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I just wanted to take a moment to thank all the great folks<br>
on this list that have assisted me in the past to resolve issues<br>
when trying to set-up and launch EA's defective Linux server<br>
for their defective game emanating from their defective<br>
management and lack of vision.<br><br>
We are indeed dumping BF2 after the latest disappointment<br>
and their continued pathetic "ranked" vs
"Unranked". Ironically<br>
however it was not the recent update that caused the community<br>
to vote to dump BF2, it was their collective assessment that even<br>
though they had already spent the money on the game, they don't<br>
bother playing it anymore and don't want to continue to compete<br>
(when that is possible), because (their words) "The game
sucks".<br><br>
EA forgets that they are supposed to please the customer so they<br>
come back and buy more games. I have sworn off anything EA.<br>
As a scientist and engineer, I do not generalize about specific
statements<br>
I make. So "never" is not something I would use, as it is
probably<br>
one of the most used generalizations.<br><br>
However, in this case I can say I will "Never" buy another EA
product<br>
again. I would be a hippocrit to remain on the list, so I bid
farewell.<br><br>
I think EA games needs a dedicated site such as the one opened for<br>
the "Ipod Nano" defect. EA produces consistently
defective software.<br>
Unless they have NO bugs, this is a true fact. I got to see what
kind of<br>
EA sucks.com type of domains are available....<br><br>
BTW... you can get much about EA on theregister.com. THey mainly
hate<br>
Microsoft, but in many ways EA is worse. I really wonder if it is
the lack<br>
of talent within EA management. boycottEA.com?.. <br><br>
Sad.. For once they look like they finally actually put out a decent
Baseball<br>
game, surpassing 3DO's (only because they are out of business), and
finally<br>
dumping that piece of junk "Triple Play". It looks awesome and
got great<br>
reviews. I won't buy it, and it didn't get a 100%, so someone needs
to<br>
write about the 6% they missed, and only the 6% since PCGamer wrote<br>
about the 94% good. 6% bad can ruin a gaming experience. It is a
service<br>
to die hard baseball fans out there.<br><br>
They had talent. Where did it go? I remember playing BF1942 when
it<br>
first came out till all hours of the night. What a game. Did all
those<br>
people leave? No... EA sucked up Dice! The talent was still
there.<br>
They probably would not have any of that once in charge and fired<br>
them. :-)<br><br>
That reminds me of a passing thought that just made my day....<br>
I just imagined that all the talented people at Dice all got up<br>
and walked away from their desks and started a new company<br>
realizing they can make a ton of money for themselves. They just<br>
need a decent business plan, easy to come by venture cap<br>
and they can kiss EA goodbye.<br><br>
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Lastly, if I didn't mention it... EA Sucks, IMHO of course...<br><br>
Bye for now. See some of you on the software companies lists<br>
that produce quality products.<br><br>
Dr. D<br>
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defilm@ieee.org<br><br>
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