 |
View Poll Results: Why do the Whiners act like this? They...
|
|
|
like attention
|
   
|
15 |
15.15% |
|
take part in their own "no. of replies"contest
|
  
|
4 |
4.04% |
|
are employees of rival software companies
|
  
|
2 |
2.02% |
|
like whining
|
  
|
15 |
15.15% |
are just kids..(it's the age) 
|
  
|
15 |
15.15% |
|
don't like number 3
|
  
|
5 |
5.05% |
|
can't understand the game
|
|
25 |
25.25% |
|
have nothing! else to do
|
|
18 |
18.18% |
|
January 4, 2002, 20:10
|
#91
|
|
Deity
Local Time: 13:43
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Republic of Texas
Posts: 27,637
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally posted by simwiz2
too bad theres not an option for "they paid $50 for a game that is a major dissapointment, bordering on false advertisement" such as just enough editor to claim one existed, etc.
so put my vote down for "other" er, i guess there isnt one of those either.... 
|
Considering it as a single player only game, Civ III is good.
Much better graphics.
Much better relevance of being able to produce.
Much better with the individual strengths/weaknesses peculiar to a Civ.
__________________
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
|
|
|
|
|
January 5, 2002, 10:05
|
#92
|
|
Prince
Local Time: 13:43
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 421
|
Judging from the replies here, I'd say that unreasonably high expectations explains most of the whining. I'd also venture that they are looking back at Civ 1 and 2 with rose colored glasses, because at least a few seem to forget just how bad the AI was in that game.
BTW, "whinging" is the Australian term for "whining". Try not to be so provincial.
Yin, if a certain tactic ruins the fun for you, don't use it. Nobody is making you.
__________________
Above all, avoid zeal. --Tallyrand.
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 5, 2002, 10:11
|
#93
|
|
King
Local Time: 13:43
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 1,267
|
One who uses a parochial term begs the rest of the English speaking world to be less provincial. Ironik, init?
__________________
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatum." — William of Ockham
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 5, 2002, 19:02
|
#94
|
|
Prince
Local Time: 13:43
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 421
|
"Whinging" is also used by the English. Ask around.
__________________
Above all, avoid zeal. --Tallyrand.
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 5, 2002, 21:55
|
#95
|
|
King
Local Time: 07:43
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: of Hamilton, New-Zealand.
Posts: 1,160
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally posted by ****gyRA
What part was falsely advertised?
|
 I've had great joy MULTIPLAYING in Civ3
Also The README.txt file stated
* Civilization III requires OpenGL support. If you experience problems, make sure to download and install the latest drivers for your videocard and any service pack updates to your operating system.
 This was NOT stated on the box.
 Is that false advertising?
__________________
Grrr | Pieter Lootsma | Hamilton, NZ | grrr@orcon.net.nz
Waikato University, Hamilton.
Last edited by Grrr; January 5, 2002 at 22:00.
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 5, 2002, 22:16
|
#96
|
|
Prince
Local Time: 12:43
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: In a dark and scary hole!
Posts: 728
|
They announced multiplaying would not be in the game at least a month before release because they were having a hard time making it work right. (Whatever that means)
It is common practice to find additional requirements in the readme.txt file. It always has been and always will be. The box gets printed well before the game is finished and sometimes things are left out. (whether or not this game is "finished" is another discussion entirely )
I don't think false advertising applies in either case. (Though I'm not a lawyer and I have never played one on TV)
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 5, 2002, 22:36
|
#97
|
|
King
Local Time: 07:43
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: of Hamilton, New-Zealand.
Posts: 1,160
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally posted by ****gyRA
It is common practice to find additional requirements in the readme.txt file. It always has been and always will be. The box gets printed well before the game is finished and sometimes things are left out. (whether or not this game is "finished" is another discussion entirely )
I don't think false advertising applies in either case. (Though I'm not a lawyer and I have never played one on TV)
|
Either way, it is in breach of the New Zealand Fair Trading Act, and if I had the available  to pay for a lawsuit, I could force infogrammes to repackage all its units in New Zealand!
__________________
Grrr | Pieter Lootsma | Hamilton, NZ | grrr@orcon.net.nz
Waikato University, Hamilton.
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 14:43.
|
|
