Originally posted by Sidoxs

I think its a good idea, considering its a hardcore pvp game, and if you cant take the heat get out

Rofl, have you ever actually played the game? its about as hardcore as an afternoon tea party with the ladies from The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, I'd rather piss out a kidney stone than attempt to portray this game as anything even resembeling "hardcore".

Yea, i have played it, and loved it.

Originally posted by Iijs

Reverse psychology. We'll see if it works or not.

their "reverse psychology" certainly had a reverse effect on me.

Originally posted by Darkened

 

Originally posted by Sidoxs

I think its a good idea, considering its a hardcore pvp game, and if you cant take the heat get out

 

Rofl, have you ever actually played the game? its about as hardcore as an afternoon tea party with the ladies from The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, I'd rather piss out a kidney stone than attempt to portray this game as anything even resembeling "hardcore".

After reading this, I very nearly passed out from lack of oxygen. That much laughter can kill a guy!

I got the email as well. It was the dummest email i have ever got the next email where going to get is '' sorry players but fury servers are getting shutted down because the PVP was to good for this world'' LOL

well i got the email, tried it again, still had the same boring expierce. continual deathmatch pvp just isn't for me, and obviously  not for the majority of folks either.  don't get me wrong I <3 my pvp but this game is... well everyone already knows what this game is.

I think i'd be crying in a dark corner if a mail calls me loser, hell, I even get depressed receiving viagra emails, what the hell is up with those guys, I don't have erection problems! Why do they say I need the blue pills! qq etc.

/wrists.

Originally posted by Darkened

 

Originally posted by Zorvan

It's called unprofessionalism, which this games crew seems to have an abundance of. Do I feel offended being called "loser" by a company that has already filed bankruptcy shortly after launch? Nope. Do I feel perhaps they are showing their immaturity and lack of business sense? Absolutely.

 

Exactly, well said.

Anyone defending this as a viable marketing strategy needs to have there head checked, most of the people that posted defending that email could barely spell simple words, that speaks volumes about the demographic they are catering to, as well as the fact that they have become extremely desparate and must now pull stunts like this to try to bring in new players.

I started as a hater of this game, bought it and gave it the benefit of the doubt, did very well for the time I did play, am a fan of twitch based pvp, and had all unlocks purchased - in the end why did I quit? because its just not a good game, period.

Go ahead and play into society and its "tiers".. Put us all into well laid out nicely planned groups.. Give us numbers and each a value.. Tell US how much we are worth to society and the economy,, But in doing so, notice, you are no better than the rest of us... Regaurdless of how many "typos" happen OR which game YOU decide to play....

Hmm sounds like some people here just don't know how to move on and find another game to play and would rather keep coming back here cause they are soo damn bored. Fine, you don't like the game? cool.

Do you really think posting your negative comments here will shut the game down? Nah- ahh! I don't think so.

Not whilst there are people like me and many other who really enjoy the game, have paid for it and will keep playing it because it worth playing. You can't tell us what to do, or change our minds. We're having alot of fun, unlike you, it seems.

Well, perhaps the games' devs will come here and tell us all how we are taking it the wrong way.

Oh, wait. That's right. The devs fired everyone, ran with the money and left volunteers in charge lol.

Originally posted by Zorvan

Well, perhaps the games' devs will come here and tell us all how we are taking it the wrong way.

 

Oh, wait. That's right. The devs fired everyone, ran with the money and left volunteers in charge lol.

Oh I'm sure you'd love that so you can somehow justify yourself. Oh my gawwd, that last sentence is sooo wrong and misleading! you really don't know whats going on do you? I'm not even going to try to correct you, I can't help you if you can't read news properly.

If it were true, I'm sure the game would of shut down a month ago, but still going on strong. Its soo naive to think anyone truly 'volunteers' nowadays without getting paid one way or another for their time haha

Originally posted by Athenae

 

Originally posted by Zorvan

Well, perhaps the games' devs will come here and tell us all how we are taking it the wrong way.

 

Oh, wait. That's right. The devs fired everyone, ran with the money and left volunteers in charge lol.

 

Oh I'm sure you'd love that so you can somehow justify yourself. Oh my gawwd, that last sentence is sooo wrong and misleading! you really don't know whats going on do you? I'm not even going to try to correct you, I can't help you if you can't read news properly.

If it were true, I'm sure the game would of shut down a month ago, but still going on strong. Its soo naive to think anyone truly 'volunteers' nowadays without getting paid one way or another for their time haha

Well, let's see. The last "dev" to post here was Dan_Gray back in December.  The only recent person connected to the game who posted here was the  volunteer community manager (here's where you get to tell us all what they pay the volunteer community manager, since noone volunteers for free ). Far as shutting down, give it time. It'll be toast soon enough. Especially when those nice fiscal reports are due and all the ink is red.

Oh, and show us all how the game is "going strong". Got verified sub numbers? How many different people have played actively in the last month? 2 months? Since launch? Are there more or less players now than there were at launch?

Originally posted by Athenae

Ah. So you're coming back with questions. Questions are fine, but can you answer those yourself? I don't think so. I can wait for those answers no problem. Patience is a virtue.

What are you guys going to do when the official forums are back online... jump off the roof?

No, I came back with questions pertaining to your statements that volunteers don't work for free and that the game is going strong. Apparently you can't figure out how to back those statements up, or you wouldn't be sitting here attempting a high school level debate. Thanks for your time, but I think we're done here for now.

XDDD I didn't know one could suck so bad at a game.

Originally posted by Zorvan

Originally posted by Sidoxs

You got offended because some writing on a screen called you a loser? well im calling you a gimp, does that make you want to cry? Thats the problem with people today.

It's called unprofessionalism, which this games crew seems to have an abundance of. Do I feel offended being called "loser" by a company that has already filed bankruptcy shortly after launch? Nope. Do I feel perhaps they are showing their immaturity and lack of business sense? Absolutely.

QFT!

Noone likes to be reminded of how bad they sucked when they tried something :)

Of course you are offended.   You probably sucked... thats ok, not everyone can be a winner.  And most people can't stand being losers...

I play fury very rarely anymore, but it is still fun.  Just too bad they took it in the wrong direction, it really did have potential.

I dig this marketing idea, although I do not expect it to work, I find it funny, because a large portion of people who did quit fury, left because they couldn't  figure it out(Not like its really hard)

The rest left when they put insane armor procs on everything after the community screamed to have them removed completely.

If you want a pure PVP game?  RAG DOLL KUNG FU BABY!!! :)  too bad noone played that either, because of similar reasons... wah its too hard!!  Where is my autoattack button?

^^^  The average player experience for Fury

The word "insulting" is in the title, so it's a pretty reasonable assumption to think at least the original poster was offended by it, and respond accordingly.  Even if the responses are pretty bleh.

This isn't original, by the way.  At all.

The last time I saw a message like this, I was on Craigslist, and some spammer had a message up to the effect of, "Hey, you loser!  Change your life now!

You're working in a boring 9-5 office job for peanuts.  What kind of life is that?  You can change it by becoming your own boss and earning as much as $20,000 a month!  Just contact me at [E-Mail]"

Actually, motivation through harsh words is actually quite a bit more common than that.  Preachers occasionally couple it with hellfire and brimstone messages to motivate the congregation to change.  Health club workers, even workout buddies, will taunt you to get you to push yourself.  But in these cases, they're motivating you to make a genuinely positive change.  Make unrealistic amounts of money.  Gain spiritual salvation.  Build a sexy body.

You can use blunt words as an attention getter, but you have to have a follow-up to get people to follow through.  What does Fury offer?  As best as I can tell, they're facing people with the possibility of being a winner.  At Fury.

If you haven't played Fury yet, it's largely meaningless to you, in the same way an offer of becoming the Duke/Duchess of Sealand doesn't get most of us excited.

If you played and you quit, it's probably meaningless to you, in the same way threats of hellfire and brimstone don't matter if you've rejected Christianity.

The marketing ploy fails because it doesn't establish sufficient meaning to the people it's advertising to.
  Or, in other words, a carrot on a stick won't entice a wolf.

It's funny though.  I didn't expect it. 

I tried Fury, didn't really like the controls, quit, and have no interest of replaying.  But I don't hate it, or think the developers/ex-developers are especially immature.  It doesn't offend me.  I just don't think it's an effective message.  Not a marketing/advertising major though, so what do I know?

Wait a second...I just got this e-mail too .Was surprised by the title..cant say i felt insulted, but am i correct in saying that this game is now not only sub free,but also free to download??

Ive not kept up with this title since i got into beta (where i couldnt even log in,go figure) but has this game flopped so badly that not only are they giving it away 100% free,theyre now even having to ASK people to try it out?! Ill download it anyway,but im shocked how something can go down the pan so quickly.lol. Must be a bummer if you went out and bought it retail,subbed to play and then had this almighty slap in the face. Are flagship studios looking this way?

edit:looked at the site,so they do still have subs and retail then..ok...

I found the original e-mail comical, and not offensive at all. I understand why it offends others, but I just have to say that you need thicker skin, and to those saying it's unprofessional. Well you guys just need a sense of humor.

That e-mail made me download 2,6 GB... And I don't regret it so far. They really made some BIG improvements since the start of the beta.