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Article #26878Re: Boycott Red Alert 3
From: Drinkenstein
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:08
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:08
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fuckchop -- The Anonymous Alcoholic! Drink 24:7 Copyright ę 2003 Drinkenstein "satan" <vally1234@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:139ab587.0312281830.124f94e7@posting.google.com... > 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. > > > "Drinkenstein" <vodka@beer.net> wrote in message news:<vutck3ptnmak93@corp.supernews.com>... > > >if red alert 3 comes out I will most definately buy it because all c&c > > games are great.< > > > > I agree > > > > -- > > The Anonymous Alcoholic! Drink 24:7 > > Copyright ę 2003 Drinkenstein > > > > > > "Margolis" <someone@somewhere.org> wrote in message > > news:vutbj253rjdnd2@corp.supernews.com... > > > "satan" <vally1234@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > news:139ab587.0312271758.88b9bfa@posting.google.com... > > > > Soon Electronic Arts will try to put on the maket a new version of > > > > Command And Conquer: Red Alert 3. > > > > > > > > As a owner of the bullshit games, Generals and Zero Hour it is > > > > advisable > > > > that before you buy any more shitty games put on the market by > > > > Electronic Arts, try to get a playable demo with online capability, > > > > and if you are satisfied with the overall performance of the product > > > > then and only then you should consider buying the game. > > > > > > > > What you should look for, memory leaks, game performance when there is > > > > a multitude of units on the map, user interface, balance between > > > > units, you name it. > > > > > > > > If there is mentioned anywhere on the package the word GameSpy, my > > > > advice is to stay away from it, because the online version of the game > > > > will be very, very slow. > > > > > > > > > if red alert 3 comes out I will most definately buy it because all c&c > > games > > > are great. And if it uses gamespy, all the better. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Margolis > > > > > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!internal1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!firehose2!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Drinkenstein" <vodka@beer.net> Newsgroups: alt.games.redalert2, alt.games.command.and.conquer, alt.games.redalert Subject: Re: Boycott Red Alert 3 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:08:32 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <vv0uumkv11gdaa@corp.supernews.com> References: <139ab587.0312271758.88b9bfa@posting.google.com> <vutbj253rjdnd2@corp.supernews.com> <vutck3ptnmak93@corp.supernews.com> <139ab587.0312281830.124f94e7@posting.google.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 107 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit