No FREE MP = CANCEL your orders / DON'T buy Civ3

[yin26]

I propose to the Civ-loving public the following:

If Firaxis does not release a statement saying the MP will be part of a FREE download, CANCEL your pre-order and refuse to buy the game!

From here, I'll just paste what I wrote in another thread:

1. No matter if you play MP or don't, the fact that Firaxis kept this under their hats when they KNEW about it as far back as Kelly's 'leaked' e-mail completely ruins Firaxis' credibility on ANY announcements regarding planned patches and future versions of the game. Period.
2. I am not necessarily against the decision to delay MP *if* that allows for a better SP and *if* MP is released later for free...however, #1 is so disturbing, that I really don't feel like giving Firaxis any of my money at any point. "Your loss, Yin!" Sure. Whatever.
3. But rest assured that if Firaxis is capable of #1, they'll also be capable under their 'evil' publisher (whom THEY signed with) to try to make MP part of another product you have to pay for. I can only hope that if that were to happen that people would see Firaxis in a clear light.

Bottom Line: They used MP to hype up sales of the game. They then willingly kept the truth from us to protect their pre-orders. And still there is no Firaxis statement to address this issue.

Talk about the most piss-poor, stick your head in the sand, screw your public attitude. It sickens me, actually.

[Fidel]

resistance is futile. yin, we work for way too long in not-for-profit organizations

[Sarxis]

Sorry, but I am willing and able to pay for a MP expansion pack.

I hate capitalism just as much as the next guy, but I still buy the products.

[Alexander's Horse]

Ha ha ha ha

Most consumers are sheep Yin Quixote

[yin26]

If this thread keeps just $1 extra from going to Firaxis, I'll be more than happy.

[yin26]

Or if this thread helps to force the bare minimum *official* statement from Firaxis regarding this issue, I'll be more than happy.

[Alexander's Horse]

It really is QUITE RUDE that they haven't made a statement about MP

Especially since we gave them all those cool ideas for their new game

[Falconius]

Try telling a heroin addict that, since the good stuff from Thailand isn't in yet, he should avoid the cheap substitute from Mexico and go to the detox center instead. The heroin addict will respond by cutting your throat and then buying the cheap stuff from Mexico, and then paying top dollar for the good stuff from Thailand once it arrives.

The Civ series, like all computer games, are electronic drugs, and we are all addicts. We can live with the low-grade stuff until the primo product arrives.

Stop telling us to go into detox!

[yin26]

LOL! Well, I guess I'm just not THAT addicted...anybody else here the same way or am I the only guy here who has gone through the 12 Step Program?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Sorry, don't give a damn about MP.

[Bkeela]

Me either. I've got better things to do in life than wait ten minutes for some nerd to take his own sweet time with his turn, and end up thrashing me and totally humiliating me.

I would be positively pleased if MP never came at all.

Bkeela.

[Fidel]

you do not have to go as far as heroin...try not drinking coffee in the morning

[DonJoel]

Do Firaxis suck?

Yes, they do.

Always have?

No. They used to be cool.

Why do they suck?

They lie, they run away, they abuse peoples loyality.

(These statements only applies if Firaxis charge anything for mp, not if its a free download. But if it was, why wouldnt they say so?)

[Fidel]

good. keep playing CtP

[Robert]

what if you leave it upon us to decide if we buy it or not ?
This action is a new negative landmark in your not so very good recent civ-post history.

in fact I got pretty angry when I read it first.
but I calmed down, and decided to not post the pretty hate post to you as I was intended to do.

I still completely miss the point about why Firaxis should be punished for anything. Why should they inform us about anything in the game ? You have no clue about how the markets works. You're not forced to buy *ANYTHING*

And all the fun you got from civ3 so far (at least I got) are for free ! Free screenshots, freen comments, free fun so far !

you make no sence on this yin !