Credit for all the downtime
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Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2011-09-22 09:50 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
It's ridiculous to expect compen...
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We should totally get compensation for this downtime! It's highly inconvenient! Not only that it killed my pet turtle! This injustice demands Street Justice! |
Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
I can be compensated with Street Justice, yes?
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Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
So some ppl have been saying that it's not a good idea for game companies to start compensating players for down time. There are a few major games that do it already, however.
One company pushes back subscriptions with delays exceeding expected times. So if there are 2 days of really unplayable servers, or a day of unplanned maintenance, they will add that time onto everyone's subscription. (I've had this happen to me in one of their games recently)
No compensation is owed nor should it be expected. Silly people. 
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Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
There's a wise old saying, "Speak with your wallet." So, after looking at all the petty compensation demands in this thread, I put $5 more Paragon Points in my account.
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Am I the only one that read the title and thought the OP was going to be admitting he was responsible for the servers being down?
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With another 8 hours tomorrow, I get those feelings.|
Originally Posted by MrDead
Just to put this on the table, for some people the downtime has actually hamstrung their play for this month. For whatever reasons they only had so much time to alot and the downtime happened on the days they could play. So for them this isn't just a few hours of downtime, it's the whole month.
You would find this extremely frustrating as well. |
Time for Paragon to figure something out, especially for the Euro players.
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This. Totally this.
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Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
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I didn't, but that's all I see now.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Am I the only one that read the title and thought the OP was going to be admitting he was responsible for the servers being down?
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food products sold at your grocery store/gas station/mini mart don't come w/ a contract
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Originally Posted by MrDead
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I demand a grill cheese samich!
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Your contention is a slap in the face.
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Originally Posted by USA America
why does everyone, when you ask for compensation assume to break it down into a dollar figure? I PAID 30 days. give me 30 days. Hell for all the inconvience they should credit everyone with an extra week game time.
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with or without ham? and do you want a side of tomato soup?
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Originally Posted by KraZeD_KaoZ
I demand a grill cheese samich!
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The point stands which was this is how they FEEL.
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Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
food products sold at your grocery store/gas station/mini mart don't come w/ a contract
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I understand the frustration of being unable to play, because I'm practically in the same boat, but misplaced feelings do not compare.
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A contract doesn't make their feelings misplaced.|
Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
I understand the frustration of being unable to play, because I'm practically in the same boat, but misplaced feelings do not compare.
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The way they feel is completely valid.
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There's two different things going on here...
frustrated that you can't play
frustrated that you can't play and wanting something out of it and are not entitled to <- misplaced feelings
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They can feel whatever they like, but it doesn't mean they are entitled to compensation because they couldn't play a game for a few hours.
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Originally Posted by MrDead
A contract doesn't make their feelings misplaced.
The way they feel is completely valid. |
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For some people it's not a few hours. For some people as everyone is blissfully ignoring this is most if not all of their playing time.|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
They can feel whatever they like, but it doesn't mean they are entitled to compensation because they couldn't play a game for a few hours.
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Some people can only play once or twice a week or month.
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NCSoft is NOT responsible for people's real life obligations or issues.|
Originally Posted by MrDead
For some people it's not a few hours. For some people as everyone is blissfully ignoring this is most if not all of their playing time.
Some people can only play once or twice a week or month. |
And by the way, those 'people' you're referring to? Welcome to my life the majority of the time. Please stop talking about me, I can speak for myself.
As noted in another thread, I've posted a 'frustration' post as this week has hit 'oceanics' (Aus/NZ and associated time zones) hard. Yesterday, it was 6:30pm for 12 hours and tonight it's 8:30pm for 8 hours (iirc). When I work 9-5 and commute home and cook dinner and acknowledge my spouse, this effectively nullifies my ability to play the game for all but two hours in two days.
I'm not after a hand-out, or compensation of any sort (I know I'm not going to get it, so why stress about it?), but my feelings of frustration are valid to me, and my US gaming buddy who gets up early in the morning to team with me (and sometimes others). I don't need others to validate my feelings, and I don't expect the devs to acknowledge the impact on me (and perhaps other in my time zone), as they have to do the 'best for all', which means we get shafted. I accept this reality, but it doesn't make my frustration any less valid or intense (to me).
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Originally Posted by Tinier Bolt
NCSoft is NOT responsible for people's real life obligations or issues.
And by the way, those 'people' you're referring to? Welcome to my life the majority of the time. Please stop talking about me, I can speak for myself. |
And no they aren't responsible for it except when people plan around an already established set of rules and they continually change those parameters egregiously for a solid month. Please don't quote the lame EULA 'we can shut down whenever we want' thing either.
I'm merely stating this is how people feel and they're not as out of line as some people are trying to imply. At all even. They paid for a service. They feel that service has faltered. As is frequently the case they want recompense. It's actually all perfectly normal and understandable but forumites have to to turn it into a huge drama.
I'm pretty sure over half of you are only having the argument for giggles too which is just shameful.
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I wonder where those established set of rules, which are subject to change, come from.|
Originally Posted by MrDead
And no they aren't responsible for it except when people plan around an already established set of rules and they continually change those parameters egregiously for a solid month. Please don't quote the lame EULA 'we can shut down whenever we want' thing either.
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The only ones who are turning this into drama are those who can't keep there emotions in check. Just to make it clear, so somebody doesn't try to twist my words. I'm talking about both NA and EU players.
it says right there in the EULA that you are not allowed to be disappointed about any extended downtime or lack of ability to play the game so that people who don't pay to play the game can play the game.
I can't believe you didn't read that part.
Now, the one gripe I have seen that I *will* agree with is that they need all this in one place - not a bit here, a bit on Twitter, a bit on Facebook and a bit on Ustream.