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Tom Achronos
Bungie.net Overlord
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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."
Actually, no, I didn't think we would lose any real respect. This is because I have a high regard for our fans, and think they are (for the most part) intelligent, thoughtful individuals who understand that large worldwide events take time, planning, and coordination. Such events, especially when dealing the the language barrier, and the natural need for such large betas to be implmented in a phased approach, would lead people to understand that we can't just open mass signups for people to get in world-wide. Hell, the site could barely keep up with just the North American load yesterday.
The above text is me assuming that our fans, especially our "long-time hardcore fans," are not children and won't throw a tantrum because you don't have patience to wait to find out the full details of all means of entry into the beta. I assumed that you'd give us the benefit of the doubt that we are trying our best to make this as large scale and inclusive a beta as we can, not only to be fair, but more importantly to get us the data we need to make Halo 3 a great game.
Now, where did I go wrong? Was my opinion of our "long-time hardcore fans" misplaced? You say don't treat you like a child, but you're acting like one - you're assuming things about us because you aren't getting what you want right now. What's worse is that you're doing this even after reading the given explanation for the lack of information and deciding that we're a bunch of jerks because you didn't like the answer (even though it was the truth). An adult response is to wait until the full set of information is released... and THEN complain about the parts you don't like.
I'm not a common forum troll - I'm not going to say "we don't owe you anything." That's a BS response. But your entire post is based on the premise that we're trying to screw you over and/or treat you like a child. In fact, the opposite is true. We aren't trying to screw you over and we're treating you like an adult who understands concepts like logistics and patience, and you're the one reacting like you're getting screwed over.
I can't change the opinion you have that we should give you exacting confidential business plans that would give our competitors an advantage should they know of them, but could you at least stop trying to perpetuate the idea that we're trying to screw you over? We're not, and you should know better.
Posted by: Shai Hulud
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.