EA Games - Community Update 2/16/2006 - Page 2

Telorn · 02-17-2006, 02:55 PM

I wonder if there are some guys under the EA/Dice employment that feel like the guy on the CareerBuilder commercial - "I work with a bunch of monkeys." At the EA board meeting, a graph showed how many bugs existed compaired to how many fixes were made. The monkeys turned the graph over to show how few bugs and how many fixes were made and had a party and said to release the patch.

**P8riot** · 02-17-2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Telorn

I wonder if there are some guys under the EA/Dice employment that feel like the guy on the CareerBuilder commercial - "I work with a bunch of monkeys." At the EA board meeting, a graph showed how many bugs existed compaired to how many fixes were made. The monkeys turned the graph over to show how few bugs and how many fixes were made and had a party and said to release the patch.

Or in fact, perhaps they were the model that inspired the ad?

jackmacokc · 02-17-2006, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by P8riot

Me thinks there is no QA department.

- - Really.. I don't think there is.

I'm with you. I think their philosophy is patch and repatch, rinse, repeat.

**eGoatBoy** · 02-17-2006, 04:54 PM

Ouch. EA/Dice are taking a beating here. They should be held accountable for the defects in their product...but at they end of day we voted with our dollars. I'm loving BF2 and don't regret the purchase even though there are flaws. Not alot of companies ship defect-free products. Microsoft has mastered this...a few people still use their products though.

Telling EA/Dice what's wrong with their stuff and that you want it fixed is good. Slagging them is bad. In my humble opinion.

Cheers.

shawn · 02-17-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by eGoatBoy

Ouch. EA/Dice are taking a beating here. They should be held accountable for the defects in their product...but at they end of day we voted with our dollars. I'm loving BF2 and don't regret the purchase even though there are flaws. Not alot of companies ship defect-free products. Microsoft has mastered this...a few people still use their products though.

Telling EA/Dice what's wrong with their stuff and that you want it fixed is good. Slagging them is bad. In my humble opinion.

Cheers.

I know i personnaly voted for EA with my money because i assumed they were competent enough to fix existing problems and not create new ones. Just because the president gets voted in doesnt mean he's always right.

Thierry · 02-17-2006, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by eGoatBoy

Ouch. EA/Dice are taking a beating here. They should be held accountable for the defects in their product...but at they end of day we voted with our dollars. I'm loving BF2 and don't regret the purchase even though there are flaws. Not alot of companies ship defect-free products. Microsoft has mastered this...a few people still use their products though.

Telling EA/Dice what's wrong with their stuff and that you want it fixed is good. Slagging them is bad. In my humble opinion.

Cheers.

You can email their support and post in their forums all you want, they dont care.

freekyE · 02-17-2006, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by shawn

Just because the president gets voted in doesnt mean he's always right.

AMEN on that in more ways than one.............

i think of it this way.......how long have you been playing bf2? if you cant stand ea or dice why is that? why do you even care? why not move on (or back) to a better game?

i love BF2 and ive played through the problems and had a good time (mostly due to TG).

xTYBALTx · 02-17-2006, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by shawn

Just because the president gets voted in doesnt mean he's always right.

Maybe that's true in Canadia, but here in the United States of America, Kittens, and Freedom, the President is always right.

Unless he's a Democrat.

kornkobcom · 02-18-2006, 01:09 PM

And if you disagree, the vice president will shoot you in the face. : )

wushuhero · 02-18-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kornkobcom

And if you disagree, the vice president will shoot you in the face. : )

ROFL thats awsome

but just to clarify he wont "shoot" you, He'll just "pepper" you

xTYBALTx · 02-18-2006, 08:48 PM

Someone's been watching the Daily Show, eh?

MrPaladin-TPF- · 02-19-2006, 09:14 AM

What I love is how alot of bugs that were mentioned in the very first changelogs
EG. Red name bugs... APC's should fire thru penetrateable materials...

but even those ones got screwed up in favor of ones to help get their boosters out the door...

I think thats what EA/Dice is really looking at... not building a legacy with their game, but rather to squeeze as much money out of it as possible.... now I'm not one to argue the money aspect as tehy do run a business.... but seriously did any of their guys ever load the game? theres so many visual errors that you cant seriously miss them

**eGoatBoy** · 02-19-2006, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by shawn

...i assumed they were competent...

Point taken. However, if you are from the Ottawa area I'm amazed you assumed competence on their part...living that close to Parliament I thought it was natural to assume incompetence! ;-)

I digress though...

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Originally Posted by MrPaladin-TPF-

...but rather to squeeze as much money out of it as possible.... now I'm not one to argue the money aspect as tehy do run a business... but seriously did any of their guys ever load the game? theres so many visual errors that you cant seriously miss them

No question that the flaws are irritating. All you can do is vote with your $$$.

Cheers.

02-17-2006, 02:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
Telorn Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Georgia Age: 27 Posts: 2,187	Re: EA Games - Community Update 2/16/2006 I wonder if there are some guys under the EA/Dice employment that feel like the guy on the CareerBuilder commercial - "I work with a bunch of monkeys." At the EA board meeting, a graph showed how many bugs existed compaired to how many fixes were made. The monkeys turned the graph over to show how few bugs and how many fixes were made and had a party and said to release the patch. __________________ Telorn

02-17-2006, 04:54 PM	#19 (permalink)
eGoatBoy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 41 Posts: 2,545	Re: EA Games - Community Update 2/16/2006 Ouch. EA/Dice are taking a beating here. They should be held accountable for the defects in their product...but at they end of day we voted with our dollars. I'm loving BF2 and don't regret the purchase even though there are flaws. Not alot of companies ship defect-free products. Microsoft has mastered this...a few people still use their products though. Telling EA/Dice what's wrong with their stuff and that you want it fixed is good. Slagging them is bad. In my humble opinion. Cheers.

02-18-2006, 01:09 PM	#24 (permalink)
kornkobcom Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 37 Posts: 327	Re: EA Games - Community Update 2/16/2006 And if you disagree, the vice president will shoot you in the face. : ) __________________ Kornkob I want to move to Theory. Everything works in Theory.

02-18-2006, 08:48 PM	#26 (permalink)
xTYBALTx Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,912	Re: EA Games - Community Update 2/16/2006 Someone's been watching the Daily Show, eh? __________________ A policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy. -F.A. Hayek "$250,000 a year won't get me to Central Park West."

02-19-2006, 09:14 AM	#27 (permalink)
MrPaladin-TPF- Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 142	Re: EA Games - Community Update 2/16/2006 What I love is how alot of bugs that were mentioned in the very first changelogs EG. Red name bugs... APC's should fire thru penetrateable materials... but even those ones got screwed up in favor of ones to help get their boosters out the door... I think thats what EA/Dice is really looking at... not building a legacy with their game, but rather to squeeze as much money out of it as possible.... now I'm not one to argue the money aspect as tehy do run a business.... but seriously did any of their guys ever load the game? theres so many visual errors that you cant seriously miss them __________________ "Victory without Honor, is Pointless..." "I regret that I only have 1 life per spawn, to give to my team...." Last edited by MrPaladin-TPF-; 02-19-2006 at 11:35 AM.

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