if he were a "great" or "terrific" CM he would've been snapped up by a different company long before THQ died. as has happened with Apoc twice.
as i've said before he is alright, but not great.
the fanboys of course instantly jump on my comments and run around claiming i am saying "Lynx sucks total balls and should be shot dead tomorrow"... which is not what i've ever said.
games with an invested hard core community usually are represented by a CM. most games do not have this though. this is why most games do not have a CM. plenty of games with a hard core loyal following have a very good CM situation and community relations that are better than what the CoH franchise has and has had. Plenty are also worse off. These boards tend to attract extreme opinions only. Over the past 3 years I think the community management of CoH is ok.
Seriously, what is your point?
Would a CM that had left our boat long ago be considered great for this community? Yes, we are very aware that there might be generally better CM's out there, but they aren't here, are they? It's not very conforting that all the 'great' CM's are somewhere else, and don't even want to be the CM for CoH. For example, the fact that Lynx stayed in the boat through the hard times (even, if it means that he wasn't offered 'a better' position) means a lot for the community - he actually feels part of it. Imo that makes him great for this community, but not necessarily for some other community.
Are we now clear? Imo this thread is full of misunderstandings.