Maybe it isn't really the main point of her job, but does anyone else find it funny that the public relations person at telltale can't relate to the public most of the time?
It might not be her fault, but I still think it's hilarious.
Maybe it isn't really the main point of her job, but does anyone else find it funny that the public relations person at telltale can't relate to the public most of the time?
It might not be her fault, but I still think it's hilarious.
Indeed, but what I meant was that Telltale's PR person could be busy organizing the logistics of the TV advertisement.
She could also be hard at work trying to create the deviously creative trailer material that Telltale is fond of creating which both teases the content of the episode and it's themes while simultaneously setting us up to be completely unprepared for it, (evil/violent people in episode 2's trailer material, suicide episode 3's) for example Telltale swapping Andy's model with the bandit's model in a trailer showing the electric fence fight scene to make it look like the bandits would be the main antagonists of the episode and setting us up for the shock and surprise of the actual threat.
Another example would be the promotional material for episode 3 showing the silhouette of Christa about to commit suicide via gun, to show us that suicide will be a theme, and to create a sense of great foreboding or dread due to the dark nature of the topic, while at the same time completely throwing us off who ends up killing themselves to maximize it's actual shock and sadness value in the actual game.
I'll still end this post by acknowledging if they were working on this deviously creative trailer material, where the heck has it been this whole time? All they have shown us so far, a full episode into the season, was that the game and it's trailer material were coming soon.
Maybe it isn't really the main point of her job, but does anyone else find it funny that the public relations person at telltale can't relate to the public most of the time?
It might not be her fault, but I still think it's hilarious.
I think I have said this before, but can't she give us her own unofficial guess at the date, just once a week? That's only 6-8 steady updates per episode of a season, and that would take like 5 minutes a week to quickly organise some data make a guess and finally to check with Legal to see if what she wrote doesn't breach any agreements. Even if she was terrible at estimation it would still give us something funny to talk about.
Given the episodic nature of the game, we should get something like this just once, consistently every Friday:
"Hey guys, not promising anything, but my unofficial baseless guess would be that the episode comes out on the 18th"
"Whoops, we had some delays, I bet it will be out on the 25th now instead. (Unofficial personal guess). I can't legally give you any details or Telltale might silence m"
"Good news! We managed to get out of those delays faster than I thought, my new guess will be that episode 2 is out by the 20th! As per usual, I can't talk about the details, or Telltale's Legal Department will make me disappe"
Instead what we get is this, at random intervals across seemingly random selections of social media:
"I just played it guys (because I am PR and should be making PR stuff with the data gathered from the beta of the episode) its really awesome, yall can enjoy it soon!"
"You can expect some news coming right around the corner" (News about news, for real?)
"Generic framed quote from SE2EP1 You can expect some more news about episode 2 in the next few days!"
"Hey some other people from Telltale have completed the game, some more news coming super soon!"
A word to Telltale's PR person: I hope that you learn from this statement and that it doesn't bring you down, but you really need to give us a consistent stream of information, even if it isn't totally accurate. Frankly, it's insulting that you keep us all in the dark about the episodes because of two reasons:
A: Most of us pre-order the content, trusting you with our money, and try to be very vocal, supportive and contributive to Telltale in the waiting periods.
B: We care about the story, many of us as much as Telltale does. Many of Telltale's fans are literally waiting in anticipation for the release of the episodes above everything else. You could easily turn that weighty wait period into a fun interlude for the Telltale fans if you would put some attention towards engaging and discussing with the community.
Again: I'm not asking for spoilers. I'm not asking you to break any laws. Wildly inaccurate unofficial guesswork by Telltale staff is better than 'Soon'. The reason why so many of us initially came to Telltale was by how you engaged and tested the fanbase in order to improve aspects of the story on an episodic basis.
This allowed Telltale to be be able to learn what was good and bad about your team's writing, graphic design, programming, music selection, voice work, and IP management; by that I mean treating other people's characters, themes, and settings consistently and with care, but also proficiency and flair (Telltale has stayed true to the roots of TWD while adding so much depth to it's characters, themes and settings in ways that fit in perfectly with the series). Telltale could improve upon these aspects of themselves on an episodic basis, rather than releasing a whole game's worth of mistakes and having to learn from the aftermath.
What made this process especially enjoyable was that the fans (us) got to be a part of Telltale's learning process too, and we got an inside look at how (for some us) our favorite company worked.
I think that about sums up everything Telltale's fans (including me) are feeling right now without becoming vitriolic, so job well done me I guess. Enjoy this wall of text everyone.
I think I have said this before, but can't she give us her own unofficial guess at the date, just once a week? That's only 6-8 steady updates … moreper episode of a season, and that would take like 5 minutes a week to quickly organise some data make a guess and finally to check with Legal to see if what she wrote doesn't breach any agreements. Even if she was terrible at estimation it would still give us something funny to talk about.
Given the episodic nature of the game, we should get something like this just once, consistently every Friday:
"Hey guys, not promising anything, but my unofficial baseless guess would be that the episode comes out on the 18th"
"Whoops, we had some delays, I bet it will be out on the 25th now instead. (Unofficial personal guess). I can't legally give you any details or Telltale might silence m"
"Good news! We managed to get out of those delays faster than I thought, my new guess will be that episode 2 is out b… [view original content]
I think I have said this before, but can't she give us her own unofficial guess at the date, just once a week? That's only 6-8 steady updates … moreper episode of a season, and that would take like 5 minutes a week to quickly organise some data make a guess and finally to check with Legal to see if what she wrote doesn't breach any agreements. Even if she was terrible at estimation it would still give us something funny to talk about.
Given the episodic nature of the game, we should get something like this just once, consistently every Friday:
"Hey guys, not promising anything, but my unofficial baseless guess would be that the episode comes out on the 18th"
"Whoops, we had some delays, I bet it will be out on the 25th now instead. (Unofficial personal guess). I can't legally give you any details or Telltale might silence m"
"Good news! We managed to get out of those delays faster than I thought, my new guess will be that episode 2 is out b… [view original content]
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Lol. Yeah.
Nah More like super duper extra mega soon
Maybe it isn't really the main point of her job, but does anyone else find it funny that the public relations person at telltale can't relate to the public most of the time?
It might not be her fault, but I still think it's hilarious.
Same. Even if we get anything tonight, I have zero hope for a February 18th release.
You know it's desperate times when a screenshot would be incredible.
Indeed, but what I meant was that Telltale's PR person could be busy organizing the logistics of the TV advertisement.
She could also be hard at work trying to create the deviously creative trailer material that Telltale is fond of creating which both teases the content of the episode and it's themes while simultaneously setting us up to be completely unprepared for it, (evil/violent people in episode 2's trailer material, suicide episode 3's) for example Telltale swapping Andy's model with the bandit's model in a trailer showing the electric fence fight scene to make it look like the bandits would be the main antagonists of the episode and setting us up for the shock and surprise of the actual threat.
Another example would be the promotional material for episode 3 showing the silhouette of Christa about to commit suicide via gun, to show us that suicide will be a theme, and to create a sense of great foreboding or dread due to the dark nature of the topic, while at the same time completely throwing us off who ends up killing themselves to maximize it's actual shock and sadness value in the actual game.
I'll still end this post by acknowledging if they were working on this deviously creative trailer material, where the heck has it been this whole time? All they have shown us so far, a full episode into the season, was that the game and it's trailer material were coming soon.
Telltale PR went full retard.
Never go full retard.
On a side note, cupcakes!
I think I have said this before, but can't she give us her own unofficial guess at the date, just once a week? That's only 6-8 steady updates per episode of a season, and that would take like 5 minutes a week to quickly organise some data make a guess and finally to check with Legal to see if what she wrote doesn't breach any agreements. Even if she was terrible at estimation it would still give us something funny to talk about.
Given the episodic nature of the game, we should get something like this just once, consistently every Friday:
"Hey guys, not promising anything, but my unofficial baseless guess would be that the episode comes out on the 18th"
"Whoops, we had some delays, I bet it will be out on the 25th now instead. (Unofficial personal guess). I can't legally give you any details or Telltale might silence m"
"Good news! We managed to get out of those delays faster than I thought, my new guess will be that episode 2 is out by the 20th! As per usual, I can't talk about the details, or Telltale's Legal Department will make me disappe"
Instead what we get is this, at random intervals across seemingly random selections of social media:
"I just played it guys (because I am PR and should be making PR stuff with the data gathered from the beta of the episode) its really awesome, yall can enjoy it soon!"
"You can expect some news coming right around the corner" (News about news, for real?)
"Generic framed quote from SE2EP1 You can expect some more news about episode 2 in the next few days!"
"Hey some other people from Telltale have completed the game, some more news coming super soon!"
A word to Telltale's PR person: I hope that you learn from this statement and that it doesn't bring you down, but you really need to give us a consistent stream of information, even if it isn't totally accurate. Frankly, it's insulting that you keep us all in the dark about the episodes because of two reasons:
A: Most of us pre-order the content, trusting you with our money, and try to be very vocal, supportive and contributive to Telltale in the waiting periods.
B: We care about the story, many of us as much as Telltale does. Many of Telltale's fans are literally waiting in anticipation for the release of the episodes above everything else. You could easily turn that weighty wait period into a fun interlude for the Telltale fans if you would put some attention towards engaging and discussing with the community.
Again: I'm not asking for spoilers. I'm not asking you to break any laws. Wildly inaccurate unofficial guesswork by Telltale staff is better than 'Soon'. The reason why so many of us initially came to Telltale was by how you engaged and tested the fanbase in order to improve aspects of the story on an episodic basis.
This allowed Telltale to be be able to learn what was good and bad about your team's writing, graphic design, programming, music selection, voice work, and IP management; by that I mean treating other people's characters, themes, and settings consistently and with care, but also proficiency and flair (Telltale has stayed true to the roots of TWD while adding so much depth to it's characters, themes and settings in ways that fit in perfectly with the series). Telltale could improve upon these aspects of themselves on an episodic basis, rather than releasing a whole game's worth of mistakes and having to learn from the aftermath.
What made this process especially enjoyable was that the fans (us) got to be a part of Telltale's learning process too, and we got an inside look at how (for some us) our favorite company worked.
I think that about sums up everything Telltale's fans (including me) are feeling right now without becoming vitriolic, so job well done me I guess. Enjoy this wall of text everyone.
Didnt read anything. Reading is for noobs!
A man can dream.
Unfortunately their PR department is fucking hopeless currently.
Apparently interesting news of any kind is the opposite of relating to the public.
Good thing they didn't hire any of us, we are clearly going about this Public relations thing all wrong :P.