To those who wish to change the game.

[[God's Hand]Batgod]

Battlefield 2 has been a great game to us fans of the game, and many have loved it since it began as battlefield 1. With the recent patches, many fans have lost faith in what EA has to offers as a company. This is best shown by the feel of being a tester of a game, when we just want to play. A continual brewing war has been starting to show face in the game community.

EA is a source of a "firestarter" as many disgruntled consumers would agree. The tactics it uses to sell a product, and the testing of new patches have become a burden to the customer. While they still produce good games things can and should be improved.

How?

You and I, the consumer can unite in our actions and our voice to cause a giant clean up its act. Many may be mistified as to what I speak of so let me be plain as to the problem.

People with talent make a great game, they pull together and create a great world, EA has created a negative enviorment in its employees and we feel it by the work they produce. We as consumers complain about the failures of the devopers, and in turn argue with each other. Educate yourself as to where and why the developers would fail. Only the consumer base as a whole can change a corporations practices, to bring back free creativity for a better product and a happier consumer.

Educate and act by checking this link out and posting your thoughts back in this forum.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/274.html?page=19

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/11...s_6112998.html

Sorry for the long post but it need to be said

[Blackangel]

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wow, i had no idea that was going on. Ive worked 12 hrs a day 7 days a week before as a satellite installer and it sucked ass, so i know what thats about. Hopefully they will get paid better and therefore, we'll get better quality from the games:) i know if it were me i would be doing crappy work if i didnt get paid for working a little extra. Its like, why bother, im not getting paid for it, ya know? I wonder if this is why the bf series is so f*cked up and buggy all the time. Good info man, i hope they get there money for that.

[A$$a$$ination]

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Yeah i read this in another forum. It's not good at all. Something really should be done about it.

[Jesse]

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It's kind of sad really, especially when EA throws money around trying to buy the rights to everything under the sun. Money is definately not going where it should at EA (or anything they own, which is a significant chunk of once great developers that bought into the hype and sold out to EA).

[Real_2St0n3d]

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I had no idea.. I hope the employees get their classification, and proceed to sue EA so hard it makes the philip morris case look like chump change!

[Crashlander]

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The thing that makes me wonder is if these guys have the talent to create a game like BF2, but they're getting screwed while doing it, why not look to other companies and move over to them instead? Surely there must be other games companies who would pay good cash for skilled coders and artists and all that?

Yeah EA should get dragged around the courts for this crap.

[Teaves]

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Over 1 million copies sold and even if i am being very generous then a maximum of 1,000 people are complaining (if i am being realistic less then 100 for any real complaints) So saying many fans have lost faith is a joke IMHO. BF2 has more players consistently then BF1 OR any of its mods ever did. In fact BF2 is often the 2nd most played online FPS beating even HL2 (and all its mods)

IF EA employees don't like thier jobs, heres an idea, QUIT and either work for someone else or go independant. All big companies screw their employees over, thousands of wallmart staff are doing the exact same thing atm but those shelf stackers earn a helluva lot less then EA coders to boot.

BTW name another game that has less patches or less bugs? Exactly they are all as bad as each other and always will be, anyone that understands how the coding anythign works dosent constantly whine about patches because when you can smoothly code a game to run perfectly on 100 million PC combinations, and first time every time, then i just might start to take you seriously Of course i won't hold my breath.

I have yet to meet someone that screams about the games "bugs" that can answer a few simple questions like "how many GFX drivers did you try and which version??" Usual answer is "ummmmmm" :laugh:

[ledbythereaper]

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I'm just thinking, you all have a go at EA and Dice, yet they work VERY long hours, and coders aren't payed loads, so in this game (might not be perfect) is their blood, sweat and tears, so everyone should at least be gratefull for this, and by paying for it we're helping someone to keep their house and support their family.

[Blackangel]

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Over 1 million copies sold and even if i am being very generous then a maximum of 1,000 people are complaining (if i am being realistic less then 100 for any real complaints) So saying many fans have lost faith is a joke IMHO. BF2 has more players consistently then BF1 OR any of its mods ever did. In fact BF2 is often the 2nd most played online FPS beating even HL2 (and all its mods)

IF EA employees don't like thier jobs, heres an idea, QUIT and either work for someone else or go independant. All big companies screw their employees over, thousands of wallmart staff are doing the exact same thing atm but those shelf stackers earn a helluva lot less then EA coders to boot.

BTW name another game that has less patches or less bugs? Exactly they are all as bad as each other and always will be, anyone that understands how the coding anythign works dosent constantly whine about patches because when you can smoothly code a game to run perfectly on 100 million PC combinations, and first time every time, then i just might start to take you seriously Of course i won't hold my breath.

I have yet to meet someone that screams about the games "bugs" that can answer a few simple questions like "how many GFX drivers did you try and which version??" Usual answer is "ummmmmm" :laugh:

wow, are you saying you are tired of people crying about the game? That's what im getting from the post anyway. This topic is about employees getting what they deserve. It doesnt sound like you have ever had that kind of thing happen to you. you can't just quit a job and work somewhere else. Especially if you have a family to take care of! Alot of these guys im sure have families so they are stuck in a crappy job because they simply cant afford to quit. They are more willing to work there a$$es off so that there wife and kids can have a better life. I've been there, but by your post im assuming that you haven't been put into that position yet.