[project1dev] Re: wtf EA
- From: eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:44:49 -0400
i think its impossible to look cool on a segway and impossible NOT to look
cool on a hoverboard
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah, affordable being the key word. Not like the Segway :P
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, eric drewes<figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > if they came out w/ an anti-gravity hoverboard that was affordable for
> > consumers, they would make a KILLING!!!
> > also, i'd probably quit my job and wander the earth, on my hoverboard,
> > spreading peace and love
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> If you could somehow convince people that they could make a ton of
> >> money off them, we'd have them before Christmas
> >>
> >> 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.
> >> >>>> >>
> >> >>>> >
> >> >>>> >
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
Other related posts:
