... I think SOE is a rich man's bet. There are prolly two trillionaire, old, white dudes betting on how long a company can shovel S#17 into consumers' mouths before people actually get a clue. Time to get a clue.
I actually reckon it's a bet between SOE and Blizzard.
I reckon one day they were all drinking (too heavily) together and the guys from Blizzard went "W00t! 8 MILLION subscribers! We PWN U! LOLZ!"
And the guys from SOE went "Meh, we could do that too if we wanna..."
Blizzard: "ROTFLMAO! no way doodz!"
SOE: "Yeah way... wanna bet?"
Blizzard: *Gobsmacked* "Ugh...OK...you get a game with 8 million subscribers..."
SOE: "Nah doodz...too easy! Letz make it interesting... we will get 8 million subscribers... 100k at a time..."
And so it began.
And Vincenz, sorry mate, this is about SOE's handling of PotBS. Regardless of what they did in the past (right or wrong) their handling of THIS GAME has been appaling.
And Vincenz, sorry mate, this is about SOE's handling of PotBS. Regardless of what they did in the past (right or wrong) their handling of THIS GAME has been appaling.
If that was what this post was about, and the subsequent posts, I'd have nothing to say about it.
I'm a pre-CU SWG player who got "screwed", but even for me the constant "SOE IS CROOKS! THEY STEALZ MY LOOTZ!" is getting a bit tiresome.
And Vincenz, sorry mate, this is about SOE's handling of PotBS. Regardless of what they did in the past (right or wrong) their handling of THIS GAME has been appaling.
If that was what this post was about, and the subsequent posts, I'd have nothing to say about it.
I'm a pre-CU SWG player who got "screwed", but even for me the constant "SOE IS CROOKS! THEY STEALZ MY LOOTZ!" is getting a bit tiresome.
The post was not intended as a HATE SOE post. I was merely stating that by the looks of the offical forums, The official release was moving along well... not as intended im sure. No game has had a perfect launch, but this one seemed a little beyond what it should have been thats all. I do not think ALL the blame can be placed on SOE either so all the SOE bashing is un-warrented as usual. This fiasco was botched on so many diff levels, from FLS all the way to the download companies like Direct 2 Drive.... <--- Not owned by SOE. Not just D2D but almost all the download stores have the same prob.
Anyway If I had known my original post would have turned into this huge pile of dog poo.... I would have just kept it to myself.
Can't you people EVER have a constructive conversation that doesn't end in a HUGE pissing contest?
And Vincenz, sorry mate, this is about SOE's handling of PotBS. Regardless of what they did in the past (right or wrong) their handling of THIS GAME has been appaling.
If that was what this post was about, and the subsequent posts, I'd have nothing to say about it.
I'm a pre-CU SWG player who got "screwed", but even for me the constant "SOE IS CROOKS! THEY STEALZ MY LOOTZ!" is getting a bit tiresome.
The post was not intended as a HATE SOE post. I was merely stating that by the looks of the offical forums, The official release was moving along well... not as intended im sure. No game has had a perfect launch, but this one seemed a little beyond what it should have been thats all. I do not think ALL the blame can be placed on SOE either so all the SOE bashing is un-warrented as usual. This fiasco was botched on so many diff levels, from FLS all the way to the download companies like Direct 2 Drive.... <--- Not owned by SOE. Not just D2D but almost all the download stores have the same prob.
Anyway If I had known my original post would have turned into this huge pile of dog poo.... I would have just kept it to myself.
Can't you people EVER have a constructive conversation that doesn't end in a HUGE pissing contest?
My replies weren't directed at your OP, btw Neo, which wasn't bad at all. But yeah, if you mention SOE the tinfoil hats go on and people start freaking out about how they're the anti-christ.
.... I do not think ALL the blame can be placed on SOE either so all the SOE bashing is un-warrented as usual. This fiasco was botched on so many diff levels, from FLS all the way to the download companies like Direct 2 Drive.... <--- Not owned by SOE. Not just D2D but almost all the download stores have the same prob.
FLS contracted SOE to do the distribution and billing for them. They did this so that they could get on with making the game. FLS is supposed to have nothing to do with this.
As a distributer, it is SOE's responsibility to make sure that retailers like D2D et al have all the information they need in order to retail the product correctly. That includes, descriptions of the product and content, reccomended retail pricing (RRP), release schedules, details of marketing promotions and actually getting the product to them so that they can do what they need to do - ie sell it.
As SOE also handles billing and accounts it is also up to them to make sure that this works which includes the issue of "keys" and all customer service to do with the above.
The joke is even within SOE there appears to be confusion?
Originally posted by neonaka
Can't you people EVER have a constructive conversation that doesn't end in a HUGE pissing contest?
This is a forum on the internet... so that would be "NO". ;-)
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I reckon one day they were all drinking (too heavily) together and the guys from Blizzard went "W00t! 8 MILLION subscribers! We PWN U! LOLZ!"
And the guys from SOE went "Meh, we could do that too if we wanna..."
Blizzard: "ROTFLMAO! no way doodz!"
SOE: "Yeah way... wanna bet?"
Blizzard: *Gobsmacked* "Ugh...OK...you get a game with 8 million subscribers..."
SOE: "Nah doodz...too easy! Letz make it interesting... we will get 8 million subscribers... 100k at a time..."
And so it began.
And Vincenz, sorry mate, this is about SOE's handling of PotBS. Regardless of what they did in the past (right or wrong) their handling of THIS GAME has been appaling.
Nothing says irony like spelling ideot wrong.
If that was what this post was about, and the subsequent posts, I'd have nothing to say about it.
I'm a pre-CU SWG player who got "screwed", but even for me the constant "SOE IS CROOKS! THEY STEALZ MY LOOTZ!" is getting a bit tiresome.
If that was what this post was about, and the subsequent posts, I'd have nothing to say about it.
I'm a pre-CU SWG player who got "screwed", but even for me the constant "SOE IS CROOKS! THEY STEALZ MY LOOTZ!" is getting a bit tiresome.
The post was not intended as a HATE SOE post. I was merely stating that by the looks of the offical forums, The official release was moving along well... not as intended im sure. No game has had a perfect launch, but this one seemed a little beyond what it should have been thats all. I do not think ALL the blame can be placed on SOE either so all the SOE bashing is un-warrented as usual. This fiasco was botched on so many diff levels, from FLS all the way to the download companies like Direct 2 Drive.... <--- Not owned by SOE. Not just D2D but almost all the download stores have the same prob.
Anyway If I had known my original post would have turned into this huge pile of dog poo.... I would have just kept it to myself.
Can't you people EVER have a constructive conversation that doesn't end in a HUGE pissing contest?
If that was what this post was about, and the subsequent posts, I'd have nothing to say about it.
I'm a pre-CU SWG player who got "screwed", but even for me the constant "SOE IS CROOKS! THEY STEALZ MY LOOTZ!" is getting a bit tiresome.
The post was not intended as a HATE SOE post. I was merely stating that by the looks of the offical forums, The official release was moving along well... not as intended im sure. No game has had a perfect launch, but this one seemed a little beyond what it should have been thats all. I do not think ALL the blame can be placed on SOE either so all the SOE bashing is un-warrented as usual. This fiasco was botched on so many diff levels, from FLS all the way to the download companies like Direct 2 Drive.... <--- Not owned by SOE. Not just D2D but almost all the download stores have the same prob.
Anyway If I had known my original post would have turned into this huge pile of dog poo.... I would have just kept it to myself.
Can't you people EVER have a constructive conversation that doesn't end in a HUGE pissing contest?
My replies weren't directed at your OP, btw Neo, which wasn't bad at all. But yeah, if you mention SOE the tinfoil hats go on and people start freaking out about how they're the anti-christ.
FLS contracted SOE to do the distribution and billing for them. They did this so that they could get on with making the game. FLS is supposed to have nothing to do with this.
As a distributer, it is SOE's responsibility to make sure that retailers like D2D et al have all the information they need in order to retail the product correctly. That includes, descriptions of the product and content, reccomended retail pricing (RRP), release schedules, details of marketing promotions and actually getting the product to them so that they can do what they need to do - ie sell it.
As SOE also handles billing and accounts it is also up to them to make sure that this works which includes the issue of "keys" and all customer service to do with the above.
The joke is even within SOE there appears to be confusion?
This is a forum on the internet... so that would be "NO". ;-)
Nothing says irony like spelling ideot wrong.
This is a forum on the internet... so that would be "NO". ;-)
Especially if mentioning the THREE INITIALS OF DOOOOOOOOOM!
You have really got to wonder who organised all this...
Standard SOE game time cards will not function for Pirates of the Burning Sea...
http://www.burningsea.com/forums/showthread.php?p=45523#post45523
http://www.burningsea.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4926
Nothing says irony like spelling ideot wrong.