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[Efesell]

Sylixe wrote...

The best part of this thread is going to be the rabid fanboys coming up with clever ways to make EA/Bioware look good in all of this.

/pulls out the popcorn

Hm, but are they worse than the people wigging out over a silly contest?

[BlightWalker]

Calling this an epic community event complete with a countdown timer and then revealing it to be an US-only contest is bound to destroy a lot of goodwill. Whoever had this idea should probably be fired.

[the_one_54321]

Sylixe wrote...
The best part of this thread is going to be the rabid fanboys coming up with clever ways to make EA/Bioware look good in all of this.
/pulls out the popcorn

Because it's not ridiculous at all how all the sore folks that can't participate are going to (already) find ways to make it out like BioWare has stolen something from them.

[Ayanna Nyx]

Oh I can't wait until someone from bioware responds to all this lol Set phasers for pish

[coolbeans]

Look contest laws, international mail is all fine, I'm all for an exlcusive contest, its pretty normal.



But a weeksworth of countdown and billing as an "epic community event"? Theres the problem right there





Im not angry bioware, I'm just very disappointed

[13Dannyboy13]

Amazing how they have the money for events like this that exclude a large portion of the community, yet they can't lift a finger to fix the game. It's simply a smokescreen to mask the fact that they haven't done a dam thing to fix this game in five months, then gone on to release an overpriced expansion that carries over the bugs from the original game while adding more of it's own. Very disappointing to say the least....

[Ayanna Nyx]

coolbeans wrote...

Look contest laws, international mail is all fine, I'm all for an exlcusive contest, its pretty normal.

But a weeksworth of countdown and billing as an "epic community event"? Theres the problem right there


Im not angry bioware, I'm just very disappointed

My point exactly

[Gtacatalina]

wepeel_ wrote...

That's brilliant  (I really am laughing!!).

I'm from the UK so I'm a bit disappointed I won't be able to go for any of those great prizes.

Good luck though to all of you going for the prizes in the USA 

 

Modifié par Gtacatalina, 29 mars 2010 - 05:26 .

[Efesell]

I feel that map is sorely missing a "here they be dragons".

And yeah i literally forgot all about the timer until this morning and was all "Oh right, Bioware doin' a thing today."

Modifié par Efesell, 29 mars 2010 - 05:24 .

[Jax Sparrow]

Sylixe wrote...

The best part of this thread is going to be the rabid fanboys coming up with clever ways to make EA/Bioware look good in all of this.

/pulls out the popcorn

Even better will be the haters coming up with clever ways to whine and moan about getting a chance to get free BioWare stuff.

[Altered Idol]

purplesunset wrote...

Altered Idol wrote...

Lets not overreact.I know its not what most of us wanted to hear, me included.

I was expecting something a little bit more inclusive given the build up.

The countdown and the "Epic Community Event" insignia gave the impression it was going to be something quite major and to people eligible its a good thing.

My only problem has been the overhyping of the whole thing.

BUT..

We've not lost anything have we?

We're still going to get ME3 and DA2 at some point and its not like this is taking away anything from the games we already have. Yes it would have been nice to have something a bit more inclusive but all in all, I'm not too fussed.

Swings and Roundabouts.

This attitude is actually quite self-defeating.

If you were disappointed that (according to you)

1) they overhyped it

2) it's not inclusive enough

3) it's not what you wanted to hear

then to say it's not a big deal is one thing. 

But to say that

1) it means nothing at all

2) you haven't lost anything

3) it's not taking away from the games you already have

is false, contradictory, and only hurts you the consumer more than anything else.

It is an indication of the direction tht Bioware/EA is going on. It does and will have an impact on those future games you're referring to. The company culture has changed irrevocably.

Its not self-defeating or contradictory really. There's several different issues and points here. 

The announcement itself didnt matter all that much to me either way but the way it was built up did.
 
Yes I'm disappointed  at the announcement as I was expecting more but its not the end of the world is it.
 
The build-up certainly wasnt justifiable and I can understand why people are annoyed by it. I am annoyed too but when push comes to shove, its not going to make a massive impact so I'm not going to get too worked up over it.

The more worrying aspect and the point I agree with you on is about the direction Bioware/EA seem to be heading. Awakenings was a big let down for me and this charade certainly hasnt  made a positive impression either. Its time to get to boot out I think.

[Bullets McDeath]

THIS was the big announcement? I shall learn to be wary of future teases... perhaps the 2.11.11 release date is for the Dragon Age cereal?

Seriously, though. Ya'll built some hype for this aaaaand, it's pretty ghey. This is a good example of something that probably did not need an announcement for it's annoucement. You could have just mentioned it when it was ready.

Modifié par outlaworacle, 29 mars 2010 - 05:26 .

[Stormghost]

This reaction could have been averted if they'd said from the start it was US-only. But they didn't... And hyped it up (devs posted on various threads saying it was going to be 'cool' etc), and then they put up timers and call it 'epic'.



So it's hardly surprising people are disappointed.

[Feixeno]

This is really only disappointing in that:

A. It's not really inclusive. Only 2000-something people are going to get something out of this.

B. It's not anything a lot of people actually seem to want.

C. Marketing shills like "the_one_54321" are incredibly annoying and always make things worse. Just like you can't pray the gay away, you can't hype the bad press away.

[Sylixe]

the_one_54321 wrote...

Sylixe wrote...
The best part of this thread is going to be the rabid fanboys coming up with clever ways to make EA/Bioware look good in all of this.
/pulls out the popcorn

Because it's not ridiculous at all how all the sore folks that can't participate are going to (already) find ways to make it out like BioWare has stolen something from them.

True
As far as i can tell Bioware is only guilty of False advertising.  Which in itself isn't a huge issue but one that they could have researched a little better.  I'm not surprised though since the companies been in a downward spiral for a while now.

[MarkyBoy147]

first person from bioware to post here will win an epic prize.







warning prizes may be made out to be more epic that they actually are

[KneeTheCap]

the_one_54321 wrote...

Sylixe wrote...
The best part of this thread is going to be the rabid fanboys coming up with clever ways to make EA/Bioware look good in all of this.
/pulls out the popcorn

Because it's not ridiculous at all how all the sore folks that can't participate are going to (already) find ways to make it out like BioWare has stolen something from them.

Are you saying that we don't have a right to be upset? Sour grapes this and that...Of course its sour grapes! We were all hyped about the announcement of an "epic COMMUNITY event" and the fact that there was a counter for it. And now we are excluded. So much for the "community"...

I would have appreciated that they would have told us its only for americans....That would have spared much of the (rightful) whining...

[Finiffa]

coolbeans wrote...

Look contest laws, international mail is all fine, I'm all for an exlcusive contest, its pretty normal.

But a weeksworth of countdown and billing as an "epic community event"? Theres the problem right there


Im not angry bioware, I'm just very disappointed

Yes, this is the problem. You see, Im quite used to NOT being able to participate in such things due to the incredible strict laws my country has regarding these kind of events but come on......hype us all and then we get this .

[zahra]

the_one_54321 wrote...

Lucy_Glitter wrote...
was it really that NO ONE of bioware saw this coming?! did you all think we non-us (or ny, fl) residents would just go "oh..one week hype for this...aw well.."?!

Do you seriously think they didn't see all this coming? Do you really believe they didn't weight their options? 

All this "I'M TAKING THIS PERSONALLY BECAUSE MY FEELINGS ARE HURT AND I WANT CONTEST PRIZES TOO" stuff is nothing but sour grapes. This is a marketing ploy. If they could have included the rest of the world in such a big exciting marketing stunt, they would have.

Everyone acts as though contest laws, international contest laws, and international mail have nothing to do with this. The immediate assumption seems to be "BioWare just likes to insult its fans" and that is a load of [stuff that is not very nice].

I think people are just mad because it seems that Bioware isn't very inclusive in their definition of ze "Bioware Community".

(they also need some coaching on what "Epic" really means).

I don't mind that much (I was expecting something like this) and I probably wouldn't have participated even if it included my country. I just think that you should try to see things from the perspective of the people who feel kind of left out. No matter what the reasons are behind limiting this to certain states in the US, it was kind of a dick move to try to get everyone riled up when they knew only a certain group would be able to participate.

[coolbeans]

davidk1991 wrote...

This reaction could have been averted if they'd said from the start it was US-only. But they didn't... And hyped it up (devs posted on various threads saying it was going to be 'cool' etc), and then they put up timers and call it 'epic'.

So it's hardly surprising people are disappointed.

Totally

[Ayanna Nyx]

MarkyBoy147 wrote...

first person from bioware to post here will win an epic prize.



warning prizes may be made out to be more epic that they actually are

Genius

[the_one_54321]

Gtacatalina wrote...
I'm from the UK so I'm a bit disappointed I won't be able to go for any of those great prizes.

Good luck though to all of you going for the prizes in the USA 

See, this is a mature and even-handed response. Thanks for the well wishes! I really do wish you all could have participated too, because it would have been more fun that way.

[JBurke]

Blame Obama! He's behind it all!

However... 5,450 tokens to waste sounds fun.

Modifié par JBurke, 29 mars 2010 - 05:30 .

[Altered Idol]

MarkyBoy147 wrote...

first person from bioware to post here will win an epic prize.



warning prizes may be made out to be more epic that they actually are

For some reason, that made me think of fun-sized chocolate bars.

They arent fun they're just small.

And from what I understand talking to my female friends, small isnt all that fun.