Has anyone considered approaching DICE directly?

Flanker15 · Post by **Flanker15** » 2007-08-06 03:27

EA should have put out a comp for a license like Epic did which led to RO, PR would have won that.

Desertfox · Post by **Desertfox** » 2007-08-06 03:51

We should hold a PR gathering outside EA's office with bricks. Get everyone to throw the bricks at there windows, and then when they come outside proceed to yell at them "LOOK WHAT YOUR WINDOW DID TO MY BRICK!, IM SUEING"

To EA's Lawyers: This is a joke. We may not like your buggy game called Battlefield2, but we LOVE your bug-free payment system.

Post by **Outlawz7** » 2007-08-06 04:05

MajorPwnag3 · Post by **MajorPwnag3** » 2007-08-06 04:12

What we should do is gather an angry mob of people wielding small rocks and wearing bright green shirts outside of EA's headquarters. Then, whenever someone comes out, we will throw the rocks in their general direction, causing the passers-by who are actually hit to feel slight discomfort. When EA's executives come out, one person will come out of the crowd and say, "Wasn't that cool? Now imagine doing that in-game!" Soon afterwards, EA's newest title, "Rock Throwing: X-TREME!" will become the year's best-selling title and receive countless awards. As for the PR Team, they will disappear under mysterious circumstances and become part of an elaborate urban legend concerning government conspiracies, the Freemasons, and Swiss cheese.

Post by **Outlawz7** » 2007-08-06 04:19

And they'll never know, it was already done in PRM

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-08-06 04:52

I'll post the reply if I get one. It's already Monday so let's hope it's a quick reply!

Trigz07 · Post by **Trigz07** » 2007-08-06 06:19

I can convince Them i have alot of connections with dice. To many infact. But what I just sayed was from a what If machine some old man from futurama let me use=/ a man can dream? cant he

Post by **AfterDune** » 2007-08-06 06:20

Don't expect it to be soon...

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What do we need to mention for EA to be triggered and listen to what we have to say? It's pretty easy money-making, right? People buy BF2, solely for PR. If we had just a little extra access to the source, we (read: the devs) could do even greater things. EA gets the money for BF2, we have more access to the source, which will remain property of EA.. everyone happy, right?

Can't think of a reason why they can't be arsed for stuff like this. They get money for it, for crying out loud!

Trigz07 · Post by **Trigz07** » 2007-08-06 06:25

Ohh the source code. That's what you guys want? Oh ok well Valve has one. It's called something by the name of the source engine I believe they have source source code source engine source sources etc.....

The Great Danton · Post by **The Great Danton** » 2007-08-06 06:33

Has anyone sent them an email yet, just to see what kind of response they would offer?

Desertfox · Post by **Desertfox** » 2007-08-06 06:34

From now on EA should be known as "The-Company-Who-Cannot-Be-Named" or TCWCBN for short

Nimble · Post by **Nimble** » 2007-08-06 06:45

I bet that's already the acronym for some corrupt broadcasting network.

Total_Overkill · Post by **Total_Overkill** » 2007-08-06 06:49

[R-PUB]Garabaldi wrote:$50 on getting a shitty automated response .

HA! knowing EA... it would probably be a call from their lawyers with a lawsuit incoming

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ya.... put me down for $100 on that...

Nimble · Post by **Nimble** » 2007-08-06 06:53

Eh .. if I had some cash I'd be willing to invest in EA. As much as I do dislike the company as a whole, given their malicious nature and the fact that they seem to like absorbing other companies and thus growing ... It'd probably be a safe investment heh.

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-08-06 07:13

The Great Danton wrote:Has anyone sent them an email yet, just to see what kind of response they would offer?

I did.

Long Bow · Post by **Long Bow** » 2007-08-07 14:22

Im sure there is some sound bisuness resaons for EA/Dice not releasing source code.

The funny thing is, if I remeber this correctly, that Dice were people who worked on the Desert Combat mod for b1942 ( a free mod). EA saw how huge the Desert combat mod got so hired up some of the people to release BF2 which is largely NOT mod friendly. Irony, no? Then what is?

PlayPR! · Post by **PlayPR!** » 2007-08-07 14:49

Long Bow wrote:Im sure there is some sound bisuness resaons for EA/Dice not releasing source code.

The funny thing is, if I remeber this correctly, that Dice were people who worked on the Desert Combat mod for b1942 ( a free mod). EA saw how huge the Desert combat mod got so hired up some of the people to release BF2 which is largely NOT mod friendly. Irony, no? Then what is?

Lame? Supid? Idiotic? The list goes on and on... Periodically spersed with Damn you EA Games! Damn yooooooouuuuuuu!

eddie · Post by **eddie** » 2007-08-07 14:55

Long Bow wrote:Im sure there is some sound business resaons for EA/Dice not releasing source code.

D'ya think?!
EA and DiCE are a business like any other company in the world. They need money to keep producing shitty games, it's how the world works. The only reason EA seems unpopular compared to many other companies is because gamers are often 13 year-olds with ADHD who feel the need to voice their every thought.

I'm sure many toy companies, pharmacutical companies, etcetera can all get everyone's backs up.

Kruder · Post by **Kruder** » 2007-08-07 16:04

This thread is kind of useless,they dont release or soft code(whatever u say) so that they'll implement these "features" into BF3.Example 128 player support,weapon sway,no insta-prone headshot etc. etc.

Man they did not even implement basic flag capture system in to bf1942 but they put it in to bf vietnam as a new feature and try to sell that junk...

Besides do u actually believe a company who sold more than 3 millions copies of BF2 will listen to modders?

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-08-07 16:10

Kruder wrote: Besides do u actually believe a company who sold more than 3 millions copies of BF2 will listen to modders?

BF2 was a mod. It was called DC.