The Allods Online Publishing Team politely reminds players that they're the -publishers- of Allods Online, not the developers

Have you ever wondered what the difference was between an MMORPG developer and an MMORPG publisher? Well, wonder no more, as it seems as though the North American Allods Online GM team has finally decided to clarify the entire issue in their first "Allods Team Diary." For those of you who don't know, a large portion of Free-to-Play MMORPGs actually have two seperate teams involved in the existence of an MMO: the publishing team, and the development team. In most situations, these two teams are actually very different, with the Publishing Team being in charge of GM Events, Localization, Bug Reporting, Q&A and Customer Support, while the Development Team is entirely concerned with the development, creation and balance of the MMORPG itself. Unfortunately, because Development teams are usually focused in one country, one of the biggest problems that can come about is when the Development Team ends up holding back development in a foreign country, and the Publishing Team ends up taking all of the flak for the shoddy update schedules (when, in fact, they are usually not at fault).

Sadly enough, this misconception seems to be playing out with Allods Online, but, in a surprising turn of events, gPotato's GM team has decided to address this sometimes tricky subject. Thus, in their first "Diary" entry, the team works hard to distinguish themselves from the Development Team, and while they do assure players that questions are being forwarded to the game creators (Astrum Nival), gPotato can't do much to affect the development of the game itself. So the next time you see a GM on in-game, and you're about to demand that the GM go "fix some bugs," or "go add mounts to the game," perhaps you should think hard before you send that private message.