[cod] 1.3 patch

[Scott Benson]

Come on, if that were even remotely close then they wouldn't even
bother with a Linux port.

I'd say it's more corporate idiocy and ignorance than anything. And
their safety blanket is by saying they don't officially support the
binaries.

Activision isn't the only company to behave this way. America's Army
has done far worse in the past.



On 6/19/06, Kenny Southpark <afp_kenny at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I sit here wondering how much money from the gates foundation finds it way
> to the pockets of key employees at UN-Activision.. I can see the
> conversation now..
>
> "We will "donate $xxxxxxxx" to your company for game development and you
> stall/squish linux support forcing GSP's to have to switch to a winblows
> platform to better support your games, we see an increas in OS sales to
> GSP's over the following year after a big title release and we will see
> about a bonus....."
>
> I thought I did hav about un-activision needing to have their hands on the
> linux patch is to kick it over to evenbalance to make sure they have their
> linux supprt up-to-snuff as we don't need a snafu in their end of it like
> there was for the windows...
>
>
> -kennycom
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Lestat" <lestat at aresgames.com>
> Reply-To: cod at icculus.org
> To: <cod at icculus.org>
> Subject: Re: [cod] 1.3 patch
> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:00:06 +0100
>
> Sadly it is utopic because it will always be some people that would get all
> the server needed on and player would just go on them...
> It don't only need hoster but player together for makes it work... And you
> know how players wants everything fast and don't really care about wich
> hoster do it if they can play on the game they bought...
>
> Anyway it is too late, Activasion sold already almost 90% of what they will
> sale for COD2 so why they would really care to release patch and about
> complain of player/hoster?
>
> Since this happend with almost every games (Steam is an exception even if it
> have other problem) I think it is made in purpose for strange reasons
> (pushing from Microsoft for exemple to try to get Hoster to go windows and
> bought thousand licences and kill a bit more Linux) or Publisher must be
> really stupid, deaf, dumb and blind for not seeing what happend everytimes
> they do this...
>
> It's just sad...
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ploppy" <ploppy at xde.nl>
> To: <cod at icculus.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [cod] 1.3 patch
>
>
> >Well the idea is good, but, I think they read this list, don't you think?
> >About the donation, Ryan told us allready that he is getting paid. I think
> >we will have to wait, until they release it (if they do).
> >
> >For the future to avoid these things, I think it would be wise to unite as
> >gamehosters. I don't have the answere atm, but we have some power as
> >hosters. If we work together as a front and setup a package of demants to a
> >game, before we are going to host anything. This will only work if 80%
> >agrees to that. I know we want to make money, but think of it as a longterm
> >investment.
> >
> >It's just a thought, dont' shoot me :), but maybe we can think something
> >out
> >with
> >each-other.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >
> >Ploppy
> >
> >--------- Original Message --------
> >From: cod at icculus.org
> >To: cod at icculus.org <cod at icculus.org>
> >Subject: Re: [cod] 1.3 patch
> >Date: 19/06/06 16:39
> >
> >>An idea:
> >>
> >>Release of the 1.3 linux patch is out of Ryan's hands, and out of IW's
> >>hands.  We need to convince Activision.
> >>
> >>Go to Activision.com, select your country, then choose "contact"
> >at
> >>the bottom of the page (not sure where on the page it will be outside
> >>North America).
> >>
> >>Choose customer support from the drop down, pick PC, than COD2... Now
> >>plead your case for release of the 1.3 linux patch.  Be polite!
> >>
> >>If everyone on this mailing list does it, someone will notice.
> >>
> >>--Rob
> >>
> >>On 6/19/06, Ploppy <ploppy at xde.nl> wrote:
> >>> If all customers would think this way, our life would be much more
> >pleasant
> >>> when update arrive. Thx for your understanding.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Ploppy
> >>>
> >>> --------- Original Message --------
> >>> From: cod at icculus.org
> >>> To: cod at icculus.org <cod at icculus.org>
> >>> Subject: RE: [cod] 1.3 patch
> >>> Date: 19/06/06 15:55
> >>>
> >>> > My host made the switch last week to Linux and I was partly
> >happy
> >>> > about that as I compile server stats but since the switch I'm
> >running
> >>> > 1.2 now and our server is empty we had quite a few regulars who
> >have
> >>> > came to our site to complain about the server update.
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm glad we have this mailing list and would like to thank Ryan
> >for
> >>> > allowing us direct contact with each other and with him. Perhaps
> >he
> >>> > can foward our concerns on to activision. As a paying server
> >>> > subscriber I'm loosing out but you guys who are server hosts
> >must
> >>> > surely be taking a lot of flak for this and must be wondering if
> >it's
> >>> > worth even supporting COD2 at all since you have a vast range of
> >games
> >>> > to support for your clients.
> >>> >
> >>> > At the end of the day it's not activision which suffer the bad
> >name
> >>> > label but the server hosts who get labelled with poor service
> >which is
> >>> > unfair.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
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