[video=youtube;l59cg62wqpY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l59cg62wqpY[/video]
I love how the people wanting an Open Beta are people who have just signed up and are like "well I've been lurking for years!". Aside from that, none of you have proven your worth to the community. I may be a huge troll/jerk, but I've paid my dues as a former moderator/tester/head tester. I didn't have the time to put into the development so I couldn't be a tester anymore. Not only that but I've been behind the scenes to try and breathe life into the community. The April Fools thing? That was my brainchild with trying to troll the team to release more pics/video under the guise of a prank. It didn't get executed the way I would've liked, so I backed out, but hey there was some content shown at the very least.
You guys are deluding yourselves if you think the joke is what hurt activity. You just sound butthurt that you could've had a chance at getting a leaked version and it was taken away from you. There was a slight jump in activity because people logged in so they could private message the account and ask for links. You guys think you were slighted by the April Fools thing? How about the people under the hood who were lobbying to the team to get a better combat video, those of us who played the game for years and played with the upper echelon of the community and were into the advanced mechanics? There are those of us who don't have much faith in the gameplay and optimization because of how 1.2 went down, and are curious to see these advanced mechanics, but that got brushed off because ~reasons~. We had a small jump in activity, which is completely negligible compared to the 2003-2005 era.
Besides, most of these people just complain about minor stuff anyways so they won't be missed. Good riddance to them for leaving, hopefully with increased PR we'll get new members who aren't entitled 13 year olds.
As said before by Zeo, most of you guys just want the instant gratification and couldn't care less about "helping the team". If anything, making builds stable enough for release would take more time, so that whole argument is moot and extremely transparent.
You want to prove your worth to the community? Make some topics that aren't whining about releases, ask questions about gameplay mechanics you are concerned about, give suggestions as a longtime player on what you think could make a good game, and overall just get involved. We've got boards that have been dying for a long time, make some topics about a game, an anime (ugh), or some news article in general chat.
Otherwise when you make a thread with an open hand like you deserve something, you might get a reaction other than laughter. Otherwise, you're just the white noise that's been coming and going for the past few years and will be treated accordingly.