So the concept of Caveat Emptor excuses EA from providing customer service?? Would you consider it OK for, say, GM to shrug their shoulders and turn their backs when customers complain that the air conditioning doesn't work? They bought a lemon, caveat emptor right?
And another thing: Waiting a week or two and reading reviews before buying this game would not have helped. Reviews for Madden 2005 were uniformly positive. Not to mention the fact that this bug wasn't discovered until almost a month after release.
Non-gamers should be prohibited from posting in the Games section, they just don't undestand.
I don't think they are obligated to fix the bug just as I don't think people are obligated to buy their product if they are not happy with it.
What about the hundreds of thousands of us that didn't find out we weren't happy with their product until after we had already bought it? We are obligated to let them keep our money, so don't they (EA) have any obligation to satisfy us?
Tried the download page link on the FAQ page? It's getting raped by a bunch of college kids who saw the "BT > Kazaa" headline and are now using BT to feed their MP3 jones.
Celebrating DNS's 21st birthday he says: "Ten years from now, we will look back at the net and think how could we have been so primitive."
I only R part of TFA, but I noticed this quote immediately. This doesn't seem like much of an insight to me. Of course we'll look back on it and laugh, isn't that how it always goes? We used to drive covered wagons pulled by horses on dirt roads. It's quaint now, but back then they were at the edge of technology. All (er... most) of us here know that the network infrastructure is weak and likely won't carry us much further in its existing state, but rest assured, we'll get there. One step at a time, that's the way it's always been.
...folks aren't quite sure what to do with the odd collection...
What do you mean?? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for schoolkids to conduct important research on compact disc aerodynamics and durability! Take them up to the roof and see how far they'll fly. See what the old magnifying-glass-in-the-sun trick does to them. Or you could lay them all down data-side up on a grass hill, turn on the hose and make a kickass Slip N' Slide!
Mmmm-kay, it looks like I touched a nerve. You sit there and "engage reality" while I engage a beer without stressing out over whether black is really black.
Not sure where that whole "solar system" and "Santa is an unemployed lifeguard" stuff came from. And if Santa really is a lifeguard, then how can he be unemployed?? Chew on THAT.
...higher resolution on a smaller screen that's not in the living room (and, thus, less likely to be contended for by significant others, children, etc.)
Remember, this will all happen in 2005 or 2006. You'll want to hook up your Xbox2 to your brand new HDTV with a VGA-in (already standard on high-end HDTVs). What will you tell the wife and kids then?
Slashdot Mirror
What a cool world we would live in if all you smart, creative /.ers would just use your amazing powers for good instead of evil....
It boggles my mind that there are people that base so much of their self-worth on a hidden int on a faraway server.
You do realize he was making a joke, right?
And another thing: Waiting a week or two and reading reviews before buying this game would not have helped. Reviews for Madden 2005 were uniformly positive. Not to mention the fact that this bug wasn't discovered until almost a month after release.
Non-gamers should be prohibited from posting in the Games section, they just don't undestand.
What about the hundreds of thousands of us that didn't find out we weren't happy with their product until after we had already bought it? We are obligated to let them keep our money, so don't they (EA) have any obligation to satisfy us?
What's the difference to me, the end user??
Troll. Right.
Is this the next nerd measuring stick?
Nerd #1: I overclocked my spam firewall, i'm getting 119 MPS now!
Nerd #2: Sweet! My mom promised I'd get a new spam firewall accelerator card for Christmas, I'll pwn your 119 MPS!
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/ System.html#gc()
*sigh* Nerds....
Tried the download page link on the FAQ page? It's getting raped by a bunch of college kids who saw the "BT > Kazaa" headline and are now using BT to feed their MP3 jones.
I'm sure ipodlounge.com thanks you for the shoutout, but now their servers are screaming for mercy.
Sick.
I'd say you got ripped off.
Marathon
Better than Quake, miles ahead of Doom, and probably the scariest game I've ever played.
It's so nice to see that you finally quit referring to them as "midget" devices and went with the much more PC "vertically challenged" devices.
I only R part of TFA, but I noticed this quote immediately. This doesn't seem like much of an insight to me. Of course we'll look back on it and laugh, isn't that how it always goes? We used to drive covered wagons pulled by horses on dirt roads. It's quaint now, but back then they were at the edge of technology. All (er... most) of us here know that the network infrastructure is weak and likely won't carry us much further in its existing state, but rest assured, we'll get there. One step at a time, that's the way it's always been.
What do you mean?? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for schoolkids to conduct important research on compact disc aerodynamics and durability! Take them up to the roof and see how far they'll fly. See what the old magnifying-glass-in-the-sun trick does to them. Or you could lay them all down data-side up on a grass hill, turn on the hose and make a kickass Slip N' Slide!
I say make him answer AOL tech support phone calls. He'll beg for jail time after about a week.
Score one for the good guys!
On DNF's release date, Quake is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
for the /. nerds to leave the basement.
Not sure where that whole "solar system" and "Santa is an unemployed lifeguard" stuff came from. And if Santa really is a lifeguard, then how can he be unemployed?? Chew on THAT.
Remember, this will all happen in 2005 or 2006. You'll want to hook up your Xbox2 to your brand new HDTV with a VGA-in (already standard on high-end HDTVs). What will you tell the wife and kids then?