of the intended meaning about freedom of choice.

  • How did players feel about the anniversary rewards?

    Many longtime players felt underappreciated as the rewards seemed more geared towards new players.

  • What is the community's overall sentiment towards Kuro Games' response?

    While some appreciate the acknowledgment, others feel the response may not be enough to satisfy their expectations.

  • What did players compare Weathering Waves' anniversary rewards to?

    Players compared the rewards to those from other games and previous anniversaries, noting they fell short.

  • What is the significance of the 'W' in the live stream?

    The 'W' was misinterpreted as slang for 'win', but it was actually the name of another developer.

  • What can players expect from future updates?

    Kuro Games promised to plan future versions with player feedback in mind.

  • How did the community react to the anniversary content overall?

    While the content looks promising, the dissatisfaction with the anniversary rewards overshadowed the excitement.

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  • 00:00:00
    since its first anniversary live stream
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    the Weathering Waves community has uh
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    kind of been on fire Most notably people
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    were unhappy with the banner situation
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    that all the reruns are 50/50 a lack of
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    special rewards for an anniversary patch
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    and a tragic mistransation that occurred
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    in the live stream Social media has been
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    absolutely ablaze with complaints with
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    many players claiming that they're going
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    to stop playing or that they're going to
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    review bomb the game when it launches on
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    Steam Unsurprisingly now that the
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    weekend is over Kuruame has officially
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    responded But is their response enough
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    here's what they wrote to our dear
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    Rovers After the Weathering Waves
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    version 2.3 preview special broadcast we
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    received plenty of suggestions thoughts
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    and criticisms from you We've been
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    paying close attention to all feedback
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    and we'd like to take this opportunity
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    to address your concerns and sincerely
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    apologize for the disappointment Our
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    road map for the recent versions of
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    Weathering Waves allocated development
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    resources to an anniversary experience
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    in version 2.3 that is both relaxing and
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    entertaining However this allocation did
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    not meet our rover's expectations for an
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    anniversary celebration At the same time
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    we fell short in how the broadcast was
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    structured scripted and presented
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    leading to a poor viewing experience We
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    at the dev team have identified and
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    acknowledged certain shortcomings in our
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    content management preparation and
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    delivery What happened has shown us even
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    more clearly that wondering Wave's
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    accomplishments over the past year would
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    not have been possible without our
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    rovers especially rovers who've been
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    with us on this journey from the very
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    start We want you to know that we are
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    planning future versions with you in
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    mind So please stay tuned for more
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    updates Again we deeply apologize for
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    failing to meet the expectations of our
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    longtime rovers We also recognize that
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    there is still much room for improvement
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    in how we operate and support the game
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    long term We're committed to growing and
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    refining every aspect of Weathering
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    Waves To express our gratitude and
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    sincerest apologies we'll be launching a
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    login event this week where the
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    following content will be available to
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    unlock and claim The opening time will
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    be given in a later official
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    announcement We'll be getting 10 radiant
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    tides 10 forging tides and 10 lustrous
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    tides Thank you once again for your
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    support and belief in Weathering Waves
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    So I'm really glad they acknowledged
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    longtime players here because that was
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    one of the huge complaints coming in
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    Many of the anniversary rewards would
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    only be available to new players such as
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    the returnee event This unfortunately
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    led to people who've been playing since
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    the start during the game's disastrous
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    launch to feel invisible and
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    underappreciated Ironically players were
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    pretty excited for the upcoming
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    anniversary patch because it looks
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    pretty good The characters are hype the
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    content looks well thought out It's
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    pretty much just the anniversary part
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    that people are upset about For
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    Weathering Waves the kind of rewards
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    they promised are very very similar to
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    your average patch And it certainly
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    doesn't match the hype of getting free
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    Shangley Yao in 1.2 or the free Squa
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    skin in version 2.0 to name a few things
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    People have been comparing Weathering
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    Waves anniversary to other games But I
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    think all we need to do is look back at
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    Weathering Waves and look at the
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    expectations it set itself I did mention
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    a tragic mistransation though and that
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    is the now infamous line very player
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    friendly which was allegedly said by
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    Solon according to the official
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    translation but courtesy of Lord
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    housewife excellent name on Reddit
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    rather than referring to the anniversary
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    banner as so flexible very player
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    friendly as it said in the translation
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    what someone was actually saying is
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    that's a lot of freedom not bad not bad
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    I asked my friend Fotus who understands
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    Mandarin and she said she would have
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    translated it something like you can
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    choose from all these characters That's
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    pretty nice Something that makes this
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    even funnier is that during one point
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    Solon is talking to a developer named W
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    and the subtitles say W This is so
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    player friendly But because in English
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    slang W means this is a win or we're
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    winning It just makes it look like Solon
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    is giving himself a W and and it's the
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    funniest possible misunderstanding But W
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    was the other dev's name so he was not
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    giving himself the dub The anniversary
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    live stream was actually quite well
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    produced and you can tell they put a lot
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    of thought into it They would have been
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    kicking goals had they just given
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    players a little bit more And you may
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    say well a free character is too much to
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    expect But again they've already set
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    themselves up for this by giving new
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    players a free five-star standard
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    selector and free new character at the
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    time Shangley Yao So now that leaves us
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    with one question Are 30 pulls in the
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    near future plus the vague promise of
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    something that will be coming soon are
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    they enough to satisfy you are you happy
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    with this response from Curo Games
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    frankly after seeing the backlash I
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    expected this to happen so I wasn't
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    really worried at all When the community
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    is unhappy you can expect Kuro to
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    respond every single time And while some
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    people may find the whole devs listened
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    thing to be irritating it ultimately
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    benefits us the players And I personally
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    as a player like feeling respected like
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    that But as I said the anniversary was
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    filled with a bunch of new content and
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    getting all the information is what's
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    most important which is why you can
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    learn about every single thing that was
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    announced at the anniversary live stream
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    in this video
Etiquetas
  • Weathering Waves
  • anniversary
  • Kuro Games
  • community feedback
  • mistranslation
  • rewards
  • live stream
  • player concerns
  • game updates
  • login event