The International Game Developers Association (Igda) posted questions intended to develop guidelines on how developers should use social media.
The post was published on the Igda blog by Jen MacLean on Monday, and is intended to help establish guidelines on acceptable use of social media in order to protect game developers.
While many employers have some form of social media policy, the interaction between game developers and the game community has been a point of contention in the gaming community recently after two ArenaNet writers were fired for their interactions on Twitter with a YouTube partner who streams “Guild Wars 2.”
ArenaNet spoke out after the backlash from the game developer community, and stated that the employees “failed to uphold our standards of communicating with players” and called the behavior “unacceptable.”
“I had, in my time there, zero warnings about my social media use. Everything I said on Twitter was consistent...
The post was published on the Igda blog by Jen MacLean on Monday, and is intended to help establish guidelines on acceptable use of social media in order to protect game developers.
While many employers have some form of social media policy, the interaction between game developers and the game community has been a point of contention in the gaming community recently after two ArenaNet writers were fired for their interactions on Twitter with a YouTube partner who streams “Guild Wars 2.”
ArenaNet spoke out after the backlash from the game developer community, and stated that the employees “failed to uphold our standards of communicating with players” and called the behavior “unacceptable.”
“I had, in my time there, zero warnings about my social media use. Everything I said on Twitter was consistent...
- 7/10/2018
- by Liz Lanier
- Variety Film + TV
“Guild Wars” developer ArenaNet fired two of its writers after a public argument with a YouTuber on Twitter, the company said this week.
“Recently two of our employees failed to uphold our standards of communicating with players. Their attacks on the community were unacceptable. As a result, they’re no longer with the company,” ArenaNet co-founder and president Mike O’Brien said on the “Guild Wars 2” forum on Thursday.
“I want to be clear that the statements they made do not reflect the views of ArenaNet at all,” he added. “As a company we always strive to have a collaborative relationship with the ‘Guild Wars’ community. We value your input. We make this game for you.”
The spat began on July 3 when a “Guild Wars” YouTuber called Deroir responded to a Twitter thread by ArenaNet writer Jessica Price about crafting dialogue for playable characters in a massively multiplayer online game.
“Recently two of our employees failed to uphold our standards of communicating with players. Their attacks on the community were unacceptable. As a result, they’re no longer with the company,” ArenaNet co-founder and president Mike O’Brien said on the “Guild Wars 2” forum on Thursday.
“I want to be clear that the statements they made do not reflect the views of ArenaNet at all,” he added. “As a company we always strive to have a collaborative relationship with the ‘Guild Wars’ community. We value your input. We make this game for you.”
The spat began on July 3 when a “Guild Wars” YouTuber called Deroir responded to a Twitter thread by ArenaNet writer Jessica Price about crafting dialogue for playable characters in a massively multiplayer online game.
- 7/6/2018
- by Stefanie Fogel
- Variety Film + TV
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