[project1dev] Re: wtf EA
- From: eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:48 -0400
in my town there are these two crazy christian dudes with beards that jog
all day every day through town holding a "jesus loves" sign and sometimes it
says other christian related thing... i'd love to fly past them on my
hoverboard with a sign that says "THE DEVIL RULES!!!"
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Matthew Freeland <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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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