I think some of the anti EA and 'SF is a ripoff' rants are quite hilarious.
I submit to you this guy, well in the interest of diplomacy we'll leave him unamed, who posted that he thinks SF is a ripoff and also likes to interject into the praise section random comments about how anyone who bought it was stupid to do so. He complains its all a money making scam and that its not worth it, that EA is just bilking us out of our life savings.
What he can't answer for is the fact that according to his hours played, its cost him roughly 23 cents per hour to play the game. when considering that pretty much no entertainment source in the world is that cheap its absurd to lash out at a company for releasing an addition, and then GASP, asking you to pay for it!
I think the real reason these people are throwing their tantrums is because they had ironed out a nice little cozy identity for themselves were they can rack up meaningless stats, awards, and make themselves feel good about themselves. Out of curiousity I've checked out a lot of the people who complain about SF and sure enough, a vast majority seem to play one map or spend all their time in one vehicle.
Take our friend "anonymous"... of 10,000 some kills over 7000 have been in a tank, and he plays Karkand the majority of the time. I'm not calling him a tank whore, stat whore, or any kind of whore, but it would appear that he's found a nice little nitch for himself in BF2 by which he can do his thing, over and over, and have success. Good for him. really. however, it gets annoying when he launches into a rant against SF when its OBVIOUS that what he was really upset about is that the expansion may somehow upset the little world he's created for himself, with either new weapons that may counter his tactics, or a migration of his "targets" away from his hunting ground.
bottom line, most players who are ranting against it just don't want to adapt to anything new, or perhaps are just afraid they can't. This is just one theory anyway, because the economic argument... it doesn't make ANY sense. You can't bitch about a software company for selling software, and given the playability of the game and the inexpensive nature of it, including the expansion... arguing that EA is raping us with this expansion is kind of like pissing into the wind.
just a thought.
Oh, and I'm not bitching about using a successful tactic. check my own stats and you'll see I play Kubra Damn far more than any other map, I like it. whatever works for you is great, go for it. just ease up on the bashing when your perect harmony is offset by a little progress. yeah, I consider it progress, many many new maps, armies, weapons... for $30 I think SF was a bargain. my only complaints are the little bugs with the award system, an increase in my verifying time, and the fact that they kind of screwed some of the armies and seriously over-powered the SEALS and SAS. those are minor things though as far as enjoying the game goes.
I submit to you this guy, well in the interest of diplomacy we'll leave him unamed, who posted that he thinks SF is a ripoff and also likes to interject into the praise section random comments about how anyone who bought it was stupid to do so. He complains its all a money making scam and that its not worth it, that EA is just bilking us out of our life savings.
What he can't answer for is the fact that according to his hours played, its cost him roughly 23 cents per hour to play the game. when considering that pretty much no entertainment source in the world is that cheap its absurd to lash out at a company for releasing an addition, and then GASP, asking you to pay for it!
I think the real reason these people are throwing their tantrums is because they had ironed out a nice little cozy identity for themselves were they can rack up meaningless stats, awards, and make themselves feel good about themselves. Out of curiousity I've checked out a lot of the people who complain about SF and sure enough, a vast majority seem to play one map or spend all their time in one vehicle.
Take our friend "anonymous"... of 10,000 some kills over 7000 have been in a tank, and he plays Karkand the majority of the time. I'm not calling him a tank whore, stat whore, or any kind of whore, but it would appear that he's found a nice little nitch for himself in BF2 by which he can do his thing, over and over, and have success. Good for him. really. however, it gets annoying when he launches into a rant against SF when its OBVIOUS that what he was really upset about is that the expansion may somehow upset the little world he's created for himself, with either new weapons that may counter his tactics, or a migration of his "targets" away from his hunting ground.
bottom line, most players who are ranting against it just don't want to adapt to anything new, or perhaps are just afraid they can't. This is just one theory anyway, because the economic argument... it doesn't make ANY sense. You can't bitch about a software company for selling software, and given the playability of the game and the inexpensive nature of it, including the expansion... arguing that EA is raping us with this expansion is kind of like pissing into the wind.
just a thought.
Oh, and I'm not bitching about using a successful tactic. check my own stats and you'll see I play Kubra Damn far more than any other map, I like it. whatever works for you is great, go for it. just ease up on the bashing when your perect harmony is offset by a little progress. yeah, I consider it progress, many many new maps, armies, weapons... for $30 I think SF was a bargain. my only complaints are the little bugs with the award system, an increase in my verifying time, and the fact that they kind of screwed some of the armies and seriously over-powered the SEALS and SAS. those are minor things though as far as enjoying the game goes.
Last edited by dshak (2005-11-27 01:26:13)