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As I mentioned to a commenter who threw this in my face yesterday, hiding behind a charity to deflect an unrelated argument is among the lowest, most scumbag things I've seen in a video game discussion. I'm glad kids are benefiting, but this is just disgusting behavior.
A group of rabid fans bitching about a game they love... or a blogger bitching about said fans... which seems like the bigger baby in all of this.
"A group of rabid fans bitching about a game they love... or a blogger bitching about said fans... which seems like the bigger baby in all of this."
The commenter bitching about the blogger?
The commenter bitching about the blogger?
A display of immaturity which you cleverly rebutted with an even bigger display of immaturity. Perhaps you can beat them up for their lunch money, or expound on the physical fitness of your father.
I'm starting to question to what extent the negative image surrounding gamers is a result of actual gamers, and to what extent it's a result of unbelievably unprofessional 'professionals.' Have you considered that, perhaps, there was a more appropriate fashion in which to represent yourself. Perhaps one which couldn't be roughly approximated by finding the nearest twelve-year-old and calling him a 'poopie-head'?
Though I suppose I respect your lack of self respect. That's an interesting thing you've got going for you, man. If nothing else, I see you'll stay young forever.
I'm starting to question to what extent the negative image surrounding gamers is a result of actual gamers, and to what extent it's a result of unbelievably unprofessional 'professionals.' Have you considered that, perhaps, there was a more appropriate fashion in which to represent yourself. Perhaps one which couldn't be roughly approximated by finding the nearest twelve-year-old and calling him a 'poopie-head'?
Though I suppose I respect your lack of self respect. That's an interesting thing you've got going for you, man. If nothing else, I see you'll stay young forever.
This reminds a bit of the fan backlash against the Star Wars prequels, it's just a movie, right? Speaking of which:
Oke picture this, Luke is on the death star. The only way to destroy the Empire is to destroy the death star. When the death star explodes Vader, the Emperor. and all storm troopers and Empire folks just flat out die. But, the entire solar system the Death star is located will be destroyed. So the entire rebel fleet will die including Han, Lea, Chewie etc who are on Endor. Luke decides to destroy the death star anyway. There's a huge explosion, Luke dies along with everyone else. Then we get a 3 minute epilogue with Han, Lea, Chewie, C3p0 r2 etc. On a jungle planet stranded. They come out of the Millennium Falcon and are smiling looking towards the horizon. Turns out they were already fleeing the battle when the death star got destroyed. Somehow the falcon picked up the whole crew on Endor then proceeded to flee the battle to escape the solar destroying explosion only to finally strand on a unexplored jungle planet in the middle of no where. CUT TO CREDITS WITH FUNKY DAFT PUNK MUSIC.
Oke picture this, Luke is on the death star. The only way to destroy the Empire is to destroy the death star. When the death star explodes Vader, the Emperor. and all storm troopers and Empire folks just flat out die. But, the entire solar system the Death star is located will be destroyed. So the entire rebel fleet will die including Han, Lea, Chewie etc who are on Endor. Luke decides to destroy the death star anyway. There's a huge explosion, Luke dies along with everyone else. Then we get a 3 minute epilogue with Han, Lea, Chewie, C3p0 r2 etc. On a jungle planet stranded. They come out of the Millennium Falcon and are smiling looking towards the horizon. Turns out they were already fleeing the battle when the death star got destroyed. Somehow the falcon picked up the whole crew on Endor then proceeded to flee the battle to escape the solar destroying explosion only to finally strand on a unexplored jungle planet in the middle of no where. CUT TO CREDITS WITH FUNKY DAFT PUNK MUSIC.
@AncientPsychicblahblah
This is the second time I've seen you copy and paste that little Star Wars comparison, word for word. Wanna site a source?
This is the second time I've seen you copy and paste that little Star Wars comparison, word for word. Wanna site a source?
Wtf it didn't post the text well here goes again sorry if it double posts
So maybe they shouldn't want the self congratulation it's still charity donations, so why the hostile sounding article ? Is there some unwritten law of gaming that we can't be unhappy with something we spent our money on ? I don't think we "deserve" a new ending but some kind of epilogue with closure for the universe would be nice. I went into the game expecting Shepard's story to end and not happily but in a manner that had less ambiguity.
So maybe they shouldn't want the self congratulation it's still charity donations, so why the hostile sounding article ? Is there some unwritten law of gaming that we can't be unhappy with something we spent our money on ? I don't think we "deserve" a new ending but some kind of epilogue with closure for the universe would be nice. I went into the game expecting Shepard's story to end and not happily but in a manner that had less ambiguity.
Wtf it didn't post the text well here goes again sorry if it double posts
So maybe they shouldn't want the self congratulation it's still charity donations, so why the hostile sounding article ? Is there some unwritten law of gaming that we can't be unhappy with something we spent our money on ? I don't think we "deserve" a new ending but some kind of epilogue with closure for the universe would be nice. I went into the game expecting Shepard's story to end and not happily but in a manner that had less ambiguity.
So maybe they shouldn't want the self congratulation it's still charity donations, so why the hostile sounding article ? Is there some unwritten law of gaming that we can't be unhappy with something we spent our money on ? I don't think we "deserve" a new ending but some kind of epilogue with closure for the universe would be nice. I went into the game expecting Shepard's story to end and not happily but in a manner that had less ambiguity.
Nothing against you, Jim, but I only care about four words of this entire thing.
"$26,000 for Child's Play"
I choose to filter all the crap concerning the Mass Effect 3 ending as best as possible, because I really can't be arsed to care. It sounds like another case of Bioware "fans" being massively stupid.
"$26,000 for Child's Play"
I choose to filter all the crap concerning the Mass Effect 3 ending as best as possible, because I really can't be arsed to care. It sounds like another case of Bioware "fans" being massively stupid.
*slowclap*
That was classy of you jim.
Give those whiners what they deserve.
But EA surely will get the hunch and sell those crybabies new endings as DLC. :D
That was classy of you jim.
Give those whiners what they deserve.
But EA surely will get the hunch and sell those crybabies new endings as DLC. :D
In the last three weeks I became a Mass Effect fan, but not a fan of Bioware or it's community forums.
I'm OK with the endings, actually, as I did not have five years to twist my expectations beyond reason. I saw the McGuffin dropped right at the start of ME3.
Bioware's endgames have always been fixed, you just get to influence thing on the way to it. I hate to defend sleaze like Bioware, but it's not thier fault thier fans are this stupid.
I'm OK with the endings, actually, as I did not have five years to twist my expectations beyond reason. I saw the McGuffin dropped right at the start of ME3.
Bioware's endgames have always been fixed, you just get to influence thing on the way to it. I hate to defend sleaze like Bioware, but it's not thier fault thier fans are this stupid.
The fans just want a hug and someone to tell them they are doing the right thing or something.
The complaints are valid to a point, but it doesn't matter since the 'real' ending will just be sold later as DLC. If it wasn't intentional then the rest of the game would be crappy overall too.
The complaints are valid to a point, but it doesn't matter since the 'real' ending will just be sold later as DLC. If it wasn't intentional then the rest of the game would be crappy overall too.
What Americans are willing to raise charity for: alternate endings. Charity is a great thing, but such a trivial excuse shouldn't be necessary to give to those in need, and the concept of giving shouldn't be used as a benevolent gesture. It's wicked immodest to say "look why kind, decent folk we are, so you should give us back your game."
"Entitled"? "Obsessed"? "Butthurt"? A label created by the trolls to give voice to their desperation. In the end, what they chose to call us is irrelevant. We simply … are.
I nice gesture. It's nice that someone still cares for charity in these though times.
Also:
BioWare should not buckle under the pressure. Because no matter what they produce now it's gonna be shit. Or rather it's going to give out a premise that people can change shit by insane whining.
Also:
BioWare should not buckle under the pressure. Because no matter what they produce now it's gonna be shit. Or rather it's going to give out a premise that people can change shit by insane whining.
They might be pissing off ME3 fans, but at least these haters bought the game and supported the devs! I won't even give the thing a chance, because I knew I wouldn't like it from the start. ME2 sucked. ME1 FOR LIFE!
Well, some Mass Effect Lovers probably overestimated the western RPG Genre by a lot and are now butthurt that the endings aren't very different from any 0815 jRPG one, as is the influent of the player to get those.
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I spent fifteen years of my life reading Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. Fifteen years on a story written over 30+ years, and made to be Stephen King's opus, soaking in characters from many of his other stories and connecting their worlds.
Fifteen years, and the ending was ass. The whole last half of the last book felt lazy, and the ending was so unsatisfying he was driven to write another ending before the book's release. That ending sucked too.
I never once complained, wrote an email, or started a fucking charity run. I accept that the ending did nothing for me, despite the fact I had spent more than half my life on this one story. You're entitled to enjoy a game or not enjoy it, but fuck off if you think you should always get the resolution you want.
Fifteen years, and the ending was ass. The whole last half of the last book felt lazy, and the ending was so unsatisfying he was driven to write another ending before the book's release. That ending sucked too.
I never once complained, wrote an email, or started a fucking charity run. I accept that the ending did nothing for me, despite the fact I had spent more than half my life on this one story. You're entitled to enjoy a game or not enjoy it, but fuck off if you think you should always get the resolution you want.
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@ Alber Marsh
If you just are charitable for the coverage, you aren't charitable at all, you know that much, right?
If you just are charitable for the coverage, you aren't charitable at all, you know that much, right?
I don't usually agree with Jim, but today I certainly do. it is pretty sad that a group of whining gamers has to make themselves relevant by going the route of charity... I suppose it's that whole "doing the right thing for the wrong reasons" mentality, although it doesn't quite fit here... If you want to start a movement, get something positive done, don't do it in the name of some selfish attempt to shape the world to your liking by destroying someone elses work. Video games are never everything you expect them to be, that's part of the charm.
@OneRed
It's funny you mention that, and I thought of the exact same thing when all this ME3 ending business started. I felt really bad for him about the Dark Tower ending, actually. I mean... hell, think about it. How DO you end it in anything remotely resembling a satisfying manner? I remember reading a comment from King about that ending, how so many people hated it but that it seemed to him the only way the story could possibly end, and I think I agree with him, to be honest. That series was just never going to have a satisfying ending. Maybe Mass Effect is the same way?
Anyway, yeah, /agree with everything you said.
It's funny you mention that, and I thought of the exact same thing when all this ME3 ending business started. I felt really bad for him about the Dark Tower ending, actually. I mean... hell, think about it. How DO you end it in anything remotely resembling a satisfying manner? I remember reading a comment from King about that ending, how so many people hated it but that it seemed to him the only way the story could possibly end, and I think I agree with him, to be honest. That series was just never going to have a satisfying ending. Maybe Mass Effect is the same way?
Anyway, yeah, /agree with everything you said.
@One Red
I like the ending the last page gave hope to Rolands character he can escape the loop this time.
as for ME3 i liked the endings but then again i remember Bioware doing a expansion to explain a ending for Baldur's Gate 2 called Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
put these going look we made money for Charity now pay attention to us is kind of pathetic
I like the ending the last page gave hope to Rolands character he can escape the loop this time.
as for ME3 i liked the endings but then again i remember Bioware doing a expansion to explain a ending for Baldur's Gate 2 called Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
put these going look we made money for Charity now pay attention to us is kind of pathetic
I kinda hope they don't, I think the ending's pretty week but I can say that about a lot of Mass Effect.
If the writers like the ending they should stick with it, even if there the only ones who can't see that its shit.
If the writers like the ending they should stick with it, even if there the only ones who can't see that its shit.
If anyone is upset at me, please remember that I gave a homeless man five bucks and he danced for me (I did not even ask him to do the dance).
So... wait... These people clearly had the resources to start giving to charity, and yet it took being upset at the ending of a video game for them to actually go through with it? Just to "prove" a point?
Fucking nerds, man.
Fucking nerds, man.
Bioware should do a new ending where the reapers get pwned by space unicorns that save everyone at the last minute and then, whatever you choices it turns out shepherd is totally gay and the whole thing ends with loads of hot man love and maybe some anthro unicorn wrongness. that should cheer the whining fuckers up!
You know I don't actually agree with the Mass effect fanboys, YET, your maturity in the situation, for being as old as you are is absolutely pathetic. You do not have to agree with their motives, you don't have to agree to their entitlement, but being a complete dick about it just because makes you just as low of a childish scum as you claim them to be. Especially since it's shows through this article that you honestly have taken a personal stance in this situation. You don't have to fucking like it, but you don't have to be an asshole about it either. If you can't keep professionalism while writing a article,(or in this case, even do a lick of research.) keep your hands off of your keyboard.
Jim man atop slinging the buzz word entitled like every other gamean journalist. Try reading the forbes articles about this issue. Eric kain is making you guys look rediculous. Mass effect is an incredibly flawed product that was sold under the false pretenses of having meaningful choice. Also this was reflected in the terrible terrible tending. I cant see how anyone can defend bioware in this issue.
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