When you're on the forum more then the game itself.

[Simon.Fitoussi]

You know you bought a piece of game... but what's really sad is the strategy Ca is using. 40% of their budget went directly towards fanboy pockets.... that's just obvious. I made a post insulting you puppets that bought cesar in gaul and I get messaged saying "hey I bought the game just to spite you, good job u just made Ca a sale, how does it feel." That makes no sense? If this person really bought the game just to spite me I think it's safe to say we're heading down a deep dark path and no way out of it. This is the end of commercial gaming as we know it.

I mean come on... barrages of posts stating not to buy the game in an effort to communally make the main game better, how can you mess this up?

But you still buy it... and I don't care if it was really worth it, they still don't deserve a penny milked from this crap. You are encouraging CA to sell their games in pieces, don't you get it. There is a MAJOR campaign to promote the game, especially on the forums, people swear this is the best game they've ever played.

The conspiracy seems comical, but tell me something. Where, oh where did that 40% budget go? To the 1-2 commercial ads I've never seen outside of youtube?

Or better they threw all their money at teams of people who come online for hours at a day, (not playing rome 2 themselves) but rather rejoicing in it's name. These kids don't actually play the game it's obvious because they are the first people to post on your topic, immediately attempting to debunk your theory in a single straw man sentence, (usually a run off.) They can't even articulate themselves that well, especially when their mind is so busy with the obstacle of having to actually call this game "amazing."

My message is clear: don't believe when they say it' the best game they ever played, assume it's another marketing strategy Ca so typically turns to. Promoting the game anecdotally is a small stones throw from hyping us up about it initially and giving us... well you know.

[Simon.Fitoussi]

let's see how long before this post goes to complant thread and will never read by more then 2-3 people. That's what really pisses me off.

[DarrenTotalWar]

There is a complaint thread for this, why do you post stuff like this, what is the goal? Everyone knows the games issues by now, there has literally, no joke, literally been about 300 threads all regarding the issues the game has all to do with the same 10-15 things.

[Simon.Fitoussi]

Why post a reaction then.... I did nothing add a sentence to mass list of other topics. YOU CHOSE MY TOPIC? AND POSTED IN IT?

Clearly you read my title, saw what type of post it is and decided you couldn't help yourself.

[Simon.Fitoussi]

Again... if you like the game.... why the are you hereeeeee...... GOOOOOO PLAYYYYY...................

[daniu]

Again... if you like the game.... why the are you hereeeeee...... GOOOOOO PLAYYYYY...................

To discuss the game?
The better question is if you don't play the game, why visit its forums.

Also, reporting to merge with complaint thread.

[Simon.Fitoussi]

ofcourse you are... because you don't play the game but rather you are here to inform people on your opinion on it. Like i said... first posts are gonna be fanboy's debunking my theory in a run off straw man sentence. How predictable.

[Simon.Fitoussi]

It's only not in the complaint forum yet because I said, hey how long til this one gets there... obviously. The ploys are well known.

Had I not this would have immediately been put there and would have got 2 reads instead of the 20 or so it might get now that I commented on the complaint thread issue.

I haven't played rome 2 since they issued that month's worth of a patch 7... since then I stopped and I will not pick it up until the issues that are most complained of are fixed... not new camapign buildings... not special effects like rain... and snow... not more factions with more useless units. I want my depth and I want it NOW!

[Karnil Vark Khaitan]

why are you not banned yet?

[ozzylaos]

Again... if you like the game.... why the are you hereeeeee...... GOOOOOO PLAYYYYY...................

Maybe because... I'M AT WORK!!!!!
And my Boss doesnt allow me to launch Steam.....

PS
Visiting and posting a Forum doesnt make me a CA employeer...

[Simon.Fitoussi]

Always the same 3-4 people saying the same exact things... and most notably, they all have hours posting on the forums, instead of hours playing the game they seem to love so much they'd bash anyone's skulls in had they heard them talkin smack.

[Plan C]

Feel free to address specific (new) points about the game in the main forum. Rants go here:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...mplaint-Thread

Much as I'm deeply unhappy about the state of release of this game and have many a bone to pick with CA over their conduct I have to agree that the forum doesn't need another flame war - it does nothing for the forum. You're just creating unnecessary work for the mods. Cheers.

[Simon.Fitoussi]

I give up... thanks for breaking my total war spirit. I can't honestly keep telling myself in a genre of people that like kicking themselves in the ass. What am I supposed to ing post? How great this fecal matter tastes? Seriously, this world is soooooo ed upppppp

[Adreno]

i can makez angry threadz! am i one of the cool kids around here now!?!

[Simon.Fitoussi]

Not a single response that actually makes for debate. Just debunked over and over and overrrrrr

[Durnaug]

Simon. It is the "Emperor's New Clothes" syndrome. Some gamers just cannot admit the battle gameplay is broken. However, if you are simply going to complain then dump it in the complaints thread. Starting new complaint threads just triggers whining about the whining. You cannot win this one


www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJudJ9S579A

[Simon.Fitoussi]

Don't worry I'll never post here again... the only people still here anyway are the sadists and fan boys.

[D E C]

why are you not banned yet?

I would also like to know.

"hey I bought the game just to spite you, good job u just made Ca a sale, how does it feel."

I didn't buy it just to spite you, but yeah, that would be good too.

I will now report your insulting posts like the one about people liking being kicked in the ass.

[Nevins]

Or we are enjoying the product we paid for despite its flaws and find it hard to understand the pathological hatred that some posters express here. The use of the term fanboy in nearly every post is a good indicator that those posts aren't really worth reading.

[evilspleen1213]

I don't care how you feel about the game, what bothers me is the way you post. You show no regard for the forum rules or basic etiquette, and by posting redundant topics and lashing out at other members, you guarantee that no constructive discussion is had. I'm not convinced you want one.

I have no idea what you're on about anyway. I have never seen anyone here say Rome II is "the best game they ever played", or anything even close to that. In fact, I have never seen so much collective displeasure with the game than here on TWC. If you still really think there is a conspiracy here, the burden is on you to prove it, not for us to disprove it. If you can, go ahead. Otherwise, stop spamming please.