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<DIV><SPAN class=367503220-15082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I did
my part and didn't buy BF2, good luck getting gamers everywhere to see the light
and follow through on a boycott of some sort. Companies, just like our
government, rely on the stupidity of the people to continually make a profit (or
in the case of the government, to exert control), I'm sure "the people" won't
let EA down on their next big launch either.. Nice to see nothing has
changed since the release of the BF2 demo.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David Stevens
[mailto:dave@netdefense.ca] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 15, 2005 11:34
AM<BR><B>To:</B> bf1942@icculus.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [bf1942] Even Tom's
is pissed at EA<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That’s
withering.. Maybe EA will get the hint one of these days.. however I
doubt it will happen until we (the consumers) do something collectively, like
boycotting their games.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The 1.01 patch was
the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in 25 years of gaming.
How they can even submit that they ran that through QA I don’t
know.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I for one, won’t buy
any more EA games ever..<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Gordon
Carrasco [mailto:gjcarrasco@gmail.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, August 15, 2005 9:34
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">bf1942@icculus.org</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [bf1942] Even Tom's is pissed at
EA</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Didnt know if you all had seen this so I thought I
would pass it along.<BR><BR>"</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Stupid things like
the <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Battlefield 2 v1.01</SPAN></I> patch
simply shouldn't happen, and many of the stupid things that are in initial
releases shouldn't be there either. We as consumers should stop being quite so
accepting of patches."<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.tomshardware.com/column/20050813/index.html">http://www.tomshardware.com/column/20050813/index.html</A><BR><BR>Gordon
aKa Tanglewooood -
Flash</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>