Chinese Gamers Blockade MMO
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Because false advertising is a powerful thing. They didn't know it was going to be a horrible, micro-transaction based RPG before they bought the game.open trap said:
Well that was stupid, of the developers I mean, making a person an obstacle is a very bad idea when making a MMO.
Very Black I would imagine...IdealistCommi said:
I REALLY love stories like this of games reflecting human life.
This, the Corrupted Blood incident in WoW, and that awesome thing last year with EVE when the major clan was backstabbed by one of it's members and the whole thing went to hell, with the rest of the galaxy fighting for the remains of its former territory, twas like Poland partitions in 1700s
This, the Corrupted Blood incident in WoW, and that awesome thing last year with EVE when the major clan was backstabbed by one of it's members and the whole thing went to hell, with the rest of the galaxy fighting for the remains of its former territory, twas like Poland partitions in 1700s
Actually, it's very not clever. The proper protest would have been if droves of people specifically refused to buy the game. In essence, they paid the developers money so that they could log onto their servers and protest. At which point the GMs in the game just swept them aside when they got to be a hassle.HobbesMkii said:
Right on. I respect what the players are doing here. I understand the developers wanting to make money from ingame transactions but selling experience/level ups is terrible - doesn't that go against the whole point of the game. Gain skill to defeat larger monsters complete game.
Similar to walking in towards the end of a film asking people what has happening and then pretending to feel the same emotions for the ending.
massive Shenanigans on the developers.
Similar to walking in towards the end of a film asking people what has happening and then pretending to feel the same emotions for the ending.
massive Shenanigans on the developers.
It was less "racism" and more "deliberate provocation". Racist, sexist, violent, abusive, anything to get a rise out of the admins and users. I know people who participated in the great raids, and they're only assholes when they're anonymous and have an audience. Not one of them supports racism, Nazism, or abusing strangers - they only wanted to upset the easily offended and disrupt what they saw as a "mollycoddling" and "pathetic" community. A community which no-one is obligated to join or attached to by creed, colour, nature or nation. So while it was obstructive and infuriating, and the abuse was certainly unwarranted, I doubt for a moment that any "real" racism was involved. Only a deconstruction thereof for the purpose of selfish amusement.Ollie596 said:
I assumed it was free to play, seeing as there was mention of microtransactions. But, assuming that it's pay to play, I also didn't read anything stating that people bought the game specifically to protest it, so I don't know how valid your comment is either. It sounds (from the article) like a bunch of people who eagerly bought the game as soon as it was possible to do so (based on nostalgia for the old game), and then discovered that there were unfair goings-on, and then did an in-game protest (probably because they want to improve the game and the IP, not make it financially insolvent and thus doomed to the dustbin of videogame series). Which, to me, seems clever.WhiteTigerShiro said:
Why wouldn't the programmers have let players walk through eachother? Runescape did and it was still a pain in the arse when someone would continuously shut a door in your face.
Most internet games like this nowadays. It's not longer enough for the game to be paid in real money just to play it, there have to be buyable items and bonuses that makes players that pay better or even the only ones that can enjoy it.
I'd say that BattleForge is very guilty of that since it's free4play game and you have to pay in real money to have new cards - and without it you can't enjoy the variety of the game and also nobody will play with you pvp or multiplay maps.
I'd say that BattleForge is very guilty of that since it's free4play game and you have to pay in real money to have new cards - and without it you can't enjoy the variety of the game and also nobody will play with you pvp or multiplay maps.
Does anyone else find this article really funny? It is like a bunch of people protesting cause they lost their manual labor jobs to new machinery. This time the developper is the Real Money Trader instead of having to see a game infected by goldfarmers. I think there are other reasons they are protesting other than a F2P game having microtransactions. That was the biggest complaint highlighted.
Holy awesome sauce batman! Sometimes the Chinese do things that make me smile and this si one of them. I agree that spending extramoney for a bit of extgra customization or content (Via Oblivion is a clever way to make more money and not piss off the majority of your player base. But essentially saying the rich kids have the advantage over poor kids because they're forced to invest time rather then mommys paycheck into the game is essentially forcing your player base into a class system that seems completely counter intuitive to communist thinking.
