PC Gamers, Boycott MW2
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Seen it happen dude, seen it happen...Space Spoons said:
OK, I haven't seen it happen, but the idea of someone boycotting a toaster for not having a bagel slot (who the fuck would want a slot specifically for bagels!?) is hilarious. Much like this boycott now.
Quick philosophical point for everyone! PC gamers are currently going apeshit every time something happens that's out of their comfort zone (see also : Left 4 Dead 2). They are slinging around the term boycott like it's Apple's new buzzword...
And people are wondering why these companies are deciding to ignore them in favour of console gamers who just want to play games? Really?
Ya boycott it that'll show them. Then all the casual gamers that they are trying to attract won't have to worry about a bunch of elitists ruining thier experience. Which means they might have fun and tell all their casual gamer friends. Then more companies will follow suit which will eventually lead to you becoming a HARDCORE reader. Maybe a HARDCORE movie watcher. While they cash in on the market companies like Popcap and Nintendo have proven are out there and swim in silos filled with money.
I was undecided if I was going to buy MW2 for the winter holiday or wait until next year sometime, but now I've made up my mind and probably won't bother with it until it's cheap. I don't like the very late introduction and lack of actual demonstration of IWnet and the lack of dedicated servers. Also I played CoD4 online and remembered why I stopped playing it. Small maps that just turned into rapefests.
IWnet does sound interesting, but I fail to see why they also can't have dedicated servers, and they haven't said where the servers for IWnet will be hosted, certainly if players have to host them then it's really going to suck.
IWnet does sound interesting, but I fail to see why they also can't have dedicated servers, and they haven't said where the servers for IWnet will be hosted, certainly if players have to host them then it's really going to suck.
Could take the approach of many /v/irgins and say that you won't 'buy' the game.
I don't see why consoles are held back so much, as in lacking dedicated servers and so forth, it's not like it is not possible. Though why must the PC version lose this ability?
I don't see why consoles are held back so much, as in lacking dedicated servers and so forth, it's not like it is not possible. Though why must the PC version lose this ability?
How is removing dedicated servers cost-cutting? It's doesn't cut ANY costs.Zetona said:
PC gamers (like me) are angry because they are removing the functionality that was the standard for more then a DECADE. We cant play our own custom maps, game mods, have favorite servers or ANYTHING that makes the PC version of the games multiplayer unique.
In short: removing good features as time goes on.
Sure it'll be a different way of doing things, but this sounds more like the console multiplayer; which, despite drawbacks (ragequitting hosts, etc) it seems to work well enough.
Yeah I can do insults too.
WHO'VE NEVER SEEN A REAL BOOB.Katana314 said:
Yeah I can do insults too.
LAN allows players to play online matches using pirated copies of games. (Including most of, if not all of, Blizzard's titles using it.) One person buys a copy, lets everyone they know install it as well as a no-CD mod, then use Hamachi or a similar program to play online in the LAN lobby. Several people can play it, with online access (Although limited.). They're allowed to do what they thought best to fight piracy.
OT: Activision's greedy, really. It's a way to charge PC gamers for DLC (Since I'm fairly sure you could just copy the map, rename it and make a few tweaks to turn it into a downloadable 'custom map' otherwise.) and make a bit of extra cash from advertising on IW.net. I don't agree with it, but I was going to get the 360 version anyway, since that's what I used for CoD 4, so it doesn't effect me.
Besides, the console system worked fine. You could still have private games to cater for clans and you could tweak those settings however you wanted. Only problem was that they were hosted off whoever had the best connection. If they were removing mods, I guess they didn't see a need for dedicated servers while using this system.
On the plus side, this means they can have less corrupt leaderboards now.
That was one of it's biggest flaws, and they've added host migration so that's pretty much sorted.
Why boycott it? I'm more interested to see how the story progresses in the Single Player : p
As for Multi Player, I'll be playing most of that at our local LAN's anyway, where I'll do what we've all wanted to at least once in life... Use a AC-130 to pound the living goop out of your own friends!
As for Multi Player, I'll be playing most of that at our local LAN's anyway, where I'll do what we've all wanted to at least once in life... Use a AC-130 to pound the living goop out of your own friends!
Boycotting seems to be in fashion at the moment. But I do understand their arguement, PC games are supposed to be better than console games or the universe will shift out of balance.
Seems to me PC gamers are very wingey people, yeah I love playing UT GOTY etc still for the mods, its great fun. But you will still be able to play MW2 just crack it and play on private servers that should keep your beloved communitys closed off from the rest of us.
The system that is set to replace the dedicated servers looks pretty solid to me, I like simplicity, the endless sifting through servers to find people worth playing irritates the s**t out of me sometimes, serious and if you dont like what IW is doing then by all means boycott one of the most anticipated games of the year, your loss, you wont get to play, IW will still make record profits and the next CoD wont have to give a flying f**k about you because your already out of its market.
IW's game, IW's rules.
The system that is set to replace the dedicated servers looks pretty solid to me, I like simplicity, the endless sifting through servers to find people worth playing irritates the s**t out of me sometimes, serious and if you dont like what IW is doing then by all means boycott one of the most anticipated games of the year, your loss, you wont get to play, IW will still make record profits and the next CoD wont have to give a flying f**k about you because your already out of its market.
IW's game, IW's rules.
I would join the boycott except I am not planning to buy the game anyway.
The L4D one was complaining about a brand new shiny game being made.
This is about a brand new shiny game being ruined for no valid reason.
Sorry, but as soon as I read that I couldn't take it seriously any more.[V.2 said:
The phrase is 'I couldn't care less'. It doesn't make any sense to say you could care less.Andantil said:
The boycotts are for completely different reasons though.Dark Templar said:
The L4D one was complaining about a brand new shiny game being made.
This is about a brand new shiny game being ruined for no valid reason.