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Sergey begging people to vote for WarZ because right now it has a 1.1 rating on metacritic. This guy is just digging himself into a bigger hole it seems.

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Originally posted by Razeekster
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Sergey begging people to vote for WarZ because right now it has a 1.1 rating on metacritic. This guy is just digging himself into a bigger hole it seems.

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Seems like the posters there give him overall support.

yea they really should keep this guy away from interviews because he is not helping the situation.

However one night when I was playing warz, he joined the server and was having a random candid conversation with the people playing on how to improve the game. I thought that was cool that he was doing that.

Originally posted by Nitth

 

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Originally posted by Razeekster
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Sergey begging people to vote for WarZ because right now it has a 1.1 rating on metacritic. This guy is just digging himself into a bigger hole it seems.

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Seems like the posters there give him overall support.

Nah, I saw a lot of mixed stuff going on. A lof people are mixed on the forums over there. I was reading it and a lot of people are giving him flack for the "misreading" thing.

Originally posted by Razeekster

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Sergey begging people to vote for WarZ because right now it has a 1.1 rating on metacritic. This guy is just digging himself into a bigger hole it seems.

His other game, the lowest rated game on Metacritic, has four times the user rating as War Z. 

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing

Originally posted by Gabby-air

Originally posted by Razeekster

http://forums.thewarz.com/showthread.php?79039-War-Z-on-metacritic-tell-us-what-do-you-think-!

 

Sergey begging people to vote for WarZ because right now it has a 1.1 rating on metacritic. This guy is just digging himself into a bigger hole it seems.

His other game, the lowest rated game on Metacritic, has four times the user rating as War Z. 

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing

That's really sad considering how bad that game is... The youtube videos that make fun of it are hilarious to watch though.

My favourite part when he gets asked if Steam or Hammerpoint would handle refunds:

"...they sell the game, get payments from customers, they process refunds, fraud, etc and once in awhile they send us money with reporting on how many units were sold, fraud/refunds, etc."

Seems he thinks that a certain number of fraud accusations is common practice with games sold on Steam. Hey, you win some and lose some, right..?

Kinda like this part too:

"GameSpy: Steam still says -- I'm looking at it right now -- "Up to 100 players per game server." That is a false claim.

Sergey Titov: Let me ask you -- what YOU think we should put there"

haha, he dodged the whole question by asking gamespy what they would do

Originally posted by CalmOceans

Kinda like this part too:

 

"GameSpy: Steam still says -- I'm looking at it right now -- "Up to 100 players per game server." That is a false claim.

Sergey Titov: Let me ask you -- what YOU think we should put there"

 

haha, he dodged the whole question by asking gamespy what they would do

I saw that too. Considering it's not GameSpy's game they don't have to make that choice haha

Sounds to me he needs a PR more than anything, but seriously, guys...

The nitpicking about server cap was ridiculous.  It seemed Gamespy was on the offensive, and he went into defensive mode: defending his position.  The servers are now 'confirmed' to host up to 100 players.  Perhaps, this nitpicking by Gamespy led to the developers confrontational stance throughout the rest of the interview?

Look, I understand everyone loves drama, and waits with drool and baited breath for the next game fail, but seriously... both sides are at fault for unprofessionalism.

Originally posted by Warley

Sounds to me he needs a PR more than anything, but seriously, guys...

The nitpicking about server cap was ridiculous.  It seemed Gamespy was on the offensive, and he went into defensive mode: defending his position.  The servers are now 'confirmed' to host up to 100 players.  Perhaps, this nitpicking by Gamespy led to the developers confrontational stance throughout the rest of the interview?

Look, I understand everyone loves drama, and waits with drool and baited breath for the next game fail, but seriously... both sides are at fault for unprofessionalism.

What are you talking about? GameSpy wasn't nitpicking! He continued to refuse to give a real answer and GameSpy just kept tyring to get one that wasn't "well we can say that it can host up to 100 because it can even though it doesn't right now." Blame the guy for giving an answer that sucked.

I posted this link in another thread:

http://kotaku.com/5969927/some-war-z-images-were-ripped-from-the-walking-dead?tag=The-War-Z

Funny stuff.

Originally posted by AmazingAvery
I don't see the problem in saying "up to" that is the verbiage and presentation of say the way your internet speed is sold. It's a range with a bottom one being mentioned. I didn't read it and think jebus I'll play this and there will be 99 others around me all the time. I have a mild issue -  as the top end number in this case 100 wasn't in the game officially yet. Not really a game breaker though. The guy could have responded better with the customer experience point of view more. Whether the system supported 100+ folks couldn't DL and play with 100. Can assume things in marketing and a simple clarity point / addendum like *Coming Soon - Support for X number of players would of been a better approach.

The thing it's not "up to" because the server cannot in fact host up to 100 players, but only 50. That's why it's false advertising.

Although I do agree that the company obviously mislead the public and didn't have listed features included....and this guy is an obvious jerk, I still have to say this proves a pivitol point with gaming and a lot of gamers of today.

Gamers will buy ANYTHING that developer's put out, and Gamers are spoiled and whiners. They complain it doesn't have EXACTLY what is mentioned inthe official game features list (Rightfully so)...but many still buy, and many still play it. If more gamers boycotted and simply didn't stand for it and made themselves heard with their wallets instead of long rants in forums, etc....this would happen less. Instead, it happens more and more.

Seems since English is obviously not their 1st language nor the companies apparently....their definition of things and those of say the U.S., U.K. mean different things more than trying to purposely mislead. Language barrier I feel plays a large part here. Tough situation. I see lawsuits in their future.

Originally posted by Goatgod76

Although I do agree that the company obviously mislead the public and didn't have listed features included....and this guy is an obvious jerk, I still have to say this proves a pivitol point with gaming and a lot of gamers of today.

 

Gamers will buy ANYTHING that developer's put out, and Gamers are spoiled and whiners. They complain it doesn't have EXACTLY what is mentioned inthe official game features list (Rightfully so)...but many still buy, and many still play it. If more gamers boycotted and simply didn't stand for it and made themselves heard with their wallets instead of long rants in forums, etc....this would happen less. Instead, it happens more and more.

 

Seems since English is obviously not their 1st language nor the companies apparently....their definition of things and those of say the U.S., U.K. mean different things more than trying to purposely mislead. Language barrier I feel plays a large part here. Tough situation. I see lawsuits in their future.

If they have language problems than they need to get a translator. They cannot use that as an excuse for blatantly lying.

Those interested in Titov's history should read up on this game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Rigs:_Over_the_Road_Racing

It is widely regarded as one of the worst racing games of all time and appears to have been released in alpha state.  Note Sergey Titov was the producer and programmer.

(Apologies if someone already posted that.  I didn't see it mentioned when I looked through the comments)

Originally posted by Diospyros

Those interested in Titov's history should read up on this game.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Rigs:_Over_the_Road_Racing

 

It is widely regarded as one of the worst racing games of all time and appears to have been released in alpha state.  Note Sergey Titov was the producer and programmer.

 

(Apologies if someone already posted that.  I didn't see it mentioned when I looked through the comments)

Yeah I mentioned this already, but I also just sort of assumed most people knew about that because of all the people who already have talked about that in other threads. The YouTube videos of the game are good for a good laugh at least.

These guys are on the extreme defensive and they are going to stay there. 

It's like a kid running a lemonade stand except he's actually just selling garden hose water and calling it lemonade and then will sit there for an hour and argue about the definition of "lemonade". 

All this is.  Just childish garbage on the part of the developer. 

This "game" is nothing but a mod to an already poor, buggy game called War Inc.  It was not developed for years.  This mod, called a full "game" is likely less than six months of development.  Since Day Z was such a phenominon they took War Inc. and modded it quickly.  Then they claim they've made a "brand new" game called War Z that's been in development for years. 

Man that sure is a coincidence!!!  Day Z is this mod that built a huge fan base and you just happened to be working on a game called War Z for two years, with zombies and stuff!  I mean that's just a coincidence I can't even....WOW!  How neato! 

These guys lie.  They're in it for a cash grab, desperately grabbing money from the Day Z fanbase of players and zombie apocalypse enthusiests.  They are ripping people off and they know it. 

Their attitude shows exactly that of a rip off artist.  " Well lemonade to you might mean it actually has lemons in it, but they also have lemon flavored water.  Yea I know this doesn't taste like lemons to you, even lemon water, but it does to me.  Some people are allergic to lemons!  What about them?  Its not what my customers WANTED! " - says the little dishonest twerp running the fake lemonade stand. 

DO NOT BUY this game.  Its just a shameless cash grab, and you will continue to hear childish excuses from those involved because that's what people who run little scams do.  Its that kind of mentality.  DO NOT BUY War Z under any circumstances.  Just get Arma 2 and play Day Z.  That's the real deal. 

This is just a rip off scam.  They know it is.  They are proud of every buck they scam out of players.  They aren't proud of their game, but instead, like a usual scam artist, are proud of their cleverness that allowed them to earn money from poor, stupid players who they ripped off.