Overwolf Client and Addon Management - PLEASE Don't Support This!

[Zerakor-wyrmrest-accord]

Yeah…I’m going to download them from the internet and manually install them. That hasn’t changed.

I don’t know what tinfoil hat theory you’re on.

[Baridorielor-malfurion (Baridorielor)]

@Orctang-area-52

Nope, you making up thoughts for me now?

Then tell me where i have went wrong.

This is the reply you told me after i said how many addons i have.

@Orctang-area-52

@Baridorielor-malfurion

To give you a rough estimate, it’s 45.

I know for a fact it would take way over 45 seconds to update all mine manually.

@Orctang-area-52

I will I don’t want to waste my life installing addons manually.

If manual installing your addons qualifies as wasting your life, why bother with addons at all if that’s your attitude? I mean just imagine how much time you would’ve saved if you didn’t bother with addons at all.

[Orctang-area-52 (Orctang)]

@Baridorielor-malfurion

Then tell me where i have went wrong.

@Baridorielor-malfurion

I’l quote this comment here again since you seem to be thinking that 1 addon means 1 second.

Done

@Baridorielor-malfurion

If manual installing your addons qualifies as wasting your life, why bother with addons at all if that’s your attitude?

I am glad you enjoy spending time manually installing addons. I already stated it is cool.

[Zerakor-wyrmrest-accord]

Lol installing them manually is extremely simple. People be crying because they can’t get that instant gratification.

My God.

[Hedley-arygos]

@Baridorielor-malfurion

Again, what net loss? I apologize if i sound like i’m asking you the same question, but i’m really curious. You keep on saying “oh they will take a hit from this” but rarely elaborating on that hit by giving numbers. It’s not really meaningful if you don’t tell me what’s the net loss means here in terms of numbers.

@Hedley-arygos

no

Oh.

@Hedley-arygos

i said you are acting like overwolf and blizz will be competing when they wont for the simple fact that even if blizz does this, they wont offer financial incentives to be on their site like curse is they will just maintain the site in general.

I would talk about the finanical incentives and how blizzard can afford to pay addon authors, but-

@Hedley-arygos

it doesnt matter how much money they make

is this some kind of gotcha moment you are trying to point out? it doesnt matter how much they make: this will be a net loss for them and theres no good reason for them to do it

whats easier: paying for the cost of the hardware, bandwith, the it guy that will prolly have to be dedicated to this, the people to design and program the site and manager, and the dozens of GMs to deal with the extra tickets? OR to be hands off and say turn off addons like they always have? edit forgot about the QA people to download and test the addons on top of all this

@Baridorielor-malfurion

Well more or less it’s to get Overwolf to stop their ad silliness.

no it wont, theres too much money to be made from the ads and malware for them not to.

[Hedley-arygos]

i do have a customized ui, even some addons for specific classes but i cba to manually update them either lol

[Baridorielor-malfurion (Baridorielor)]

@Orctang-area-52

@Baridorielor-malfurion

Then tell me where i have went wrong.

@Baridorielor-malfurion

I’l quote this comment here again since you seem to be thinking that 1 addon means 1 second.

Done

Alright, so fair enough.

But i’l quote this comment again so you can keep this in mind.

@Baridorielor-malfurion

@Baridorielor-malfurion

Yea, Brewa’s comment is exaggerated, but the overall point is sound enough, it doesn’t take long at all.

I have explicitly said and i’l say it again, that while Brewa’s comment is exaggerated and it doesn’t take seconds (unless you do it like super fast), he was on point by saying that manually downloading and updating addons doesn’t take long at all. Infact dare i say it, it takes 20 minutes at max even, that is accounting if your doing it pretty slowly. Something that is still pretty short.

@Orctang-area-52

I am glad you enjoy spending time manually installing addons.

I never said anything about enjoying them. Don’t make up thoughts for me now.

[Orctang-area-52 (Orctang)]

@Baridorielor-malfurion

I never said anything about enjoying them. Don’t make up thoughts for me now.

Then automate the process if you don’t enjoy it.

[Cäynä-hyjal (Cäynä)]

@Zerakor-wyrmrest-accord

Lol installing them manually is extremely simple.

If you only use a few maybe… the bigger issue is keeping 50+ addons updated.

[Zerakor-wyrmrest-accord]

50 plus addons is nuts. I don’t even use close to 10.

Are you even playing the same game after 50+ addons?

[Baridorielor-malfurion (Baridorielor)]

@Hedley-arygos

@Baridorielor-malfurion

Again, what net loss? I apologize if i sound like i’m asking you the same question, but i’m really curious. You keep on saying “oh they will take a hit from this” but rarely elaborating on that hit by giving numbers. It’s not really meaningful if you don’t tell me what’s the net loss means here in terms of numbers.

@Hedley-arygos

no

Oh.

You kinda screwed up the quotes here, but i’l work with this.

@Hedley-arygos

is this some kind of gotcha moment you are trying to point out?

I’m not trying to make a gotcha moment. Why you think i’m trying to make a gotcha moment?

It does matter if were talking about net loss here.

@Hedley-arygos

this will be a net loss for them and theres no good reason for them to do it

Feel free to tell me how much this net loss is…

@Hedley-arygos

whats easier: paying for the cost of the hardware, bandwith, the it guy that will prolly have to be dedicated to this, the people to design and program the site and manager, and the dozens of GMs to deal with the extra tickets? OR to be hands off and say turn off addons like they always have?

Eaiser isn’t always better. Especially since easier in this case means worse for the gamers here. It’s easy to be lazy, but it’s not better.

The better option would be paying for the cost of the hardware, bandwith, and so on. As for QA, …can i ask why? I mean do the normal sites do that even? QA test the addons? Do Curseforge does that?

@Hedley-arygos

no it wont, theres too much money to be made from the ads and malware for them not to.

You know, with the malware, wouldn’t that translate to bad PR with them? I know i wouldn’t be touching their app any time now because of a simple rumor of that.

Pretty much the same reason why i’m still distancing myself from Epic Games now i think about it, but i digress from that.

@Orctang-area-52

Then automate the process if you don’t enjoy it.

Your assuming that because i manually install addons, i enjoy it. I don’t enjoy manually updating, but i don’t hate it either. It’s just a job (in a sense, not a literal job) or a task if you will to make something i do enjoy, more enjoyable. It’s not “you 100% love them or 100% hate them” my dude.

[Orctang-area-52 (Orctang)]

@Baridorielor-malfurion

Your assuming that because i manually install addons, i enjoy it. I don’t enjoy manually updating, but i don’t hate it either. It’s just a job (in a sense, not a literal job) or a task if you will to make something i do enjoy, more enjoyable. It’s not “you 100% love them or 100% hate them” my dude.

So, you agree you are wasting your time then. Thanks!

[Baridorielor-malfurion (Baridorielor)]

@Orctang-area-52

So, you agree you are wasting your time then.

No.

Your assuming my thoughts here. I never said it’s wasting your time. I never said it’s enjoyment.

What i said is. It’s a task you have to complete in order to make something you do enjoy, more enjoyable. It’s like a job at washing dishes at a restaurant. I don’t particular enjoy it too much, but i do it anyways because i know i get money from it, and that helps me enjoy other things. You see where i’m getting at?

If you can’t understand it and still assume my thought process as “100% enjoyment or 100% wasting time”, then that’s on you buddy.

[Cäynä-hyjal (Cäynä)]

Right now I have 58 I’ve had as many as 74. The majority are UI related since I use nothing of the default UI. Most of the rest are information related like AllTheThings and Alotholic. Then there’s WeakAuras, Details! and Big Wigs.

[Orctang-area-52 (Orctang)]

@Baridorielor-malfurion

If you can’t understand it, then that’s on you buddy.

Dude I get it you enjoy spending extra time on mundane tasks!

[Baridorielor-malfurion (Baridorielor)]

@Orctang-area-52

Dude I get it

No, you seriously don’t. Please read my comment again.

To quote from you…

@Orctang-area-52

Nope, you making up thoughts for me now?

[Cäynä-hyjal (Cäynä)]

That seems to be almost impossible for some people to understand.

[Mossclaw-wyrmrest-accord (Mossclaw)]

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[Orctang-area-52 (Orctang)]

They could have wasted less of their life’s time using an open source tool to automate their mundane tasks. Obviously, they enjoy the task or the loss of their time.

[Baridorielor-malfurion (Baridorielor)]

@Cäynä-hyjal

That seems to be almost impossible for some people to understand.

Why your agreeing with him?

Let’s be honest, do you actually believe i enjoy manually installing addons? Do you actually believe i hate it so much to a point where i would use a mod manager and quit over them? Do you actually believe you have to 100% enjoy manual installing addons or 100% hate it and use automated installation? And no inbetweens? Like it already exists now? Be honest with me, that’s all i ask.

I told you guys my thoughts on manual installing and such. You should know this by now that my opinion isn’t simple as Blue or Red here. You can have shades of purple here.