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Got nerfed by my 4 year old… I get the cash in my greasy mitt, just about to buy chipped box off Trade Me and order game off amazon when she breaks her bed and grows out of her shoes in the same night…….. Can’t blame her for the bed, she’s outgrown that too.

can’t watch her sleep in that bed, so thats that for now. PC version for me I reckon, can’t justify it, not for one game. Why does common sense suck so much?

Bleh…..fuckin’ kids.

@Alzir wrote:

Yea ok but how many people are that anal? And anyway, I think I’d still prefer soldier over pyro…..maybe just because I can’t play pyro though 🙂

more and more, too many of the pesky bastards these days (speaking NZ tho). Simply put the pyro has it’s niche, he’s great when the enemy class count is leaning toward scout and spy so definitely not useless. It’s just about hiding on corners and taking short range routes rather than using the soldiers route 1 subtlty and of course getting on the end of ubers, set on fire then ‘last weapon’ swap to shotty or axe (more fun) for a quicker finish. On granary he can get to the middle point just behind the scouts (long before the sollys) and fry up the scout rush.

I’ve become a ‘jack of all trades’ love being the heavy but I’m sticking with Medic at the moment just for the new stuff while fully expecting Valve to nerf all my current stats when the medic acheivements and upgrades go in*. :/

*haven’t played for a couple of days so don’t know if thats happened yet.

FUXTIX, it’s official NZ is getting some Booshit edited fluffy version thanks to the censors in Oz. In Oz there is no 18 rating for games so 15 has to suffice. Historically NZ has got the proper worldwide release and pointed and laughed at the Aussies. No such joy this time, prossies removed and replaced by sheep, swearing reduced to Niko did you FUN my wife etc probably….ohh even better no claret perhaps……. So what will really happen?? Everyone will just import from somewhere else and mod their XBoxs or in cases of PS3 it apparently doesn’t matter (but I ain’t buying one of those cnuts). I’m not sure how it affects any future DLC ….well done u dicks. Seeing as I can’t be @rs3d to import it and then buy a modded XBox which will probably get sussed by Live eventually, it’s PC version FTW…stroll on September, NJOI ya full version fellas 🙁

*edit* apparently EB have a different supplier so might be game on…have to check this out. Otherwise my boycott stands….COCKS.

*edit2* spotty herberts in EB know shit, like they could sell a different version anyways……. exec boycottdatmuthafukka.cfg

*edit3* Sproggeh might have to order a UK version (PAL is PAL right?) and get it sent to yours for you to forward please m8….not sure I can wait till September for PC only to be told it’s delayed and will be released in 2009.

cocks…

PC version is Sept/Oct 🙁

nothing for it…. GTAIV XBox 360 pack ftw!!!!!

just gotta dupe the mrs into why Im allowed an XBox and she isn’t allowed a $400 matching bag/shoes for her birthday.

haha funny, got it about right there Vic. Yea it’s not a bad game, defintely some fun to be had but too much time spent making it look ace (which it does) in order to get it sold with screenshots and less time actually polishing the game anywhere else, style over content I believe the phrase is…still good hopes for the obligatory AC2 and long may it be milked I say. Horses are a f**king windup though. Lovely Graphics throughout, animation is superb I have to say and checkout these platform comparison shots on Kristen Bell I made for an example of what to expect.

PC Version
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XBox 360 Version
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Nintendo Wii Version
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apparently a turn around

(taken from sarcastic gamer website, check out his video on you tube calling for a boycott on BFBC it’s tops. I would provide a link if I could get on youtube from work. 🙁 )

Sarcastic Gamer Community,

Take a deep breath. You did something amazing. With the support of more than a hundred independent blogs and podcasts, you brought awareness to the effort to convince EA to alter its course with the DLC for Bad Company. More than that, you proved that when properly motivated, even the smallest of communities can accomplish huge feats. No we didn’t change the world, or end hunger. But we did make enough noise to elicit a positive response from an enormous company.

This boycott was founded for two reasons.

First, to directly disrupt the plan to distribute what we felt was abusive DLC at the expense of loyal fans of the Battlefield franchise.

Secondly, but perhaps most importantly, we wanted to send a clear message to EA and other publishers, that there is a very clear limit to how far they can take downloadable content, and that there can be awful repercussions if the line is crossed.

After reading the interviews that were granted to the larger outlets this evening, I am confident that we accomplished both of those objectives decisively, and with our own brand of class.

At no point in this fracas did you hear any single individual with Sarcastic Gamer say anything derogatory regarding the quality of BF:BC. Our intention was not to hurt DICE, a respected developer. Our intention was not to hurt EA either. I do not believe we did either of those things. We just wanted, as a community, to be heard.

The reason that this effort was successful is that we made reasonable, clear demands of those with the power to change things, and your community, on the whole, ran with that clear message. You told anyone who would listen, and many who wouldn’t. You stared down several respected bloggers who basically laughed at the effort, or ignored it.

While we might have employed a touch of sensationalism, I have no regrets on how things were handled on this end. Small sites like ours must sometimes play by a different set of rules to be heard on a scale large enough to make an impact. Our boycott video might have been an extreme exaggeration, but it did it’s job. It spread the word.

While the result might not be ideal, this boycott cannot continue with any degree of integrity. While the hoops to jump through might be a little on the silly side, the content in question is now fully available to anyone that purchases BF:BC without additional financial commitment. I believe it would be petty of all of us to continue with this. DICE and EA have done basically what we have asked.

There have been new calls within the community for another boycott over the pricing of Rock Band for our friends in Europe. I own Rock Band. I do not see how, in good conscience, I could participate in a boycott for a game I already own. We have a saying here in the US. “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Quite simply this means we’re already working on a far more creative way of trying to help our substantial membership from overseas. Please be patient.

As I mentioned before, you as a community, will likely never receive the recognition you deserve for what YOU accomplished. Already, the news of this victory has hit most major gaming sites, many of which said nothing when we were trying to get their assistance. Whatever. That doesn’t matter.

Sarcastic Gamer took a lot of direct hits from all directions. Thanks for defending us.

The podcast team has received a lot of back patting for this, but as much as we appreciate the sentiments, you should really be patting your own shoulders. Sarcastic Gamer was the aircraft carrier, and you crazy bastards did the bombing runs. You got Destructoid to listen. You got IGN to listen. You pissed Joystiq’s Justin McElroy off enough to write about it, just to shut us all up. You made the noise. This is YOUR victory and not ours.

Before I close I want to make an apology to my friend, Lono. When he brought this to Dave and I, I was dismissive. I was scared we’d look stupid (which is itself stupid considering half of the other stuff we do around here). I didn’t believe it could work. After a lot of yelling and some compromises, he convinced Dave and I that it could work, and that our community was more than capable of making this happen. I won’t doubt you (as much) in the future, Lono.

As I promised to do when this all began, if our demands were met, I now plan to buy BF:BC based on the merits of the game, and in appreciation for a very big company doing something as fundamental as it was unexpected.

They listened to their fans.

That’s it.

Boycott complete.

Good job Sarcastic Gamer community, and thanks to the countless bloggers and sites that jumped in to help.

Doc

P.S. Just as we all went forth to spread the bad news, it might be a good idea and get out there and let the troops know that the war’s been called off due to lack of quarrel. At least this one, anyway.

In short, I found Wagner’s Ring accommodating, even if it had the texture of Bach’s last movement.

These reviews suggest the book gives detail of unsavoury sexual practices between consenting gentlemen; in fact it is about German opera.

I was very disappointed.