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Article #26877

Re: Boycott Red Alert 3

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From: Margolis
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:00
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"satan" <vally1234@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> First of all you three imbecils will have to disclose your association
> with Electronic Arts and GameSpy network if you want your comments to
> have any credibility at all.
>
> Now, let Electronic Arts put another faulty product on the market,
> because in Australia we have something called ACCC (Australian
> Competition and Consumer Commision), because we can deal with
> Electronic Arts in this way, it goes under faulty and unsatisfactory
> products.
>
> My understanding is that Electronic Arts is already in the ACCC's
> sights, this is what I was told.
>
> What are you three saying, that you did not have problems with
> Generals and Zero Hour? Then this is an outright LIE, just look at the
> number of patches released by Electronic Arts.
> What are you saying that the game never slowed to less than a frame
> per second, because if you do, then this is another LIE.
>
> Are you saying that after you quit the game does not leave "garbage"
> in the memory, because if you do, then this is another LIE.
>
> Are you saying that the user interface is not crap, because if you do,
> then is another LIE.
>
> Are you by any chanced suggesting that there are no problems with the
> online game performance when Electronic Arts has acknowledged the fact
> that due to poor development practices they did not take into account
> the internet infrastructure, then again you three are telling LIES.
>
> Electronic Arts has added the "quickstart" option at the executable
> due to the fact that individuals complained about it.
>
> There will be idiots that will buy the crap no matter what, but by far
> the majority of individuals will display more common sense and
> consider the recent performance of the products put on the market by
> Electronic Arts and make an informed decision.
>
> As I have said, try before you buy, if does not have the online
> capability in the trial version, dropped like a hot potato, because
> the online version of the game is crap.
> As I have said, if anywhere on the package is mentioned the word
> GameSpy, again dropped like a hot potato, because the online
> capabilities of the game are crap.
>
> If you have to go throught more than two screens to play any feature
> of the game again, dropped like a hot potato, because they are using
> flashy splash screens to cover up for the poor performance of the
> product.
>
>


the only lies here are the ones being spouted by  trolls like you

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Subject: Re: Boycott Red Alert 3
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