marquiseondore wrote...
SarEnyaDor wrote...
If I had enough tokens, I'd blow it on that seriously cute outfit, even if it is about to be way to hot to wear it properly soon.
It's never too hot to wear a hoodie.
FriggenHugeOrc wrote...
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....
kmueller1978 wrote...
I do have a serious auction question if anyone knows the answer. I have 2 copies of DA:O, XBox and PC. I didn't like the gameplay on XBox and bought another copy. Since I still have BOTH copies, why can't I get tokens for both? It doesn't make sense to me
Oh and http://social.bioware.com/brc/1282323
dropdown360 wrote...
This is easily solved by substituting site member for "game registration". Simple. 'Nuff said.
animeguru wrote...
dropdown360 wrote...
This is easily solved by substituting site member for "game registration". Simple. 'Nuff said.
The only problem with that is its illegal in the US, hence the alternative quiz instead of a game registration.
http://social.bioware.com/brc/1687853 <- A click would be nice.
animeguru wrote...
dropdown360 wrote...
This is easily solved by substituting site member for "game registration". Simple. 'Nuff said.
The only problem with that is its illegal in the US, hence the alternative quiz instead of a game registration.
Modifié par dropdown360, 06 avril 2010 - 08:13 .
) - of course, I can't just be happy with my poster pack, I have to follow all the auctions and see what else I could have won 
Ahzrei wrote...
Yeah "No purchase necessary" is a requirement. Stoopid laws. Chaotic neutral for the win.
Thompaine wrote...
Ahzrei wrote...
Yeah "No purchase necessary" is a requirement. Stoopid laws. Chaotic neutral for the win.
Really? Chaotic neutral? Chaotic Good for the win. Do some good.
scyphozoa wrote...
its so hard for me to believe that a 2000 dollar PC went for ~4000 more points than 100 dollars in clothing or posters...
i think that speaks for itself about how broken the scaling of tokens is in this event.
dropdown360 wrote...
animeguru wrote...
dropdown360 wrote...
This is easily solved by substituting site member for "game registration". Simple. 'Nuff said.
The only problem with that is its illegal in the US, hence the alternative quiz instead of a game registration.
Updated: Ah I see. No purchase necessary. This is a fan service fail then.
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