EA paid someone to troll

Are you people serious? You doubt companies have viral marketers?:lol:

Anyway, here's some minor proof in favour of this story:

The entire thread can be found in the chanarchive.

There's also a reddit thread but, well, I don't go there:P

People trust 4Ch*n now?

biggest_loser

i donn't but some people here cleraly show that behaviour, so it wouldn't be surprise.

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People trust 4Ch*n now?

Krelian-co

i donn't but some people here cleraly show that behaviour, so it wouldn't be surprise.

If you don't want to be a hypocrite then you should know that EA made The Sims, they didn't buy any rights, absolutely any Sims game was funded and entirely owned by EA and the series was always developed this way, the only thing you can say without being a hypocrite is that it lost its charm.

DanielDust

Maxis started the Sims and was bought out by EA - you are not correct. The buyout wasn't entire and Will Wright had developer rights until Sims 2 was finished - when he and his team left was the end of the Sims and the beginning of EA development.

On another note, EA is still in the running for the worst company in america.

http://consumerist.com/2012/03/a-round-of-applause-please-for-your-worst-company-in-america-2012-semifinalists.html

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

If you don't want to be a hypocrite then you should know that EA made The Sims, they didn't buy any rights, absolutely any Sims game was funded and entirely owned by EA and the series was always developed this way, the only thing you can say without being a hypocrite is that it lost its charm.

Darocy

Maxis started the Sims and was bought out by EA - you are not correct. The buyout wasn't entire and Will Wright had developer rights until Sims 2 was finished - when he and his team left was the end of the Sims and the beginning of EA development.

On another note, EA is still in the running for the worst company in america.

http://consumerist.com/2012/03/a-round-of-applause-please-for-your-worst-company-in-america-2012-semifinalists.html

xLittlekillx

This is bull****. Whoever pays attention to this "competition" is an idiot.

EA seems to think their too big and powerful to fail no matter what they try to pull. I wonder how legal all this stuff they are doing really is. Stop buying so many of their games and lets be done with them once and for all.

I don't know if this counts a proof but the guy in the article said EA is going to buy out some Asian company and currently EA is hiring people in Asia or training people.

As for why EA is such an evil company but has all this money its because of, well there is no name for it but here is how I see it. You have Mass Effect and Dragon Age 1. Mass Effect 1 was made before EA and Dragon Age origins was too far into development for EA to change it. So Mass Effect 1 got to be developed as a true RPG and to Biowares intenions and Dragon Age origins was as well. Both games come out and did well. So when it came time for the sequels EA wanted to cash in. The hardcore crowd is going to by the game regardless but now they need to appeal to the cod and gears of war only people. So they make Mass Effect 2 more of a shooter and Dragon Age 2 more action based. The hardcore crowd buys the game because they want to play the sequel and the casual crowd buys Mass Effect 2 for a shooter and Dragon Age 2 for an action game. Then it comes time for part 3. The causals won't play it unless it is like part 2 and to get the hardcores to buy part 3 we are promised the game will go back to its roots or there will be more RPG elements. Plus regardless it is part 3so EA is like "ya they are going to want to see how it ends so even if they don't like what we tried to fix for them they will probably buy the game anyway" That is how I see it at least.

I don't understand how people blame EA for Bioware's games being more dumbed down. They've been doing this since Black Isle imploded. KOTOR was an abomination of DnD rules. NwN was a turd saved by a strong modding capabilities. And don't you people remember Jade Empire?

Bioware makes the games they want, simple as that.

It's worth noting that DA2, after strong initial sales, tanked so bad retailers refused to pick up the potential Ultimate Edition and the expansion was canned.

A shame because it's a better game than DAO:P

I think a few people in this thread are on EA's payroll....

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[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

If you don't want to be a hypocrite then you should know that EA made The Sims, they didn't buy any rights, absolutely any Sims game was funded and entirely owned by EA and the series was always developed this way, the only thing you can say without being a hypocrite is that it lost its charm.

DanielDust

Maxis started the Sims and was bought out by EA - you are not correct. The buyout wasn't entire and Will Wright had developer rights until Sims 2 was finished - when he and his team left was the end of the Sims and the beginning of EA development.

I think a few people in this thread are on EA's payroll....

They were a good company but recently in the last year or 2 ive quickly lost faith in them. They are just as bad if not worse then Activision to me. They dont care about games just about $$$IxX3xil3d0n3XxI

Hmm, you think they at one point didn´t care about the money??? if they didnt care about the money i bet we wouldnt have a EA today.

And also who doesnt in the gaming world care about profit?

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I am ashamed to admit that I bought the Sims 3 - in the forums I posted about how EA is selling crap and not fixing it just making more expansions. My forum posting was banned and they blocked me from being able to play Sims (along with the reat of the games by EA) for over a week (requires online validation to play each time you boot it). This was before Origin took over the launcher.

There was no warning or explanation on the ban - BTW I was not the only one this happened to and still happens - if you post negatively on their forums it will be locked and banned without any warning.

I will not after this experience rent (you don't own their games) any games from EA/Origin for the very reason that all games are attched to the launcher and if banned you will not be able to play any of them.

The Sims is a franchise that was a quality product at one time till EA bought the rights and Sims 3 sucs with all the expansions. If you read the forums most of the people who complained or ask for solutions to problems the posts are buried in glowing or positive crap posts.

When any new expansion/stuff pack released they do the same positive spin in the forums to fight against any bad or negative posts about the release and there are plenty.

This is just one franchise of the many that EA/Origin will grind money from till they cannot get anymore from it they choke the crap out of any good material thay get their hands on.

I know steam (and others) has the same kind of launcher but have never banned people from playing all of their games like Origin can and will for any slight breach of their EULA in forums.

Be warned I do speak the truth.

Jacanuk

EA didn't get big by making great games though. EA make a sh!tload of money with years of rehashed, mass marketed, bullsh!t sports games, bought up by the millions by meathead morons and casual gamers. Then they spent that money buying up a whole mess of smaller developing companies, populated with people who knew how to make quality games. Then they mass marketed more games from these developers, using throwing their own, overly commercialized spin into it, resulting in games that people still buy and play, because they belong to loved franchises, even though they are almost universally accepted as being inferior to the games these companies made, prior to becoming EA subsidiaries.

This is unlike companies such as Valve and Blizzard, who made great reputations for themselves with original, well done, fantastic games, many of which are heralded these days as revolutions in their respective genres, and have since gotten huge, by making more great games, and keeping devoted customers by not screwing them with the kind of crap EA does.

Its pretty low to hire people to downplay competitors products. But I have nothing againts that they hire people to shout out their products, pretty much the same as buying ad time on tv.

Also a funny thing is that the people that work there love it. And EA is one of the best companies to work for if you are gay/lesbian.

But they are such dicks to their customers.

Also a funny thing is that the people that work there love it. And EA is one of the best companies to work for if you are gay/lesbian.

But they are such dicks to their customers.

GummiRaccoon

LMAO - this explains alot.

Its pretty low to hire people to downplay competitors products. But I have nothing againts that they hire people to shout out their products, pretty much the same as buying ad time on tv.

Nohtnym

well no it isn't. in an ad on tv you know who is the source of the information so you also know it's not an objective opinion or fact and are more likely to give proper merit to the information. when you don't know who is actually behind the information or the agenda of the person feeding it to you, as you would normally have no reason to think they are much different as yourself posting on a forum, then it goes more towards a situation of manipulation.

i think it is safe to conclude that there is something rotten about your business practice if you need to resort to tactics that incorporate deceit and spreading misinformation to sell your product. i am not that naive to think this can't be true and happening right now but surely it warrants disapproval across the board.

I don't understand how people blame EA for Bioware's games being more dumbed down. They've been doing this since Black Isle imploded. KOTOR was an abomination of DnD rules. NwN was a turd saved by a strong modding capabilities. And don't you people remember Jade Empire?

Bioware makes the games they want, simple as that.

It's worth noting that DA2, after strong initial sales, tanked so bad retailers refused to pick up the potential Ultimate Edition and the expansion was canned.

A shame because it's a better game than DAO:P

Baranga

Agreed.

I'm surprised at how many people still insist that Bioware is pure perfection, and it's only EA that is bringing down their games.
They stopped making really deep RPGs back in 2001, and everything since then has been on a downhill slide towards the pure bro-gaming console action market (with a slight bump when DAO came out, but that was a poor attempt at an Infinity Engine RPG).

I don't understand how people blame EA for Bioware's games being more dumbed down. They've been doing this since Black Isle imploded. KOTOR was an abomination of DnD rules. NwN was a turd saved by a strong modding capabilities. And don't you people remember Jade Empire?

Bioware makes the games they want, simple as that.

It's worth noting that DA2, after strong initial sales, tanked so bad retailers refused to pick up the potential Ultimate Edition and the expansion was canned.

A shame because it's a better game than DAO:P

Baranga

You need someone to throw the blame on, and EA is an easy target.

But yeah, Bioware went downhill after BG2, with their games getting more and more simplified, with the sole exception being DAO. And DAO is dumbed down from Baldur's Gate, and really fails to capture what made the infinity engine games so good.

Its pretty low to hire people to downplay competitors products. But I have nothing againts that they hire people to shout out their products, pretty much the same as buying ad time on tv.

Nohtnym

welcome to 21th century, moral in business means nothing.

I've always had the feeling that a few of these paid-to-post types were on these boards, too.

-wildflower-

I don't understand how people blame EA for Bioware's games being more dumbed down. They've been doing this since Black Isle imploded. KOTOR was an abomination of DnD rules. NwN was a turd saved by a strong modding capabilities. And don't you people remember Jade Empire?

Bioware makes the games they want, simple as that.

It's worth noting that DA2, after strong initial sales, tanked so bad retailers refused to pick up the potential Ultimate Edition and the expansion was canned.

A shame because it's a better game than DAO:P

Baranga

Some people simply refuse to take their sword out of their asses though and let go. You can't always get what you want. Like remember the time I wantedsome people to pull their sword out of their asses and let go? (uh, not you btw) I can't get that

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I don't understand how people blame EA for Bioware's games being more dumbed down. They've been doing this since Black Isle imploded. KOTOR was an abomination of DnD rules. NwN was a turd saved by a strong modding capabilities. And don't you people remember Jade Empire?

Bioware makes the games they want, simple as that.

It's worth noting that DA2, after strong initial sales, tanked so bad retailers refused to pick up the potential Ultimate Edition and the expansion was canned.

A shame because it's a better game than DAO:P

Maroxad

You need someone to throw the blame on, and EA is an easy target.

But yeah, Bioware went downhill after BG2, with their games getting more and more simplified, with the sole exception being DAO. And DAO is dumbed down from Baldur's Gate, and really fails to capture what made the infinity engine games so good.

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

I don't understand how people blame EA for Bioware's games being more dumbed down. They've been doing this since Black Isle imploded. KOTOR was an abomination of DnD rules. NwN was a turd saved by a strong modding capabilities. And don't you people remember Jade Empire?

Bioware makes the games they want, simple as that.

It's worth noting that DA2, after strong initial sales, tanked so bad retailers refused to pick up the potential Ultimate Edition and the expansion was canned.

A shame because it's a better game than DAO:P

Planeforger

Agreed.

I'm surprised at how many people still insist that Bioware is pure perfection, and it's only EA that is bringing down their games.
They stopped making really deep RPGs back in 2001, and everything since then has been on a downhill slide towards the pure bro-gaming console action market (with a slight bump when DAO came out, but that was a poor attempt at an Infinity Engine RPG).

Stop buying their sh|tty games!!!

Not surprising or shocking most likely many corporations do it. It's just how marketing works.

No one likes you EASPBoss

[QUOTE="SPBoss"]No one likes you EAJacanuk

your point being? majority rule sucks? ;)

[QUOTE="Jacanuk"][QUOTE="SPBoss"]No one likes you EABLKR4330

your point being? majority rule sucks? ;)

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[QUOTE="Jacanuk"] Yet EA sells more games then any other company..... Think its the same as the debate about building/buying a computer, a very small minority is the most vocal about building your own when the majority just goes and buys a prebuilt.Jacanuk

your point being? majority rule sucks? ;)

This is the same company that staged a fake protest againt Dante's Inferno when nobody cared enough to make a real one, and also have 98% of their BF3 marketing basically ripping off CoD's marketing and going for the CoD crowd.

So yeah, I wouldn't put it past them to do this, and that's putting it lightly.

[QUOTE="Jacanuk"][QUOTE="BLKR4330"]

your point being? majority rule sucks? ;)

iwilson1296

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[QUOTE="Jacanuk"] LOL But a majority is still a majority :DJacanuk

[QUOTE="Jacanuk"][QUOTE="iwilson1296"]do you work for EA?

iwilson1296

A danish company in Denmark hired 20 employee's to care for - and maintain the company image on the interweb.

Their job was to scout through the interweb on forums, blogs, etc. and look for comments about the company.

They should spread the good image of the company, and leave good comments in discussions about the company.

The company is called El Giganten.

This was in the news last week, im surprised EA's has not listed the job offering for their - what - 5k people large interweb scouting corps.

And yesterday we had a thread defending EA as not being the worst company in america... seems like people are turning yet again lol. It seems stupid to be against the branding of the worst company in america simply because asside from the banking crisis this is a company that takes what is a creative industry based on trying to give people a good experince in a hobby which relaxes people and others super exited to have fun with their friends ans just simply ****s all over it.

I don't see the need for such an aggressive stance from EA towards the gaming community. Its a constantly growing industry and with their wealth they should be investing in development studios that create great games and let them get on with it. They will reap the returns if its a good game.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/477402This sh!ts hilarious.