[cod] Sorry have to vent, Modern Warfare 2 on the PC

[escapedturkey]

Yes, I completely understand that we vote with our dollars. That's why 
I'm advocating we go the open-source route or support a developer / 
publisher that will support us back -- i.e. Valve's Source engine. 
Begging Activision/IW seems a bit demeaning and giving them too much 
power. The communities need to lead our hobby not the corporations. 
Perhaps I'm not making my opinion clear. Sorry.

Caleb Stephens wrote:
> Over reliance?  This isn't about reliance.  We vote with our dollars.  
> Corporate strategy is measured in profitability.
> 
> These petitions won't do anything other than give a head count number 
> showing the impact of this corp strategy.
> 
> This is a huge petition w/ over 50K signatures already collected (approx 
> $3.5M of value zapped out of the entire supply chain):
> 
> http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?dedis4mw
> 
> It seems to be collecting 2k sigs per hour.
> 
> We need a list to track all the lists.  LOL
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> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:24 AM, escapedturkey 
> <escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com 
> <mailto:escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com>> wrote:
> 
>     *Stands up to podium*
> 
>     *Clears throat*
> 
>     *Drinks a sip of water*
> 
>     As far as petitions and ranting goes, I think as a community we need
>     to show a bit of self-respect. All this pleading and begging just
>     shows an over reliance on a corporation's decision making on the
>     state of our gaming experience. We need to re-focus this energy into
>     alternatives that will make us less dependent on the "suits"
>     determining the direction of our favorite hobby.
> 
>     Does anyone else agree or am I alone in my opinion?
> 
>     *Stands down from podium*
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