[bf1942] BF2 news on Slashdot [OT]

[Ron Davis]

I cannot believe what everyone here is complaining about! I dont know
about anyone else here but i cannot remember purchasing a large piece
of software that was not totaly jacked up the first release. We have
not been out with final release for a month yet and everyone is freaked.

Now this is where everyone here starts to complain that they spent 50
bucks on a POS. But the reality is that there are a lot more people
out there that have a lot more "Namely Myself" that includes 1000's
in servers and datacenter access and the debt increases monthly.

Point is.... this is not a race... (Unless you are a developer and
you work 100 hours a week for 40 hours in pay) the software will be
fixed... no since flaming developers and business managers.

Oh and no matter what you know everyone on this list will still play
a crappy version of the game rather than not play at all b/c we all
love it!

Thanks E.A!

On Jul 12, 2005, at 7:11 PM, Kevin Mahoney wrote:

> I myself personally will never purchase another product from EA. I  
> bought 1942 and Vietnam and now BF2. I have spent more time  
> researching linux server problems
> and trying to get this game to run smooth than actually playing.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Harrison"  
> <trogspam at games.telstra.com>
> To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] BF2 news on Slashdot [OT]
>
>
>
>> Heh, I think the big thing is what PA summarised beautifully, as  
>> they are wont to do, and something I've been saying for ages -  
>> gamers are still prepared to shell out money for games without  
>> discrimination as to the quality of the boxed product:
>>
>> " "We purport to be angry, but it is largely an ethereal anger,  
>> suitable for forums on the Intertron. There is no connection  
>> between my willingness to purchase shoddy products and the  
>> continued production of said products. At any rate, there is no  
>> connection that I am able to perceive." "
>>
>> http://www.penny-arcade.com/news.php?date=2005-07-08
>>
>> I haven't touched BF2 yet based off my experiences with both  
>> BF1942 and BFV - I'll wait until 6 months down the track when its  
>> actually what I would consider "release quality" after it's been  
>> patched repeatedly. I advise other gamers to do the same when they  
>> ask me, but judging from the number of people playing on our  
>> servers it seems everyone really would just rather get a buggy  
>> game earlier.
>>
>> -- david
>>
>>
>>
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: "ScratchMonkey" <ScratchMonkey at MatureAsskickers.net>
>> To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [bf1942] BF2 news on Slashdot
>>
>>
>>> For those of you who wonder why games are constantly being released
>>> "before they're ready", check out this post:
>>>
>>> <http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=155502&cid=13036831>
>>>
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