You really need to learn how to read before you respond. The following paragraph specifically talks about crystal shards, and how they haven't adequately dealt with that. Further, they are the ones who stated clearly that after 11/15 they still owed compensation for alliance wars AND alliance war seasons. They have delivered the former, but not the latter. Read, interpret, then respond.
No no, you're being obtuse. We received season war rewards, which everyone would have received regardless (give or take a tier) if there had never been a problem. That is NOT compensation. Trying to mischaracterize standard season rewards as a compensation is misleading and erroneous.
Context matters. They decided on the definition they were using when they categorized the 11/15 rewards as "Maintenance Compensation," followed by "This does not include compensation for..."Logically, the same definition for compensation would apply to both unless a modifier was added to specifically indicate it no longer applied in that context. Again, you're twisting yourself into a pretzel arguing semantics to give them an out of their own statement. Frankly you're floundering, and I'm embarrassed for you.
Context matters. They decided on the definition they were using when they categorized the 11/15 rewards as "Maintenance Compensation," followed by "This does not include compensation for..."Logically, the same definition for compensation would apply to both unless a modifier was added to specifically indicate it no longer applied in that context. Again, you're twisting yourself into a pretzel arguing semantics to give them an out of their own statement. Frankly you're floundering, and I'm embarrassed for you. Context does matter, but you are making a logical leap here saying that they all have to be the same context, again you are trying to define it for them, where as I stated it was vague, and you are showing that it was indeed vague. They have already illustrated that the alliance wars season compensation they were talking about came out yesterday, you are the one claiming it didnt, they said it did, so who should I believe, someone who read a vague message and claimed it was crystal clear, or the literal authority on that topic, who you say is wrong? Who is the correct one to ask about the meaning of a phrase, the person who gave it or someone who is trying to interpret it? Oh would you look at that. An actual logical fallacy.Not the first, just the most obvious.*goes back into the shadows*
Context matters. They decided on the definition they were using when they categorized the 11/15 rewards as "Maintenance Compensation," followed by "This does not include compensation for..."Logically, the same definition for compensation would apply to both unless a modifier was added to specifically indicate it no longer applied in that context. Again, you're twisting yourself into a pretzel arguing semantics to give them an out of their own statement. Frankly you're floundering, and I'm embarrassed for you. Context does matter, but you are making a logical leap here saying that they all have to be the same context, again you are trying to define it for them, where as I stated it was vague, and you are showing that it was indeed vague. They have already illustrated that the alliance wars season compensation they were talking about came out yesterday, you are the one claiming it didnt, they said it did, so who should I believe, someone who read a vague message and claimed it was crystal clear, or the literal authority on that topic, who you say is wrong? Who is the correct one to ask about the meaning of a phrase, the person who gave it or someone who is trying to interpret it?
Again, you're asking useless questions and mischaracterizing their statements. - They made a clear statement regarding their intended compensation plans, which didn't require any "logical leaps" to interpret. They defined their own language within that statement, creating expectations for the community. - They didn't follow through with their statement, only partially delivering what was indicated. - The mods here and their surrogates (again, you) have tried to backtrack on their official statement, which doesn't have the same gravitas as the official in-game mail, no matter how hard you try and point fingers. It's all super clear, except for what exactly you get out of arguing the point? Your behavior here is very Trumpian, telling people to believe your convoluted explanations instead of what they can see clearly with their eyes. As someone who doesn't have a "Kabam" denotation in front of their name, I'm curious as to what your motivations are to make spend so much time and energy spinning the narrative for them?Mine is pretty simple. I don't like watching people who can string a few buzzwords together pretend that they are being 'logical' when they in fact their semantic hand-wringing is anything but. Being someone that actually studies logic and rhetoric, it's pretty painful to watch without interjecting a bit of truth.
I don't think the word "vague" means what you think it means. There was nothing vague about their email. They stated the purpose of the current compensation, what it covered, and what it did not. They stated to expect further compensation to cover those excluded items in the future. That has been the only communication on that topic from the official in game mail. Following, they send out "Alliance Wars Compensation."Let me clarify further. Tier 1 communication (direct evidence) has been as follows:Email 1, states they are including compensation for A, but not for B and C, which will follow later. Email 2, sends out compensation for B, but fails to mention C. Tier 2 communications (indirect evidence) has been as follows:Mods shutting down threads and pointing inquires to the in game mail and forum bannerSurrogates attempting to contradict tier 1 communications with additional criteria, not included in the official email. You and the mods, can try and move the goalposts all you want. Frankly your interpretation of the direct evidence doesn't matter, as it doesn't include the weight of direct communication from the company to the player base through in-game mail. ipso facto, the official statement at this point stands in contradiction to their actions.
No no, again, you're being obtuse and blithely ignoring the context of the communication, while applying broader criteria to a statement that was intentionally narrow in its scope. You're filtering it through your own lens (or more likely through the lens of someone who has a financial stake defending the company). Also you're assuming my 'wants and desires.' Frankly I don't care if they send more compensation because this game is a bottomless time suck either way, and 2000 shards here and there won't change that. However I acknowledge that they clearly stated they would send compensation, despite your protestations and attempted semantic olympics. It's really quite amazing how you can twist logic to fit your narrative when you've clearly been proven wrong by multiple people.