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4:20 PM on 11.12.2009, Jim Sterling

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This is what the Modern Warfare 2 boycotters are playing photo

#Call of Duty #Infinity Ward #PC #Utterly pathetic

Infinity Ward won itself no friends when it announced that dedicated servers had been scrapped for Modern Warfare 2. Nerd rage was radiated, petitions were signed, and boycotts were joined in order to show Infinity Ward and Activision that they will not be moved on this issue!

Now that the game is out for a few days, let's check and see what the Modern Warfare 2 boycotters are playing. Hopefully they've found all sorts of other games to play to really slap Activision in the face. Oh ... oh wait ... everybody's playing Modern Warfare 2.

Um ... that'll show 'em!

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Yougiedeggs

Saw it coming, obviously.

adwhammy

This serves as a reminder that all nerd rage should just be ignored, especially review score nerd rage.

Black Nexus

That'll show em.

wobblefunk

sticking it to the man, one nerd at a time

Ruben Hanssen

Guess what? If people can't put their money where their mouth is, we're always going to be ignored. Atleast I've managed to not buy a copy. But this shows the lack of a backbone in the PC-gamer populus...
SELLOUTS! :p

mix

Professor Booty

LOL ...nice.

mix

I bought it ealier than I expected but I knew I was going to buy it.....psh

RAB

then they show up later like "wait, boycott means DON'T buy it? OHHHHHH! I thought it meant sign a petition to say that it sucks. fuck not buying it dude are you crazy?"

Corican

I wish I could be in that screenshot. My copy still hasn't showed up. :(

MrSadistic

Wow. At least I had the good senses to actually pirate the game while stating my dislike for Activison's douche baggery.

Xonticus

That picture was enough, no words needed, Jim. Quite sad. At least I'm sticking to my guns :)

Corican

shown up*

Damn, I'm so tired.

Scary Womanizing Pig Mask

Props to the guy playing Audiosurf 8)

AudioTerror

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!

Kraid

Sweet sweet Irony....

CWal37

Well I didn't buy and won't unless I can get it for about $10 or so, but I'm not a part of any big-city boycott group. I'm just a purist who enjoys the ability to make my game fun if it stops being so. I didn't even bother to pirate it "to make a point", in no way does this stack up as being better than TF2.

enteringoblivion

Way to stand up for your ideals people.

DrRockso

I lol'd.

Keres

@MrSadistic:

Congrats, you're a tool.

Arianol

Haha the punchline killed me.

PappaDukes

Jesus L!nc0ln, Audiosurf?!? REALLY?

reindall

I guess it's official now - at least 10 people bought Modern Warfare 2 for PC, which means that the boycott didn't work.

Velt

You may have won this battle Mr. Sterling, but you havent won the war!

pd: who the hell plays killing floor!?

Sam Taylor

Same thing happened with the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott.

gore on the floor

This is delicious.

Niero

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OWNED!

Face

Its inevitable that the first people to start and join groups like these are people who really cared about the game. It's hard to walk away from that. I was pretty lucky that it was easy for me not to buy it. Personally, I felt like I had missed out on not buying CoD4 and was looking to get in on the ground floor this time around with the PC version. After the revelation about how they were handling the game, I decided against it. I didn't join a group, I didn't tell anyone else not to buy it. I just don't think its worth the money, and I don't like it as a direction for PC gaming.

tvirusgetz

killing floor is pretty decent so i dont see the problem velt

JesterHead

LOL

This is exactly why I point and laugh when people start shit like boycotts and petitions.

JanitorShmoo

Well I understand the rage of all the pc gamers but everyone wants to play it because it looks awsome. I hate the way everyone is rags on the boycotters. If they raised the price of the 360 version $10 and made multiplayer 4v4 everyone of you would be pissed too. As awsome as I know this game is I can't support IW/acti on this one. I'm going to wait until I can get it off of eBay for $30.

Memox

We all knew this was going to happen, these boycotts are always a joke - just like the L4D2 one. Nerd Rage tends to be bullshit.

TheJesusNinja26

I guess their cover as boycotters is now blown. The russians will get them.

Turbofail

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BOYCOTTMW2/members

whormongr

I haven't bought it

Canthari

Captain Obvious should receive a meme about all of this.

ajaxender

This is why we can't have nice things. Nobody actually cares about anything anymore.

GohanGVO

The boycotters would have made a much greater impact if they had started a letter writing campaign addressed to Activision and Infinity Ward as opposed to clicking a couple of buttons on a website. There is no actual commitment nor "dedication to the cause" in "signing" an internet petition nor joining a Steam group.

Gyrael

What CWal said.

Occams electric toothbrush

Game nerds are the nerf version of protestors.

Kefka

60 bucks a pop, minimum. Even the boycotters are sad, blind sheep.

Drakengard

Wait... All they said is that they wouldn't buy the game. For all we know, they just got a pirated version of it, right? Or am I missing something. Not that I condone piracy, but playing the game does not mean they bought it unless I'm missing something here...

Haizeus

Keres: lol, nah. I downloaded it and am currently seeding even though I have no plans to play it on PC.

Monodi

Oh god...

Turbofail

" For all we know, they just got a pirated version of it, right?"

Can't play on steam or multiplayer with pirated version.

Scion of Mogo

I so love tacos

Jon B

Oh wait, I'm a member of that group.

I can't WAIT to see the news post, hahahaha.

Letters numbers and spaces are ok

its 90USD on steam over here, what is seriously so hard about boycotting at that price? or even 60USD considering it is pretty much a glorified DLC with much less features on the PC

Will Kotlicky

Maybe this isnt a group of boycotters..

Narishma

You should probably check the rest of the 19 pages before rushing to conclusions. Only the first two pages have people playing MW2 currently.

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