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Off Topic / Re: Ban democrats from owning guns

« on: January 23, 2013, 06:50:51 PM »

Quote from: Ghille on January 23, 2013, 06:48:51 PM

There are many other things I can kill multiple children in a matter of minutes with.

yes but with a gun.. you're a hell of a lot harder to stop
no one ever said guns were the only thing that killed people

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Off Topic / Re: Ban democrats from owning guns

« on: January 23, 2013, 06:42:03 PM »

Quote from: Wynd_Fox on January 23, 2013, 06:34:55 PM

No, no, I understood your point. I just find it unlikely that that's the primary motivation.

of course it isn't the motivation lol
unless you're a conspiracy theorist. then, yes, 9/11 was an inside job, obama is a terrorist, and the government wants robot soldiers so they can slaughter civilians

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Games / Re: Willing to trade a couply of Simcity beta keys.

« on: January 23, 2013, 06:34:28 PM »

..i have some vintage tf2 stuff, whatever that means..? please??

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Games / Re: The Elder Scrolls Megathread - Dragonborn DLC and other stuff

« on: January 23, 2013, 06:01:11 PM »

the lore of ESO seems pretty handicapped to me
but whatevs

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Off Topic / Re: Do you think internet friends count as "real" friends?

« on: January 23, 2013, 02:22:23 AM »

uh no not really

a relationship where you actually SEE the person, talk to their face, help them out when they need it, etc is way more meaningful than one over a computer

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Games / Re: SimCity Beta is Here! The Beta is coming January 25-28!

« on: January 23, 2013, 02:19:12 AM »

stuff i missed the signup deadline
someone gimme a key :D

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Games / Re: THQ Will auction off franchises

« on: January 23, 2013, 02:11:42 AM »

Quote from: Menen on January 23, 2013, 02:07:38 AM

Im starting to think that you down understand how EA works.

they aren't some random company that merely suggests what game developers do. They OWN the game development studios and have executive order over what is produced by said studios.

here's how it works

EA is a producer. Company X is a developer. Company X has no money of their own to finance the production of a game they want to make. They turn to EA. EA gives them all the money they could ever need to develop the game, and handles things like advertising and distribution. In turn, EA can influence production of the game (since, after all, they're paying for it) and I'm sure receives some portion of any profits.

EA never once directly changes development of the game. They may, I'm sure, see the direction a game is taking and say "No, that won't work, not enough people will buy it - if you want our money you'll have to change that." They're just trying to make a smart investment, and who can blame them? They're paying another company millions of dollars to develop a game that could just flop.

So all I'm trying to figure out is if EA was actually the one that ruined games like Spore. I've never seen a single shred of evidence to suggest that.
(And, on another level, you should ask yourself if Spore was actually ruined - sure, it wasn't the game YOU wanted, but it was pretty successful and plenty of people loved it)

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Games / Re: THQ Will auction off franchises

« on: January 23, 2013, 02:02:58 AM »

Quote from: Menen on January 23, 2013, 02:01:21 AM

there is no evidence of that either.

no, they're quite obviously the only ones that touched the game during development, hence the term "developer"
now, they may have been DIRECTED to take something out of the game by EA, but EA didn't remove it themselves. I'm just trying to find out if there's any actual evidence EA influences the production of their games as harshly as everyone likes to think

and i'm not defending anyone, i'm just trying to find out if everyone's claims that EA is a ruthless game-destroying motherforgeter are true, and so far no one has evidence

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