Modern Warfare 2’s Loss is DICE’s Gain
Modern Warfare 2’s Loss is DICE’s Gain
November 4, 2009
A fan of the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was so impressed with developer DICE’s efforts to include dedicated server support in the title he sent the company a check for $60.00.
The $60.00 was sent in lieu of Eddie from New Jersey (the letter writer) using the funds to purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which is opting to use a matchmaking service in place of dedicated servers for PC users. Eddie suggested to DICE that they use the funds to aid development on the upcoming game.
DICE posted a copy of the letter and check on their Battlefield website (thanks Joystiq), thanking Eddie and writing, “It's moments like this that make all the late nights and weekends of crunching to make the best game possible all worth it.”
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is due out March 2, 2010 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
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Valdearg: J/K, btw, with that last comment. Just in case anyone was confused.
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Posted 02/08/10 at 02:21pm
Valdearg: This comes on the heels of Sarah Palin telling the Teaparty Convention to pray for Divine intervention to stop the Progressive tide. It seems she succeeded in recruiting the big man to offer some help. >.<
Valdearg: This comes on the heels of Sarah Palin telling the Teaparty Convention to pray for Divine intervention to stop the Progressive tide. It seems she succeeded in recruiting the big man to offer some help. >.<
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Valdearg: @A_L: I'm hearing that, as well.. It seems the dems aren't just losing seats via elections... :(
Valdearg: @A_L: I'm hearing that, as well.. It seems the dems aren't just losing seats via elections... :(
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DarkSaber: Did he design Big Murtha Truckers 1 & 2?
DarkSaber: Did he design Big Murtha Truckers 1 & 2?
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DarkSaber: @Shadow If the on-going spat in China over WoW counts as "new" at least. Does anyone here REALLY give a shit about the state of chinas game industry anyway?
DarkSaber: @Shadow If the on-going spat in China over WoW counts as "new" at least. Does anyone here REALLY give a shit about the state of chinas game industry anyway?
Posted 02/08/10 at 12:59pm
gellymatos: Oh, we pro-life advocates have our nutjuobs to (ie, guys who shoot up abortion clincs). We can have worse ones than yours.
gellymatos: Oh, we pro-life advocates have our nutjuobs to (ie, guys who shoot up abortion clincs). We can have worse ones than yours.
Posted 02/08/10 at 12:58pm
Shadow D. Darkman: Finally, new articles!
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Posted 02/08/10 at 12:57pm
Valdearg: @Gelly: As much as I hate to admit it, it's because so many of us on the Left are utterly predictable with our outrage, LOL.
Valdearg: @Gelly: As much as I hate to admit it, it's because so many of us on the Left are utterly predictable with our outrage, LOL.
Posted 02/08/10 at 12:57pm
gellymatos: Oh, and the boycotting didn't get that much attention to be a real blow to pro-choice advocates either.
gellymatos: Oh, and the boycotting didn't get that much attention to be a real blow to pro-choice advocates either.
Posted 02/08/10 at 12:52pm
gellymatos: ...predict such a bad move by what is not considered a stupid group.
gellymatos: ...predict such a bad move by what is not considered a stupid group.
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gellymatos: How can you script someone boycotting the super bowl over such a trivial ad. An ad they must have seen before hand. You can't...
gellymatos: How can you script someone boycotting the super bowl over such a trivial ad. An ad they must have seen before hand. You can't...
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Valdearg: There are plenty of bright people in Marketing, and this struck me as too perfect, and too scripted to have been just a byproduct of some lucky stroke of luck on FotF's part.
Valdearg: There are plenty of bright people in Marketing, and this struck me as too perfect, and too scripted to have been just a byproduct of some lucky stroke of luck on FotF's part.
Posted 02/08/10 at 12:46pm
Valdearg: You are so quick to disqualify the possibility that it was planned. I'm not saying that it necessarily WAS as I describe it, but I certainly believe it a very real possibility.
Valdearg: You are so quick to disqualify the possibility that it was planned. I'm not saying that it necessarily WAS as I describe it, but I certainly believe it a very real possibility.
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gellymatos: ...that. However, that doesn't strike me as something predictable. Was it a bonus? Yes. Was it planned to be so? No.
gellymatos: ...that. However, that doesn't strike me as something predictable. Was it a bonus? Yes. Was it planned to be so? No.
Posted 02/08/10 at 12:41pm
DarkSaber: Ah right here we go again, someone disagrees with Val therefore they don't know what they are talking about.
DarkSaber: Ah right here we go again, someone disagrees with Val therefore they don't know what they are talking about.
Posted 02/08/10 at 12:40pm
gellymatos: Ok, you're right there. It did make the pro-choice advocates look bad, specifically boycotting the Super Bowl. Forgot about...
gellymatos: Ok, you're right there. It did make the pro-choice advocates look bad, specifically boycotting the Super Bowl. Forgot about...
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Valdearg: You have to stop taking everything at face value. If you don't think there was someone thinking along the exact same lines that I am now, when they were developing this Marketing Campaign, you are sorely mistaken.
Valdearg: You have to stop taking everything at face value. If you don't think there was someone thinking along the exact same lines that I am now, when they were developing this Marketing Campaign, you are sorely mistaken.
Posted 02/08/10 at 12:34pm
Valdearg: No offense, Gelly, but you are too disconnected from this topic to understand. The Pro-Choice people threw a FIT, and were going to boycott the SB because of it. The fact that it was so mild makes the Pro-Choice people look like idiots to those aware of i
Valdearg: No offense, Gelly, but you are too disconnected from this topic to understand. The Pro-Choice people threw a FIT, and were going to boycott the SB because of it. The fact that it was so mild makes the Pro-Choice people look like idiots to those aware of i
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I hope thats 60 grand and not a misaly 60$....
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! Stop supporting big media and furthering the criminalization of consumers!! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
It's $60.00, the money he was GOING to spend on Modern Warfare 2 until dedicated PC servers were axed.
It says this right there in the article.
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Why is this news worthy?
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! Stop supporting big media and furthering the criminalization of consumers!! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/
No news day?
(I would say slow news day, but even they have more 'news' news than this is)
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Actually, from a consumer point of view, whilst you may or may not agree with it, it is definitely a snub to the makers of MW2, $60 may be a pittance from a company point of view, but the thought is what makes it news.
What I find far more interesting is that the same people who say consumers should stand up and have a voice about the way they are treated by companies are the same people who claim it isn't news when someone does what they feel is right by way of protest.
Maybe because it's petty, dumb and wont change anything.
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A penny saved is a penny earned
Besides, this is a guy that doesn't make millions, sending off what he has to support a game company that is thinking of him and other pc users.
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I once had a dream about God. In it, he was looking down upon the planet and the havoc we recked and he said unto us, "Damn Kids get off my lawn!"
Or he could have done something REALLY radical like buying a copy of the game when it comes out. I can think of 50+ charities that could do a lot with 60 dollars, but Mr. Butthurt here decides a private company needs it as a show of support more.
That reminds me, anyone know how I can get these aid packages delivered to Microsofts headquarters? They need support too y'know.
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He is going to buy the game when it comes out, what he did was send the money for MW2 to the developers of Bad Company because he felt they were more customer oriented. This isn't about him buying BF, it's about him not buying MW2.
Well I wasn't gonna buy it either. Where's my article?
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Where's your letter to Dice, where's your donation as a symbol of your feelings in the matter?
That's where your article is.
Thought you said this was about him not buying MW2, not him writing to DICE or buying BC2.
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As I said before, this is not about whether he buys BF2 or not, this is about his method of protesting MW2, it's newsworthy, whether you like it or not, don't pretend not to understand that, I'd like to think you are smarter than that.
That's right, he not only isn't going to buy the game, but he used the money he put aside to help a company that he likes. Whether or not it's a substantial amount, every penny helps in the long run.
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I once had a dream about God. In it, he was looking down upon the planet and the havoc we recked and he said unto us, "Damn Kids get off my lawn!"
Okay this is getting serously dumb. When did these developers become holy and prohibited from criticism? People have a problem with L4D2 and don't buy it suddenly they are butthurt. Someone chooses to support a company that he agrees with in lieu of one he disagrees with and suddenly he is butthurt. What the flying fuck?
You see children it's called voting with your dollar. A company knows they are doing well when they get the money. When they don't get the money they will try to do things to get the money. So if a company is doing something you disagree with, cut off their funds.
Yet again I ask: Just when the fuck did the customer/company relationship get turned around and ass fucked?
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
I found myself asking this same question. Why are people defending the corporations from the people? Are you really that brainwashed?
So everyone who hates EA games is jumping on a bandwagon, even when they explain their reasons? People who are standing up against L4D2 are idiots for hating Valve? Yes, we know Valve has been pretty cool so far, but if you want to make sure they stay that way, you need to speak up.
You "THEY'RE BUSINESSES, THEY'RE IN IT FOR THE MONEY" people need to learn something: money is not inherently good or evil. It is what we make it. Don't get all up in arms when someone tries to defend his beliefs and those of his fellow consumers. Support him, maybe? Makes sense to me.
Good for him for standing by what he believes in.
I haope the 30 starving africans his check could have fed agree. But I'm sure they will understand dedicated servers come first in the grand scheme of things.
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Oh please, don't try playing the 'poor starving Africans' card, that's seriously weak.
I agree, not spending all of your spare cash on charity is not greedy or selfish and I betcha 99.9% of people do so. So he really should cut the appeal to emotion crap.
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Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.
Meh, even if he did donate his spare money to charity he'd still be selfish. In the end there isn't a damn thing that you, I, he, or anyone else will ever do, or ever has done, that isn't selfish at its most basic lvl.
Even giving away your money/time to help others is done to satisfy some self-need.
Really, being selfish isn't a bad thing. It's just part of the human condition. In other words, it's normal.
Where's your 50 dollars sent to these starving africans. Why are you even buying video games when you can be out there supporting them? Go, heed your calling, give your money to charity and don't worry what the rest of us do.
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I once had a dream about God. In it, he was looking down upon the planet and the havoc we recked and he said unto us, "Damn Kids get off my lawn!"
I'd rather use my charity money to help citizens of my own city/county/state/country before trying to help people in other countries.
We need to take care of "our own" citizens before we can spend our efforts on other's. ("Our own" translates to whatever city/county/state/country the reader of that line resides in.)
Trying to coax money to help citizens from other countries is like someone who lives in a rat and roach infested, garbage filled home, with children, calling social services on someone else because THEY live in a rat and roach infested, garbage filled home with children.
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Hey, I don't see Activision or Dice or EA Games sending money off to starving kids in Africa.
LMAO!
"It's better to be hated for who you are, then be loved for who you are not." - Montgomery Gentry
I'm sure the starving africans that you could have fed with what you pay for your internet connection monthly agree. Please, cancel your connection and send them the money. They'll be happier. So will be the rest of us.
I've been disappointed by Battlefield after Battlefield 2 (PC) and its add-ons. The console battlefields are lackluster at best.
I might as well do that, it's not like I want Modern Warfare 2 or anything.
I'd laugh if DICE now issued a press release saying that they no longer intended to include dedicated server support for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
This IW-DICE rivalry is getting spicy.
This man can spend his hard working money on anything he wants. Thank God. At least no one isn't telling him how to spend it & who or where to spend it on or at.
"It's better to be hated for who you are, then be loved for who you are not." - Montgomery Gentry
I read this article and while I am not going to send DICE my $60 I was going to spend on MW2, I did go out and pre-order BC2. I am all about supporting companies that have my interests in mind.
Sadly, Infinity Ward's idiocy and their multiple fuckups with MW2 are every PC Gamer's loss.
But I never really liked BF Vietnam and BF 2. They are just not that good.
ZAR.