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[louislingg]

Pretty fair and balanced piece from Global, being local I thought they might stick up for BioWare a bit more.

[kbct]

I like the videos, but has anyone here ever dressed up like Shepard or Liara?

[Diablos2525]

recentio wrote...

KingSnake661 wrote...

They didn't keep the cupcakes?? 0.o You know... you loyal fans paid like a grand for them, don't you? Who... could have though that was a good idea? Do you really thing that sent your fans a positive message? *reads futher*. Ah, as you can see, it didn't... You really should have kept them. It would have shown grashiness and humility. It sure would have garned more good will then rejecting them. I'm... genuienly suprsied at this move. *shrug* For a company i've held in very high reguard for years now... i'm dissapointed anew now.

Seriously?

How can anyone not see how disingenuous this cupcake thing was? Of course they declined to eat food that was specifically designed to mock their hard work.

It wasn't wholely designed to mock them, it was bittersweet like their game. I love Bioware, I just hate the ending to Mass Effect 3 and this PR campaign they are waging against their fans.

[i IIVIIorpheus]

VigilancePress wrote...

I said it in another thread, I'll say it here: I think Chris and company made a creative and positive choice, given the situation. I'm super-happy the cupcakes went to a local charity, that kids are getting to eat them. That's fantastic.

Best Possible Ending to this episode.

Reading some of these posts and just couldn't help but respond to this one.

The irony of this, is most people agree that the 'ending'  of the cupcake saga occured in a way that most people can agree with and are happy about...lol...

The irony of this whole thing is as delicious as those cupcakes...

[kbct]

Gotta repost this now that this thread has died down:

Eain wrote...

Hey Bioware, you know what I find funny?

You're being offered three colours to choose from, and using your own critical thinking you've made your own decision and said "We choose option #4".

Giving Shepard that same choice would go a long way to showing you understand where this went wrong.

[The Love Runner]

kbct wrote...

Gotta repost this now that this thread has died down:

Eain wrote...

Hey Bioware, you know what I find funny?

You're being offered three colours to choose from, and using your own critical thinking you've made your own decision and said "We choose option #4".

Giving Shepard that same choice would go a long way to showing you understand where this went wrong.

Officially the greatest statement of the month.

[Stormraught]

Donate to a worthy cause was not on the conversation wheel! XD

well played bioware :3

[DarkSpider88]

It is cool BioWare donated the cupcakes to kids but I have to say I feel bad for Thomas Abrams, he was looking forward to those cupcakes.

[PeterG1]

LoganKey wrote...

2nd Interview story has aired:

http://www.globaltve...&p=1&s=dd#video

Give props to Shadow Wrought, he represented us well.

Hey this is awesome! Great job again everybody I think this turned out extraordinarily well! And it was fun too.

[Sharkey1337]

DarkSpider88 wrote...

It is cool BioWare donated the cupcakes to kids but I have to say I feel bad for Thomas Abrams, he was looking forward to those cupcakes.

lol, yeah we'll have to start an Abrams Agenda charity that fixes this later on after the DLC is released.

[Plasma Prestige]

To Chris Priestly.

I really appreciate your responses in this thread, as it makes you seem like a human being interacting with the fans. Explaining that sometimes you have to talk carefully was a great thing, something I have never heard a game developer ever say. I am very pleased with what you did with the cupcakes, and it truly warms my heart that you ensured all the notes you received were saved. I am still mad as hell at you guys, but I still love you too. I have a good feeling that you'll do right by us.

[OhManTFE]

", after a lot of discussion, we decided ultimately the reason that they were sent was not done in the context of celebrating the work or accomplishment of the Mass Effect 3 team."

LOL no **** it was done to protest the endings. You didn't need a lot of discussion to figure that out bahahahahaha.

Man this cupcake thing made my day.

[DarkSpider88]

Sharkey1337 wrote...

DarkSpider88 wrote...

It is cool BioWare donated the cupcakes to kids but I have to say I feel bad for Thomas Abrams, he was looking forward to those cupcakes.

lol, yeah we'll have to start an Abrams Agenda charity that fixes this later on after the DLC is released.

agreed maybe he should be the sole recipient of the Marauder Shields cake.

[Diablos2525]

Chris Priestly wrote...

People are spinning this incorrectly to say we are not listening to "negative feedback" and how bad we are and etcetera.

Wrong.

We did listen. At no time did we try to stop Fuss for making the cupcakes or delivering them (this would be unfair to Fuss and to the fans who sent the cupcakes and a generally dickish thing to do). When the cupcakes reached us, we did not refuse to take them (again, unfair to the people who sent them). I, along with Fernando, Mark and Alistair went down, met with Shadow Wrought, gave him some swag for being brave enough to show up and keep us honest and took them upstairs. We took all of the included messages out of the bags and boxes so we would not lose them (again, cuz we're listening). We did not throw them away, ignore them till they got stale or not use them as what they are, food. We chose not to eat them and gave them to a needy charity.

The message REACHED us. Whether we ate the cupcakes, threw them in teh garbage or donated them to charity is secondary to us getting the message, right? If we had (somehow) frozen time, put them in a display case for all time as a reminder of the message sent by fans, this would have been the same thing.

Us actually eating the cupcakes or not should not have been the issue. The issue was fans creatively sent us a message expressing their love for Mass Effect as a franchise, but dislike over the endings. This message was delivered to us and we got it loud and clear.

The message was delivered to a handful of people who have already heard the message. We wanted Bioware, the company of talented and hardworking people to know....the ones who never post here.

[Tuatha de Danann]

What a stupid thing to do. What message is this sending exactly? What exactly is the goal here?
Lie to us, rip us off, insult us with god awful writing and what, we'll send you hundreds of dollars of free snacks?!!
What the ****?!
What's next, someone gonna send them some free blowjobs with "Fix Mass Effect" written on the hookers' foreheads?
That'll show 'em.

I can't imagine Bioware not thinking "Man, we should **** up more often!" after this.
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[Geinen]

Tuatha de Danann wrote...

What a stupid thing to do. What message is this sending exactly? What exactly is the goal here?
Lie to us, rip us off, insult us with god awful writing and what, we'll send you hundreds of dollars of free snacks?!!
What the ****?!
What's next, someone gonna send them some free blowjobs with "Fix Mass Effect" written on the hookers' foreheads?
That'll show 'em.

I can't imagine Bioware not thinking "Man, we should **** up more often!" after this.
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Did you pull that right from the facebook page? lol  geesh

[Sharkey1337]

DarkSpider88 wrote...

Sharkey1337 wrote...

DarkSpider88 wrote...

It is cool BioWare donated the cupcakes to kids but I have to say I feel bad for Thomas Abrams, he was looking forward to those cupcakes.

lol, yeah we'll have to start an Abrams Agenda charity that fixes this later on after the DLC is released.

agreed maybe he should be the sole recipient of the Marauder Shields cake.

lol, it should have Marauder Shields saying "We Never Forgot Thomas Abrams"

[MACharlie1]

Tuatha de Danann wrote...

What a stupid thing to do. What message is this sending exactly? What exactly is the goal here?
Lie to us, rip us off, insult us with god awful writing and what, we'll send you hundreds of dollars of free snacks?!!
What the ****?!
What's next, someone gonna send them some free blowjobs with "Fix Mass Effect" written on the hookers' foreheads?
That'll show 'em.

I can't imagine Bioware not thinking "Man, we should **** up more often!" after this.
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It worked for Miss Chobot. 

[Tuatha de Danann]

Chris Priestly wrote...
PR hates me.

They aren't alone.

Modifié par Tuatha de Danann, 30 mars 2012 - 03:24 .

[Ozai75]

I want to apologize to Chris. I really thought that they would ignore what the fans wrote, and that is what I was upset about. I'm very glad that they appear to at least be listening.

[Tuatha de Danann]

Geinen wrote...

Tuatha de Danann wrote...

What a stupid thing to do. What message is this sending exactly? What exactly is the goal here?
Lie to us, rip us off, insult us with god awful writing and what, we'll send you hundreds of dollars of free snacks?!!
What the ****?!
What's next, someone gonna send them some free blowjobs with "Fix Mass Effect" written on the hookers' foreheads?
That'll show 'em.

I can't imagine Bioware not thinking "Man, we should **** up more often!" after this.
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Did you pull that right from the facebook page? lol  geesh

That's my Facebook post.

Modifié par Tuatha de Danann, 30 mars 2012 - 03:26 .

[John Epler]

Tuatha de Danann wrote...

Chris Priestly wrote...
PR hates me.

They aren't alone.

And this would be an example of how not to post.

[Naltair]

Tuatha de Danann wrote...

What a stupid thing to do. What message is this sending exactly? What exactly is the goal here?
Lie to us, rip us off, insult us with god awful writing and what, we'll send you hundreds of dollars of free snacks?!!
What the ****?!
What's next, someone gonna send them some free blowjobs with "Fix Mass Effect" written on the hookers' foreheads?
That'll show 'em.

I can't imagine Bioware not thinking "Man, we should **** up more often!" after this.
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And this is why the Retake Mass Effect movement has a tarnished image.

[Geinen]

Tuatha de Danann wrote...

That's my Facebook post.

Yes, I remember you.  It didnt go so well there...lol why are you bringing it here?

[Ozai75]

Tuatha go away. Hate isn't needed here.