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Offline Goatboy

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Turning into a bear ey?
« on: October 30, 2008, 07:45:27 AM »
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 08:52:19 AM »
That leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth.
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2008, 09:10:58 AM »
On some level I can understand they cave in when it comes to real life holidays. Even if I don't like it in this game.
But the whole hat and bear thing is a bit too much bs if they actually do it. 
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2008, 09:37:59 AM »
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Turning into a bear ey?

Been there, done that.
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 10:09:46 AM »
Indeed Tanimar! And that bear had stats! ;)
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2008, 10:25:33 AM »
Quote from: Goatboy on October 30, 2008, 09:10:58 AM
On some level I can understand they cave in when it comes to real life holidays. Even if I don't like it in this game.
But the whole hat and bear thing is a bit too much bs if they actually do it. 

This's got nothing to do with hallowe'en / holidays, it's got to do with making people who play warhammer feel like they have to buy red alert, or people who're buying red alert to think about buying warhammer. Cross-pollenation of EA's products, or exploitation of a consumer base - you decide people.
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2008, 11:22:29 AM »

This is what WOW used to do with its Card-deck thingy game and Seasonal events...

But they can get away with it, because the game is based on comical characters / general humour

Warhammer is far more serious in its nature than WoW,    so I dont think gimicks like this have any place what-so-ever!

It'll be entetaining to see someone in Altdorf in 2 years time,  who has a Trophy for every single EA Game he's brought :)

Sigh...
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2008, 11:25:40 AM »
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Sigh...

This, One Thousand fold.

We really do not need this. Admittedly EA's marketing guys are pretty damn hotshot, but this is a misfire on their part. Personally I dont like what it can lead too - even more IP tie ins with EA's catalogue - imagine a Fifa based helm or something?
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2008, 11:34:29 AM »
Quote from: Beosvir on October 30, 2008, 11:25:40 AM
imagine a Fifa based helm or something?

We need a 'being physically ill' emoticon tbh.
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2008, 11:36:05 AM »
Quote from: Torgal on October 30, 2008, 11:34:29 AM
Quote from: Beosvir on October 30, 2008, 11:25:40 AM
imagine a Fifa based helm or something?

We need a 'being physically ill' emoticon tbh.



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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2008, 01:52:59 PM »
...one of the things that put me off WoW was, saw they were going to have a flying carpet tailoring item in WotLK.  Now, I'm not an RP'er but I do think an MMO should stay honest and be true to its own lore.  This offer proves to me that marketeers are the very spawn of satan and probably EA have a recruiting office on the seventh level of Hell.  I guess Mythic had this forced on them.
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2008, 03:30:27 PM »
Quote from: Gunnarr on October 30, 2008, 10:09:46 AM
Indeed Tanimar! And that bear had stats! ;)

And we didn't need no stinkin' hats!
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2008, 03:36:23 PM »
Quote from: Tanimar on October 30, 2008, 03:30:27 PM
Quote from: Gunnarr on October 30, 2008, 10:09:46 AM
Indeed Tanimar! And that bear had stats! ;)

And we didn't need no stinkin' hats!

Hmm, that'd depend...   ;)

But indeed, the hat is a typical example of cross-selling. That's what you get taught in marketing school. I should know. :P
And I'm not too bothered myself tbh. But then again, I'm no lore-puritan in any way, though I take Warhammer lore a bit more seriously than the Warcraft lore - or what had to pass for that. In Warcraft, I did think the flying carpet would be a pretty good laugh too. In any case not worse than flying a mutated black dragon (netherdrake - Oh, and how did the spawn of a dragon become a drake anyway?) or a motorcycle for engineers.....

As someone already wrote above, Warhammer lore is a bit more serious than Warcraft. But if you're planning to get upset about everything Mythic/EA will change/adapt/screw up, I predict your first nosebleed within 6 months time.  ::)
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2008, 04:29:56 PM »
My impression of Warhammer is that the humour comes from ridiculous levels of carnage and destruction.

Such as in one of the novellas later in the Vampire: Genevieve volume, in which the hard-nosed watchman Filthy Harald snorts demon dust and spends a night beating the hell out of a street full of cutthroats and low-lives. Without asking them any questions. Just to soften them up for later when he will.
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Re: Turning into a bear ey?
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2008, 06:41:21 PM »
Quote from: Gunnarr on October 30, 2008, 03:36:23 PM
... or a motorcycle for engineers...

For real?
I'm back to WoW in my upcoming holidays for that shiznit!

Mythic: DIE YOU EVIL SCUM! DIE! DIE! DIE!

EA: Hmmm I wonder how we can stuff an extra 5 copies of Red Alert 3 down people's throats?

GW Nottingham: Lol our new website is so cool... when people can actually you know, use it. Man it is SO cool. Look at all those cool prices. Look at them! No look a bit longer still, the new page won't load. Aren't those prices cool? Hmmmm that page won't load gosh darnit, the little rascal. Who wants a cuppa?

EA: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm bear hats. Good job Bill, here's your bonus.

Mythic again: GW! GW! They are raping our game with masks and magical bear hats! GW! Do something!

GW: Yawn... so let's check out what the Black Tree guys are up to.
Wow their website is fast! And their miniatures look so much better than they did 10 years ago!
OMG. Raise the prices, raise the prices!

Mythic: GW? Yello?

EA: And then when you use the magical candy cane, you turn into a big christmas ball! That's so frikkin cool! Here you go, Bill.

Mythic:  :'(

Players:  :'(

GW: Wehey the new page loaded!

Blizzard: There we go, 11 million guys, well done.

GW: Let's redo Dwarfs again and give them all gyrocopters for +5 points.
Yes Bob, I know we just revisited Dwarfs, but you need to do something while we wait for that damn website to load.

Mythic: So can we do WAR 40K Online too?

EA: sure! Spacemarines with halloween masks, sweet!

Mythic: :'(

Blizzard: Hurray! Welcome back all you WAR players. While you've been gone, we've been busy making Starcraft Online. Are you ready to create havoc in your favourite game EVER?

Players: Want a peace of me, boy?!

Mythic: :'( :'( :'(

EA: Spore 7. Hurray!

Mythic: /quit

Ex-Mythic: /channeljoin Blizzard

Blizzard: /hug


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