It is a plus to me when I see a gaming company posting their Calendar of Activities publicly. One of the first that I saw was Audition Online Philippines Google Calendar feed. Sadly, this wasn’t used much.
This is not a common thing to see because most bosses will not approve of this in (allow me to use) fear of the competition preparing something bigger and grander than what they have planned. A valid reason, and it is a business reason not a Community reason.
Follow up:
So it is always an amazing and brave thing for me when gaming companies (especially the local ones) allow their community management team to post their calendar of activities. This is a move forward into giving more to the community. It will also allow these gamers to plan ahead of time.
What about the competition? They will probably create events as an answer, but they will have to do something better and now they have to convince the gamers that they should cancel their plans and join their event instead. Of course, assuming the competing companies are sharing the same pie (Which is usually the case in the Philippines…..)
Anyway, here is CABAL’s September Calendar of Activities in JPEG format.
[via CM-Charms]