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Well Archlord has meant screw up after screw up from Codemasters. Remember the guy who won the server names contest? He was supposed to receive a custom PC case. He poested a message on the forum asking where the hell did that PC case go... more than 6 months after winning it, that was a year ago. The case wasn't even made and I doubt very much he got it at all.

I can say one thing for sure about codemasters: they won't get any piece of my money ever again.

Codemasters has consistantly been digital AIDS in the MMO genre since it showed up on the scene.   Between them releasing games that are absolute hot steaming piles of crap, horrid customer services, and unethical business practices, I would have to recommend for anyone to stay far away from any product with their name associated with it.   Reading stories like this only disgusts me even more.   It's bad enough they advertised that game by using the whole "Become the Archlord" bullcrap when it wasn't even in the game until 6-8 months after release, but now they can't even live up to their end of the bargain by delivering on the reward for those who had the stomache to tolerate such a debacle of a game.   Maybe one of these days I'll write up a blog here and try to spread the word in hopes of seeing some accountability for a change.

Well, I've never played a Codemasters game and by reading this thread, now I never will. Keep up the good fight folks. Without some one out there telling us the lies that these companies tell, who knows what else they would pull.

And people wonder why some folks are still mad at SOE...

Originally posted by Kabaal

I'm writing this in anger at the way our guild and the community have been treated by this company. Let me give a little background on what i'm about to write.

 

When the game Archlord first came out there was a competition to recieve a custom made PC case for the name the servers competition. The winner of this competition never ever received his prize.

 

The biggest competition Codemasters have ran in this game was to win a full sized real life Archlord suit of Armour. To win this armour we had to be the first in the game to be crowned Archlord. This we did, our guild were the first to become Archlord in the Western version of the game with Icecube being the toon that turned into the Archlord. 6 months down the line we are still waiting for our prize and recently Codemasters stopped replying to emails.

 

Today we find out that they are holding PR event in England called Connect 08. Surprise surprise they used OUR suit of Armour as part of it, here are the photos and the link to the Connect 08 page.

 

http://www.codemasters.com/image.php?id=3460

http://www.codemasters.com/image.php?id=3459

http://www.codemasters.co.uk/connect/index.php

 

It's probably pointless me posting this here, but i just wanted to let others know how this company treats it's players. We are the biggest and the best guild in that game by far, we've never lost our castle and held the archlord title more times than any other guild. Perhaps not a great thing but we are always the center of any drama in the game, drama is all that keeps it going. We worked hard for our position there and our achievements so it royally pi$$es us off to have this thrown in our faces by Codemasters.

The only MMORPG I've played from them was Archlord... For a free MMO I guess it's ok.

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Originally posted by Dracis
Well, I've never played a Codemasters game and by reading this thread, now I never will. Keep up the good fight folks. Without some one out there telling us the lies that these companies tell, who knows what else they would pull.
And people wonder why some folks are still mad at SOE...

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In what relation does this have with SOE?

you could attempt to take legal action, but you will lose and waste your money.

if you just read the rules of the contest, you'll see why.  this paragraph is in most contests, worldwide.

Entries and prizes are non-transferrable. By participating the participant agrees that any dispute with regard to the conduct of the Competition, rule interpretation or award of prize shall be submitted to the Arranger whose decision shall be final and binding. The Arranger reserves the right to cancel, change, modify or extend any and all aspects of this competition without prior notification to participant.

because of this, anyone who runs a contest has the right to give the winner nothing.  happens all the time, not just for games codemasters runs.

I've got your back dude.  I just contacted Codemasters....will see what happens.

Bumb back to the Top!   

Originally posted by likenew

you could attempt to take legal action, but you will lose and waste your money.

if you just read the rules of the contest, you'll see why.  this paragraph is in most contests, worldwide.

Entries and prizes are non-transferrable. By participating the participant agrees that any dispute with regard to the conduct of the Competition, rule interpretation or award of prize shall be submitted to the Arranger whose decision shall be final and binding. The Arranger reserves the right to cancel, change, modify or extend any and all aspects of this competition without prior notification to participant.

because of this, anyone who runs a contest has the right to give the winner nothing.  happens all the time, not just for games codemasters runs.

A contract is considered null and void if it contains illegal conditions, language. You can't fraudulently promote a contest in order to increase sales and then cancel the promotion without offering refunds.

When you promote a contest and/or give away of some kind, it usually needs to be registered in each state being offered. Each state has specific departments that deal with regulating the legitimacy of such promotions including the state's attorney's office.

It doesn't matter if Codemasters is a foreign company either. You can seek judgement against them in a US court. Small claims is your best bet but you should contact the state's attorney's office in your specific state for information on how to proceed. You can also file a complaint with the FBI internet fraud divison since it involves an online business and possibly the US postal service for mail fraud if anything was shipped to you regarding your purchase of their product.