EA bought Origin midway through development of VII.
VIII and IX were notably worse than the previous titles (a quick look at ratings online has VII at 8.8 and IX at 6.5). The series died after that. Or more accurately, was zombified, with EA closing the studio and making browser-based Ultima titles.
Sure, they broke Bullfrog, maker of classics like Populous and Theme Park and Syndicate. And they turned the innovative Maxis into a factory for churning out neighbor-killing simulations. And they killed Westwood, creators of the wildly successful Command & Conquer franchise. And they wrecked multiple Ultima titles after acquiring Origin.
But Bioware's been doing okay under them, so far. So maybe there's hope?
You are the ignoramus who's being fooled. You might as well bitch about a "ban on cars" because of fuel efficiency standards. There are plenty of bulbs, including incandescents, that meet the new standard. You've been tricked into believing a lie. That's not you're fault. But if you refuse to recognize the lie when it is exposed, then your ignorance becomes willful, and there's no hope for you.
You might as well say that fuel efficiency standards equate to a ban on cars. Yes, you can no longer mass produce Model T's. But incandescent bulbs are and will remain legal. You have simply fallen for a goddamned lie. Rather than recognize that you were tricked, you are now insisting that the lie is true. You are the one who is the "ignorant fooled into being ruled".
Nope, still idiotic. All of the light-bulb manufacturers have already begun producing incandescent bulbs that meet the new standards. The "ban" is just a lie that you've fallen for. Wake up.
There never was! There are new efficiency standards, which both GE and Osram Sylvania say they can meet with new incandescents. The whole thing started as a talking point for a Republican primary, and took off when the punditry caught a whiff of it and smelled red meat.
I don't think you're more damning, just more generalizing. Torture is absolutely evil. But that doesn't make the entire nation -- or even the entire military -- evil, the way some people around here seem to believe.
So we should just start driving down the streets murdering people, just to prove how easy it is and show that gun laws should change? There are better ways to effect change. Steal the passwords, burn them to some DVDs, mail them to some congressmen, and maybe a newspaper. Don't publicly distribute them.
That only works if you give such an overly broad definition to "evil" that basically any organization will fall under it. Evil is a very strong word, and it's absurd the way it's thrown around by obnoxious man-children looking to feel oppressed.
Yes, that's pretty accurate. Including the part where trying to quit cold turkey (what the Republicans want) will kill you. Stepping down carefully, through the $4 trillion in cuts proposed by Obama (and rejected by the GOP), is the smart thing to do.
The Democrats never controlled the Senate, except for a period of a few months, and even then it was only if count Lieberman as a Democrat. The Republican willingness to abuse the filibuster led us to a state of minority rule, in which our country was held hostage by the representatives of barely over a third of its population.
The stimulus package wasn't even $1T. And it sure as hell did create jobs.
Stop lying. When a country is run based on lies, it will fail. No matter how much you want your team to win, lying is harmful to the country and to yourself. Stop.
Obama offered a plan for $4 trillion in deficit cuts, with 75% coming from spending cuts (including cuts to entitlement programs). The Republicans turned it down, because in their minds even $100B a year in tax hole closures and rate increases is too much. They are now pursuing only a $2T deficit reduction package, all because they care more about their rich benefactors than the economy.
So don't go saying both sides are unreasonable. The Democrats have been perfectly reasonable. It's the tea-baggers that are the problem.
By all means, please tell us which "fringe" movements in the Democratic party have a caucus of sixty-four congressmen.
Your party has gone off the deep-end. They are trying to destroy the country. Take a step back from the red vs. blue sports fan mentality for a moment, and look around you.
The only way to avoid default without raising the debt ceiling would be a massive, panicked slashing of every government program, which would be just as devastating. You dumb fuckers are playing with fire here. Try to realize that.
Taxes pay for the government, which sure as all hell creates jobs. Tax cuts, however, give money to the rich who invest it...overseas.
I agree that social programs should be means tested, but that alone won't balance the budget. We need to raise taxes back to a reasonable level. Obama offered $3 trillion in spending cuts in exchange for $1 trillion in taxes. It was the idiot Republicans who refused. They'd rather this country die in poverty than raise a single dollar in taxes from their rich benefactors.
There's no guarantee. In past years, congress was sane. Now it's dominated by idiot tea-baggers who don't really understand the enormity of their actions. Like you, they think that not raising the limit would somehow put us on the track to a balanced budget. It would not. It would devastate the economy, decrease tax receipts, and quite possibly plunge us into a depression. You don't know what you're talking about. You're just duck-speaking the "facts" fed to you by conservative pundits.
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You might as well say that the camera itself holds the copyright. After all, it probably had an autofocus or something.
I know Slashdot hates copyrights, but the argument that the monkey holds it is just puerile.
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The original Dragon Age was already under EA, so you can't really blame them for problems in the second.
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The OP is clearly american, and americans are under the belief that their words and actions are law and always right.
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EA bought Origin midway through development of VII.
VIII and IX were notably worse than the previous titles (a quick look at ratings online has VII at 8.8 and IX at 6.5). The series died after that. Or more accurately, was zombified, with EA closing the studio and making browser-based Ultima titles.
They won't necessarily break it.
Sure, they broke Bullfrog, maker of classics like Populous and Theme Park and Syndicate.
And they turned the innovative Maxis into a factory for churning out neighbor-killing simulations.
And they killed Westwood, creators of the wildly successful Command & Conquer franchise.
And they wrecked multiple Ultima titles after acquiring Origin.
But Bioware's been doing okay under them, so far. So maybe there's hope?
You are the ignoramus who's being fooled. You might as well bitch about a "ban on cars" because of fuel efficiency standards. There are plenty of bulbs, including incandescents, that meet the new standard. You've been tricked into believing a lie. That's not you're fault. But if you refuse to recognize the lie when it is exposed, then your ignorance becomes willful, and there's no hope for you.
You might as well say that fuel efficiency standards equate to a ban on cars. Yes, you can no longer mass produce Model T's. But incandescent bulbs are and will remain legal. You have simply fallen for a goddamned lie. Rather than recognize that you were tricked, you are now insisting that the lie is true. You are the one who is the "ignorant fooled into being ruled".
Nope, still idiotic. All of the light-bulb manufacturers have already begun producing incandescent bulbs that meet the new standards. The "ban" is just a lie that you've fallen for. Wake up.
There never was! There are new efficiency standards, which both GE and Osram Sylvania say they can meet with new incandescents. The whole thing started as a talking point for a Republican primary, and took off when the punditry caught a whiff of it and smelled red meat.
That's why you send it to newspapers too. They love a scandal.
I don't think you're more damning, just more generalizing. Torture is absolutely evil. But that doesn't make the entire nation -- or even the entire military -- evil, the way some people around here seem to believe.
So we should just start driving down the streets murdering people, just to prove how easy it is and show that gun laws should change? There are better ways to effect change. Steal the passwords, burn them to some DVDs, mail them to some congressmen, and maybe a newspaper. Don't publicly distribute them.
That only works if you give such an overly broad definition to "evil" that basically any organization will fall under it. Evil is a very strong word, and it's absurd the way it's thrown around by obnoxious man-children looking to feel oppressed.
I think he's saying that the "lawyers and IP nonsense" cut both ways. They can be used to cripple technology, or protect it.
Yes, that's pretty accurate. Including the part where trying to quit cold turkey (what the Republicans want) will kill you. Stepping down carefully, through the $4 trillion in cuts proposed by Obama (and rejected by the GOP), is the smart thing to do.
Under the "ways I do not know of" heading. However, wikipedia says they're an early type of semiconductor diode, so I'll go with that.
The Democrats never controlled the Senate, except for a period of a few months, and even then it was only if count Lieberman as a Democrat. The Republican willingness to abuse the filibuster led us to a state of minority rule, in which our country was held hostage by the representatives of barely over a third of its population.
Liar, liar, liar.
The stimulus package wasn't even $1T. And it sure as hell did create jobs.
Stop lying. When a country is run based on lies, it will fail. No matter how much you want your team to win, lying is harmful to the country and to yourself. Stop.
Just, fucking, stop.
Obama offered a plan for $4 trillion in deficit cuts, with 75% coming from spending cuts (including cuts to entitlement programs). The Republicans turned it down, because in their minds even $100B a year in tax hole closures and rate increases is too much. They are now pursuing only a $2T deficit reduction package, all because they care more about their rich benefactors than the economy.
So don't go saying both sides are unreasonable. The Democrats have been perfectly reasonable. It's the tea-baggers that are the problem.
That, and the tea baggers are just looking for an excuse to employ their "second-amendment solutions".
By all means, please tell us which "fringe" movements in the Democratic party have a caucus of sixty-four congressmen.
Your party has gone off the deep-end. They are trying to destroy the country. Take a step back from the red vs. blue sports fan mentality for a moment, and look around you.
The only way to avoid default without raising the debt ceiling would be a massive, panicked slashing of every government program, which would be just as devastating. You dumb fuckers are playing with fire here. Try to realize that.
Taxes pay for the government, which sure as all hell creates jobs. Tax cuts, however, give money to the rich who invest it...overseas.
I agree that social programs should be means tested, but that alone won't balance the budget. We need to raise taxes back to a reasonable level. Obama offered $3 trillion in spending cuts in exchange for $1 trillion in taxes. It was the idiot Republicans who refused. They'd rather this country die in poverty than raise a single dollar in taxes from their rich benefactors.
There's no guarantee. In past years, congress was sane. Now it's dominated by idiot tea-baggers who don't really understand the enormity of their actions. Like you, they think that not raising the limit would somehow put us on the track to a balanced budget. It would not. It would devastate the economy, decrease tax receipts, and quite possibly plunge us into a depression. You don't know what you're talking about. You're just duck-speaking the "facts" fed to you by conservative pundits.