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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Mark,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I unfortunately do not have the priviledge to wait
=o( But I do have a great inside connection at </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bestbuy =o). I get most of the games super cheap
and home delivered.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really think that COD II will pull it off this
time. They never fixed COD One so maybe COD-II is a fixed version
of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>COD-One with some batter eye-candy? I certainly
hope so.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have your secretary buy the game. Going to place a
few servers up and then I am going to enjoy the single player as I always
do!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Jay</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=defilm@acm.org href="mailto:defilm@acm.org">Mark J. DeFilippis</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cod@icculus.org
href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 18, 2005 12:05
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cod] COD2 - DVD
tomorrow?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3><BR>You know Jay, you know I am a big COD
fan.<BR>But I have an EBGames in the bottom of 30 Rockfeller Ctr<BR>(Actually
62 floors below my office), and I usually preorder<BR>to that store.
)<BR><BR>I stopped online ebgames site today to check if all was still on
schedule<BR>and started reading some of the 30+ pre-reviews on the<BR>site,
and there were three types of reviews. About 30%<BR>were "Great, love it, best
thing since sliced bread",<BR>the 4-5% that said "Just like COD, don't waste
your money",<BR>and the balance, a near 60+% that were more reserved
and<BR>stated "If you are a COD nut, you will probably buy it, but for<BR>$60,
I expect COD2 to be more than "the same old stuff"<BR>with some added maps and
graphics". One noted, and<BR>got quite a few commend replies that he is
devoted to buying<BR>COD2, but if COD3 is not a big jump, he won't spend his
money.<BR><BR>Of course you have to discount the sources. (One noted<BR>"they
made COD, "The perfect game" even better, I didn't<BR>think it
possible". Well, I beg to differ. I suppose he never<BR>played HQ with
some of it's "interesting" spawn spots,<BR>and the list goes on....:)
Great, yea. Perfect, no.<BR><BR>I thought about this on and off throughout the
day and<BR>thought that if I were a single player ONLY buyer, I
wouldn't<BR>spend the money on COD2. Playing COD2 in single player<BR>scripted
only is like hitting golf balls at the range. Your not<BR>playing golf until
your on the course.<BR><BR>But I have 3 copies in reserve. So that is $180 for
me and<BR>my two boys. I estimated COD2 is a $49 game, but not<BR>likely
a $59 game based on the demo I played, and my<BR>sense of "value", which is
normally "warped" towards the<BR>overspending side.<BR><BR>Honestly, with
DOD:S just out at $19.95, and the clan playing<BR>it, I may just wait the
month and have it come down to $39.95<BR>so I feel like I am getting the value
I am paying for.<BR><BR>How can they hire the BF 1942 Desert Combat mod
group,<BR>suck them in to DOD:Source, and sell it for $19.95, and<BR>ACTV
justify COD2 at $60?<BR><BR>I am by no means cheap, and I buy what I want when
I want<BR>it immediately. But this has me thinking... Do I feel I
am<BR>getting $60 worth of value out of COD2? I have my<BR>doubts
now.<BR><BR>MD<BR><BR><BR>At 03:05 PM 10/17/2005, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">It is but as always here in
America, the vendors will boost all prices for new releases. If you can wait
a month, they will go down to 39.99 .<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message
----- From: "frenton" <frenton@orcon.net.nz><BR>To:
<cod@icculus.org><BR>Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:52
PM<BR>Subject: Re: [cod] COD2 - DVD tomorrow?<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">That's an US Store i
guess...WOOOOOO i want it to come out tomorrow in Europe, too...<BR>But 60
Bucks seems a little bit expensive, isn't it?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP><TT>S1,-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Mark
J. DeFilippis, Ph. D
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defilm@acm.org<BR>
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