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Hunter_Killers
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada23 Posts
May 30 2010 08:13 GMT
#301
Really if you want to attack Activision stop bringing WoW into it, the payed features are pretty much standard to majority of the MMO's out there and not unique to WoW.
Darpinion
Profile Joined January 2010
United States210 Posts
May 30 2010 08:21 GMT
#302
The joys of a capitalistic economy.
"A well formulated question is more important than the answer." -Albert Einstein
aka_star
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
May 30 2010 08:27 GMT
#303
oh dear blizzard activation is the spawn of Satan, RIP the real blizzard.
FlashDave.999 aka Star
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
May 30 2010 08:36 GMT
#304
On May 30 2010 17:13 Hunter_Killers wrote:
Really if you want to attack Activision stop bringing WoW into it, the payed features are pretty much standard to majority of the MMO's out there and not unique to WoW.

Most mmo's do one or the other, paid features or subscription. Now WoW does both!
Great OP, getting all the research together and showing us what Blizzard has now become.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
Cheesenium
Profile Joined May 2010
Malaysia9 Posts
May 30 2010 08:40 GMT
#305
Thanks OP.

Im seriously considering to cancel my pre-order now,as RTS is dead for me.
BSandT
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia18 Posts
May 30 2010 08:57 GMT
#306
Hey guys wanna know a way to contact Blizz,

Just go to their site and go to support. Then instead of asking for help on support u have space to enter a very relevant concern there. i already did. Dont be scared. this is our game and not theirs to fuck up. Kotick is a devil. Did u know the bible sais, "it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich, greedy man to enter the gates of heaven." Hey Kotick say hi to Hitler for me when u die u noob ass CEO money hungry devil.

Here is the link for the support section of their site. http://us.blizzard.com/support

Peace guys
Blood, Sweat, and Tears = Succes
bobhund
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden364 Posts
May 30 2010 09:16 GMT
#307
This actually makes me really sad. Blizzard always had such loving treatment of the fans, the amount of free days during the start of WoW for example.
Really nice post op, but really sad facts.
Editor in chief at Rakaka.se
AmstAff
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Germany949 Posts
May 30 2010 09:28 GMT
#308
maybe everyone on tl.net should have to pay 1$, so that we can offer some black guy in some ghetto a bunch of money for killing this fucking faggot.
maybe after that, other publishers will start thinking about the power of videogame consumers.

User was temp banned for this post.
after 2 years i reached it = marine icon
Ghad
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway2551 Posts
May 30 2010 09:41 GMT
#309
This guy sounds like someone out of The Office, seriously.
forgottendreams: One underage girl, two drunk guys, one gogo dancer and starcraft 2. Apparently just another day in Europe.
Boonbag
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France3318 Posts
May 30 2010 09:42 GMT
#310
On May 30 2010 18:28 AmstAff wrote:
maybe everyone on tl.net should have to pay 1$, so that we can offer some black guy in some ghetto a bunch of money for killing this fucking faggot.
maybe after that, other publishers will start thinking about the power of videogame consumers.


Now that is a bit extreme.
adamisuber
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada35 Posts
May 30 2010 09:48 GMT
#311
Goddamn I'm actually a little angry now... a lot angry. Big money ruins everything
PIDERMAN
Savio
Profile Joined April 2008
United States1850 Posts
May 30 2010 09:48 GMT
#312
On May 30 2010 18:28 AmstAff wrote:
maybe everyone on tl.net should have to pay 1$, so that we can offer some black guy in some ghetto a bunch of money for killing this fucking faggot.
maybe after that, other publishers will start thinking about the power of videogame consumers.


Don't be an idiot. You are gonna make the mods come down on the entire thread. The OP was a well researched, informative post, but most everything after that has been garbage like this in this thread.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. – Winston Churchill
Auronz
Profile Joined April 2010
Brazil119 Posts
May 30 2010 09:52 GMT
#313
Kotick dead would make more good than harm to tell the truth, It would be totally fucking awesome if he got cancer or something of the kind. We all know Blizzard is fucking up badly and shafting us with bad service, the question is what we can legally realistically DO against it? Complaining so far didn't really do much, we're still stuck, and nobody wants to actually not play sc2 I believe.
Diks
Profile Joined January 2010
Belgium1880 Posts
May 30 2010 10:01 GMT
#314
Kotick truly is a greedy devil bastard that never play any video games in his life and dosen't know the hurt he's causing (i'm quite sure he's aware of that but just don't give a shit because he wants $$$)

How did Blizzard accept that ?
DtE
Profile Joined May 2010
France36 Posts
May 30 2010 10:05 GMT
#315
Biased since it only focuses on the evil sides, but very interesting read. I really don't know what to think.. That's just bad.
Bring back Bnet 1.0.
lew
Profile Joined April 2009
Belgium205 Posts
May 30 2010 10:11 GMT
#316
I played call of duty 1 and 2 and those times were awesome. Call of duty 2 even made it to the WSVG. Then everything went downhill. New call of duty's were released and they became worser and worser. The Belgian cod community, which was big, died. Almost everyone decided to leave the game. It was the end of a great community, thanks to ACTIVISION.

I moved to starcraft 1 as a preparation for starcraft 2. I heard that BLIZZARD delivers great esports games so I was sure that starcraft 2 would become THE esports game. Now ACTIVISION is here to destroy this game and I am not sure that they will not succeed...

What else is left? Counterstrike and quakelive are decent esports games but it ends there. Blizzard was the last hope. Games become easier and easier and the chances for a new esports game are low.

The big problem in my opinion is that people just BUY their stuff. Example: I heard that ACTIVISION is SELLING maps for call of duty modernwarfare 2. People actually buy it... When I played cod1 and cod2, those maps were for FREE. We got them in several patches.

If this trend continues, then we will be paying a monthly fee for every game we want to play in the future.

If never bought an acitivion game after cod4 and I will never buy one again. I will buy starcraft 2 tough. It's time that people stop buying those activision games, just like a lot of people do with the EA games. Stop paying for their stupid DLC's, stop buying their games. Oherwise you will be paying a nice monthly fee for every game in a few years.

Sorry for my bad English .
boySAILOR
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway14 Posts
May 30 2010 10:18 GMT
#317
I might be naive or plain out ignorant regarding the business world (as I work as an artist & creative and never really took part of the business world), but could this merger between Activision & Blizzard be seen upon as a miss step and mistake by Blizzard which they would opt out of down the line?

If you think of a company & the business world, 5-10 years Blizzard could buy themselves out of the merger or something similar, no? I don't know the legal terms of their contract and merging, but I'd like to believe that Blizzard will realize what's going on eventually and break free.

If not, someone (some other company) else might (hopefully will) take their spot..
Another Biological Screwup
Zaul
Profile Joined March 2010
17 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-30 10:22:52
May 30 2010 10:18 GMT
#318
On May 30 2010 17:57 BSandT wrote: Hey Kotick say hi to Hitler for me when u die u noob ass CEO money hungry devil.


On May 30 2010 18:28 AmstAff wrote:
maybe everyone on tl.net should have to pay 1$, so that we can offer some black guy in some ghetto a bunch of money for killing this fucking faggot.
maybe after that, other publishers will start thinking about the power of videogame consumers.


On May 30 2010 18:52 Auronz wrote:
Kotick dead would make more good than harm to tell the truth, It would be totally fucking awesome if he got cancer or something of the kind.



Please guys, there's no need to bring out the 12-year old in yourselves.
The OP draws a pretty dire picture, but wishing somebody cancer and other such things is pretty much as inappropriate and immature as it gets. Once you're old enough and have a friend or family member hit by it, you'll understand.

And on the topic of "power of videogame consumers"; we do have power, but the only way to enforce it is to not buy the product. Sure, you can keep telling yourself Blizzard won't notice your 50 bucks, but if everybody thinks that way, what good are we gonna do?
If you disagree with corporate policy/Bnet 2.0/whatever, just don't buy the game, as hard as that may be. That's all you need to do, no need to hire a hitman.
lew
Profile Joined April 2009
Belgium205 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-30 10:21:21
May 30 2010 10:19 GMT
#319
Oh and I remember people saying that they will not buy mw2 (when they heard that there will be no dedicated servers). They made big XFIRE groups under the name "we will not buy mw2". A week after the release more then 50% of the group was playing............mw2. Then those kids whined on the forums about dedicated servers and about the fact that they don't listen to the community. Those people forgot that they bought the game and that they actually supported the next call of duty game.
They supported the ignorance towards the community. People buy their games, that's their only goal.
peachsncream
Profile Joined April 2010
United States289 Posts
May 30 2010 10:20 GMT
#320
may i ask how long that took you to write
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