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[pyoro64]

I managed to get my hands on a minecraft survival test jar. Minecraft was really different back in the day.

[Combat Lobster]

I was getting frustrated at the normal Gears BS. No bid deal.

Shotguns4Lfye B)

I was having trouble with the controls the entire time.

[BumblebeeCody*]

I was getting frustrated at the normal Gears BS. No bid deal.

Shotguns4Lfye B)

I was having trouble with controls the entire time.

GET ON MY LEVEL, NOOBS!! (You're laughing at something around 0:15 seconds in).

Just a quick highlight(when I was talking about the headshot streak). I recorded a few matches that'll be putting together tomorrow.

One of the more better experiences, when you have a team working together (even 3 people) it really helps. That one round where you were pretty much brought forth a rock solid wall was awesome. A Mauler being helped by two Kantuss',a Grenadier and a Ticker. :D

[Combat Lobster]

A Mauler being helped by two Kantuss',a Grenadier and a Ticker. :D

Playing the ticker was the best. Hold RT to win.

0:33-0:36 My shining moment.

[BumblebeeCody*]

Pretty interesting read Sim City/EA

Spoiler

To the executives at EA, from one of your employeesI am deeply embarrassed by the troubled launch of Sim City and I hope you are too. When I walk around our campus and look at the kind of talent we’ve collected, the amenities we have access to and the opportunities working at such a big company affords us, I can’t imagine how for release after release, EA continues to make the same embarrassing, anti-consumer mistakes. We should be better than this. You should not be failing us so badly.
Another thing I see when I walk around our campus are massive banners that display what are said to be our company values. They are on posters on every floor, included in company-wide emails and hanging above the cafeteria in bright colors. You even print them on our coffee mugs so we see them every day. But somehow when planning the launch of Sim City, you threw them all out the window.
Most important of the values you are ignoring is Think Consumers First. What part of the Sim City DRM scheme, which has rendered the game unplayable for hundreds of thousands of fans across the globe, demonstrates that you are thinking about consumers before you are thinking about yourselves? Does “first” mean something different in boardrooms than it does to the rest of us? Does the meaning of that word change when you get the word “executive” in front of your title?
You can’t even pretend that you didn’t know consumers would be angry about this. Common sense aside, consumers complained about this during your public betas. In fact, when one of them posted his criticisms on the forums, he was banned! You tried to silence your critics. The same thing is happening now as users write in to demand refunds. What part of this behavior aligns with our company value to Be Accountable?
What you’ve demonstrated with this launch is that our corporate management does not believe in our core values. They are for the unwashed masses, not for the important people who forced this anti-consumer DRM onto the Sim City team. This DRM scheme is not about the consumers or even about piracy. It’s about covering your own asses. It allows you to hand-wave weak sales or bad reviews and blame outside factors like pirates or server failures in the event the game struggles. You are protecting your own jobs at the expense of consumers. I think this violates the Act With Integrity value I’m looking at on my own coffee mug right now.
On behalf of your other employees, I’d like to ask you to fix this. Allow the Sim City team to patch the game to run offline. If Create Quality and Innovation is still a core value that you believe in, then this shouldn’t be a hard decision. Games that gamers can’t play because of server overload or ISP issues are NOT quality. Be Bold by giving the consumers what they want and take accountability for the mistake.
Finally I’d like to ask you to follow the last company value on the list in the future: Learn and Grow. When you made this mistake with Spore, the company and all your employees suffered for it. You didn’t learn from that mistake and you are making it again with Sim City.
So please, learn from this debacle. Don’t do this again. Grow into better leaders and actually apply our company values when you make decisions. Don’t just use them as tools to motivate your staff. With the money, talent and intellectual property available to EA, we should be leading the industry into a golden age of consumer-focused game publishing. Instead we’re the most reviled game publisher in the world. That’s your fault. Things can only change if you actually start following the company values and apply them to every title we launch.
Sincerely,
A Disappointed But Hopeful Artist at EARS
EDIT: with regards to proof, I am an employee, so I do not want to jeopardize my standing, but today, all regular EA employees got an e-mail with a note from Gabrielle Toledano in celebration of International Women's Day. Another EA employee would have to confirm, but its the most proof I'm willing to risk providing.

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[Psychospacecow]

I was getting frustrated at the normal Gears BS. No bid deal.

Shotguns4Lfye B)

I was having trouble with controls the entire time.

GET ON MY LEVEL, NOOBS!! (You're laughing at something around 0:15 seconds in).

Just a quick highlight(when I was talking about the headshot streak). I recorded a few matches that'll be putting together tomorrow.

One of the more better experiences, when you have a team working together (even 3 people) it really helps. That one round where you were pretty much brought forth a rock solid wall was awesome. A Mauler being helped by two Kantuss',a Grenadier and a Ticker. :D

How would you compare it to 3? I'm not gonna get the game, but I'm wondering just how much of a difference it will have what with many of epic's head quitting.

Also, what's wrong with that locust's arm?

[A Zombie Riot]

I was getting frustrated at the normal Gears BS. No bid deal.

Shotguns4Lfye B)

I was having trouble with controls the entire time.

GET ON MY LEVEL, NOOBS!! (You're laughing at something around 0:15 seconds in).

Just a quick highlight(when I was talking about the headshot streak). I recorded a few matches that'll be putting together tomorrow.

One of the more better experiences, when you have a team working together (even 3 people) it really helps. That one round where you were pretty much brought forth a rock solid wall was awesome. A Mauler being helped by two Kantuss',a Grenadier and a Ticker. :D

How would you compare it to 3? I'm not gonna get the game, but I'm wondering just how much of a difference it will have what with many of epic's head quitting.

Also, what's wrong with that locust's arm?

OverRun was fun. But I enjoyed Horde and Beast much more. Some nice new features. At least multiplayer wise, Gears 3 is better.

[Ryan]

I was getting frustrated at the normal Gears BS. No bid deal.

Shotguns4Lfye B)

I was having trouble with controls the entire time.

GET ON MY LEVEL, NOOBS!! (You're laughing at something around 0:15 seconds in).

Just a quick highlight(when I was talking about the headshot streak). I recorded a few matches that'll be putting together tomorrow.

One of the more better experiences, when you have a team working together (even 3 people) it really helps. That one round where you were pretty much brought forth a rock solid wall was awesome. A Mauler being helped by two Kantuss',a Grenadier and a Ticker. :D

How would you compare it to 3? I'm not gonna get the game, but I'm wondering just how much of a difference it will have what with many of epic's head quitting.

Also, what's wrong with that locust's arm?

OverRun was fun. But I enjoyed Horde and Beast much more. Some nice new features. At least multiplayer wise, Gears 3 is better.

I've never been good at Gear's Multiplayer. For some of us, it has a hard learning curb, but I guess when you get good at it, you get GOOD at it.

I've always played the series for it's single player and Horde mode. Beast mode was a awesome addition to the game too!

[BumblebeeCody*]

I've never been good at Gear's Multiplayer. For some of us, it has a hard learning curb, but I guess when you get good at it, you get GOOD at it.

I've always played the series for it's single player and Horde mode. Beast mode was a awesome addition to the game too!

Yeah I haven't been on Gears in a nearly a year so I had to get back into this game(after 3 hours it was pretty much how I used to be). I play Gears for the campaign too. Love the story of Gears and follow them through the books and comics. Not too sure if Gears: Judgement has Horde however. But I do know there is a full campaign in it which looks awesome. Doubt I'm buying it though, would rather get Bioshock Infinite.

[A Zombie Riot]

Gears Judgement doesn't have Horde. This was the replacement.

Like how Halo 4 didn't have Firefight, but had Spartan Ops instead.

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I've never been good at Gear's Multiplayer. For some of us, it has a hard learning curb, but I guess when you get good at it, you get GOOD at it.

I've always played the series for it's single player and Horde mode. Beast mode was a awesome addition to the game too!

Yeah I haven't been on Gears in a nearly a year so I had to get back into this game(after 3 hours it was pretty much how I used to be). I play Gears for the campaign too. Love the story of Gears and follow them through the books and comics. Not too sure if Gears: Judgement has Horde however. But I do know there is a full campaign in it which looks awesome. Doubt I'm buying it though, would rather get Bioshock Infinite.

I bought all the gears games. I'm not buying this. If I do, it's when it's cheap and comes with all the DLC.

[Mr.Katana]

Played some Crysis 3 multiplayer and then cried because if you're higher level you basically win against everyone especially myself.

[Salseh]

Anyone playing the Marvel Heroes Beta? I thought i'd ask considering myself and my roommate will be playing during the open times today.

(~10 minutes until it opens for the day.)

[ThePlainGamer]

Who else is amped for the new games coming out on the 3DS, Luigi's Mansion 2 and Castlevania something (I don't know the name and too lazy to look it up). If you are than here is a video of them being "unboxed". I would highly recomend you guys and girls watch this guy and his 4 videos of the opening of Luigi's Mansion 2


Also the Behemoth uploaded the trailer with the release date for BattleBlock Theater in it, so yeah, check it out!

[Beware of Cuccos*]

My brother found some oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold Pokemon cards at our parents house.

[Ouberry_13]

Whooo! Black Adam was announced to be part of Injustice! I know who my main is gonna be. And my second shall be Green Lantern.