Poll: Battlefield 3 pre-order DLC BOYCOTT coordination

[snoopy7393]

From Reddit.com:
As most of you know, EA recently announced an exclusive DLC for preordering BF3. If you don't purchase the pre-order or limited edition version of BF3, you will have to pay extra for the Karkand expansion pack. The only thing not included in the Karkand Expansion pack is the Guns and ammunition, which will create an unfair advantage people who pre-order. As well, charging people extra to play maps available on day one. This was a decision made by EA, and not DICE. DICE and all of us need your help to get EA to wake up and change their decision. The Hive Mind of Reddit has a GREAT influence over the internet, and a lot of the media as well. Whether the rest of the world knows or not. Please remember to be POLITE in these emails. A bunch of spamming telling them what dumb asses they are probably wont help much.
This thread points out that a boycott called by sarcastic gamer against BFBC1, that eventually caused EA to change their mind.
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/hxxoy/in_case_youve_forgotten_ea_tried_this_same_crap/
VOTE WITH YOUR WALLETS FOLKS, AND SEND EA EMAILS TO LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD.
Official Twitter/Facebook pages
EA Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ea
BF3 Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/battlefield
EA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EA
BF3 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/battlefield
Important EA emails
John Riccitiello (CEO) - [email protected]
Eric Brown (Exec VP, CFO) - [email protected]
John Pleasants (COO) - [email protected]
John Schappert - [email protected] Chief Operating Officer
Leonard S. Coleman - [email protected] Director
Jeff Huber - [email protected] Director
Gary M. Kusin - [email protected] Director
Barker, Ken - [email protected] Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Geraldine Laybourne - [email protected] Director
Gregory B. Maffei - [email protected] Director
Vivek Paul - [email protected] Director
Lawrence F. Probst III - [email protected] Chairman of the Board
Richard A. Simonson - [email protected] Lead Director
Linda J. Srere - [email protected] Director
(Copy and paste this to your "send to" bar to save time: [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected])
(thanks to exiva for the emails)
Phone numbers for EA Games
650-628-1500 - Redwood City
310-754-7000 - Los Angeles
EA support page: https://customersupport.ea.com/loginapp/cp/login.do?skin=ea&locale=en_US&curl=http://support.ea.com/app/home&surl=http://support.ea.com/ci/pta/login&p_next_page=ask
Link to original post on BF3 website: http://www.battlefield.com/uk/battlefield3/blog/battlefield-3-limited-edition-physical-warfare-pack-available
Link to the poll on EA forums: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/6801802.page
I figured there should be a post containing all this information for easier access to the Reddit community. Post any results/ information below. If ANYBODY gets a reply from EA, let us know what was said.
Edit: I think many people are missing the point. The point is that we don't want paid DLC that is going to split the community into groups of who does or does not have that DLC. You obviously can't join a server if its running a map you don't have. Bad Company 2 gave all its users the DLC for free. Now, I can see EAs reasoning about it from a console stand point (So that they still make a little money off of used games), but there is absolutely no reason for this on the PC. Obviously, you can't buy used PC games. EA, if you won't do this for everyone at LEAST do it for the PC community.
Edit: Rock, Paper, Shotgun has noticed
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/13/boycott-against-battlefield-3-is-underway/
Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5811243/battlefield-3-finds-a-way-to-piss-people-off
Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/battlefield-3-preorder-weapon-and-item-bonuses-annoy-fans.ars
Forbes: http://blogs.forbes.com/insertcoin/2011/06/13/the-day-dlc-went-too-far/
Destructoid: http://www.destructoid.com/angry-gamers-boycotting-battlefield-3-over-dlc-plans-203656.phtml
PC gamer: http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/13/the-internet-does-not-like-battlefield-3s-pre-order-bonus-plans/
Edit: Apparently, many people are starting to get emails from EA customer support. I have posted a screenshot of what they sent. All emails are identical. http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/hyylp/i_the_creator_of_the_original_bf3_dlc_boycott/

 

[Garethp]

I actually don't have a problem with this. When you pre-order a game you often get special things that other don't get. A couple nice items, maybe some experience points, a free upgrade to the Limited Edition, it's not a big deal. In fact, it's good. Developers need to make up for the cost of production, so paying for your game in advance helps them. It's fair for them to reward people for pre-ordering

As for Day One DLC's? What would you prefer, the DA:Origins DLC where you could only get the items if and only if you pre-ordered, with no option to buy them separately? And as for Day One DLC's themselves, I have no problem with them. You're buying the core game, and if you don't think the core game is enough for you to pay for it, that's your agenda, you don't have to make a big deal of it

You don't intrinsically own all the content relating to a game that's out at the time of release just because you buy the core game, you own what you pay for, and if a developer decides to release extra content for more money on the release date, well good for them.

Seriously, stop whining

 

[Hiphophippo]

Do you have any idea what these new weapons do or is everyone just assuming they'll give an advantage?

This being the internet I'm tempted to go with the latter.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Seriously, stop whining

Your heart is in the right place, but you haven't been on the internet long enough to think saying that will matter.

Also, welcome to the escapist!

 

[Greatjusticeman]

Christ, who cares.

Do you also realize boycotting BF3 would allow MW3 to win? ARE YOU CRAZY.

 

[TheCommie12]

it should be a MW3 boycott,not BF3

 

[Luthir Fontaine]

I dont know givin us guys who preorder a game, a reward for faith is a good idea in my book

 

[redisforever]

I was thinking this was going to blame DICE, who had no part in this.

I agree with you, actually. Go back to the Halo 2 model. Pay for the DLC, or wait a month. Then it's free. No guns, or anything. Just maps.

 

[Jim From Accounting]

Meh remember when they tried to boycott mw2, lol masive fail.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

Not to sidetrack, but is dark red with bright blue hair even a legal color for an avatar? If not, I would be FAR more worried about that sort of thing.

EDIT: It's not.

 

[VincentR]

The only DLC I don't like the is the guns/ammo/suppressor DLC. Because that is the "pre-order exclusive" DLC, that you can NEVER get, in ANY OTHER WAY, aside from the pre-order. And from all that I've heard, this stuff will provide an actual advantage, and not simply be some aesthetic skin model.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Not to sidetrack, but is dark red with bright blue hair even a legal color for an avatar? If not, I would be FAR more worried about that sort of thing.

EDIT: It's not.

Bahaha. This OP. This. I wouldn't worry so much about protesting when you're probably going to get your account banned soon enough for hacking the console anyway.

 

[Garethp]

Seriously, stop whining

Your heart is in the right place, but you haven't been on the internet long enough to think saying that will matter.

Also, welcome to the escapist!

I've been on the internet long enough to know that it'll matter about as much as the OP (and it was a nice little stress reliever, I get pissed off once in a while when people complain about Day One DLC's)

And thanks for the welcome ^^

 

[ZeZZZZevy]

Do you have any idea what these new weapons do or is everyone just assuming they'll give an advantage?

This being the internet I'm tempted to go with the latter.

This. How does anyone know these guns give an advantage? Have you played the game yet? If so let me know, I'd love to play it ahead of time with all the balancing done and polished.

I'm all for trying to tell a company something, but jumping to conclusions only makes you look REALLY juvenile.

To give an example: I played BFBC2 and didn't even notice people had extra preorder content. Why? Because any problems relating to it were fixed almost immediately.

Seriously everyone. Chill out and make sure your argument is correct before organizing something as drastic as a boycott.

 

[Garethp]

Not to sidetrack, but is dark red with bright blue hair even a legal color for an avatar? If not, I would be FAR more worried about that sort of thing.

EDIT: It's not.

Bahaha. This OP. This. I wouldn't worry so much about protesting when you're probably going to get your account banned soon enough for hacking the console anyway.

I'm confused, what does his avatar colors have to do with anything?

 

[Baneat]

Do you have any idea what these new weapons do or is everyone just assuming they'll give an advantage?

This being the internet I'm tempted to go with the latter.

This. How does anyone know these guns give an advantage? Have you played the game yet? If so let me know, I'd love to play it ahead of time with all the balancing done and polished.

Choice where other people do not have a choice = advantage.

 

[MysticToast]

It's sooooo not a big deal. BF3 isn't the first game to do it, and the advantage the players won't gain isn't game breaking and won't last for long.

Grow up.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I'm confused, what does his avatar colors have to do with anything?

Avatar colors like that are not available unless you've hacked the console to do it. XBLA runs a zero tolerance policy on this sort of thing. Hack your console, no matter the reason and your account is banned the moment they catch wind of it. Broadcasting it with your avatar like that is just ASKING for trouble.

 

[ZeZZZZevy]

Do you have any idea what these new weapons do or is everyone just assuming they'll give an advantage?

This being the internet I'm tempted to go with the latter.

This. How does anyone know these guns give an advantage? Have you played the game yet? If so let me know, I'd love to play it ahead of time with all the balancing done and polished.

Choice where other people do not have a choice = advantage.

Not always. If the guns are on par or worse than the starting weapons, any advantage is negligible after leveling a couple times.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Not to sidetrack, but is dark red with bright blue hair even a legal color for an avatar? If not, I would be FAR more worried about that sort of thing.

EDIT: It's not.

How funny would it be if we reported him.

Hilarious. And I'm kind of an asshole. The only reason I haven't already is because I sold my xbox a month or so ago and no longer have access to my account.

The lulz demand it.