Talk:Hasbro Q&A/August 2010: Answers

Awww. :P Super Dullsville this time. I swear I wish answers like the singularity one were the rule rather than the awesome exception. The first question especially seems wasted, as they gave the "Well Duh" comon sense real world answer that anyone with half a brain knew already. At least if they'd answered it "in fiction" it might have been slightly interesting. Course if we wanted that we should have phrased it better. sigh. sorry, just bummed by the dullness. :P --76.28.76.206 06:39, 15 September 2010 (EDT)

Aww, c´mon. What a waste of a question. What were you expecting for asking such an obvious question like why do Transformers have genders? I can't blame you for asking the second question again, but seriously, we didn´t get anything from Hasbro this time. Try asking a "wild" question like that of Energon Demolishor, that one was really informative.-ACIDSTORM92 03:46, 16 September 2010 (EDT)

Sorry about that, guys. I'll try better next time. --Fortress Minimus 15:42, 16 September 2010 (EDT)

Sorry, I didn't mean to be harsh to you, it's not your fault. It's because sometimes Hasbro really gets on the fans nerves and that can be a lot stressful. In fact, your question wasn't any bad, it's just that Hasbro forgets that we spend 1 or 2 months deciding what question to ask and then, they answer us with the most unsatisfactory answer they can think of. As it wasn't enough to limit the number of questions to just 2 per round. But seriously, I didn't want to hurt your feelings. For example, they didn´t explain the origins of Arcee and Slipstream in War for Cybertron or why is there a purported "female" ancient Transformer.-ACIDSTORM92 21:13, 16 September 2010 (EDT)

I was more upset that a question was wasted by resubmitting a previously evaded question. Given their response this time can we take it as read that if an answer appears it will be given out in addition to those for any questions asked at that time? That way we don't annoy them by constantly harping on them about something. --Khajidha 16:36, 16 September 2010 (EDT)

To be fair, Hasbro did say in their answer last time "Please resubmit this question in the next Q&A and we will address it then." so there was every reason to think it would be answered this time. --abates 21:28, 16 September 2010 (EDT)

"We're working on it" is an answer of sorts. It took them two or three Q&As to give us Ron Hayden's name. So give it a little while and let them do the legwork. -hx 07:08, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

Certainly it's luck of the draw what we pull for answers, regardless of questions. That said, I'm still a bit confused what we hoped to get with that first question about female TFs? If taken in a "real world" sense the answer is the blindingly obvious one they gave, and doesn't really even need asking. But even in an "in-fiction" sense asking about the origin of female TFs is nonsensical because it has been and can be totally different by continuity. "The Quintessons did it" versus "Built to appease humans" as it were or "Jhaixus did it to be a bastard" basically the answer to the question is already/would/could be entirely different for every continuity, so there is NO real answer Hasbro could give, as they're certainly not going to run down the list of all continuities and give an answer for each. I'm just missing what we were hoping to get with that question, which is why it seems like a poor choice for submission to me. If we wanted to specifically ask about females in WfC continuity or in relation to the 13 those are questions that might bring interesting answers, but that's not what we asked, and what we asked, like I said, seems ill thought out and pointless. --ZacWilliam 07:44, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

Here's a newsflash, folks: What Hasbro will and will not answer is often a crapshoot. Sometimes we get lucky. Sometimes we don't, even though we sent in the exact same kind of question that got such a good result last time. So, hey, an idea: let's not be super jackasses, okay? It's a thought. --ItsWalky 22:20, 16 September 2010 (EDT)

Perhaps which questions we choose to submit should be subject to a vote. That way there will be less bellyaching if the answers come back and the community isn't satisfied. --Jimsorenson 11:51, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

I agree with Jim Sorenson here. Honestly, I don't understand why it wasn't a vote from the very beginning. That way, we ensure that the questions that the majority of the wiki (or at least the vocal majority) is at least satisfied with the questions asked if not with Hasbro's sometimes vague and unhelpful answers to them. --Rideonshootingstarxx 14:04, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

This is the worst idea ever, and I am putting my foot down. A voting process is not going to select the questions most likely to get responses. Unless, of course, we want to upgrade from "often a crapshoot" to "always a crapshoot." So no, absolutely not. --ItsWalky 14:47, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

Because you hold the editors in such low esteem? I suppose you could limit it to admins.--Jimsorenson 15:01, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

I suppose we should just remove all criteria for submitting questions, just to show we don't hold our editors in such low esteem. I mean, just having rules betrays our lack of respect right there! --ItsWalky 22:04, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

I personally think enough of us that care about this Q and A are aware by now of what kind of questions get garbage answers. Why not just enforce some guidelines? Instead of "Asking about future product is a bad idea", how about "We won't submit questions that aren't getting answered". I know some people might still vote for less awesome questions, but you really don't think the majority would know what to ask? I personally think the biggest weakness would be everyone voting for themselves.--Rideonshootingstarxx 15:12, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

Just an aside about "voting for themselves", if such a vote was to be held we could ask everyone to vote for which one they preferred aside from their own. --Khajidha 21:46, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

If the voting system is ever implemented, I second Khajidha's resolution.-ACIDSTORM92 03:38, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

I third it. ---Blackout- 03:56, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

I like it, too. I don't know why we haven't been doing this since the beginning; it makes the most sense. -- Semysane 04:26, 18 September 2010 (EDT)

Obviously you can run things however seems best to you, but there are medium ground alternatives. You can do what they recomend to women getting married: pick the three options for something you liked best and then let the man choose his favorite among them. Ie, you/admins pick the questions you think are "best quality" then let folks vote among those. Up to you what you think best, just throwing out a compromise idea. --76.28.76.206 05:31, 18 September 2010 (EDT)