Well, it seems that Activision actually admitted that their update on the 8th was to deal with campers. Plenty of irate folks on Activision support forums, including many long-time players.
Snipers no longer are to play like snipers. They must now run a muck, shoot from the hip, or fuck off and die by Activision's new rule. I know there is as much of a hatred for campers as there is hatred for those that blindly run around as if off their [ADHD] medication.
I did want to make an observation, though. Yes, I fully admit to not being one of those off medication and I am one of those campers. Tactic involves thinking, planning, etc., but that isn't what I wanted to say.
I wanted to relate my observations over the years of playing FPS games, and especially MW/BO games from Activision. I play with a group of four friends, all in a party and thus on the same team within a game match.
We work as a team, covering each others' flank and wait for the particular off-meds enemy to come down our line of sights. It has worked well for us and the strategy isn't out of line as say someone spawn camping, cheating or hacking.
But now Activision has chosen to discriminate against what I believed is a minority groups of its player base. What makes me say minority? My observations in how often my group of campers enters a match and the other team is also camping.
We experience camper vs. camper one a month, maybe twice. We play every Friday and Saturday night, sometimes more during holidays. We play for about 3-5 hours and yet we encounter another camper team once or twice a month.
So, either the number of campers out there is small (minority), or Activision has been doing one heck of a job matching up known camping parties or individuals against known non-camping parties or individuals.
Whatever has been taking place I do not fault Activision for changing its position on campers as long as it is at the start of a new games release, which would be by original design. Changing a game in such a manner after it has been out for almost three months places a bait and switch condition, which is not tolerated and not legal.
I have yet to get a response for my requested refund, nor have any of my friends. I am happy to go away once refunded, but expecting me to play a game I would never have bought knowing what I know now is and should be deemed illegal.
Personally, my emotions are enough to seek legal consul. I do not seek financial reward, but to punish Activision for punishing me for playing their game the way they released it. If they wanted to release a different game then they should do that. Refusing to refund and changing the game's gameplay is unacceptable.
And considering the number of irate people on the Activision and COD forums I would say any such law firm might find it easy to get a judge to gran class status.
I am a camper, deal with me. Deal with me by adapting and overcoming as another player or accept that you can't handle this truth. :biggrin:
Snipers no longer are to play like snipers. They must now run a muck, shoot from the hip, or fuck off and die by Activision's new rule. I know there is as much of a hatred for campers as there is hatred for those that blindly run around as if off their [ADHD] medication.
I did want to make an observation, though. Yes, I fully admit to not being one of those off medication and I am one of those campers. Tactic involves thinking, planning, etc., but that isn't what I wanted to say.
I wanted to relate my observations over the years of playing FPS games, and especially MW/BO games from Activision. I play with a group of four friends, all in a party and thus on the same team within a game match.
We work as a team, covering each others' flank and wait for the particular off-meds enemy to come down our line of sights. It has worked well for us and the strategy isn't out of line as say someone spawn camping, cheating or hacking.
But now Activision has chosen to discriminate against what I believed is a minority groups of its player base. What makes me say minority? My observations in how often my group of campers enters a match and the other team is also camping.
We experience camper vs. camper one a month, maybe twice. We play every Friday and Saturday night, sometimes more during holidays. We play for about 3-5 hours and yet we encounter another camper team once or twice a month.
So, either the number of campers out there is small (minority), or Activision has been doing one heck of a job matching up known camping parties or individuals against known non-camping parties or individuals.
Whatever has been taking place I do not fault Activision for changing its position on campers as long as it is at the start of a new games release, which would be by original design. Changing a game in such a manner after it has been out for almost three months places a bait and switch condition, which is not tolerated and not legal.
I have yet to get a response for my requested refund, nor have any of my friends. I am happy to go away once refunded, but expecting me to play a game I would never have bought knowing what I know now is and should be deemed illegal.
Personally, my emotions are enough to seek legal consul. I do not seek financial reward, but to punish Activision for punishing me for playing their game the way they released it. If they wanted to release a different game then they should do that. Refusing to refund and changing the game's gameplay is unacceptable.
And considering the number of irate people on the Activision and COD forums I would say any such law firm might find it easy to get a judge to gran class status.
I am a camper, deal with me. Deal with me by adapting and overcoming as another player or accept that you can't handle this truth. :biggrin: