[bf1942] New update announced?

[James Gurney]

Hey, I can be helpful too (and have been many times in the past). I'm 
just pissed off at the way EA has been treating us. I don't expect them 
to come begging on their knees thanking us for running servers, but some 
basic mutual respect isn't too much to ask.



On 7/5/2005 6:56 PM, Kingsley Foreman wrote:
> here we go again......
> 
> if it wasn't for helpful people like  Steven
> 
> i would leave this list.
> 
> Kingsley
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Gurney" 
> <james at globalmegacorp.org>
> To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] New update announced?
> 
> 
>> On 7/5/2005 6:46 PM, Jon Wolberg wrote:
>>
>>> Not a matter of being kept in the loop.  They give ranked providers 
>>> the files early.
>>
>>
>> That's pretty much what I meant. Us non-ranked server operators who 
>> devote time/money to supporting the game get even less support than we 
>> used to. Since EA won't let DICE release files to us directly, we're 
>> always at the whim of their desire to make the ranked servers seem 
>> like the only way to play. Maybe next time they won't release a 
>> non-ranked version at all. I mean, why should they? It's a tap on 
>> their revenue stream.
>>
>> Bastards, the lot of them.
>>
>> James
>>
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