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timedalkatJul 11, 2010
This aggression will not stand.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
ORLLY
apocryphax64Jul 12, 2010
No, you've lost your biggest fan.
I've had enough of this.
I've had enough of this platform changing bulls**t.
I've had enough of this bottom line mentality.
This money grubbing triviality.
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Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man.
christoastJul 12, 2010
Employee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntqKc640vzg
grumpymonkJul 12, 2010
smoke weed maaaan.
user500Jul 11, 2010
when you work in a sleazy industry what more can you expect?
bigp3rmJul 11, 2010
f**k Activision. I bet they were the behind the idea for Real ID.
likalarukuJul 12, 2010
I would assume so.
railzJul 12, 2010
Vivendi is still both their parent companies. Nothing changed except the money pool became larger for both companies to delve into. Activision is not Blizzard's publisher. Vivendi has always had the last word on Blizzard projects.
ai52487963Jul 12, 2010
@Railz: This is just rumor mill internet postings, but it wouldn't suprise me in the slightest if Activision was behind all the bad stuff surrounding bnet 2.0
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=134772
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
They DEFINITELY were... Since when did Blizzard give three f**ks about four f**ks about forum trolls? They will be, are, and have been a part of the blizzard forums for years. Blizzard doesn't need to know people's names, the community helps them enough anonymously with the test realms, tons of websites and forums dedicated to testing patch changes, etc. I can see Grand Overlord Kotick walking into the Blizzard headquarters and saying "f**k yall, I'm takin over this bitch. First things first: How to f**k over your half of the merged company so you'll be down on our level?"
meerlingJul 12, 2010
"...Blizzard doesn't need to know people's names..."
Blizzard ALREADY KNOWS peoples names, the forum handles are just to prevent the general public from knowing.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
No, I bet Blizzard was behind Real ID. It's a cool and convenient feature to be able to talk with your friends cross-game.
I bet Activision was behind the Facebook integration and forum Real ID mandate.
moloboloJul 12, 2010
Yeah, too bad there aren't any other programs that let friends talk across games. I was really looking forward to Real ID! Oh wait ...
schmichJul 12, 2010
I bet they were the ones deciding not to have dedicated servers for PC!
shawn4168Jul 12, 2010
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kernel16Jul 12, 2010
This makes no sense because Blizzard Entertainement maintains autonomy within the merger regarding all their projects. Activision Blizzard is just the a new name of the new holding company, majority owned by Vivendi SA
tk0680Jul 12, 2010
I'm afraid I can't provide a source, but I half remember a claim that Activision has a say in the Blizzard community side of things, albeit not the games themselves.
bintoJul 12, 2010
They should be sued for making such garbage as is MW2
likalarukuJul 12, 2010
That's not how lawsuits work.
atb12688Jul 12, 2010
That's how bribes work.
Random Old School Line.
thatsnomoon66Jul 12, 2010
Did you even play MW2?
darkray16Jul 12, 2010
I tried to, was too expensive and when I played it at cybercafe comp it constantly lagged out.
lolcoelacanthJul 12, 2010
Let me guess, you don't play on a PC.
heavyj1970Jul 12, 2010
I only play on pc, I got level hacked up to 70 twice because of the lack of dedicated servers, not sure whose fault that is but it sure ruined my gaming experience
think4yourselffJul 12, 2010
This is what happens when the emphasis is switched from art to money.
tsothaJul 12, 2010
The emphasis in video games was never, ever art. Not from the first day.
think4yourselffJul 12, 2010
Art doesn't necessarily have to come from the right brain.
enantiodromiaJul 12, 2010
tsotha fails again
tsothaJul 12, 2010
Doesn't matter which side of the brain it comes from. I had friends in that business at the very beginning (at least the beginning in the US). They *always* treated the developers horribly and it was never, ever about anything but money.
@enantiodramia, why don't you work in the software business for a few years so you don't keep embarrassing yourself when this topic comes up.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
joejitsuJul 12, 2010
Everyone wants to make money, but developers also want to make art. The producer could care less and just wants more profit. There used to be more producers and they had to compete among themselves to get good developers, so they offered them more creative freedom. Now there is like 6 producers and very little artistic freedom.
3nder99Jul 12, 2010
IW sold out before Activision destroyed them. IW has been living of the creativity of the modding community. IW does not make art.
IW copies ideas from the modding community and adds them a mod of the id tech 3 engine which they did not build from the ground up.
In fact there is basically nothing original in what IW did. Except destroying the modding community and obliterating any hope of new ideas
bruceleelennonJul 12, 2010
and all those developers sell out and agree to their companies terms. if you're in it to make art you dont work for activision. anyone that does is a sell out.
joejitsuJul 12, 2010
The problem is lack of alternatives. You can refuse to work for Activision and work for EA or Sony instead, but the same problem remains. For a game like COD you need lots of funding and to do that you need a producer. All the producers are going to force terms. There are independent game makers that make games that can be played online, but they don't release their games to brick and mortar businesses.
ergodigitalityJul 12, 2010
Couldn't agree more.
dgen_xJul 12, 2010
50,000 People used to work there...
mattyboy555Jul 12, 2010
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billpyleJul 12, 2010
And about three other studios working on COD games.
czarvalvadorJul 12, 2010
I lost 50,000 men in blink of an eye... and the world just f**kIN' WATCHED.
hardeep1singhJul 12, 2010
That comment really fits, Activision CEO is a real life General Shepherd.
Timb3r1ineJul 12, 2010
Great use of a quote!! Bravo!
hardeep1singhJul 12, 2010
I guess they found a real life General Shepherd.
lazyspartanJul 12, 2010
Now it's a ghost town.
machinemessiahJul 12, 2010
These Activision dogs are like pussycats compared to the ones in Pripyat.
newbs28Jul 12, 2010
Dear Activision,
f**k you.
Sincerely,
Entire Gaming Community
finaldrumgodJul 12, 2010
And by the amount of diggs you have, it seems you must speak for everyone.
newbs28Jul 12, 2010
IT DOES!?! REALLY!?!
greengooJul 12, 2010
YARLY!
stillhateyouJul 12, 2010
Dear Activision,
f**k you.
Sincerely,
Entire Gaming Community
P.S: I know we all just said f**k you and all, but when is the newest map pack for MW2 coming out? I really want that s**t!
P.P.S: We'll also all be buying Call of Duty Black Ops when it comes out. That looks f**kin tight, brah. Thanks for the assrape!
3nder99Jul 12, 2010
Treyarch isn't assraping us like IW did. Black Ops will still have dedicated servers and mods.
I'll buy black ops if Treyarch can hold out against Activision and keep those features.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Not me, IW were just as arrogant and brash and foolish as anyone else in this. They are not the victims, unless of course you believe one side of the story.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
newbs28Jul 12, 2010
I'm saying f**k you to them because they are once again trying to kill another franchise by pumping out one after the other until everyone doesn't play it anymore.
lethargicmonkeyJul 12, 2010
oh lawdy.
gottlosJul 12, 2010
What do you guys expect? We as humans s**t on everything smaller than us. Guess what's bigger than us?
Corporations.
doctechnicalJul 12, 2010
So move to Cuba, the big bad corporations won't bother you there.
gottlosJul 12, 2010
The government is also bigger than humans... but that would be off topic. :)
doctechnicalJul 12, 2010
The main difference being you can choose to withhold your money from corporations, not so much with a government.
kinserJul 12, 2010
You actually can't withhold your money from corporations because they own the goods that we need to survive. You actually stand a better chance of withholding your money from the government.
xenuxenutsJul 12, 2010
The difference is that the general populous has semblance of control over government through voting. It's all about a balance of power and control. Decrease the power of government too much and you'll find out why it's there. And it isn't only to protect the rich from the poor.
doctechnicalJul 12, 2010
@Kinser: There are about a billion people on the planet that are managing to survive with a very small - if not non-existant - "corporate footprint".
You're confusing survival with convenience.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
gottlosJul 12, 2010
@doctechnical
The next time I'm raging over having to deal with some s**tty corp with s**tty service I'll just remember your comment and smile because I'll realize how much of a convenience I'm getting.
thatsnomoon66Jul 12, 2010
I once s**t on an pregnant blue whale, they sold the video in Japan
valiantheartJul 12, 2010
Bukrappy?
omicronnineJul 12, 2010
*Massive Public Corporations
The majority of corporations are actually small businesses that just found it advantageous to incorporate. Its the size, combined with the complete lack of real human moderation (the boss is millions of faceless stock holders, i.e. the boss is profit at all costs), that makes the massive public corporations the problem that they are.
dickyt83Jul 12, 2010
Guess what else is bigger than us? Bigger people.
likalarukuJul 12, 2010
Nice to see that publishers & developers still have a strong slave & master relationship (sarcasm).
stopbrorapeJul 12, 2010
That's worse than the sarcasm tag. Very good comment and I dugg you up, but not liking the "(sarcasm)" at all.
shanosJul 12, 2010
At least blizzard has seemed to stay away from the rushed out garbage machine which is activision.
Mind you, nobody could really complain about their profitsComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
bloodwineJul 12, 2010
Blizzard has been upping nickel-and-dime schemes for WoW, though. You can now buy in-game pets, in-game mount, remote AH app, etc.
Blizzard has been good enough to keep real money from providing an in-game advantage, but they are flirting with the line.
Starcraft II is now being broken up into expansion packs.
It might be a coincidence, but Blizzard is seeming a bit more money-hungry lately.
juliochavezJul 12, 2010
"Blizzard has been good enough to keep real money from providing an in-game advantage" ??!
Are you f**king kidding me? So you don't think the combined ingenuity and and programming prowess of the entire Blizzard organization can figure out how to block the words Susan Express from appearing in the trade channel? Smarten up. The name of the game is to maximize profits, now that they are submissive to a large corporation. They create the gold ( $0 ) and sell it to any player who is a big enough scumbag to buy it. ( almost certainly many millions in added revenue ) It's pretty obvious.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kernel16Jul 12, 2010
The multiple expansions at first was weird to me, but then I remember just how awesome Blizzard's expansions were and just how much more depth they added to their original games. Think about it, with such a long time since anything new happened in the SC universe, were going to be getting more SC than we could have asked for, every new expansion comes with a new chapter in what I hope will be an epic story line and of course new stuff.
frozenbladegxJul 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:ATVI
Blizzard ... is... Activision.
They're a merged company called Activision Blizzard.
They aren't staying away from it - They are it.
metalcardJul 12, 2010
Activision Blizzard is the holding company for all the game companies Vivendi owns, which include Blizzard and Activision. It was formerly known as Vivendi Games (which Blizzard was part of) until they merged with Activision and formed the holding company known now as Activision Blizzard.
Activision and Blizzard are separate companies, and always will be. Each act on their own and answer to Vivendi, not each other nor Activision Blizzard. Beyond the fact that neither company answers to each other you'll notice games are published under either Activision or Blizzard, never the holding company name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard
anaxaJul 12, 2010
FINKLE IS EINHORN!
sirbetaJul 12, 2010
I wish uninformed people would stop spreading this false information. Blizzard and Activision are /not/ one in the same.
hitnflyJul 12, 2010
Modern Warfare 3 will never come out. I can't wait for Respawn Entertainment to release their first game.
cuervoman914Jul 12, 2010
that game is gonna take a dump in people's wallets.
frazzletJul 12, 2010
Of course MW3 will come out. But you'll have to buy weapons and add-ons like red-dot sights with real money.
superlolzJul 12, 2010
It'd be easier to spot enemies that aren't wearing black in an untextured map. EXPLOIT!
I'm just saying...
zarcuJul 26, 2010
superlolz: Saying something like that will get you banned! :x
1jaxstate1Jul 12, 2010
Sorry for IW and all, but I'm sure Treyarch will pick it up. I enjoy Treyarch games.
iambabycakesJul 12, 2010
I hear they are putting it on hold to make Duke Nukem 3D.
Yeah, and then Elvis is coming to my party, on the moon.
shanosJul 12, 2010
If they took the 54million on word, I would call them idiots.
Surely they have a contract, and surely activision doesn't expect to win a court case.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Surely, if you've ever worked in an industry where a bonus is involved, people who get fired fare and square are not entitled to any type of bonus.
If you call secret meetings and try and start your own company by stealing away employees from your current employer.. maybe a good idea should be wait til after you get your bonus.
genmaJul 12, 2010
if you make promises you can't keep, and fire people to avoid paying your workers... maybe a good idea would be to wait until after you rtfa.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
"fire people to avoid paying your workers"
But that isn't why they were fired. If so there would be an actual lawsuit instead of this fluff.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
iignotusJul 12, 2010
Yeah I'm sure zzzblaz, the 10 year-old XBL addict, knows all about working in the industry.
trashyamericanJul 12, 2010
modern warfare = trash
infinity ward = trash
activision = trash
starcraft 2 = good.
lolcoelacanthJul 12, 2010
Not with Battle.net 2.0 it won't be. Can we say Facebook integration?
tsk05Jul 12, 2010
"Activision Blizzard, Inc., formerly Activision, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is the American holding company for Activision and Blizzard Entertainment"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard
trashyamericanJul 12, 2010
yep, that's why blizzard's has been so s**tty lately with their attempts to implement realid, s**tbook integration, and other stupid ideas like lack of lan and chat rooms.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
the activision part of "activision blizzard" is separate and has no say in the development of blizzard titles.
or you could, you know, read the s**t that *you* link to yourself:
"Activision and Blizzard Entertainment still exist as separate entities.[12] The holding company does not publish games under its central name and instead uses its subsidiaries to publish games. ... While Blizzard retained its autonomy and corporate leadership, other Vivendi Games divisions did not."
kingbinjiJul 12, 2010
only way to settle this is through a team deathmatch on mw2
taiboJul 12, 2010
"Connection lost....resolving host"
mark5hsJul 12, 2010
Because it's easier for me to handle, I'm gonna blame all of MW2's failures on Activision. Here's hoping the IW employees go back to their roots of making awesome PC games.
lolcoelacanthJul 12, 2010
CoD 4 was so good, too. As long as the devs don't forget that PC ports require hard work they should do well wherever they go.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
So how do you blame it on Activision when IW didn't even let them preview or test the game until it was time to go gold and release? Just curious.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
wildJul 12, 2010
Citation needed.
warpfieldJul 12, 2010
They've got written, signed contracts, right? So just wrap this thing up already in court.
And if there are any verbal aspects, then guys, forget about them. They ain't gonna happen.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
johnnydiggmeJul 12, 2010
Umm, these guys get million dollar bonuses? That's the best job ever.
tsothaJul 12, 2010
The game industry is famous for working developers like slaves. But unlike slaves, you can quit, just like these people could have quit.
digg2point0Jul 12, 2010
They did...
They're looking to get the money owed to them.
itwasonlyajokeJul 12, 2010
Screw you Activision!
Let's hope that "Respawn Entertainment" will crank out some titles worth buying :P
I have a feeling Call of Duty Black Ops is going to suck.
fxu1989Jul 12, 2010
One word: Treyarch.
If that doesn't tell you anything, then let me tell you: yes it will.
c0nceptJul 12, 2010
Treyarch f**king sucks. They ruin CoD games like it's their job. No pun intended.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
CoD5 was awesome. Zombie Nazi was awesome. PC version was awesome. I don't like what Activision did with IW and MW2, but thus far I have no problem with Treyarch. I'll play their games.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Yes, let's all be idiots and believe one side of the story and that the former IW employees weren't rightfully fired for being arrogant douchebags. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
itwasonlyajokeJul 12, 2010
Developers are treated like dogs by the publisher most of the time. I am sure they were.
pillar007Jul 12, 2010
Don't buy the game, show Activision what you think of them; money is the only thing they understand.
corporateninjaJul 12, 2010
It's true. Dedicated servers can't save you from bad.
stormwernJul 12, 2010
Doesn't suprise me one bit, publishers are evil.
japbcoJul 12, 2010
Dear gaming community,
Thank you for the money you spent on MW2 and the 2400 points/30 dollars worth of s**t map packs.
Sincerely,
Bobby Kotick <3
hansard85Jul 12, 2010
Oh well. You can't tell me these same Infinity Ward employees had nothing to do with the ruining of the most anticipated game of all time. I can't believe the amount of glitches and overpowered kits that shipped with this game and are still going on right now. Apparently if you award people for not dying with highly overpowered rewards they will just camp and killstreak whore it up. No one does anything but camp and it's so sad, this had potential to be a timeless game and now it's just bulls**t and it would've been so easy to fix.
tgc1Jul 12, 2010
Corporations s**tting on everything. I'm surprised.
It's like the executives in these corporations just can't give people their fair share. Always gotta f**k someone. f**k anybody. Just make sure they get their bonuses. f**king elitist s**t stains.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
You know this hurts me that Infinity Ward has broken up like this. This is a company who has yet to make a bad game. Modern Warfare 2 is probably the closest they made that would be considered bad. I really think after Call of Duty 4 came out, they wanted to start a whole new project. Activision probably made them make Modern Warfare 2.
The Call of Duty series is really getting stale. No joke, my favorite video game ever is the ORIGINAL Call of Duty. I was new to PC shooters at that time and I have never played a game so immersive in my life. I still go back and play the beginning of the Russian campaign.
I don't even play Modern Warfare 2 anymore. The game is filled with campers. I can't take that s**t anymore. It doesn't help that the game rewards campers with the killstreaks.
richmomzJul 12, 2010
Agree 100%, except CoD2 is my favorite in the series (the Russian campaign being an epic sequel to the first). Come to think of it, maybe they need to just make a 100% Russian WWII CoD - maybe take a novel twist by playing the role of a sniper instead of running & gunning (so its a combination of Thief and CoD). Like an updated version of "Sniper Elite", figure out a way to make a fun MP mode, and they've got instant gold I think.
scabnabbitJul 12, 2010
"...stationed security guards at the office exits..."
The author is acting shocked as if there's no please that does this.
Pretty typical in at least some call centers.
*Cough* st***m *cough* t*******a
At the former, the guards were pretty aggressive about seeing the contents of bags of any size. They seemed to get a special pleasure out of hassling chicks with purses.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
I see you are getting dugg down for being correct. Gotta love digg.
I read one side of a story in the media. It must be truth!
iignotusJul 12, 2010
Leave if you don't like it. We have a big enough troll problem as it is.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
LOL, you still don't even know what a troll actually is. You just simply use it incorrectly and it's hilarious.
richmomzJul 12, 2010
It's still a dick move that shows the higher-ups view their employees more as potential criminals than actual co-workers
jizzliesJul 12, 2010
Sounds like Infinity Ward is a bunch of crybabies. I still think Activision puts out some great games.
catboxeddieJul 12, 2010
QQ
japbcoJul 12, 2010
/s?
danj484Jul 12, 2010
Some, as in a couple in their history.
obieunoJul 12, 2010
I'm finished with whomever owns the rights to "Call of Duty".
Modern Warfare 2 is the worst sequel in video game history. This game is abysmal to say the least.
It's a shame I don't have a gaming desktop pc to play user created maps for COD4. That game have the best multiplayer experience of all time.
railzJul 12, 2010
BF1942/Desert Combat?
c0nceptJul 12, 2010
This is a worthy candidate.
Although the FPS that I played more than any was CoD 2. I remember walking down the video game aisle and seeing the first Call of Duty and thinking "Hmm, this game looks alright." So I bought it. I was engrossed from the start and was thrilled to hear the second one was coming out. Then it took my live over for a while. Then 3 came out and it f**king sucked. Treyarch made it instead of IW. Then from that point on, Treyarch made every other CoD game because of their contract with IW, and all of their CoD games have sucked dick. Treyarch is making Black Ops, so I'm almost positive I'll hate it.
I don't know why I just said all this but I hope you enjoyed my cool story, bro.
enantiodromiaJul 12, 2010
Why do we need the Activisions of the world again? I forget.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
They have lots of money and can afford to pay developers to make games.
enantiodromiaJul 12, 2010
Does Activision pay developers to make games, or do developers pay Acctivision to sell their games?
The only value I see in an Activision is the marketing budget and relationship with brick and mortar stores, neither of which will be important as time moves forward.
liquisoftJul 12, 2010
There is nothing inherently wrong with corporations, but when they grow so massively large as Activision did it seems like they lose their humanity and their sense of fairness and reason.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
This is creepy......New allegations are made about Activision creating a hostile work environment tantamount to a "police state," as well as detailing broken promises regarding royalty money.
http://online-insurance-quotes.org
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zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Ok, what a bunch of bulls**t. This is hilarious reading how IW employees are trying to portray themselves as victims.
Yes Bobby Kotick is a psychotic megalomaniac, but that has no bearing on the FACT that these IW people were trying to jump ship and recruiting from the inside of their office. You can't just use company resources and call secret meetings with employees on the clock to perform espionage. It's no wonder they 'interrogated' people and had security guards on hand.
They all had to sign wavers when they became employees, I'm sure.. and they promised not to do this same exact kind of stunt.
So to recap. A) Kotick is an assh**e B) employers are always trying to save money and will look for any excuse not to pay a bonus C) They gave them their excuse.
I'm sorry, but if you know you work for an assh**e and are looking for a bonus from said assh**e don't f**k up. These IW heads are just as arrogant.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
Blog spam - ripped from http://kotaku.com/5583710/lawsuit-activision-created-modern-warfare-police-state
relentlosJul 12, 2010
Activision needs to be destroyed
virinixJul 12, 2010
I've worked for several gaming companies, always in the engine coding and compliance related areas. To call Activision a police state is a understatement.
- Bring a unapproved MP3 player to work? Fired. Why? Because it can be used as a usb storage device to steal secret activision magic spells.
- Constant requests from uppers for major changes to a part of the engine, only 1 week later to look at the progress and say: This is stupid, why are you doing this?
- NDA's that are incredible.. I am violating one right now. f**k you activision.
And this is just the programmer's side of it. For the level designers:
- Spend 8 hours straight every day recieving basic design ideal layouts for levels, spending 2 weeks creating said designs, only to be handed an 'update' that basically requires redoing it all. This is ok because all the people at this level are paid a little better than minimum wage, but you are literally expected to be a slave.
- You worked an extra 2 hours today? Depending on your upper (and in most cases it doesn't even matter), you will not get paid for it. You will get promises, and then when you start to question your promises, then they turn to the 'We want people here who are motivated and are willing to put in the hours'.. but without the pay.
- They constantly screw with contractual obligations.
"These Infinity Ward employees evidently met with Activision CEO Bobby Kotick later in March, and the lawsuit claims Kotick promised to pay out the additional bonus money at the end of the month. That never happened, and the suit describes that when the group met with CFO Thomas Tippl in April to demand their bonus money, they were told to "get over it." "
- They will make 'on the hand' promises to get what they want out of you. A last minute change to something? 'No problem guys, do the work and everyone will get bonuses!' As shown above, it never happens.
Now I know these rules apply to most businesses, but Activision is one of the worst I have ever seen. Despite what I have said I was by no means an unhappy employee, I was deep enough into the programming to be immune from the bulls**t experienced at the lower levels of design. I felt so bad watching one guy get fired because he spilled coffee all over his shirt, and didn't happen to have a full extra set of clothing in his desk. Bad business.
The company is literally run by morons. If I get a lawsuit/notice from this post, I will post a small mountain of dirty laundry more.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
"- They will make 'on the hand' promises to get what they want out of you. A last minute change to something? 'No problem guys, do the work and everyone will get bonuses!' As shown above, it never happens.
Now I know these rules apply to most businesses, but Activision is one of the worst I have ever seen. "
So we all agree Bobby is a dick and Activision is a bad employer.. so then why give them a reason to yank the bonus? That seems like f**king with the bull and getting the horns, if you ask me.
Nobody ever gets bonuses? Really? You don't seem like you have experience in several of any kind of company environment in which bonuses are regularly awarded. Sounds like you've just taken the bait like everyone else and assumed IW is completely innocent here and the clear victim.
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iignotusJul 12, 2010
How is using a standard acronym "trying to sound clever" in any way? Everything else you wrote doesn't matter if you're stupid enough to say something like that.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
The holier than thou route? Nice. I guess if you can't argue against the content of someone's words just go ahead and find some spelling mistake or a bit of semantics to distract from the topic.
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benroyJul 12, 2010
Dude, you're a dick.
iignotusJul 12, 2010
I like the part where the person who acted holier-than-thou over someone "trying to sound" clever by using an acronym, also accused someone else of calling them holier-than-thou.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
That's it, keep avoiding the argument. That tactic work well for you?
iignotusJul 12, 2010
Yep, there's that mental retardation I was talking about. You sound like Sarah Palin. A bunch of nonsense strung together with a holier-than-thou comment at the end.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Nice. Ad hominem attacks now.
You can't really even back up your bulls**t statements can you? I love how you are so arrogant you yourself declare NDA a "standard acronym" when there are plenty of people reading this who would have no idea what that means... then you get all butthurt and indignant about it so as to avoid facing me like a man and backing up all the complete garbage you put forth as fact.
Hilarious! Seriously, keep avoiding it.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
virinixJul 12, 2010
Wow... I apologize, I don't think I've seen the words 'Non-Disclosure Agreement' written out in full in paperwork in a very damn long time. It's always written as NDA on such a regular basis, you kind of get used to it.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Legal documents use acronyms huh? Amazing lies.
iignotusJul 12, 2010
zzzblaz is the most annoying troll yet
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
You don't even know what a troll is do you?
iignotusJul 12, 2010
Haha he has no life either and replies to comments you direct towards him just seconds after making them.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
I get an email everytime you digg yourself deeper in a hole. LOL you don't even know what a troll is.
iignotusJul 12, 2010
And he still doesn't get it, lol.
I command you to reply to this comment immediately, so that your post may be dugg down that much faster! Good boy!
darqravenJul 12, 2010
Can I get a facepalm up in here?
-_-
dickyt83Jul 12, 2010
Just for virinix, I'm going to kill zzzblaz so many times in MW2 tonight, and with my new gamertag: HolierThanYourNDA.
ergodigitalityJul 12, 2010
Your an assh**e.
nova437Jul 12, 2010
You're* spelling it wrong.
No but really, I agree, that guy is a douche.
virinixJul 12, 2010
It's probly safe to say you could present a working cure for cancer and zzzblaz would probly point out how cancer is a gift from god to teach people what happens when you live in sin.
Mislead 'religious' types are always hilarious. Believe in what I say or I hurt you.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Strange how not one person can disprove everything I've said.
archangelzltJul 21, 2010
The troll is well-fed.
blight000Jul 12, 2010
I think it's obvious that zzzblaz is Bobby Kotick in disguise.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Lulz, I cannot f**king WAIT until this case is thrown out because it has no merit. It's fluff, it's a stunt and they got fired fare and square.
Everyone who believes the hype created by IW to milk sympathy from the public via the media, you are gullible and moronic. You people have no f**king idea what you are talking about.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
joejitsuJul 12, 2010
BC 2 > MW 2
wondertwinsJul 12, 2010
words of wisdom. Although adjusting to BC2 might take a day or two. I thought BC2 was s**ttier than MW2 but after playing Rush and Squad DM, I love this game.
btw, it's harder to get 1 hit kills with sniper
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Huge Battlefield fan here but BC2 is complete s**te. It's buggy, it's lose, it's crap, the consolidated classes suck.
Yes, Rush is fun (I hated gold rush) and reminds me kind of what Halo Reach is trying to do with invasion.. but that's not enough for the game to stand on. Sorry.
The game is garbage and it's hard to find a good room after 11pm MST.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
railzJul 12, 2010
I haven't run into one bug and I played since Beta. Not sure what you're playing it on. BC2 has a lot more going for it then rush.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Xbox. And if you haven't had a bug you're either lying or incredibly lucky. I call bulls**t.
iignotusJul 12, 2010
You can call bulls**t on anything you want, it just makes you sound like a ten year old. BC2 plays flawlessly for everyone but you. I wonder where the problem lies...
darqravenJul 12, 2010
Mate, if you were a huge Battlefield fan you wouldn't be playing this game on an Xbox.
Playing shooter games on a console instantly degrades the quality of that game. Could that be your problem?
/Playing BC2 for months now, no bugs besides the chat function ever encountered. Over a 1000 hours in BF2, 400 in BF2142.
dickyt83Jul 12, 2010
zzzblaz, you must be having the worst day in history. In fact, I'm fairly certain that you're the reason the term "Negative Nancy" was created.
joejitsuJul 12, 2010
I've never encountered a bug in BC2. Also I've never had a problem getting a room, or have seen all the servers down.
doctorlexusJul 12, 2010
Hell yes!
deepleetJul 13, 2010
Onslaught on pc please
doshindudeJul 12, 2010
Oh Yeah Infinity Ward? I'm quite sure it was YOUR decision not to include dedicated servers, so STFU.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Thank you.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2010
I doubt anything was Infinity Ward's decision. You do what the person with money tells you to do.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
"I doubt anything was Infinity Ward's decision."
Wow, it's like the idiots just came out to play on this one.
Yeah, they had no hand in making anything. In fact, the game made itself.
"You do what the person with money tells you to do."
On this point we agree. It's the crux of my whole argument. Unfortunately, they did the exact opposite. You see, they went and started corporate espionage inside Activision... yeah, oddly enough, they pissed away their bonus by getting fired before it was paid to them.
libertyprimeJul 12, 2010
Can't blame activision for the piece of s**t that MW2 is.
eavesdropJul 12, 2010
f**k Infinity Ward.
zzzblazJul 12, 2010
Precisely!
khyberkitsuneJul 12, 2010
This account has been closed by the user
theboozerJul 12, 2010
lol
lachtanJul 12, 2010
Now please, could all whining gameplayers shut the f**k up in comments? I'd like to hear more from game developers, not from kids who have trauma, because MW2 don't have dedic server files.
phpcypherJul 12, 2010
One more reason to have a programmers union
mrswapJul 12, 2010
A programmer's union is a terrible idea.
meerlingJul 12, 2010
Maybe, but how do you herd cats again?
celticphillyoJul 12, 2010
Bottom line, the hardcore 'may' move away from the CoD franchise now that Treyarch are solely developing them, however the VAST majority of gamers (sheeple) don't & won't even know who develops it (á la World at War, which did a bucketload more sales than the original Modern Warfare). An unfortunate reality, but a reality nonetheless
wildJul 12, 2010
You have a lot wrong in your post, let me help:
1.) World at War may not have the best overall package, but its a lot more "fun" than the other CoD games (sorry, zombie mode ends the discussion)
2.) WaW sold well because of how good CoD4 was. That doesn't make people sheep, it makes them interested in getting more of what they liked. The dev may have switched, but the formula was still the same.
3.) Black Ops looks like it is going to be good, in spite of Activision.
4.) MW2 was awful, and the problems don't stem from Activision decisions. They added so much unblanaced crap to that game its nearly unplayable. (Not to mention removing Party Chat on 360, which was an IW decision, not an Activision one).
danj484Jul 12, 2010
Treyarch isn't the sole CoD developer. Or at least that wasn't the case before this whole fiasco.
kinseyincanadaJul 12, 2010
I dont understand why everyones excited about Respawn Entertainment, MW2 has a ton of problems and the guys at Respawn are partially responsible for it so there going to have to really make up for the problems of MW2.