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• • Euro Open Beta??

  • Do note that Yesterday a huge game like SPORE was released and guess what? Login servers were down the whole day!

    yes, it is not GOA, but it is EA, I hope they handle it better than that but I do not have much faith in the "they will be open soon, when you need them".

  • Posted: 9/06/08 3:57 AM
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• • It's EA Mythic. Not EA Mystic.

  • Question: did we need a thread to point out the name of Mythic Entertainment?

    IE: What was the point?

  • Posted: 9/06/08 3:54 AM
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• • Questions for Testers

  • dude, small font and red color on black background = loss of eyesight! fix it please! thanks.

  • Posted: 9/06/08 3:53 AM
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• • Gamer's Bill of Rights

  • Originally posted by rikilii
    

    Originally posted by Volkmar
    

    The what are those funny plastic tags that are pinned to all the merchandise I ever buy in a store?  For that matter, why do stores lock up at night when no one is around?  I mean, most people would like to be able to buy shoes at 10 o'clock on Sunday if they need to, and would be happy to leave money on the counter.

    Copy protection may not prevent professional or advanced piracy, but it does prevent casual piracy, like where you make a copy of a disc and give it to your friend so he doesn't have to buy it.  This can be a significant source of lost profits for game companies.

    Who the hell cares about retailers.  Do you really think anyone gives a crap if some huge corporation can't make a profit by wasting your gas to sell you a useless box?  Name one video game retailer that you wouldn't gladly push under a bus.

     

     

    1) are you serious or are you just pulling my leg here? you compare copy protection to the plastic tags in shops? Those are to prevent stealing, they do not hurt you as a customer! they do not lessen the quality of the product at all! You buy it, you pay, you get rid of the tag, done!

    The copy protection would be like that if you try to use the latest t-shirt you just bought on your sewing machine, it stops working!

    And the night openings? that has NOTHING to do with people being considered criminals and ALL about people not wanting to work when it is 22 o'clock. Not to mention labor laws and the like. But hey, go to this wonderful site called www.amazon.com and guess what? you can place an order even at 00:00!

    2)Yeah! I can see it happening in EA boards of director "Sirs.... here are the latest date on piracy... 80% of it is professional piracy from the internet.... 15% is people buying copied disks and 5% is friends loaning each other games" "LET'S HIT THE 5%!"

    Beside.... NOTHING stops those friend to download a modified exe from even legittimate sites as many people cannot suffer the "cd must be in the drive" limitation. But honestly? Copy protection done to hurt friends loaning games? seems absurd to me!

    3)You might not care about retailers, but publishers surely do! What I meant is that publishers might even want to create a bigger digital download distribution system, as that would cut down a lot of costs, but they cannot simply ignore giants like GameStop that would fight really hard against such a system as it put them out of the market.

  • Posted: 8/31/08 10:32 PM
    General Discussion
• • 50/50

  • http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62989

    This is the best review I could find of the game from a veteran beta tester and not from one of the thousands preview weekend players.

    It tells you what works and what does not work right now. Do keep in mind the Devs are mostly aware of all the "does not work" part and are hard at work to correct them. here is the latest Mbj post about what fixes are coming.

    http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1266189

    Have a nice day

  • Posted: 8/31/08 4:22 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)