Angry PC Gamer Skips MW2, Sends 60 Bucks to DICE Instead

[KiKiweaky]

i still cant see why there was more of an uproar over the lack of dedicated servers than to the price hike.I know it only effects the uk at the moment but doesnt anybody else see where this will end.

Is that IW just bringing the price up an extra 10 quid because they can?

OT: Suppose he's rather annoyed then, I'm sorta 'meh' bout the whole thing but I suppose if he's that annoyed why not =D

 

[Doktor Merkwurdigliebe]

Us PC gamers are an angry tribe, mistreat us and we'll impale your head on a stick sooner than you can say 'equal experience across all platforms'

TIME TO DIG UP MY KEYBOARD OF WAR.
MAY THE GODS OF NERD RAGE BE ON OUR SIDE.

 

[KiKiweaky]

DICE should make a battlefield 2 except with bad company graphics and the ability to blow up almost everything and BFBC only has 24 players for PC so MW2 is still better

How many people you have on a map is trivial. Bad Company still felt insane even with only 24 players.

And how is MW2 better if Bad Company only has 24 players? MW2 has 9v9. 9+9=18.

Havent played it on pc yet but I think they can have more players if I remember one of my friends right.

 

[Captain_Caveman]

Pre-Ordered BFBC2 for PC.

Limited Edition is the same price if you pre-order.

DICE were originally modders (made the Desert Combat mod for BF1942) so they understand the PC community.

 

[Captain_Caveman]

I've noticed something, a lot of console playing types have been accusing me and other PC gamers about being petty for having to share consoles lack of dedicated servers. I was beginning to think that we are a bunch of elitists, but then I remembered the fuss that the consolers kicked up when they were forced to install Devil May Cry 4 on the PS3. See? Doesn't feel so good sharing our problems does it? Dedicated servers please.

I own all 3 consoles and a gaming PC. I think the people who complain about PC gamers being upset don't PC game and are angry that some1 is suggesting that they cant get as good an experience on a console.

Some games work well on consoles. FPS isn't one of them.

Genre -> Prefered Platform

Fighting Games -> Console
Sports Games -> Console
Racing Games -> Console and PC
FPS Games -> PC
RPG Games -> Console & PC
RTS Games -> PC
MMO Games -> PC
Action Platformer games -> Console
Puzzle Games -> Console and PC
Card Games -> Console and PC

 

[MGlBlaze]

I found the multiplayer in CoD4 to be somewhat... broken. Shooting a guy 5 times with stopping power only to have him shoot you twice with a weaker weapon and you die, no lag compensation, 'noobtube', nadespam, the fact that almost NO-ONE talks at all or even seems to own a mic... yeah...

And this is exactly the reason us PC gamers are so up in arms over the servers. With Dedicated Servers, we can BAN or KICK those who nadespam, restrict the use of noobtubes, have a properly calibrated ping, and most PC gamers use their mics or type in between lives. The stopping power crap is independent of that, and is more of a patch issue.

They lost my sale for sure. As a Clan Gamer, i always play on 3-4 servers that play by rules i enjoy. I enjoy community with my games as well as competitive play. MW2 kills all I enjoy about PC gaming before i even open the box. Thanks for saving me 60 bucks yet again Activision.

I agree, but a fair amount of servers I visited didn't do anything about it... maybe I juts picked bad servers.

Although as far as ping goes, it's usually me who has a really bad ping. It's because of where I live; my ping can get over 1000 or 2000, especially if my siblings are using the Internet a lot. It's far more manageable when they aren't on the Internet too, but... well, sod's law ensures they always pick the worst time to start going on youtube or other sites. =/

Although my kind of lag is the kind that makes it nearly impossible for ME to move and shoot, so when I lag I often die without even knowing what hit me. It gets... frustrating. Especially since it happens all the time and I've had to 'deal with it' so long.

Although, oddly enough, the broken multi-player problems often happen when my ping is FINE. Well, it may not actually be fine; I guess when your ping can go over 2000, a ping of 100-200 or so doesn't seem so bad.

 

[DTWolfwood]

i think i'd rather have bought their game XD but yes fine gesture!

Pre-Ordered BFBC2 for PC.

Limited Edition is the same price if you pre-order.

DICE were originally modders (made the Desert Combat mod for BF1942) so they understand the PC community.

DICE was the original Developers of BF1942 (not modders), they hired the guys behind Desert Combat to help make BF2 FYI <.<

 

[Chipperz]

...Why didn't he do something worthwhile, like donate it to Child's Play or the Desert Bus (I BELIEVE that's a charity? Anyone from LRR care to correct/confirm?)?

According to Wiki, "The third marathon run is scheduled to start on November 20th, 2009"

Ah yeah, a donation to Desert Bus is a donation to Child's Play, but with the added bonus of torturing Graham and Simon!

Yeah, that's a worthy cause!

EDIT - I r did teh reseertch!

And in a letter from the man himself

I hear the Desert Bus is going for a ride again?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/7.153765.3704448

It does indeed!
In that thread "Chipperz" refers to Paul as "Simon" for some reason, but apart from that, yes. It's gonna be sweet.


www.desertbus.org

Support the bus

Gaaaaaaaaaaaah Graham and Simon are two of my mates from college! I, of course, meant Graham and Paul. It was late, I'm tired, and I'm an idiot.

Editing now...

 

[TheRealCJ]

Console gamer reads news post, helps further cement the notion that console gamers are idiotic douchebags

Fixed it for you.

 

[Mr.Black]

Good on him!

 

[Numb1lp]

I just hope BF: BC 2 will be as good as the first.

 

[LoopyDood]

DICE, the studio behind Battlefield: Bad Company 2... promised that it would never turn its back on loyal PC gamers.

I would like to direct your attention to the PC version of Battlefield: Bad Company 1.

Wait, I can't find it...

Funny enough, you are right. There only seems to be a P3 and Xbox360 version. I'm confused now.

Nope, there's no PC version. Thanks, DICE.

DICE, the studio behind Battlefield: Bad Company 2... promised that it would never turn its back on loyal PC gamers.

I would like to direct your attention to the PC version of Battlefield: Bad Company 1.

Wait, I can't find it...

who says the fact that there was no pc version is a bad thing? honestly, probably the only reason i actually liked bad company is because im a whore for the battlefield games. its mp is good, but nowhere near as good as previous battlefield games, and the single player absolutely sucked.

A bad game is better than no game at all. There was a lot of controversy over the decision to not make it for PC.

 

[Irridium]

Well good for him, he stands up for what he believes in.

Us PC gamers are an angry tribe, mistreat us and we'll impale your head on a stick sooner than you can say 'equal experience across all platforms'

No we won't impale your head on a stick. We'll use our superior hand eye coordination and the faster reaction time of a key board and mouse to spawn camp the console gamers. They will all quit, ask mom for a ride to Gamestop, and cry whilst stamping their feet.

Oh, I just beat the console gamers over the head with my keyboard. Is that still acceptable?

 

[TheRealCJ]

Console gamer reads news post, helps further cement the notion that console gamers are idiotic douchebags

Fixed it for you.

Surely such an argumentative generalisation proves idiocy on your behalf.

More, or less idiotic than coming into a PC-related article to let everyone know that you don't care, because "I'm a console gamer hurr".

 

[MiodekPL]

I would do the same, but I never intended on buying MW 2. I'm really interested in BC 2 though, so that's where I sink my money

 

[TheRealCJ]

Us PC gamers are an angry tribe, mistreat us and we'll impale your head on a stick sooner than you can say 'equal experience across all platforms'

TIME TO DIG UP MY KEYBOARD OF WAR.
MAY THE GODS OF NERD RAGE BE ON OUR SIDE.

Goddamn, now I'm imagining a keyboard that has a battleaxe head on one side.

... And the gods were pleased...