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choxor

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  1. The point you were supposed to infer from the story was that the higher risk that the early pre-orders took was rewarded by BW with higher reward. You can try to convolute it however you want, but that's the way it works. If you ordered early and didn't register until later for whatever reason was out of your control, then my condolences.
  2. Simply stating facts that govern many facets of life, especially when it comes to anything financial. Take a higher risk, expect a higher reward. If people want to be ignorant of facts then that's on them. Some people will go "ohhh, that makes sense!" And some will continue to wallow in self-entitlement. Can't do anything for the latter.
  3. Totally dark BH. I just like the dark responses better during beta. Maybe I need help.
  4. I guess hypothetical scenarios are just completely lost on you.
  5. If you purchased early and didn't enter your key until late then that's...wait for it...YOUR FAULT. If you didn't read and understand the criteria for early access then it...WAIT FOR IT AGAIN...YOUR FAULT! So your "retort" is that you failed? Come on.
  6. Here's a little finance 101: You have $5 you want to invest. Now, you could put it in the bank, which is zero-risk investment and get a return on investment (profit) of 5%. You're guaranteed to get your 5%. OR You could put it in a medium-risk stock. But hey, the risk is higher! There's a chance you could LOSE money. Are you going to expect to only get 5% return if you do that though? OF COURSE NOT! You could get the same thing playing the zero-risk investment! There's more risk! Say you require 10% to mitigate the risk and make the investment worthwhile. So what's this in a nutshell? The higher the risk of investment the higher return you will require. Now what the hell does this have to do with the EGA? Everything. Those pre-orders made in July were HIGH RISK INVESTMENTS. The game was still under NDA, hardly anyone had played it. Now how was Bioware going to get people to go ahead and order? BY GIVING THEM A HIGHER RETURN. First come, first serve. Pre-order earlier, get in earlier. Now those of us (including me) who waited until after the NDA had been lifted or waited until after we played the beta made the low-risk investment. We knew a lot more about the game that those who ordered earlier. However, still the earlier we invested the higher return we got. So what's the issue? Those of us that put our money in the bank are watching the guys that put their money in stocks zip around in their awesome new cars picking up our women while we take the bus. And we're jealous. Now people are complaining "HEY, I want 10% too! I mean, I didn't take the same risk, but 5% is lame and unfair! I'm going to sue!" Don't like it? Too bad. It's life. Buy a house, buy a car. Invest. These are the rules that you are or one day going to have to learn. Might as well learn it in a video game.
  7. It is fair, you're just too immature to see that.
  8. YOU had a choice. Pre-order EARLY (hardcore fans) and be rewarded. Test drive the game LATER and still be rewarded, but not as much. Now you want just as much reward as those that made a higher risk move? You must not have much experience in financial markets.
  9. Truth! I was a pansy and waited until after I had beta'd to purchase. Now I'm at the back of the line. People need to quit trying to deflect the issue. Bioware is indeed rewarding those players who put their money down first. THIS ISN'T OUT OF THE ORDINARY. It's called first-movers advantage. part of life. Live with it.
  10. Who cares. It's their rollout. I see, you think they're doing it to personally screw with you. That has to be it! There can't be some well thought out reason that a team would do something for a multi-million dollar project! Get over yourself You should have ordered earlier. Yup, that statement's getting old, but it'll never get LESS TRUE.
  11. November 29th for my wife and I. It's gonna be cloooooooose.
  12. No, that whole thing was a whine about how you can't play. That's it. Yes, you can play UP TO 5 days. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU PREORDER. If you preorder 2 days before the EGA is up then you're not going to get 5 days are you? Man, I thought that WAS COMMON SENSE. The entire problem is you look at this from your own selfish perspective, conveniently relabeling yourself as "the customers" to try to give your statement some validity. It's still a whine regardless of how you try to paint it. Obviously companies need to start releasing cute flash animations to spell out terms in a way more people can understand.
  13. Facts: If you wanted to play on the first day you should have ordered on the first day. You didn't. YOUR fault. Be a man and live with it. I found NOTHING about the criteria for the EGA confusing. If you did then you may want to go back and blame your teachers, but don't blame BW for the fact you have inferior reading comprehension skills. Giving a timetable is the absolute dumbest idea. If they released any kind of time table and they could make you CLICK AN AGREEMENT saying THIS IS JUST TENTATIVE, NOT OFFICIAL, the instant that timetable deviated from what was really happening (and it would, this is a DYNAMIC ROLLOUT) people would wet themselves in anger. NO ANSWER IS BETTER THAN A BAD GUESTIMATE THAT WILL JUST GET PEOPLES' HOPES UP. Bottom line, you're all waiting here JUST LIKE ME because you took a gamble and ordered late. Quit whining like children and blaming YOUR CHOICE on everything under the sun. It's sad.
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