Community Crunch 321: EVO Event, Community Corner, and More!

First one  and cool ty 4 this but ik that u will be releasing gamplay footage of ark 2here but is there any way that u can give us like a small sneakpeak sooner then a couple months from now?

 

since youre mention about the new wiki page what about a new discord for ark 2? that would be nice

...What about Summer Bash? Shouldn't it be starting soon? Or are you going to take the event away from us now, in the last year of events, so we won't have a chance of getting the colors/new chibis/items? I hope this is just either a neglect to mention or a delay, not an outright cancellation, because that's not fair to us. There isn't going to be another chance

second post i will not say what my view on this matter of abortion or gay rights  nor saying pro or no but i feel that as a company that it is not your right to put your views in a post and should just stick to the game news and related. this is also bothering me that u hve continued to done this as their are some who may find this offensive or they are to little to hear about this yet so if u could please dont put ur  views into this. i love ur game though. ty

 

If we can choose to mate we should be able to choose to abort 

Please fix dino spawns and glass forging on official Primitive+ maps before abandoning us for Ark 2!

i am very grateful you're showing your support on the matter of abortions, it means a lot to some of us. excited for more ark news!

any news about carcharodontosaurus

20 minutes ago, HanchoChancho282 said:

second post i will not say what my view on this matter of abortion or gay rights  nor saying pro or no but i feel that as a company that it is not your right to put your views in a post and should just stick to the game news and related. this is also bothering me that u hve continued to done this as their are some who may find this offensive or they are to little to hear about this yet so if u could please dont put ur  views into this. i love ur game though. ty

 

there are several lgbtq characters in ark lore, they've been "putting their views" in their work since the very beginning. they own the game, they can do what they want on their weekly forum posts.

Quando rilascerete il carcharodontosauro ???

It's really such a shame. WC has been building their brand and reputation with the creativity and skills of everyone on the team working at the company for the past 7 years. As well as inspiring others in the community to contribute. I have been one of them. A diehard supporter since the beginning. In all those 7 years, Ark / WC has been a good place. A neutral place and there was harmony, never having to get politics involved. Not once. With the beginning of June this year, it's becoming more and more clear that there is either new management at WC, or the old bosses just don't care about community anymore since they've milked profits from Ark 1 as much as possible. So now they've decided to throw their reputation in the trash by becoming political and voicing opinions when they shouldn't have one. Individually, that's fine. People are allowed to have opinions. But publicly, as a company, no. If someone new is in charge and making their voice the companies, then I hope they get removed, before it's too late. I know I've lost a ton of respect for WC recently which is a real shame considering I believed a job there was a true dream job, just a short time ago. 

 

All this political talk, and not even a single bit of news regarding the summer bash event. It's really a shame what things are coming to. 

Edited June 25, 2022 by LastSurvivor

I honestly don't care how strong you feel about anything or that level of hysteria, nothing has really fundamentally changed other than that an overarching government has had their wings clipped in favor of state rights as it always should have been. You are a gaming company and I can guarantee you a large chunk of your customer base is on the other side politically to you, I find it interesting how willing you are to alienate them by overestimating your influence on any of your customers. I don't think more than a tiny fraction if that cares to know anything about your political leanings or affiliations.

I don't care what the politics of my grocery store is or my utilities provider, my barber or any service provider including a company that makes a game I enjoy. I'm sure if a company started flaunting conservative views the "they can do what they want with their bla bla bla" guys would turn around faster than the speed of light.

Edited June 25, 2022 by monomania

The Wiki: 
OMG this is soooo much better than that last eye sore! And horary for dark mode! Srsly, can't tell you how many times my eyeballs got burnt out of their sockets looking at the ever blaring bright white of the other one. UGH.

Roe v Wade:
I'm super saddened by some of these comments I'm reading about the roe v wade thing. I think some of these people need to find a new game and new community. Ark and WC have always been pretty open about their politics and what they support, especially with the united states being such a dumpster fire right now. As a Canadian, I'm sorry you guys are going 50 years back into the past, and I'm watching closely to see what rights of yours they will be taking away next because the supreme court made it very clear, they want to take away a lot more.

Honestly, it shouldn't be a law in the first place. This is plan old personal health care.
 

50 minutes ago, LastSurvivor said:

It's really such a shame. WC has been building their brand and reputation with the creativity and skills of everyone on the team working at the company for the past 7 years. As well as inspiring others in the community to contribute. I have been one of them. A diehard supporter since the beginning. In all those 7 years, Ark / WC has been a good place. A neutral place and there was harmony, never having to get politics involved. Not once. With the beginning of June this year, it's becoming more and more clear that there is either new management at WC, or the old bosses just don't care about community anymore since they've milked profits from Ark 1 as much as possible. So now they've decided to throw their reputation in the trash by becoming political and voicing opinions when they shouldn't have one. Individually, that's fine. People are allowed to have opinions. But publicly, as a company, no. If someone new is in charge and making their voice the companies, then I hope they get removed, before it's too late. I know I've lost a ton of respect for WC recently which is a real shame considering I believed a job there was a true dream job, just a short time ago. 

 

All this political talk, and not even a single bit of news regarding the summer bash event. It's really a shame what things are coming to. 

agreed to me it doesnt matter what there view is but just focusing on the game and make  it better instead of milking it

10 minutes ago, Sparky16 said:

Honestly, it shouldn't be a law in the first place. This is plan old personal health care.

...That results in someone getting killed.

Edited June 25, 2022 by TimeBomb2003

Right, even though o still hold firm to my beliefs on carcharadontasaurus I've got to ask: has anyone seen any news on it? I don't use twitter so I've not checked there and the players on my server are driving me up the wall since I'm the de facto information broker. Please tell me they've said it's an ark2 thing so I can make it stop.

I'm proud to support a game that supports people who can get pregnant.

23 minutes ago, CosmicSkeleton said:

Right, even though o still hold firm to my beliefs on carcharadontasaurus I've got to ask: has anyone seen any news on it? I don't use twitter so I've not checked there and the players on my server are driving me up the wall since I'm the de facto information broker. Please tell me they've said it's an ark2 thing so I can make it stop.

No, nothing yet. If you don't use Twitter I recommend watching people like Raasclark, he regularly makes informative videos on top of his gameplay content and guides, and is reliable when it comes to these things. Of course I doubt he'd release information about the Carchar before WildCard, but he sometimes recaps things that have been discussed on Twitter or Discord, so he provides complementary information you're missing out on

 

 

Thanks for chipping in on the reproductive rights dialog, Wildcard. It means a lot and the whiners make it really clear why it's important.

To those whiners: Ark is made by people. People care about things. At a rate even higher than the already large majority of the US electorate that wants Federal protection of reproductive rights, people who make games and tech things in general want women's bodily autonomy respected. If that makes you uncomfortable and you don't want to support the game, that's fine and that's your choice — just as it's theirs to speak out.

But while you're at it, be sure you aren't using a phone or the Internet, as Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and a great many others stand equally opposed to this appalling regression in women's rights (and erosion of due process that presages who knows how much more). You're quickly going to find a very scarce range of products to choose from as it turns out there aren't many people who think this is a good thing.

And that's why it's important that Wildcard and everyone else do their parts to speak up. Silence is assent or at least a "no contest," and anyone with a voice needs to speak up before that's taken away, too.

1 hour ago, Sparky16 said:

The Wiki: 
OMG this is soooo much better than that last eye sore! And horary for dark mode! Srsly, can't tell you how many times my eyeballs got burnt out of their sockets looking at the ever blaring bright white of the other one. UGH.

Roe v Wade:
I'm super saddened by some of these comments I'm reading about the roe v wade thing. I think some of these people need to find a new game and new community. Ark and WC have always been pretty open about their politics and what they support, especially with the united states being such a dumpster fire right now. As a Canadian, I'm sorry you guys are going 50 years back into the past, and I'm watching closely to see what rights of yours they will be taking away next because the supreme court made it very clear, they want to take away a lot more.

Honestly, it shouldn't be a law in the first place. This is plan old personal health care.
 

Kind of jumping the gun and assuming everyone wanted to avoid the political stuff in favor of in game stuff are American don't you think? That aside, personally when it comes to games I just gloss over anything political unless it's actively tied to something in the medium I enjoy or is entirely past my personal viewpoints. Others may not hold the same ideology and may solely want the forum to focus purely on the game rather than things in the real world. Different strokes, different folks.

42 minutes ago, ladyteruki said:

No, nothing yet. If you don't use Twitter I recommend watching people like Raasclark, he regularly makes informative videos on top of his gameplay content and guides, and is reliable when it comes to these things. Of course I doubt he'd release information about the Carchar before WildCard, but he sometimes recaps things that have been discussed on Twitter or Discord, so he provides complementary information you're missing out on

I watch him here and there but he kinda pads his videos so I tend to zone out after a while. I've the attention span of a coked up spaniel at the best of time.

One quote I saw made me realise how wrong this law is...

"You can't prevent abortions from happening.  You can only prevent safe abortions from happening"

That is a hard choice to make. The best way to prevent this is easy. Dont have pre marital sex. If its their choice its fine whatever your business is is not my issue. It was not their choice though. Most of these women were being persuaded into it and if that didnt work they were being offered money. There were hundreds of thousands of incidents where they were on their knees in the hall way after it was done screaming for forgiveness. Stop acting like rabbits and we will have nothing to worry about. The love a parent has for a child is unimaginable unless you have a kid. It is the greatest thing any living species can accomplish, It is a miracle. People take for granted how special a woman is. I have been playing ARK for a long time. Wildcard, your servers are unstable enough. Maybe you should fix that and stay out of politics before it ruins you. Nobody cares what you support. We just want to play a game and have fun. This is where I go to escape the daily bullpoop. Also I have not seen you speak out against what is happening to the slaves in China but you speak out against trying to save lives???? Kinda got your priorities backwards. Ya think???

21 minutes ago, ToddB said:

It is the greatest thing any living species can accomplish, It is a miracle.

We made a machine that can theoretically kill us all in a black hole by speeding particles near or to the speed of light. Not sure about you but personally I think that's more impressive than doing what literally every non singlecelled species can do.

Edited June 25, 2022 by CosmicSkeleton

1 hour ago, ToddB said:

That is a hard choice to make. The best way to prevent this is easy. Dont have pre marital sex. [etc. etc.]

Yes ! As we all know, only unmarried people can get pregnant. It's science.

21 minutes ago, ladyteruki said:

Yes ! As we all know, only unmarried people can get pregnant. It's science.

I wonder if the law would be different if men could get pregnant?