But what do you ‘doubt’, precisely
Precisely what i said ...
I doubt those money "could be better spent".
you doubt renting an entire castle and turning it into an elaborate theme park is expensive?
In this particular example, first of all i certainly doubt that even happened as you describe it ...
I mean even if you concider what they rented ... as far as i know, all they actualy needed was yard, two medium sized rooms and one really short corridor ... i dont know what are prices in Belgium, but i dont feel like that would cost a fortune.
As for turning it into theme park ... well, again, as far as i remember, all that was interacted with were mostly small proprietes, that can be bringed in or out in matter of minutes top. :-/
As if we are concidering that particular PFH ... we should take under concideration that castle certainly gained some additional publicity out of that event, and that is never bad thing ... i wouldnt go so far to claim it was borrowed to Larian for free, that would be absurd, but i can see there some discount happening in that case.
After all, that stream was watched by millions around the globe ... that is no small feat.
Or you doubt that all the equipment and rehearsal and costumes and editing is expensive?
Feel free to corect me, but as far as i know (and i believe even Wolfheart confrimmed this) PFH are live streamed ... so, what editing are you even talking about?
Costumes can be done in matter of few bucks, or several dozen thousands ...
As (im sure) every Larper, or Swordsman can confirm ... question here would be who pays them ... bcs (and i totally get it may sound like absurd idea, but lets say) IF Swens armor is actualy his armor, that he had somewhere at home, (prehaps as reminder of younger wilder times, dont really matter tho) ... then, its cost would be ofcourse 0.
Same goes for rest of that equipment obviously.
Or do you doubt all the thousands and thousands that go into this – not to mention all the man-hours of planning – couldn’t be better spent, I don’t know, making a game instead? Because I’d disagree.
Yes.
And sure, feel free to disagree ... it would be a little more helpfull if you would tell me why you disagree, but if you wont thats also fine.
I cant talk for Larian employees ...
But i personaly know person who worked for CDPR ... and she told me that when they were working on Witcher III. several people stayed in work loooong after their shift ended, including weekends and hollydays ... willingly, i should probably add ... and sooner or later they all burned out.
No money could help them ...
But if they would once per few weeks create some silly stuff around their game, it could help to blow some steam and maybe even get some fresh ideas.
What can i say ... i believe her, it makes sense to me.
And yeah, like you said – no one seems particularly comfortable at these things, so that’s the teambuilding bit out the window.
I think this isnt really true ...
When company where i worked did "paintball weekend teambuilding" ... i was also not exactly happy about it ... and yet it was teambuilding, not exactly best one, at least not for me (except it eventualy was bcs i luckily get Cold, so "sadly" i had to stay home
), but it doesnt change its purpose.
Now when i think about it, im not even sure if it even is possible to make teambuilding so everyone is totally happy and exited about it. :-/
But im not fan of the idea anyway ... i think people should be allowed to decide what they wish to do in their free time or not. :-/
Even if you classify it as ‘advertising’, that doesn’t automatically translate into sales.
True ...
Never said it does tho.
Bad advertising in fact damages the brand, and I’ve read many unflattering ‘takes’ on these skits outside the core Larian fanbase. The word ‘cringe’ has become so overused these days that it is itself, ironically, cringe – but that’s how I’d view these PFHs: unwatchable, frankly.
There is some saying: Heaters goona heat.
Or something like that ... :P
Nobody can please everyone, not even Swen.
Gonna ignore the rest for reasons that should be obvious ... let me know if i missed something important.
