<!--quoteo(post=1895182:date=Jan 17 2012, 06:25 PM:name=konata)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (konata @ Jan 17 2012, 06:25 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1895182"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->A downloading platform should not dictate what games you play.
Equally, if you live in the real world and care about EA browsing your history to tailor advertisements you are not going to look at, it should not dictate what games you play.
So, man the ###### up you girls. If you want the game, buy it. If not, then quit whining.
And if you intend on buying the game and still whine about it, stop browsing porn and other things you shouldn't.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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The first few posters in this thread are rainbow warrior-wannabees who want to fight against "the man" because the internet tells them Origin is made by a corporation that represents <i>everything that is wrong with today's society</i>.
<!--quoteo(post=1895208:date=Jan 17 2012, 10:47 PM:name=player)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (player @ Jan 17 2012, 10:47 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1895208"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I just realised, that's proper console-talk, given Konata's rejection of said, my mind be boggled good sir.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo(post=1894952:date=Jan 16 2012, 08:11 PM:name=Geminosity)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Geminosity @ Jan 16 2012, 08:11 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1894952"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You could also argue this is about setting a president: If EA's little-shop-that-could flourishes it could potentially lead the way to all the publishers setting up their own shops in an attempt to mimic the success. How many logins and steam-a-likes do you fancy dealing with on a daily basis? :p
I'm all for competition and open market and all that jazz but this isn't the way I want to start it, personally :3<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Competition is only a good thing to a point, if we had to deal with things like competing currency and competing road standards and competing electricity formats then the world would be really annoying.
The first few posters in this thread are rainbow warrior-wannabees who want to fight against "the man" because the internet tells them Origin is made by a corporation that represents <i>everything that is wrong with today's society</i>.
Are you implying that EA <i>isn't</i> everything wrong in today's society?
I bet if you checked inside the machinery of those airport body scanners and inside the CIA drones currently bombing random houses in afghanistan, there'd be "EA. IT'S IN THE GAME." stamped on them.
Origin is actually the distributed intelligence of Skynet. You watch.
<!--quoteo(post=1895206:date=Jan 17 2012, 09:25 PM:name=sherpa)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sherpa @ Jan 17 2012, 09:25 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1895206"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->eeeeeeeeemmmmmmmoooooooooooooo<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> > whine about other people being whiny ######
Origin = Steam when it was first released. It's actually a lot better than Steam's early days. Already Origin has improved (it use to take minutes for it to load, now it loads faster than steam for me) a fair amount and in another handful of months I imagine most bugs and issues will be ironed out.
When software is first released there are always issues.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Origin is worthless, and anyone defending it as a neccessary evil is an idiot.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Complaining is worthless. Of course Origin isn't a necessity but it's what EA is choosing to do. You have a choice too -- buy EA games or not. You make the same choice every time you buy a Valve game but you've stopped complaining about Steam because its issues were solved years ago.
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<!--quoteo(post=1895193:date=Jan 17 2012, 06:55 PM:name=konata)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (konata @ Jan 17 2012, 06:55 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1895193"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Commercialism won't go away. As much as you want it to. That post was as helpful as a chocolate teapot.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Ice Tea!
<!--quoteo(post=1895269:date=Jan 17 2012, 11:51 PM:name=SentrySteve)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SentrySteve @ Jan 17 2012, 11:51 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1895269"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Origin = Steam when it was first released. It's actually a lot better than Steam's early days. Already Origin has improved (it use to take minutes for it to load, now it loads faster than steam for me) a fair amount and in another handful of months I imagine most bugs and issues will be ironed out.
When software is first released there are always issues.
Complaining is worthless. Of course Origin isn't a necessity but it's what EA is choosing to do. You have a choice too -- buy EA games or not. You make the same choice every time you buy a Valve game but you've stopped complaining about Steam because its issues were solved years ago.
You'll do the same with Origin given enough time.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Did Steam have the irreputable business practices EA seems to put forth with Origin? Did Steam trash your games when you were banned from the forums? Did Steam kill off your accounts if you didn't log-in frequently enough? I cannot seem to recall any of that. It was unstable in the early days yes, problems with the bandwidth yes, issues with authentication yes, but that's not what most people take offense to in Origin (well, Scythe may have a slightly different take on that). Even if it had a smaller memory-footprint, higher bandwidth (which is hard to imagine compared to Steam), and general better user-friendlyness, I still wouldn't care for that piece of crap EA is putting forth.
<!--quoteo(post=1895182:date=Jan 17 2012, 11:25 AM:name=konata)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (konata @ Jan 17 2012, 11:25 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1895182"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->A downloading platform should not dictate what games you play.
Equally, if you live in the real world and care about EA browsing your history to tailor advertisements you are not going to look at, it should not dictate what games you play.
So, man the ###### up you girls. If you want the game, buy it. If not, then quit whining.
And if you intend on buying the game and still whine about it, stop browsing porn and other things you shouldn't.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It is my right to browse and enjoy whatever porn I want. I don't need EA banning me from my paid games for wanting to look at barely legal Teens enjoying each other. As well as looking at and installing Mods for my games. Good luck trying to mod anything on Origins without getting your account banned and the game you paid for null in voided from use. On top of the other programs that Origins while scanning your computer deems as "Hacks" and again bans your account.
<!--quoteo(post=1895275:date=Jan 17 2012, 07:07 PM:name=player)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (player @ Jan 17 2012, 07:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1895275"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I still wouldn't care for that piece of crap EA is putting forth.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thought I was pretty clear, but to re-iterate: it are EA's policies that condemn Origin as a piece of horse-manure, not the unpolished state of their platform, hence any comparison to early-days Steam is wholly invalid.
[EDIT] ######, read your post wrong a bit, nevermind that stuff up there. Anyway, not giving EA your money would be the best (and probably only) thing you can do at this point.
What makes you think it'll be on Steam at all? Sure, if Origin proves to be a commercial failure that cuts into their profits, they'll cave. But barring that, why would they?
It's not unheard of, Alice: Madness Returns was an Origin exclusive-ish, until it showed up on Steam about a day after its release. But then, Crysis 2 still isn't available on Steam anymore, so who knows. Maybe they're doing the numbers, and decide based on that.
<!--quoteo(post=1895222:date=Jan 17 2012, 10:06 PM:name=Scythe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scythe @ Jan 17 2012, 10:06 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1895222"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hey sherpa... Origin is worthless, and anyone defending it as a neccessary evil is an idiot.
--Scythe--<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From the guy who posted a youtube video of himself wearing a coat hanger around his head I am shocked, <i>shocked</i>.
Though at least your troubles are a valid reason to dislike Origin.
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Equally, if you live in the real world and care about EA browsing your history to tailor advertisements you are not going to look at, it should not dictate what games you play.
So, man the ###### up you girls. If you want the game, buy it. If not, then quit whining.
And if you intend on buying the game and still whine about it, stop browsing porn and other things you shouldn't.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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The first few posters in this thread are rainbow warrior-wannabees who want to fight against "the man" because the internet tells them Origin is made by a corporation that represents <i>everything that is wrong with today's society</i>.
eeeeeeeeemmmmmmmoooooooooooooo
Consoles browse your porn and warez history too?
I'm all for competition and open market and all that jazz but this isn't the way I want to start it, personally :3<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Competition is only a good thing to a point, if we had to deal with things like competing currency and competing road standards and competing electricity formats then the world would be really annoying.
It took me about 12 hours of toil, me sitting there trying stuff over a week or so, before I could get BF3 working.
Origin is worthless, and anyone defending it as a neccessary evil is an idiot.
--Scythe--
The first few posters in this thread are rainbow warrior-wannabees who want to fight against "the man" because the internet tells them Origin is made by a corporation that represents <i>everything that is wrong with today's society</i>.
eeeeeeeeemmmmmmmoooooooooooooo<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are you implying that EA <i>isn't</i> everything wrong in today's society?
I bet if you checked inside the machinery of those airport body scanners and inside the CIA drones currently bombing random houses in afghanistan, there'd be "EA. IT'S IN THE GAME." stamped on them.
Origin is actually the distributed intelligence of Skynet. You watch.
> whine about other people being whiny ######
When software is first released there are always issues.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Origin is worthless, and anyone defending it as a neccessary evil is an idiot.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Complaining is worthless. Of course Origin isn't a necessity but it's what EA is choosing to do. You have a choice too -- buy EA games or not. You make the same choice every time you buy a Valve game but you've stopped complaining about Steam because its issues were solved years ago.
You'll do the same with Origin given enough time.
Ice Tea!
When software is first released there are always issues.
Complaining is worthless. Of course Origin isn't a necessity but it's what EA is choosing to do. You have a choice too -- buy EA games or not. You make the same choice every time you buy a Valve game but you've stopped complaining about Steam because its issues were solved years ago.
You'll do the same with Origin given enough time.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Did Steam have the irreputable business practices EA seems to put forth with Origin? Did Steam trash your games when you were banned from the forums? Did Steam kill off your accounts if you didn't log-in frequently enough? I cannot seem to recall any of that. It was unstable in the early days yes, problems with the bandwidth yes, issues with authentication yes, but that's not what most people take offense to in Origin (well, Scythe may have a slightly different take on that). Even if it had a smaller memory-footprint, higher bandwidth (which is hard to imagine compared to Steam), and general better user-friendlyness, I still wouldn't care for that piece of crap EA is putting forth.
Equally, if you live in the real world and care about EA browsing your history to tailor advertisements you are not going to look at, it should not dictate what games you play.
So, man the ###### up you girls. If you want the game, buy it. If not, then quit whining.
And if you intend on buying the game and still whine about it, stop browsing porn and other things you shouldn't.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It is my right to browse and enjoy whatever porn I want. I don't need EA banning me from my paid games for wanting to look at barely legal Teens enjoying each other. As well as looking at and installing Mods for my games. Good luck trying to mod anything on Origins without getting your account banned and the game you paid for null in voided from use. On top of the other programs that Origins while scanning your computer deems as "Hacks" and again bans your account.
So what are you going to do about it?
[EDIT]
######, read your post wrong a bit, nevermind that stuff up there. Anyway, not giving EA your money would be the best (and probably only) thing you can do at this point.
--Scythe--<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From the guy who posted a youtube video of himself wearing a coat hanger around his head I am shocked, <i>shocked</i>.
Though at least your troubles are a valid reason to dislike Origin.