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Re: When can the livestreams be rewatched?
Being worked on now, it takes a pretty long time to download and set up 8+ hours of video for 24/7 restreaming - I'll send a poke out when it's up and ready
It's going to be looping until Friday once it's up
Re: Summoners Fest and Why I quit MCOC
I am leaving this post as it will descend into forum stupidity.
I have messaged the CEO and head of Marketing. It was not about anything more than politeness.
Late in the day I was walking down the stairs from the Beat the Boss. Dave was walking a few meters ahead. I smiled and nodded politely. He immediately averted his gaze and rushed off. It was a friendly smile and nod. Who in the world can't reciprocate that.
That was it for me. If people at Kabam want to talk, they know how to reach me.
Freskin
Re: Summoners Fest and Why I quit MCOC
Sorry to hear you didn't have a good experience. Over the weekend I shared a handshake and thanked many dozens of people, but with over 200 people in attendance it wasn't possible to talk to everybody. On Sunday I actually spent an hour walking around deliberately trying to find someone having and bad time and I failed. I guess by that point you had already left, and I'm sorry to have missed you.
I will also say, Mike and Dave worked tirelessly to make this event happen. I'm pretty sure Mike worked so much that he literally didn't even go back to his hotel some nights last week. It was an enormous lift to put on the show they did, and I promise you if you felt dismissed it wasn't because they intended that and likely they had the production team yelling in their earpiece telling them they needed to be somewhere or do something.
BGs: What is an intercept?
Mind you—it’s always quick enough to stand up the defender right after a knockdown and jump straight into a combo.
But it isn’t when the attacker completes anything less than a 4-hit
combo plus backdraft intercept.
Since there’s ebb and flow protection—and since intercepting grants the attacker a fury—this is fairly important.
I don’t mean to imply it’s intentional. I’ve come to the belief that these kinds of interactions are likely because the game has just gotten away from the
team. I would imagine there’s so much code on code on code few have any idea where the operative place to begin addressing issues might lie.
Doesn’t change the fact that it is uber-frustrating, however.
Dr. Zola
DrZola
Re: Summoners Fest and Why I quit MCOC
I attempted to say hello to many. The looks I got made it clear they were not there to interact with me. I smiled at many. Would have been very happy with a polite smile back.
It was the very least they failed at. A polite smile.
Freskin
Re: Summoners Fest and Why I quit MCOC
sorry to read that @Freskin . Sending you and your son a big virtual hug from Oz. I am one of those people that will say hi to strangers and start a conversation but even my family gets embarrassed by me. The gaming community is mostly introverts and coupled with the stress of running the event, I can imagine they are also under the pump. Hope you can forgive them in time.
Take care, stay safe and hope you at least check in with the community every so often.
SammyDe
Summoners Fest and Why I quit MCOC
Over the years, MCOC continued to provide that vital escape. My health is poor; a rare degenerative bone disease has left me in constant pain and severely limited my mobility. Chronic pain is isolating, but MCOC has always offered me a lifeline to the outside world. It allowed me to be part of something when being present anywhere else was extremely challenging, thanks to the overwhelmingly safe and supportive community amongst summoners.
I'm a generally average player, one of the thousands who have sunk thousands of dollars into MCOC. I'm no one special. I do my part in my alliance, clear basic content, occasionally run a Gauntlet, and grind Arena for units.
Travel is incredibly challenging for me; it guarantees excessive pain for the entire duration. I have to truly commit to a trip. But when Summoners Fest 2025 was announced, I saw it as a pilgrimage. I knew the immense physical cost, but I believed it would be worth it to nerd out for a couple of days, have some polite conversations, and interact with other human beings in person.
I was thoroughly disappointed by the in-person experience at Summoners Fest 2025—and I don't mean the streaming content. The Kabam employees seemed desperate to avoid making eye contact. In eight hours, I had a grand total of two polite interactions. I saw every Kabam employee dozens of times. Not a single one even acknowledged my existence. Zero smiled and said “hey thanks for coming to summoners fest. I see this as the smallest polite interaction possible. I didn't want to know any secrets or even complain. I walked past Dave and Mike 50 times. Zero times did I get even a welcome smile from either.
Meanwhile, I watched them having large, enthusiastic interactions with other attendees: content creators and brawl contestants. The contrast was stark.
The overall experience was so unfriendly and isolating that I cut my trip short and drove home instead of attending on Sunday. Today, I quit my alliance and deleted the game.
It wasn't a huge crowd; anyone in attendance saw me dozens of times, hobbling around with a friendly smile. This trip carried an immense physical toll, endured purely for connection. A few genuine, polite interactions would have made all the difference.
Freskin
Re: Level 64 exp needed?
I'm halfway to 64.. not even close.
Re: Rate the future of MCOC on a scale of 0 - 10 after watching Summoner Fest livestream
0, words are cheap.
So far all we got is words on things that haven't even been fixed yet, so I don't expect much on future new stuff when the current one is still flawed.
Re: Rate the future of MCOC on a scale of 0 - 10 after watching Summoner Fest livestream
People are consistent in reminding kabam on their poor performance. I'm here for the memes and giggles.
