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Post by Gyer on May 19, 2017 11:21:34 GMT
Complaining is what promotes progression and improvement. If everyone had your negative attitude abut complaining, we'd still be living in the dark ages and the wheel would never have been invented
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Post by kaileena_sands on May 19, 2017 11:22:25 GMT
I pretty much agree with niroz above that your topic is a low quality bait. Nevertheless, I am sick at home & bored so I'm giving this reply a few minutes of my time. 1) First of all, have you ever been on the Internet? Basically, the majority of it is best summed up as a collection of cat gifs, memes, and people bitching about stuff. So our complaining is hardly a ground breaking revelation. Also, our level of complaining really pales in comparison even with other *gaming* communities (blizzard forums around D3 launch for example comes to mind). Even in more civilized forums like the CDPR one you can see people bitching to the moon that they have ONE bugged quest that didn't activate for them and now it's suddenly the end of the world. Games are srs bzns. 2) The bulk of our complaining is hardly unwarranted. Look at this game - it's littered with bugs, crashes, disconnects (that will take your consumables but won't give you your money), subpar features (like the character creator, etc.). Are we supposed to just ignore them? Thing is, complaining about it is the most we can do. It just shows how powerless we are against the corporate gaming machine. Look at the other industries - I cannot think of a place that I have got worse support for my money than games in general. I have returned many purchases over the years - from the high to the low spectrum of prices, and got so much support and assistance for services I didn't invest too much in. The gaming industry just does what it wants, and we cannot stop it unless we vote with our wallets. Also, most of us are done with just giving Bioware a pass just for nostalgia's sake. Once upon a time they were my favourite game developer but right now they've really stepped into heavy shit territory so no more free passes for them. We are not hating on a specific Bioware employee in particular and I am sure that there are many decent and competent people in that company. Unfortunately, their hard work is brought to shit levels by unfair corporate practices, greedy executives demanding too much for too little time and money, using the gaming community as their alpha testers at release, etc. 3) They owe us patches. It's in their contract and once again, it's part of the service. Are you telling me that when you get a brand new car (or something smaller, like a phone) and its display doesn't work properly, it constantly crashes and basically your usage experience is greatly diminished, you just throw your hands in the air and say "Well, I guess that's that!". For god's sake, I have returned *used* makeup and companies have gladly given me the option to change it because I wasn't satisfied with the product. And for why we're still playing yet complaining? Simple. We just haven't given up yet. Most of us enjoy the game in some way, and we love the Mass Effect universe. We desperately want the game to become better so that we can have more fun with it. Basically we care. The moment we stop caring, this sub forum will just become empty with the occasional slowpoke posting a build from a million years ago. Complaining occasionally gets shit done. Also, obligatory gif as you seem to think that's the only thing we do here.
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Post by Kazu on May 19, 2017 11:29:08 GMT
I want to know the best version. Not the one that earns me puzzled look. Then just go with ass kisser or kiss ass. It's not that hard. You just have to let go of that idea of a best word. And while we are complaining. You still didnt accept my friend request on origin.
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Post by someN7orother on May 19, 2017 11:29:39 GMT
Let's keep this civil folks.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Even if my opinion is that someone else's opinion is fucking stupid? Good to know. I mean, you guys recently had to deal with a little bit of a shitstorm over moderation policies regarding threads inteded solely to rile up the locals. What was the takeaway, if there was one? I admit, after the thread was hijacked with the usual bullshit, I found the arguement difficult to follow and/or boring.
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Post by Kazu on May 19, 2017 11:30:33 GMT
I pretty much agree with niroz above that your topic is a low quality bait. Nevertheless, I am sick at home & bored so I'm giving this reply a few minutes of my time. 1) First of all, have you ever been on the Internet? Basically, the majority of it is best summed up as a collection of cat gifs, memes, and people bitching about stuff. So our complaining is hardly a ground breaking revelation. Also, our level of complaining really pales in comparison even with other *gaming* communities (blizzard forums around D3 launch for example comes to mind). Even in more civilized forums like the CDPR one you can see people bitching to the moon that they have ONE bugged quest that didn't activate for them and now it's suddenly the end of the world. Games are srs bzns. 2) The bulk of our complaining is hardly unwarranted. Look at this game - it's littered with bugs, crashes, disconnects (that will take your consumables but won't give you your money), subpar features (like the character creator, etc.). Are we supposed to just ignore them? Thing is, complaining about it is the most we can do. It just shows how powerless we are against the corporate gaming machine. Look at the other industries - I cannot think of a place that I have got worse support for my money than games in general. I have returned many purchases over the years - from the high to the low spectrum of prices, and got so much support and assistance for services I didn't invest too much in. The gaming industry just does what it wants, and we cannot stop it unless we vote with our wallets. Also, most of us are done with just giving Bioware a pass just for nostalgia's sake. Once upon a time they were my favourite game developer but right now they've really stepped into heavy shit territory so no more free passes for them. We are not hating on a specific Bioware employee in particular and I am sure that there are many decent and competent people in that company. Unfortunately, their hard work is brought to shit levels by unfair corporate practices, greedy executives demanding too much for too little time and money, using the gaming community as their alpha testers at release, etc. 3) They owe us patches. It's in their contract and once again, it's part of the service. Are you telling me that when you get a brand new car (or something smaller, like a phone) and its display doesn't work properly, it constantly crashes and basically your usage experience is greatly diminished, you just throw your hands in the air and say "Well, I guess that's that!". For god's sake, I have returned *used* makeup and companies have gladly given me the option to change it because I wasn't satisfied with the product. And for why we're still playing yet complaining? Simple. We just haven't given up yet. Most of us enjoy the game in some way, and we love the Mass Effect universe. We desperately want the game to become better so that we can have more fun with it. Basically we care. The moment we stop caring, this sub forum will just become empty with the occasional slowpoke posting a build from a million years ago. Complaining occasionally gets shit done. Also, obligatory gif as you seem to think that's the only thing we do here. Posting food and or music is also acceptable. Get well soon.
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on May 19, 2017 11:30:52 GMT
This. So much. Thing is, complaining about it is the most we can do. It just shows how powerless we are against the corporate gaming machine. Look at the other industries - I cannot think of a place that I have got worse support for my money than games in general. I have returned many purchases over the years - from the high to the low spectrum of prices, and got so much support and assistance for services I didn't invest too much in. The gaming industry just does what it wants, and we cannot stop it unless we vote with our wallets.
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Post by Pounce de León on May 19, 2017 11:40:08 GMT
I want to know the best version. Not the one that earns me puzzled look. Then just go with ass kisser or kiss ass. It's not that hard. You just have to let go of that idea of a best word. And while we are complaining. You still didnt accept my friend request on origin. Huh? Yes, i did? Late at night.
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Post by Gecko on May 19, 2017 11:46:06 GMT
Let's keep this civil folks.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Even if my opinion is that someone else's opinion is fucking stupid? Good to know. I mean, you guys recently had to deal with a little bit of a shitstorm over moderation policies regarding threads inteded solely to rile up the locals. What was the takeaway, if there was one? I admit, after the thread was hijacked with the usual bullshit, I found the arguement difficult to follow and/or boring. If you think someone's opinion is fucking stupid you have every right to disagree and debate.... as long as it is done so within the parameters of the site rules. I'm not going to derail this thread any further by discussing our moderation policies. If you have any further questions please feel free to PM me or any other member of the mod team.
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Post by Kazu on May 19, 2017 11:56:11 GMT
Then just go with ass kisser or kiss ass. It's not that hard. You just have to let go of that idea of a best word. And while we are complaining. You still didnt accept my friend request on origin. Huh? Yes, i did? Late at night. Finally.
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Post by t41rdeye on May 19, 2017 12:26:32 GMT
And with each patch they do an outstanding job of fixing a lot of these problems. And it's not like they owe us patches, so we should be grateful for what we get. Yea, that's where you're wrong kiddo... they kind of do when the game is released in an unfinished state, rendering it anywhere from seriously buggy to plain unplayable depending on how (un)lucky you are. This is how corporate publishers are justifying rushing and releasing games before they're ready... and the quality of recent AAA games at launch has been the evidence. They'll take your money now and fix it later. Now they're cheaping out on doing even that it seems. Also nice bait.
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Post by exterminatus on May 19, 2017 12:32:35 GMT
If you don't like the game you don't have to play it, but why do you feel the need to complain to others about it all the time here instead? The consistent whining just gets tiresome Unlike what your mother is currently doing under my table, we're not "whining". We're demanding quality for the product we paid money for. Learn the basics of market and capitalism before meta-complaining, alright?
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Post by What Else You Need To Know? on May 19, 2017 12:36:38 GMT
I like it.
Was still surprised by the turn around the patch caused. Yeah they are garbage for releasing the game the way they did and yeah it took way too long, but if the majority of people give it a thumbs up then that's what it is. Even if you don't agree with the stuff they have done at least when they finally did do something it was a good move. Have to respect that.
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Post by jmac1424 on May 19, 2017 12:38:37 GMT
Thanks for letting us know, OP.
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Post by GruntKitterhand on May 19, 2017 12:47:15 GMT
I want to know the best version. Not the one that earns me puzzled look. My German isn't in the same league as your English, but you can't go far wrong with 'brown-noser'. It's potentially less offensive than either of the options using the word 'ass', as you have to actually know what it means in order to be offended, whereas any mention of the words 'ass' (or 'arse' as it's exclusively spelt and pronounced in some English-speaking areas, such as mine in Northern Ireland) can cause highly-strung types to drop their finest china cups and saucers. I would apologize for going off-topic, but the topic doesn't deserve my time.
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Post by Kazu on May 19, 2017 12:55:15 GMT
I want to know the best version. Not the one that earns me puzzled look. My German isn't in the same league as your English, but you can't go far wrong with 'brown-noser'. It's potentially less offensive than either of the options using the word 'ass', as you have to actually know what it means in order to be offended, whereas any mention of the words 'ass' (or 'arse' as it's exclusively spelt and pronounced in some English-speaking areas, such as mine in Northern Ireland) can cause highly-strung types to drop their finest china cups and saucers. I would apologize for going off-topic, but the topic doesn't deserve my time. It's cool, not like we are on topic experts here. Your explanation works, but some people are so wound up on "social justice" I guess it is only a matter of time before somebody thinks it is about skin color and starts autistic screeching about racism.
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Post by Pounce de León on May 19, 2017 13:33:11 GMT
My German isn't in the same league as your English, but you can't go far wrong with 'brown-noser'. It's potentially less offensive than either of the options using the word 'ass', as you have to actually know what it means in order to be offended, whereas any mention of the words 'ass' (or 'arse' as it's exclusively spelt and pronounced in some English-speaking areas, such as mine in Northern Ireland) can cause highly-strung types to drop their finest china cups and saucers. I would apologize for going off-topic, but the topic doesn't deserve my time. It's cool, not like we are on topic experts here. Your explanation works, but some people are so wound up on "social justice" I guess it is only a matter of time before somebody thinks it is about skin color and starts autistic screeching about racism. What is this "social justice"? Is that "Sozialgesetzgebung"? Pretty tough topic to discuss on a gaming forum - I'd have never expected that.
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Post by Kukki_Kaiju on May 19, 2017 13:33:20 GMT
I would just like to say that though I am not normally a complainer, I do have one thing to complain about.
Where is my GD poll?
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Post by derrame on May 19, 2017 13:36:38 GMT
i agree that some people complain too much about drop rate, ridiculous
but bioware ows us patches, they must fix bugs and keep support for the game
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Post by Kazu on May 19, 2017 14:01:44 GMT
i agree that some people complain too much about drop rate, ridiculous but bioware ows us patches, they must fix bugs and keep support for the game They owe us nothing.
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Post by vomder on May 19, 2017 14:02:12 GMT
0/10 to obvious better luck next time
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Post by gethadept on May 19, 2017 14:02:42 GMT
If we didn`t complain. We would still be running multiplayer at 1.05 standard.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 14:05:23 GMT
Complaining about the many conceivable shortcomings of this game compared to its unofficial predecessor (yes, I defer to ME3 as MEA's unofficial predecessor now, because it is clearly a complete reboot ignoring many things that made ME great in the first place) is absolutely warranted and may yet lead to improvements if the devs are poked hard enough to get in gear and do something. F.e. it is unacceptable that the Soundbug is still in the game after all this time. No excuses.
What amuses me the most, though, is that most of the senseless bitching here in the MP forum or "likes" of said bitching posts seem to come from people who either quit MEA shortly after release and haven't tested the 1.06 changes yet or - even better - they come from people admitting they never even bought the game in the first place. If you don't have a clue what you're talking about, just stfu.
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Post by CrutchCricket on May 19, 2017 14:16:48 GMT
Let's keep this civil folks.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Even if my opinion is that someone else's opinion is fucking stupid? Good to know. I mean, you guys recently had to deal with a little bit of a shitstorm over moderation policies regarding threads inteded solely to rile up the locals. What was the takeaway, if there was one? I admit, after the thread was hijacked with the usual bullshit, I found the arguement difficult to follow and/or boring. Yes, you can certainly say somone's opinion is fucking stupid. If you call them fucking stupid however, we have a problem. Incidentally, let's take this time to again warn against personal jabs or excessive off-topic rambling. I know threads like these get weird because "complaining about complains is unproductive" and all, but if you can't keep to some relevant discussion, it will be locked. This isn't aimed at anybody, just a general friendly note.
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Post by Dekibra on May 19, 2017 14:21:42 GMT
And while we are complaining. You still didnt accept my friend request on origin. and you even declined my request
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