SEGA's official proper etiquette lessons

[TaigaUC]

I saw someone post parody images of this on MMOloda, and I couldn't help but laugh, both at the parodies and at how SEGA's going about this.
Partly because this all seems obvious to me, and partly because the people who don't know probably wouldn't go to the PSO2 website to read a manga about it.
Maybe it just seems that way to me. It's kind of surreal. It's also kind of late in the game's life to be posting it now.

http://pso2.jp/players/gameguide/playmanner/

Part 1: Ash gets Real Money Trading recommended to him
Ash logs in, sees stuff costs a fortune in meseta. His friend recommends buying meseta using real money, but SEGA says NO!
Go do client orders instead!

Part 2: Ash suffers from unauthorized access
Ash logs in after a long time, finds his stuff's missing. Did he check everything first? How about log-in history? Maybe he got hacked!
Maybe he should have gotten a One Time Password!

Part 3: Ash learns play manners
A player keeps dying repeatedly and has crappy gear. Ash is about to scold them in public, but ends up being taught how to communicate with basic manners.
When you see a downed player, first thing to do: greet them!

Part 4: Coming in August


Too lazy to translate the images right now. If someone else wants to do it, please do.


Templates for fun:
http://mmoloda.com/pso2/image.php?id=88509
http://mmoloda.com/pso2/image.php?id=88510
http://mmoloda.com/pso2/image.php?id=88511

Parodies:
http://mmoloda.com/pso2/image.php?id=88496
http://mmoloda.com/pso2/image.php?id=88497
http://mmoloda.com/pso2/image.php?id=88502
http://mmoloda.com/pso2/image.php?id=88505

Bonus official tweet reactions:
https://twitter.com/sega_pso2/status/758167036115750913

Ideal:
"It's better to upgrade your equipment."
"Thank you. Will you be my friend?"

Reality:
"Your gear..."
"Shaddap! I'm free to do what I want!"

[wefwq]

Surprised they didn't add footnotes about buying scapedoll or something.

I wonder what make SEGA continuing making these stuff, both rappy tutorial video and this tutorial strip get abandoned for quite sometime after one or second one out iirc.

[isCasted]

Sad times, SEGA is treating their players like children. That Twitter reaction tho... Nailed it.

[ArcaneTechs]

Sad times, SEGA is treating their players like children. That Twitter reaction tho... Nailed it.

Basically they act like it

[Tunga]

This is a children's game after all

[Starryeyedbunny]

Basically they act like it

Pretty much.

Sadly don't seem to have proper etiquette of not coming into TD4 on XH with your amazing 11* +0 and trying to Gifioe an exoda. Might want to aim at that problem first.

[TaigaUC]

Just saw this, thought it was funny.
http://mmoloda.com/pso2/image.php?id=89471

Ash-kun, let's learn play manners!
Dudu: "That guy is failing at grinding again... and his equipment is weak. I'd better give him a good scolding."
Dudu: "You have no luck!"

The dialogue is a parody of SEGA's comic of Ash telling the Duman archer girl that she sucks.
I think it's referring to how player strength issues are also affected by grind and drop luck defined by SEGA, and not entirely the fault of the player.
Although that's not really as much of an issue anymore with NT weapons and Collect File.

Still, it's an amusing poke at how SEGA tries to tell us to be more mannerly, while they have NPCs like Dudu.

[Keilyn]

Sad times, SEGA is treating their players like children. That Twitter reaction tho... Nailed it.

I feel that people are children, if not by age... then by mentality, intelligence, and aptitude.
PSO-2 is 15+ in rating, and the U.N recognizes any person under the age of 18 to be a child.
...Also, most games rated for Upper Level teens to Adults tend to be played by Children...

I still have not ran into a school class where at least 50% of the students are not playing GTA-V or the latest Call of Duty game out there... which is the reason I am so happy about the existence of the ZMS and the adult-level MSL (Master Server Lists) popping up in shooters due to a growing number of people such as myself who feel our online experience was stolen by these children who are not even supposed to be allowed to play these games. Most of these MSL are actually 24+ requirement in age... ^_^

[Saffran]

>Most of these MSL are actually 24+ requirement in age... ^_^
So now instead of the ability to substract 18 from the year number, kids learn to substract 24? Kids will never cease to amaze me.