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[Bryzon]

I've done everything possible that I can think of for referrals and I'm only sitting at 9542. I was unlucky enough not to get picked for any of the twitters, despite doing them religiously. So, just hoping something will happen where all these 10Kers will calm down or run out of tokens.

[LyudmilaKatzen]

tom.bleaker wrote...

Ibacai wrote...

This would make a fascinating Sociology paper.

They should run the auction again with bonobos as participants. 

I'm sure there's a poop-throwing/fake currency joke in there somewhere.

[Kohaku]

dweber77 wrote...

I promise this is not a token link for once.  If it is you can beat me senseless.

But to heck with the Jade Empire mousepad, I want this one...

Record of Agarest War Bundle

I was thinking about getting that until I saw the mousepad. What in the world would I do with it? Certainly not use it.

[finnen2]

nah you can now get terabyte drives for 80$s now

[Eagle oo8i]

I WANT A T-51b HARDDRIVE!!!!

[kmueller1978]

http://social.bioware.com/brc/1282323

You know what's REALLY sad? The smart one that knows how to make links is at work so I had to call and figure out how. I am such a computer failure. At least she didn't laugh TOO hard at me. Make me feel better?

[FriggenHugeOrc]

dropdown360 wrote...

I see nothing has changed since I left. Update the page at exactly the 15 minute point on the dot and there are already 8 posts near 10k range. What a grand auction.

Actually, I know better than this. I should have known from the beginning. This isn't for the community. What Bioware has done is spent (or had their sponsors help out) for a total of $64,000 worth of ADVERTISING dollars. That's why the real fans get shafted in the rear. The whole point of this auction was the referral links, which are also the reason this auction is a sham. This is all a marketing ploy by the company to try and do something different other than commercials. Bioware can state what they want, but I know better than that. As a Psych major and have analyzed persuasive advertising in the very immediate past, I understand what they are doing. What irks me the most is that instead of having the integrity to state such as thing, they instead pass this off as a "for the community" event.

Am I bitter? Sure a little. I was excited to take part in an auction with other people who have been proud supporters of Bioware over the years, starting with Baldur's Gate to the present with Dragon Age. Instead, we have a clusterf*ck of people who have abused the link referral program and others who have legitimately made a lot of clicks (which this is by far the more rare) spamming and winning the auctions.

What I think most people are angry about is the fact that we consider ourselves a "community"; we are a group of people who have supported and still support Bioware. When this auction came around, it was our community who would be rewarded. What happens? People who joined 8 days ago winning auctions who have never spent money on a Bioware product or simply torrented a game to play. We are pissed because Bioware doesn't distinguish between fan/community member and some guy wanting a hand out who knows how to abuse and/or "market" links to their facebook/twitter/etc fanpages.

If Bioware really wanted a fair auction, they knew damn well how to set one up. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar. Yet I'm still enthralled at the idea of possibly winning something (even though deep down I know I don't have a chance in hell) so I will continue watching and checking.

In the future, please reward your actual supporters Bioware. I feel let down. You say this was a reward for the community, and yet I see the community banded together hear voicing their dislike of what's happening. Next time you choose to do this, please use a more reasonable approach - one that is both fair and allows everyone an equal chance.

For instance: (some of these people have mentioned already)
-Raffle: using tokens for tickets or allowing a max number of tickets to be used to try and get prizes you really want
-Silent Auction: don't let people see the highest bid until the auction is over. Some may not like it, but at least EVERYONE gets to participate.
-Put a cap on the maximum amount of tokens to be received. What SHOULD have been done is community members who have BEEN community members should have had a generous boost to their token pool (6months to a year get 5k tokens extra) that way everyone is on the same playing field who ARE supporters.
-Only allow certain items to be bid on by community members who have been here a certain amount of time or registered their game prior. This ensures no one who doesn't actively support you can win a reward a real fan is looking forward to.

Of course, if this is all about advertising, you will probably just ignore this and report what a success it was and how the fans loved it. Let me tell you, I am not loving. In fact, I hate trying to bid the second the new auction posts only to be told I don't have enough tokens and it's already past 10k. Then I have to wait 14 minutes and 59 seconds to be told the same thing again.

That's all from me. Enjoy the short read everyone.

LOL I totally Agree...Ive been buying these guys games for years and this is a total sham....

[mango]

The computers are out of reach

[SethP]

5 shirts are worth more than 1 HD.. but you get a shirt too so.. ya

[LightagainstBlight]

http://social.bioware.com/brc/822437

[REShepard]

I'm still having fun seeing people spend some of their tokens at least!  I'm curious if BioWare is going to go back and reopen auctions if they find items that were won by cheaters....


social.bioware.com/brc/946015

[Fandaran89]

So, any thoughts on when this stupidity is going to end? http://social.bioware.com/brc/1689746

[Faithfulhalo00]

think the next one will be a repeat?

and my link for those generous enoughsocial.bioware.com/brc/297201

[SarEnyaDor]

I couldn't let my kids use the computer anymore, especially not my son with that mousepad *facepalm*

[Ibacai]

Bryzon wrote...

I've done everything possible that I can think of for referrals and I'm only sitting at 9542. I was unlucky enough not to get picked for any of the twitters, despite doing them religiously. So, just hoping something will happen where all these 10Kers will calm down or run out of tokens.

Hah, you're beating me by 3k.

Now I feel horrible.

[dweber77]

Kerridan Kaiba wrote...

dweber77 wrote...

I promise this is not a token link for once.  If it is you can beat me senseless.

But to heck with the Jade Empire mousepad, I want this one...

Record of Agarest War Bundle

I was thinking about getting that until I saw the mousepad. What in the world would I do with it? Certainly not use it.

Actually it makes for great wrist support?  I was really just tired of the auction for a bit and needed a destraction.  Gotta love Destructoid and their links.

[FriggenHugeOrc]

social.bioware.com/brc/1555209

[Kohaku]

SarEnyaDor wrote...

I couldn't let my kids use the computer anymore, especially not my son with that mousepad *facepalm*

It's more fan service than anything else. They've pretty much admitted it.

[SIim Charles]

http://social.bioware.com/brc/1687955



Might get lucky, but it looks like I won't be able to win anything

[jokers_anarchy]

im not half way to 6000 points could use some help thanks

social.bioware.com/brc/938106

[tom.bleaker]

"I'm Commander Shepherd... and this is my favorite Auction on the Citadel"

[Mahngiel]

thanks for tryin dan

[Fendaren]

I've only got around 6k.  Before this started I thought that had to be a fair amount.  It is a funny situation, though.

http://social.bioware.com/brc/737663

[jokers_anarchy]

social.bioware.com/brc/938106

[Soul Taker 93]

hahaha someone was able to bid 10 points lololol
http://social.bioware.com/brc/935015

Modifié par Soul Taker 93, 06 avril 2010 - 08:02 .