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"Angry" fans send Bioware 400 Cupcakes
- Thread starter Vire
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yeah the bit about the cupcakes not being "the appropriate type of feedback" is really seeming to rub people the wrong way in the BSN thread, regardless of whether or not they're happy the cupcakes went to homeless kids.
michaelius
Banned
Can't really blame them at this point. They can't win.
No, if the feedback is not positive then the developers won't get a nice cupcake. I assume it's because the person that wrote that doesn't want his coworkers to feel mocked.
"The EA way"
shinobi602
Member
Not really. The abomination that is the ending deserves to be fucking fixed.
This. It's pretty amazing that they are getting so tight-assed from a little criticism and can't take a joke. I would have rolled with the joke but than again I'm actually a normal human being.
Vire
Member
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/621/biowarecorp.png
lolz
New statement from Mr.Priestly:
lolz
New statement from Mr.Priestly:
Chris said:
He makes a good point. Whether or not they consumed the confectionery is irrelevant. We should just be glad that they understood the symbolism and are actively taking in the feedback.
PumpkinPie
Banned
What's the significance of the ABC? I haven't played ME3, nor do I know the ending but you can spoiler it and I'll read it if it's relevant to the ABC thing.
Vire
Member
"The cupcakes are colored Red, Blue and Green and labeled A, B or C as a dig at executive produce Casey Hudson's statements where he said, “It’s not even in any way like the traditional game endings, where you can say how many endings there are or whether you got ending A, B, or C…The endings have a lot more sophistication and variety in them."
You should play the game by the way. Certainly worth playing besides the missteps with the ending.
My thoughts exactly. I'm sure there are better ways of sending the messages across. Anyway, all's well end's well.
shinobi602
Member
Technically it wasn't really a waste, they gave them to a shelter for kids...
spindoctor
Member
I guess it's something that even Bioware has the bare minimum amount of shame required to not eat the cakes while they work on the paid DLC that they will sell to the same suckers who sent the cakes in the first place.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
They've just murdered 400 kids by giving away those poisened cupcakes
Fucking. Perfect.
Jake Tower
Banned
you should play it,is a great game...
but the its not like grandtheftauto or modern warfare that are standalone storywise,it would be better if you played me1 and me2.... the games are a trilogy.
But then if you play all 3 and spend so many hours on them you probably hate the ending.....
Diablohead
Member
the ABC toppings are annoying me, should have said "shepard" and "wrex" 200 of each.
people complain about everything lol
I bet PR told them not to eat them, as it'd show a sign of weakness, or that Bioware is making a concession to the fans, or some such nonsense.
Personally, I find this whole thing hilarious. And those cupcakes look delicious, with their red, blue, and green space magic icing. Yum.
This was my first thought too. Why do they get to choose another option and not respect the artistic integrity of the bakers?
:lol I laughed way more than I should've.
SerArthurDayne
Member
I'll echo my thoughts from the other thread and say that I'm fine with Bioware not eating the cupcakes, despite not being fine with Bioware.
I don't think there would have been anything wrong with them, but they were certainly a snarky thing to donate, so Bioware is not wrong about that.
If they really meant that they didn't eat them because they were negative in feedback then, yes, that makes them assholes, but still doesn't make the net result a bad thing.
I don't think there would have been anything wrong with them, but they were certainly a snarky thing to donate, so Bioware is not wrong about that.
If they really meant that they didn't eat them because they were negative in feedback then, yes, that makes them assholes, but still doesn't make the net result a bad thing.
They said they wouldn't eat the cupcakes because they weren't sent in the spirit of celebrating Mass Effect 3 or the efforts of everyone who worked on them. People were upset at that statement, since it basically said that they only want positive feedback.
I don't think anyone thinks its bad that they donated them, but the way they phrased their response made it seem like they were telling anyone who doesn't slobber all over the game to STFU.
CornBurrito
Member
Can someone explain the significance of cupcakes, or the ABC lettering?
CornBurrito
Member
So basically they wanted multiple endings?
They wanted what was promised. And for them to at least make an iota of sense.
PedroLumpy
Member
Odd, the first statement was bad because it implied criticism wrapped in cupcakes somehow still manages to not be nice enough feedback to pass onto the team.
Then the second statement talks about eating cupcakes vs not eating them, and somehow that addresses the first complaint?
In the end he says they got the message so I guess it all works out, but that was a strange way of getting there.
Then the second statement talks about eating cupcakes vs not eating them, and somehow that addresses the first complaint?
In the end he says they got the message so I guess it all works out, but that was a strange way of getting there.
If they ate even only one cupcake they would be all "lololol u can bribe bioshit with cupcakes what a fucking joke of a company"
They didn't so some of them must be like: "ur too good to even eat one of those? fuck u bioware"
At this point I'm not even surprised that people will endlessly hate on Bioware one way or the other, they will never redeem themselves, they will always be hated.
The only reason people were upset was the fact that they basically said that only 100% positive feedback matters.
Hate don't just come out of nowhere. Unless it's race, sexuality or religion related, you must have done something awful to earn one
SerArthurDayne
Member
They have worked hard at it. I think that is an appropriate way to direct our feedback. Certainly more appropriate than cupcakes.
Psychoward
Banned
EA Culture (tm)
Hitlersaurus Christ
Banned
It'd be neat if someone did something like ordering cupcakes for the dev team of a game they liked as a way of showing their support.
Maybe I'll send a bunch of cupcakes to certain developers
Maybe I'll send a bunch of cupcakes to certain developers
along with a resume and a letter desperately begging for an internship
Edited my post, since I was kinda generalizing between the actually founded posts with criticism towards Bioware with the freak ME fanbase.
And yes, I realize that Bioware has done some bad stuff (in before someone comes here and says "some? SOME?!" I'll just say that I enjoyed the ME saga and most of their recent games, so excuse me if anyone finds my like of those games offensive) but then again I'm just entertained at this whole situation. It's...kinda interesting to see that everything they do ends up in more backlash and more outrage no matter what.
Ah, missed that part, my apologies. I thought it was a "they didn't ate the cupcakes, them assholes!" thing.
Then again, Bioware must have realized how risky it was to eat one of those, half kidding here.
Vire
Member
Zomba13
Member
Not in the Bioware spirit. Casey Hudson and Mac Walters should have kept all the cupcakes for themselves and leave everyone else with lots of speculation as to what happened and why.