Yeah, Im the the freak...

sfumato · 06-27-2005, 03:21 AM

... most of you think full of shit about the EA, GAMESPY,GAMECENTERakaGamespot debacle.

take a looky here,

IGN For Sale
Gaming mega-site on the lookout for buyers

According to the NY Post, IGN Entertainment is seeking buyers for their internet empire. Reports say the company is looking to sell for nearly $850 million, and may go public. Great Hill partners purchased IGN in 2003 for $26 million. Lehman Brothers, a global finance firm, is helping the company explore its options and large media conglomerates, such as Viacom, are among IGN's top suitors.

According to Media Metrix, IGN and its sister sites attract over 25 million users a month. This includes GameSpy, RottenTomatoes, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, and VE3D. IGN also provides online gaming technology for hundreds of video game developers.

IGN could not be reached for comment as of press time.

LOL, Im gonna call it, EA buys GAMESPY.

Im awesome!

Monkeyfeng · 06-27-2005, 03:36 AM

hm... i don't really care if EA buys IGN, as long as they don't make biased review. i'm a gamespot guy.

NavalLord · 06-27-2005, 03:37 AM

Mayhaps this should be in OT?

sfumato · 06-27-2005, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taiwan

hm... i don't really care if EA buys IGN, as long as they don't make biased review. i'm a gamespot guy.

Yeah but your BF2 is lacking "ONLINE FEATURES will be provided by GAMESPY" because either EA got cold feet or GAMESPY got poopy at EA smoochin on the girl down the street GAMECENTER.

Guru Imakuni · 06-27-2005, 06:18 AM

I don't get it. They're making tons of money...have the execs up top who started IGN decided they want early retirement?

Monkeyfeng · 06-27-2005, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sfumato

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taiwan

hm... i don't really care if EA buys IGN, as long as they don't make biased review. i'm a gamespot guy.

Yeah but your BF2 is lacking "ONLINE FEATURES will be provided by GAMESPY" because either EA got cold feet or GAMESPY got poopy at EA smoochin on the girl down the street GAMECENTER.

all i want is all seeing eyes. ea should use that.

The Master · 06-27-2005, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taiwan

all i want is all seeing eyes. ea should use that.

So EA will buy yahoo next.
Then ebay.
Then google.
Then... bfnation.net

grim reaper · 06-27-2005, 10:22 AM

If EA buys Gamespy we are fucked. They would own gaming on the web then.

Rexxie would never sell out though, would he? ...........

Monkeyfeng · 06-27-2005, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Master

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taiwan

all i want is all seeing eyes. ea should use that.

So EA will buy yahoo next.
Then ebay.
Then google.
Then... bfnation.net

don't worry, microsoft will finish them off before ea buys bfnation.

Cøyøte · 06-27-2005, 04:47 PM

Hell, I say we buy it. Ill put 5$ in the pot, whose up for it...?

Rambo_Medic · 06-27-2005, 08:13 PM

Yeah man, I got... lets see...

3.54$ yeah... That should cover it.

sfumato · 06-27-2005, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grim reaper

If EA buys Gamespy we are fucked. They would own gaming on the web then.

Rexxie would never sell out though, would he? ...........

LOL, sell out? Define sell out? Did he take an oath? Is there some secret Gaming Templar Knights I dont know about?

doh!

GAMING WEB SITE GOES ON THE BLOCK
TIM ARANGO. New York Post. New York, N.Y.: Jun 21, 2005. pg. 034

Companies: IGN Entertainment, Viacom Inc(Ticker:VIA, NAICS: 512110, 513120, Sic:7812, 4841, Duns:15-428-7825 )
Section: Business
Text Word Count 329
Document URL:

Abstract (Document Summary)
Viacom's CEO and controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone personally controls Midway Games, and has disclosed in a regulatory filing that Viacom may purchase Midway.

IGN has a monthly audience of about 27 million users, according to the research group Comscore Media Metrix. Earlier this month the company bought AskMen.com, which IGN says has the highest audience of male visitors aged 18 to 34.

grim reaper · 06-27-2005, 09:49 PM

Just to make something clear, rexxie runs BFN. Not IGN. So I was saying he wouldnt sell BFN out to the corporate evils.

Guru Imakuni · 06-28-2005, 01:19 AM

Trauma Studios did. They sucked anyway.

Rexxie > Trauma Studios.

PS. He's from Norway too!

sfumato · 07-09-2005, 02:30 AM

More confirmation on GAMESPY vs GAMECENTER and the reason the launch was botched...

from the patch update page,

Battlefield 2 v1.01 Update (13.4MB)
EA GAMES (readme file)
GameSpot GameCenter (primary download partner)
3D Gamers
Happy Puppy
FileFront
FileShack
WorthPlaying
BF2Files.com
ActionTrip
XFire
Games-Fusion
nVidia
Gamershell
ComputerGames.ro

HEY Wheres the link for GAMESPY.

from the readme,

with these fixes and more, it should be much easier to get in to a game of Battlefield 2 and that much easier to play it the way you want to play it. This update also adds support for the game inside GameCenter, including the ability to launch ranked game servers.
LOFL.

a brief summary,

1. Game went Gold

2. Week later GAMECENTER of GAMESPOT announces exclusive DEMO for BF2 as part of their "GAMECENTER launch specatacularrrrrrr". They did provide mirrors BUT the only folks who could not mirror it for 24hrs was GAMESPY.

3. Several days later EA makes post on Bf2 site about how there were gonna be some funky new rules for "logging in".

4. Post after post at gamespy sight about how they were not supporting game till patched, how they had no idea what EA was doing ....even though it was posted 10 days earlier on Bf2 site.

5. Game launches, all the ONLINE FEATURES are WHACKED, server stats, lag, log in, password issues memory leaks and more importantly 3rd PARTY GAME BROWSER SUPPORT ex. GAMESPY, ASE.

which is kind of funny considering p.14 of your USER MANUAL.

6. patch comes out, announcing,
Battlefield 2 v1.01 Update (13.4MB)
EA GAMES (readme file)
GameSpot GameCenter (primary download partner)

and,

these fixes and more, it should be much easier to get in to a game of Battlefield 2 and that much easier to play it the way you want to play it. This update also adds support for the game inside GameCenter, including the ability to launch ranked game servers.

which again is kind of funny dont you think considering p.14 of your USER MANUAL.

Guru Imakuni · 07-09-2005, 09:18 AM

So let's see GameCenter's browser supports BF2. EA is backing GameCenter...and this incorporated browser support is a surprise how?

You're looing too far into this, sfumato. EA/DICE never told anyone how the server browser was going to be implemented. It was merely licensed from GameSpy. Not seeing the demo on FilePlanet the first day is no surprise considering their a business and EA would specifically not want them to host the demo when their partner GameSpot/GameCenter can.

If it's in the manual then it only means EA already had a partnership with GameStop at the time the manual was printed...

06-27-2005, 03:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
sfumato Private Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11	Yeah, Im the the freak... ... most of you think full of shit about the EA, GAMESPY,GAMECENTERakaGamespot debacle. take a looky here, IGN For Sale Gaming mega-site on the lookout for buyers According to the NY Post, IGN Entertainment is seeking buyers for their internet empire. Reports say the company is looking to sell for nearly $850 million, and may go public. Great Hill partners purchased IGN in 2003 for $26 million. Lehman Brothers, a global finance firm, is helping the company explore its options and large media conglomerates, such as Viacom, are among IGN's top suitors. According to Media Metrix, IGN and its sister sites attract over 25 million users a month. This includes GameSpy, RottenTomatoes, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, and VE3D. IGN also provides online gaming technology for hundreds of video game developers. IGN could not be reached for comment as of press time. LOL, Im gonna call it, EA buys GAMESPY. Im awesome!

06-27-2005, 03:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Monkeyfeng Captain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Taiwan, can you find it on the map? Posts: 2,785	hm... i don't really care if EA buys IGN, as long as they don't make biased review. i'm a gamespot guy. __________________

06-27-2005, 03:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 5,945	Mayhaps this should be in OT? __________________

06-27-2005, 06:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
Guru Imakuni Captain Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,309	I don't get it. They're making tons of money...have the execs up top who started IGN decided they want early retirement? __________________

06-27-2005, 04:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
Cøyøte Second Lieutenant Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,410	Hell, I say we buy it. Ill put 5$ in the pot, whose up for it...? __________________ "We are Dyslexia of Borg. All your ass will be laminated" Don't call your ISP when your computer breaks. You dont call the Dept. of roads when your car breaks down, nor the power company when a lightbulb burns out. They dont want to hear it, and neither do we."-Coyote

06-27-2005, 10:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	If EA buys Gamespy we are fucked. They would own gaming on the web then. Rexxie would never sell out though, would he? ...........

06-27-2005, 09:49 PM	#13 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	Just to make something clear, rexxie runs BFN. Not IGN. So I was saying he wouldnt sell BFN out to the corporate evils.

06-28-2005, 01:19 AM	#14 (permalink)
Guru Imakuni Captain Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,309	Trauma Studios did. They sucked anyway. Rexxie > Trauma Studios. PS. He's from Norway too! __________________

07-09-2005, 02:30 AM	#15 (permalink)
sfumato Private Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11	More confirmation on GAMESPY vs GAMECENTER and the reason the launch was botched... from the patch update page, Battlefield 2 v1.01 Update (13.4MB) EA GAMES (readme file) GameSpot GameCenter (primary download partner) 3D Gamers Happy Puppy FileFront FileShack WorthPlaying BF2Files.com ActionTrip XFire Games-Fusion nVidia Gamershell ComputerGames.ro HEY Wheres the link for GAMESPY. from the readme, with these fixes and more, it should be much easier to get in to a game of Battlefield 2 and that much easier to play it the way you want to play it. This update also adds support for the game inside GameCenter, including the ability to launch ranked game servers. LOFL. a brief summary, 1. Game went Gold 2. Week later GAMECENTER of GAMESPOT announces exclusive DEMO for BF2 as part of their "GAMECENTER launch specatacularrrrrrr". They did provide mirrors BUT the only folks who could not mirror it for 24hrs was GAMESPY. 3. Several days later EA makes post on Bf2 site about how there were gonna be some funky new rules for "logging in". 4. Post after post at gamespy sight about how they were not supporting game till patched, how they had no idea what EA was doing ....even though it was posted 10 days earlier on Bf2 site. 5. Game launches, all the ONLINE FEATURES are WHACKED, server stats, lag, log in, password issues memory leaks and more importantly 3rd PARTY GAME BROWSER SUPPORT ex. GAMESPY, ASE. which is kind of funny considering p.14 of your USER MANUAL. 6. patch comes out, announcing, Battlefield 2 v1.01 Update (13.4MB) EA GAMES (readme file) GameSpot GameCenter (primary download partner) and, these fixes and more, it should be much easier to get in to a game of Battlefield 2 and that much easier to play it the way you want to play it. This update also adds support for the game inside GameCenter, including the ability to launch ranked game servers. which again is kind of funny dont you think considering p.14 of your USER MANUAL.

07-09-2005, 09:18 AM	#16 (permalink)
Guru Imakuni Captain Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,309	So let's see GameCenter's browser supports BF2. EA is backing GameCenter...and this incorporated browser support is a surprise how? You're looing too far into this, sfumato. EA/DICE never told anyone how the server browser was going to be implemented. It was merely licensed from GameSpy. Not seeing the demo on FilePlanet the first day is no surprise considering their a business and EA would specifically not want them to host the demo when their partner GameSpot/GameCenter can. If it's in the manual then it only means EA already had a partnership with GameStop at the time the manual was printed... __________________