[project1dev] Re: wtf EA
- From: Matthew Freeland <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:40:38 -0700
Then you just need to put lasers on the front of the hoverboard to shoot
political dissenters from orbit and you can RULE THE UNIVERSE! WOO!
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This!
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:38 PM, eric drewes<figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > japan is trying to make it so humans dont have to come into contact with
> > each other at all hahaha
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Matthew Freeland <
> mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Ultimately I think Japan is trying to reach the goal of making
> antonymous
> >> + anatomically correct Love-Bots that won't accidentally weld off your
> vital
> >> bits then they will probably give up on Robotics all together. They be
> >> CRAZY.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> yeah but a basketball is 20 dollars and maybe a robot pal to play it w/
> >>> you would cost 150 with maybe 30 dollars to charge him over the year
> haha
> >>> i was just thinking of the hypothetical world where technology veered
> in
> >>> a different path entirely from the one we're on now... like i bet we'd
> have
> >>> hoverboards ha
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Matthew Freeland
> >>> <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm glad it was invented... $200 a year buying video games keeps me
> >>>> entertained for the entire 365 days. :P That's a damn cheap habit.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:29 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> hey, i wonder what the world would be like if technology like
> >>>>> monitors/tv's/etc. were never invented, like all displays were
> analogue like
> >>>>> watches, etc. how crazy shit would be, like instead of videogames
> all the
> >>>>> creativity and tech research went into robots and the like - i bet
> the world
> >>>>> would be a really weird place! i kinda wish it happened although i
> guess i
> >>>>> like movies and videogames :P
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Yeah, EA is the devil for what they did to Will Wright. They made
> him
> >>>>>> hate video games so much by what they did to his game that he now
> >>>>>> makes toy robots
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:19 PM, eric drewes<figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>>>> > hey have you played the tecmo bowl remake for the DS that came out
> >>>>>> > recently?
> >>>>>> > i read about the DRM stuff from EA, pretty ridiculous... wasn't
> >>>>>> > there a huge
> >>>>>> > fiasco w/ spore over this?
> >>>>>> > i love the Valve approach w/ steam... its so nice to never worry
> >>>>>> > about disks
> >>>>>> > and codes again. I noticed blizzard is doing the same thing but
> >>>>>> > unfortunately i cannot find my starcraft code...
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Matthew Freeland
> >>>>>> > <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> Yeah I pretty much said Fuck EA for life about 5 years ago. Not
> >>>>>> >> only do
> >>>>>> >> the abuse the shit out of their developers they produce crappy
> >>>>>> >> games and the
> >>>>>> >> only lifeline they have these days is their sports games. Don't
> get
> >>>>>> >> me
> >>>>>> >> started on that, I'd rather whip out my nintendo and play Tecmo
> >>>>>> >> Bowl than
> >>>>>> >> play most of the new football games. :P
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> Also EA games pisses me off hard because they were probably the
> >>>>>> >> biggest
> >>>>>> >> adapter of really oppressive and vicious DRM.. They have since
> >>>>>> >> backed down
> >>>>>> >> but when I got Sim City 4 I think it was a few years ago I went
> to
> >>>>>> >> install
> >>>>>> >> it and It wouldn't let me install it unless I had an EA Games
> >>>>>> >> Passport and
> >>>>>> >> went to sign me up for one and I was like 'Well fuck that shit!'.
> >>>>>> >> Ultimately
> >>>>>> >> I went and set up one of the stupid accounts and then I couldn't
> >>>>>> >> install the
> >>>>>> >> game because their authentication server was down and assumed I
> was
> >>>>>> >> pirating
> >>>>>> >> it. Fuck EA.
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Alan Wolfe <
> alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>> >> wrote:
> >>>>>> >>>
> >>>>>> >>> im not sure who DOES like ea cause they are crappy to their
> dev's
> >>>>>> >>> too.
> >>>>>> >>>
> >>>>>> >>> maybe retailers like them? :P
> >>>>>> >>>
> >>>>>> >>> i heard EA was origionally started cause so many game companies
> >>>>>> >>> treated
> >>>>>> >>> their employees like crap and required long hours.... now they
> are
> >>>>>> >>> by far
> >>>>>> >>> the worst offenders.
> >>>>>> >>>
> >>>>>> >>> damn man fuck those guys :P
> >>>>>> >>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>>>>> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>> >>>>
> >>>>>> >>>> wow, ok so for NCAA football this year they stripped a bunch of
> >>>>>> >>>> features
> >>>>>> >>>> THAT ALREADY EXISTED IN THE GAME and then re-added them as
> >>>>>> >>>> microtransactions
> >>>>>> >>>> you have to pay real $ for... wow, that is fucking ridiculous.
> >>>>>> >>>> seriously,
> >>>>>> >>>> people already pay 60 dollars for a game, then they have to pay
> >>>>>> >>>> extra for
> >>>>>> >>>> content that was already in the game for free last year? You
> >>>>>> >>>> know, for
> >>>>>> >>>> games like fallout 3, etc. i am cool w/ downloadable content
> but
> >>>>>> >>>> the thing
> >>>>>> >>>> about sports games is they basically just sell you a roster
> >>>>>> >>>> update every
> >>>>>> >>>> year, and the 360/ps3 versions are STILL catching up on
> features
> >>>>>> >>>> that
> >>>>>> >>>> existed in ps2/xbox... what else makes it FUCKING TERRIBLE is
> >>>>>> >>>> that EA paid a
> >>>>>> >>>> ton of money to buy exclusive rights to all major football
> >>>>>> >>>> associations,
> >>>>>> >>>> college, pro, even canadian league and arena league, so if you
> >>>>>> >>>> want to play
> >>>>>> >>>> a football game on a console, you are forced to pay for an EA
> >>>>>> >>>> product.
> >>>>>> >>>> i buy maybe 3-4 games a year tops (this year i have purchased
> >>>>>> >>>> Zero,
> >>>>>> >>>> unless you count orange box for pc for 10 bucks) -- EA may have
> >>>>>> >>>> just earned
> >>>>>> >>>> a special place on my "never give these assholes my money no
> >>>>>> >>>> matter how good
> >>>>>> >>>> their game might be" list.
> >>>>>> >>
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>> >
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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