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EA Takes Over Scrabble App, Wipes Player Histories and Switches Dictionary
New submitter DeathToBill writes "EA is in the midst of another user backlash, the BBC reports. After EA took over operation of the online Scrabble brand, it introduced a 'new and improved' version. Improvements include requiring manual refreshes to see other players' turns, irretrievably wiping players' game history and a switch to the Collins dictionary (rather than the traditional Chambers edition) that has proved deeply unpopular with Scrabble fanatics. "EA was unavailable for comment.""
Terrible company.
i think this dictionary swap is having a larger effect then expected.
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after the latest SimCity i was afraid i might never see EA release another title again. However with this latest acquisition i can see EA is still dedicated to the tradition of alienating consumers, infuriating players, and pedaling the franchise ever further into the dirt. A worry had crossed my mind that perhaps they might suddenly change direction, or maybe continue the sincere course the original developers had maintained for so long in order to foster a thriving online gaming community. Yet once i heard "EA was unavailable for comment," I signed in relief and smiled to myself, knowing somewhere, somehow, John Riccitiello's biggest care in the world was trying to find a port of call that not only offered both legitimate cuban cigars as well as fine vintage scotch, but could also fit the likes of his superyacht in on short-notice. Carry on you brave pioneer of the digital age.
Good people go to bed earlier.
(Is this just fantasy.)
caught in a landslide
All 70-somethings whose children gave them IPads for christmas must be really upset!
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
It serves as a reminder that EA are a bunch of assholes. Lest we forget.
I had that tattooed on my ass. I sure hope they never get their act together or I'm going to have some explaining to do.
This article is about how you can get free advertisement. Move along.
Yep, because nothing makes me more interested in checking out a game than learning of an unpopular change.
It serves as a reminder that EA are a bunch of assholes. Lest we forget.
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This in itself is a good thing, to prevent older exploited code form communication, and to make sure clients are using the same basic resources and interfaces to any underlying APIs.
Yeah, because we all know there's big money to be made in hackers exploiting buffer overflows in a scrabble client. Besides, 'powned' is only worth 12 points. I'm not writing an exploit for 12 stupid points.
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
When I was growing up, the teams were life-sized humans on grass.
Which, actually, is why we're on your lawn. ;)