- Shai Hulud
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- Exalted Mythic Member
With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.
Well, not that moderators had anything to do with it. But I'm just a wee bit tizzled (I don't care if that's a word or not) about the news about the Beta situation in New Zealand and Australia.
Honestly, Bungie, why would you bother telling us that it's going to be an open, public Beta? Yes, you did admit there would be some restrictions, but... you went ahead all la-la-land-like and made everyone think that they'd all get a pretty good shot at getting to play the Beta if they owned a 360 and had XBL. Way to go. Good job. Seriously (NOT).
It's rather funny, in a very maddening way. I know that you all hold to your little secrets for marketing purposes, and I accept that. One has to do certain things in a capitalist economy in order to succeed... whatever. That doesn't really matter. You could have, at the very least, hinted that there would be a pretty DAMN LARGE NUMBER of people outside of North America who would be illeligible to play the Beta.
And Achronos said something about there being other options, that not all has been said yet. That may all be well and good in the end, but surely you must have realized how you would lose respect over this. I guess it would be too.... inappropriate for me to accuse the lot of you as being liars, but you didn't tell the truth. It's like dangling food in front of a starving child and then snatching it away at the last second. Ok, so it's not that bad, but it's still pretty disrespectful of your fans. You have changed, Bungie. Greatly, and not for the better. This is coming from a fan that's been observing these forums for a fairly decent number of years since the release of the original Halo.
And to any of the administration who want to reply to this: Don't disrespect your fans further by giving me some sass about Bungie not really owing their fans anything. I know that a videogame is a pretty trivial thing, not a necessity of life, and there are more important things to -blam!- about in this world... Ban me if you will, that's fine, but I think the fact that you guys are really coming off as a bunch of stiffs who care nothing about their fan community should be brought to your eyes first.
And I'm not that naive when it comes to the business world. I may not know first-hand how things work, but I know what life can be like, and I can speculate. I'm sure you have your reasons for doing what you did, but perhaps you should think a bit more before you make certain announcements. Either that, or stop writing your news updates so happy-go-lucky and threading them with pseudo-truths. Don't pamper us. We're not all children here. Don't treat us as such.