Listen EA!! Look at the numbers! Then you decide!

rudedog · **Listen EA!! Look at the numbers! Then you decide! -** 11-19-2002, 06:50 AM

The only way to get a company's attention and to
change it's mind. Is to show it hard number that make
good business since.

Yes we could have setup a petition but I think this is
short sweet and to the point.
Please everyone,
send this thread's link to as many MOH or gaming sites out there.
We need as many buyers of EA games
as possible. To vote on this.
Please keep the comments on topic and no derogatory
remarks please

rudedog · 11-19-2002, 06:59 AM

Also if possible post this link in as many forums as possible, I have already sent emails to TMT, this site, PMOH and MMGN forums ( MOH ). I have not posted in EA's official site or ASE site. so if someone could drop them a line I and the rest of the community would appreciate it.

11-19-2002, 07:25 AM

Without a doubt in my mind, ASE all the way! Why would EA do that exclusive browser deal with Gamespy is beyond me. mad:

woody2k2 · 11-19-2002, 08:06 AM

ASE all the way man, i wont be purchasing spearhead unless ASE support is added.

I thought EA woulda learnt after the big rant when they released BF1942 without ASE support.

kdja · 11-19-2002, 08:17 AM

Good luck posted on TMT and on ASE forums.

Kdja

rudedog · 11-19-2002, 08:41 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! it can only get worst.
Just seen this posted on BF42.com.de
[quote:425e8]GameSpy Industries, a leading content and technology company, and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) , the leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced that the two companies have signed a multi-year technology licensing and services agreement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Under the agreement, Electronic Arts ("EA") will incorporate GameSpy's middleware into select PC games that feature online game play. GameSpy will also provide assistance in managing the back-end services for EA's online games that use the GameSpy middleware, providing server, bandwidth and reporting support.

"GameSpy's online gaming solutions provide us with code that's easy to integrate seamlessly into our games, and a reliable back-end infrastructure," said David McCombe, Director, Piracy Protection for Electronic Arts. "Once our games are released, GameSpy takes care of managing the online infrastructure, freeing up our resources to build new games."

As part of the agreement, Electronic Arts will also make GameSpy technology and services available to its co-publishing partners.

The multi-year agreement is an outgrowth of the two companies' prior work together, supplying middleware and back end online gameplay support for titles such as Medal of Honor Allied Assault(TM) and Freedom Force(TM).

"Having EA as a long-term partner is an exceptional endorsement for our company and its technology," said Mark Surfas, CEO of GameSpy Industries. "Their standards for third-party tools are among the toughest in the business, and we're proud to have earned their confidence."

GameSpy offers a suite of multi-platform SDKs to enable online gaming, and the reliable back-end infrastructure that has matched players in more than one billion gaming sessions for more than five years. GameSpy's middleware supports multiple gaming platforms, including PC, the PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Nintendo(TM) GameCube(TM), and Dreamcast. [/quote:425e8]

Webb · 11-19-2002, 08:41 AM

Gamespy is really bad.

capt.kick your ass · 11-19-2002, 08:43 AM

yeah ase rocks i hope they get all the votes

Zoner · 11-19-2002, 09:06 AM

Aw CRAP! That's horrible news, rude.

Looks like ASE is gonna get the short end of the stick when it comes to EA games for a while.

That eats.

Zone

pest · 11-19-2002, 09:27 AM

OK, help me out here guys. I like ASE just fine and it is a little more user friendly than GS and has one or two extra features, but nothing important. Why do you guys hate GS so much? What does ASE do that GS doesnt that you just cant live without?

I used to use the free version of ASE and decided to step up and buy one or the other. I finally decided on GS because:

1 - their lifetime was $20 compared to ASE being $30

2 - they were most likely to be around long enough to get my moneys worth out of a lifetime membership

When I first started using GS, I didnt like it at all. But after a week or so, when I got familiar with it, it is pretty much like ASE. And now that GS is flexing its $$$$, I like it even more. What about GS could possibly be worse than not being able to use it for your favorite game?

11-19-2002, 09:28 AM

Well RUDE posted the information that I was going to give. Bottom line, not enough people know about ASE, and ASE does exactly what EA doesn't want it to do, which is filter out ad-spam.

pest · 11-19-2002, 09:29 AM

[quote="The Coalition To Save ED!":b5a6f]Well RUDE posted the information that I was going to give. Bottom line, not enough people know about ASE, and ASE does exactly what EA doesn't want it to do, which is filter out ad-spam.[/quote:b5a6f]

Please define ad spam - I have never seen it.

Colonel · 11-19-2002, 09:29 AM

Thanks for the info Rude. I've never liked Gamespy either. I haven't used it since I heard about ASE in this forum.

rudedog · 11-19-2002, 09:30 AM

Its not that I dislike them so much but I do hate all the spyware they stick on your PC. I just want a option on what you can use.

pest · 11-19-2002, 09:47 AM

I did not know they had spyware in GS. I dont think my spyware detector found anything other than kazaa, which has since been replaced with kazaa lite.