Originally posted by david06

It's obvious that they gave up on the game awhile ago.

We've never given up on the game, David.

Originally posted by axishatr

SO.......36 people showed up for a planned apb event?

 

Sounds pretty....awesome...I guess.

We had 60 on each side fighting in the air battle actually. Was a really impressive job conducted by both the CinC's and all the guys who showed up. Nice work everyone

Originally posted by dcoy68

Originally posted by XOOM-CRS
 

You're wrong about the previous CinC. A lot of people stepped up to the plate and did what was necessary to rebuild. I challenge you to ask the senior command at the time their level of confidence of him as CinC, you seem to have convoluted information from anti-CRS campaigns.

What happened was an absolute last resort option, and has since not been repeated. This situation is 2+ years old, move on.

It was not a last resort.   The campaign had 2-3 days max left.  Oyaji could have been asked to step down after.   Accomplish the same goal with minimal disruption.    NOT doing it that way makes anyone with common sense start to ask why.   Either CRS missed the obvious or they wanted something or someone destroyed.   Neither is acceptable.

There is a process to moving on from past issues.   One, identify the problem.  Two,  analyze how that problem occured and find steps to keep it from happening again.   Three,  take one of those steps.   

But that would require disclosure from CRS.   And it would require admitting mistakes have been made.  There would be a need to discuss something that isn't all fluffy puppies and kittens.    But we all know that's not gonna happen.  

CRS if you hate all the consiracy theories,  they are your children brought about by lack of simple disclosure of the game rules/changes that most companies view as industry standard.

There is no possible way you have either been fully briefed, or accurately briefed. So your personal understanding in its entirety of the situation (emphasize entirety, because you may have some fragments) is impossible. Why? I was at the front lines of it with the people who came together to ultimately make that decision.

In retrospect, we should've allowed him to finish, I won't argue that. But we didn't, it happened, it hasn't happened since, and we've adjusted procedures to reflect that. We hope to god we never have to again, but it doesn't mean that anyone who makes CinC has a full free ride without consequence.

I am deeply saddened by the departure of yourself and Bloodhun23, in time I hope you guys return. I understand fully why you feel the way you do, and I'm sorry that it couldn't have turned out better.

Thanks to both of you guys for your strategic leadership in the map movement sector that generated a lot of appreciation from the playerbase. 

Originally posted by ginzo

Heck, they could even make more free time for themselves by hiring a kid who's only work experience is 'Subway sandwich maker' and appoint him as CFO and community relations manager.  

I'm not a kid, but depending on your age I may be considered one.

I'm not the CFO, that is Chief Financial Officer, I am the Marketing guy (CMO).

With respect to Subway, my family was in the business with three Franchises for 20 years. I started working when I was 14 and ran a store solely for quite some time until I decided to open up my own business(es) and educate myself on business ownership & marketing.

Congratulations on a poor attempt at attacking me. Hopefully now you can feel better that you are so unhappy with yourself that you resort to low blow insults against contributing members of society and job creators.

Originally posted by Stug
Either that or it was a load of bollo**s.

On this forum? No such thing.

David06,

Glad to see you've reactivated your account under the deal I added to your account. Welcome Back Soldier, S!

Originally posted by ianstein29
I do support the game by keeping my 2 accts open with CRS.   I do not blindly follow in some strange loyalty like a fanboy.   Some people do that and more power to them if it makes them happy.  I have seen many companies insulate themselves from the truth about their brands and then to be shocked when bad things happen.  I did enjoy the game, no I am not a fan of Doc since he has a hard time communicating properly with others.  Xoom I have known you for many years and I respect the hard position you are in since I am a brand manager in real life as well.   Some  posts do go sideways into conspiracy theories but CRS has made many mistakes which build these negatives into a story.  I hope for the best for you Xoom I really do.   

Ian,

I genuinely appreciate that post. Thank you for having the courage to write it, and best wishes to you as well in your Brand Manager position. It's not easy, sometimes it's really not easy, but everything we do for what we believe in, makes it worth it.

We're in the entertainment business (not sure what industry you are in), and people want their entertainment a certain way. We won't always meet everyone's expectations, but we hope you all enjoy the product built and play it like there's nothing else like it out there.

See what I did there?

Originally posted by BodkinBarber
Why in the year 2013 does the game still not have a dedicated youtube channel?

Arguably, this needs to be updated, and I'll prepare my arse for an RA hater when I post this... but here it is.

http://www.battlegroundeurope.com/youtube

Originally posted by ianstein29

Really Xoom maybe coming into another companies forum and telling folks to move on might be the wrong tact. I understand you can control writings in your own forum since it has been stated numerous times it is not a public site.  Here  a more open conversation can be explored without over zealous moderators shutting down threads. 

This forum is hosted by MMORPG.com, but this is our company's forum (World War II Online). If by a "more open conversation" you mean falsification exploit conversation, sure it can exist here, and so it shall.

When events are dug up from 2+ years ago to try and shed some light on current (although vastly not comparable) affairs, I will be here to enlighten the mis-informed.

I am continuously blown away by some of you guys. I love our community, and some of you are in it, some of you are even active subscribers. What doesn't make sense is coming over here, talking about how the game would be so much better off without Cornered Rat Software, its team, and how the game is dead or should be.

Questions...

Do you know who the development company was that created this game?

Do you know who some of its founding members were?

Do you know who the business that is keeping this game "ON" is?

If you know these answers, and yet you still say "we'd be so much better off," I am concerned.

Look, I get it. We've had to play bad guy, and we've had to do some unpopular things at times. When communicating with each other through text, much is mis-interpreted. Mistakes occur, for we are all human.

But if you support World War II Online, or if you ever have, and you are here on the sole priority to "air-out" or smash the team, then please consider what you are doing carefully. I can't or won't try to stop you, but just take a moment to think about what you're really doing, other than making yourself feel better for a moment.

To those of you who have or continue to support the game, thank you.

S!

Originally posted by mrcheapy

Silky said it right, was more of a meltdown because of CRS actions. The HC that continually steped up and took map got fed up with it and left, and others took their place. It can be argued that the GHC bench was never that deep in the first place, but Axis is still probably better off than after the oyaji stuff happened. 

Basically CRS fired Oyajii and alot of HC officers said fu to CRS and resigned and that really screwed up their running of things for a long time. 

Every officer has an expiration date, and the brighest candle burns the fastest. These recent departures are people who have invested much time personally, who have a combination of burn-out, being overly relied upon, and indeed may have disagreed with some items. The issue is, it's a culmination of things not just one, it always is.

You're wrong about the previous CinC. A lot of people stepped up to the plate and did what was necessary to rebuild. I challenge you to ask the senior command at the time their level of confidence of him as CinC, you seem to have convoluted information from anti-CRS campaigns.

What happened was an absolute last resort option, and has since not been repeated. This situation is 2+ years old, move on.

Originally posted by pittpete

Xoom, I was jokin.

Wanted to get a rise out of my friends here....

Now you sound like Joe Biden =P

Originally posted by david06

I'm not sure what the deal is, I don't see the $9.99 option on my F2P account, nor on my original account that is now inactive(david06).

Just the $30 builder and the normal rates, no special offers.

Just added this to your account (david06), update your billing ONLY (do not select a plan). Once you login to your account page, you can verify your terms at the top to ensure it is the right plan.

http://www.battlegroundeurope.com/account

Originally posted by pittpete

124

If we don't get 176 heroes by tomorrow the server will explode

We'll be fine Pete, as we have addressed this a week ago in the forums, and why there was a date set.

Originally posted by pittpete

Man, I have memories of taking days off from work because I stayed up all night playing.

I used to go to bed sometimes at 4 or 5 A.M. and my boss would call my house asking me where the hell i was.

My wife thought I was nuts

My friends thought I was nuts.

My family thought I was nuts.

They just didn't understand the draw this game can have on people.

Do any games past or present make you call in sick or miss work?

Just curious

This is a fun post for Playskool, why are you posting this here? The groupie guys here would see it and chime in on it anyways.

Originally posted by Hodo

Originally posted by XOOM-CRS

Originally posted by Hodo

The last straw was CRS claiming that WWII Online is used by some unnamed military in some way.   Unless that military is Al-Queada or Cobra from GI JOE, I doubt they are a telling the trueth.

Could you please explain more on this? Who, when, what, where?

Military Grade Physics Engine
 

Taken from the Steam Greenlight page.

And yes... I know "completely" is spelled wrong, I didn't create it, but it very much described my reaction.

Originally posted by Hodo

The last straw was CRS claiming that WWII Online is used by some unnamed military in some way.   Unless that military is Al-Queada or Cobra from GI JOE, I doubt they are a telling the trueth.

Could you please explain more on this? Who, when, what, where?

Originally posted by moosecatlol
Just curious, is there any proof to their claim "LARGEST GAME WORLD EVER CREATED"?

You can fly a plane from one end to the other, and everywhere in between without despawning in our game world.

Originally posted by dcoy68

Originally posted by david06

What ce and jselic are ignoring is the fact that developer interventions to stop axis from winning another campaign, especially during lower-populated times, are perfectly in line with CRS' s stated priorities and governing philosophy.

Then there's the fact that the company has banned/deleted any discussion of the server resets at Aarschot or Antwerp. They should be able to stand behind and explain their administrative actions but instead they are trying to pretend that nothing happened.

 

THIS!!.    I personally quit not over a town, but over a flawed set of priorities and philosophy.   And lack of discussion on forums was a HUGE one.

Dcoy,

I personally spent some time and answered questions for you (and 74 others) on Teamspeak as best as I could shortly after this incident. What followed was an article a couple days later and a reset plan for expectations. We have re-iterated several times our requirement to reset the server if performance issues exist.

We did engage in further discussions in the Axis area specifically, to include the Game Manager, myself, and the Community Manager (which reminds me I need my title changed on these forums).

Since, the Game Manager has been following that schedule I say again "religiously" and doing his best to provide informed resets to the customers.

Best Regards,