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zonzai
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I see a lot of people saying that AoC is horrible. I also see a lot of people saying that it's great. I think that the truth is probably somewhere in between the two.
But I also think any company that has an insult named after them is doing something wrong. Now I did not create this saying, or make this entry but I was there when it came out and after the way that funcom treated me (a paying customer and AoC fan), I have to say that there is some truth to it.
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posted before, but you know that saying, "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me"...
Playground names.
Check out when that was posted -
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EDIT - @AmazingAvery - For a company to be given a widely used insult (Funcomed/FunCon/etc) that alleges shady dealings isn't good for the company's rep or business.
That is just......
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I'm afraid that saying is a a bit of a falsehood. Reputations can be damaged. My only point here was that they don't have a good image, and it's for a reason.
I'm afraid that saying is a a bit of a falsehood. Reputations can be damaged. My only point here was that they don't have a good image, and it's for a reason.
In perspective its all a matter of personal opinion though. I got BMW'd or Toyota'd..
Oh plus the websites doing the hate campaign to harvest peoples "clicks" from certain compaines that own them.
I'm not going to have a semantic argument over the impact of this term on funcom.
I've no idea what websites you are talking about.
don't worry. We are kind of acostumed with amazing avery. Even if funcom said "AOC sucks", avery will still say "no, it does not"...
Whilst I agree with the OPs opening comment, the entry in the 'Urban Dictionary' is about a significant as finding a park bench with the words "Johnny Loves Mary - June 2004" carved into it.
The internet is effectively a giant repository of graffiti with the only difference to the regular kind being that it is searchable, in my opinion of course.
If you can't "Have your cake & eat it too", then how can "The proof of the pudding be in the eating"?
Take the Hecatomb? TCG What Is Your Doom? quiz.
Whilst I agree with the OPs opening comment, the entry in the 'Urban Dictionary' is about a significant as finding a park bench with the words "Johnny Loves Mary - June 2004" carved into it.
The internet is effectively a giant repository of graffiti with the only difference to the regular kind being that it is searchable, in my opinion of course.
Agreed. UrbanDictionary in particular is bad for letting any twit with a screen name post whatever rubbish he likes, and allowing other people to vote it up. It's effectively the Digg of dictionaries.
45 up, 16 down
61 votes in four years? Care levels are apparently low.
Nice one, its be fun to hear that one irl. FC managed to make a great name for itself. O btw to the op dont mind avery, Fc could realease a patch that made your cpu melt he'd still say AOC is the greatest and we are just haters.
I'm not a no life that sits in front of his computer all day long, I'm an intern that sits in front of his computer all day long.
So Funcom'd was a word there years before AoC launched. Very interesting.
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AO already was a peice of shit, anywayhope that gaute realises how much he is liked among gamers now.
I'm not a no life that sits in front of his computer all day long, I'm an intern that sits in front of his computer all day long.
So Funcom'd was a word there years before AoC launched. Very interesting.
So was Failcom, NoFuncom, and every other low-brow attempt at lampooning their company name. MMO noobs forget or don't know that Funcom put an MMO out years ago and people whined then too, and with good reason. That's why I sigh and roll my eyes everytime one of these kids come along thinking they're being clever.
Yup the word was not made for AoC but was based of the experiance from those who played AO, so seeing those votes makes it kinda look sad i mean after all thesed years only so low votes for it.
AO is much better now with Gaute long gone. Their current director has done an amazing job addressing long-standing player concerns that other directors apparently in their pride refused to acknowledge. Much like what Gaute is doing with AoC today. Don't worry though guys, in 5 years it might be one of the greatest MMOs ever. The problem is far too few people will play and appreciate it then.
Yup the word was not made for AoC but was based of the experiance from those who played AO, so seeing those votes makes it kinda look sad i mean after all thesed years only so low votes for it.
Having just wasted 10 minutes of my life that I will never get back, almost every MMO or game company that ever existed has a negative entry in there somewhere including Blizzard, SOE & even Darkfall.
Whilst I admit there were some interesting entries for general swear words I wasn't previously aware of, there was also a hell of a lot of puerile garbage posted by people bearing grudges.
If you can't "Have your cake & eat it too", then how can "The proof of the pudding be in the eating"?
Take the Hecatomb? TCG What Is Your Doom? quiz.
I know it was around before. My post was to point out the fact that Funcom was hated before AoC launched.
I played AO at launch, but for some odd reason I thought Funcom would learn from it's mistakes.
I guessed wrong...
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EDIT - @AmazingAvery - For a company to be given a widely used insult (Funcomed/FunCon/etc) that alleges shady dealings isn't good for the company's rep or business.
Lol, don't waste your time. That guy is a reincarnation of the guy who said the Titanic was unsinkable, right up until it settled on the bottom of the Atlantic.
Its hilarious watching him try to defend Failcon, you can present him with all the irrefutable evidence you like and he'll have an answer for you.
OP : You are indeed correct. For that to be an accepted term is a clear sign that Funcom has not handled their PR at all well.
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Don't bash the guy he is a great source of information. Just because someone is pasionate about a game doesn't make them stupid. He is looking at the positives and having faith that the problems will get resolved and is generally working around them. Nothing wrong with that and I'm sure he is enjoying the game. It is a good balance cause like someone else said the truth is somewhere in between and without people pointing out both the good and the bad you wouldn't have a balanced view.
As to web sites slinging names around that bash companies, what else is new... Anyone can add a name and it is good fun but means nothing.
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Don't bash the guy he is a great source of information. Just because someone is pasionate about a game doesn't make them stupid. He is looking at the positives and having faith that the problems will get resolved and is generally working around them. Nothing wrong with that and I'm sure he is enjoying the game. It is a good balance cause like someone else said the truth is somewhere in between and without people pointing out both the good and the bad you wouldn't have a balanced view.
As to web sites slinging names around that bash companies, what else is new... Anyone can add a name and it is good fun but means nothing.
he is a great source of misinformation. being passionate about a game doesn't make you stupid, right. but being passionate about the titanic not being sinkable while its sinking is very stupid.
there is a lot wrong with ignoring all the warning signs and trying to focus only on the positives.
that's called being dysfunctional. and sure there are people bashing almost all companies and that in itself is meaningless until you compare the percentages of how many of said companies customers are bashing then it DOES matter.
as far as the OP goes with his opinion that the truth lies in the middle between the haters and fanboi's i think that is off as well. i think the game is good for the fanbois and sucks for the haters. the truth is different for each group.
there is common flaw with the fanboi's and that is there inability to think critically.
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Gamers have long memories. SOE really ticked off a lot of people with their poor attitudes and customer service way back in EQ1. Many people still have sour feelings about SOE to this day as a result. Funcom didn't handle AO very well and people still remember. Many then assume that AoC will be done the same way as a result.