Bioware needs attention!

rincewind said:
Yep, DLC for DA:O so far has been pretty trash. Stone Prisoner was okay, but still overpriced. Wardens Keep and Return To Ostagar are barely an hour each.....hardly worth the download, let alone paying for them.
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Stone Prisoner was free as long as you bought the game brand new.
 
Balurs Gate III BETTER BE ?THE ANSWER !PP:!!@)!)@)!@)!#%_@#%*@_$%*_@)$#_^#)$*^
 
Menelmarar said:
w/ 4-24 other real people, some of which are IRL college buddies or colleagues. This alone makes it win over DAO.
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No, that makes it lose. If you have nothing better to do with your friends than play online video games, I hate to break it to you, but you need to ditch those people and find new friends.
 
Hmmm just saw this.. "Epic Bioware Community Event" they say?

Must be something a little bigger than DLC. Maybe free DLC for everyone idk? Anyone's guess is as good as mine. But I don't recall them announcing any other DLC like this...

Heres hoping its SW:TOR or DA:O stuff!!!!
 
In general for for any game developer, where do new games usually get announced? gaming conventions? Ever on a website?
 
"Community Event" makes me think of something like BlizzCon or some other big fan convention... that would suck! KotOR or TOR news please.
 
kotor 3 would be epic. But seeing as how they are working on the MMO version, I just can't see how they would do that.
 
lol at the armor, maybe new pets for Shepherd's captain's room. Each pet will resemble the personality of your favorite community friend at social.bioware.com. 1 Microsoft point per pet!

Well, an hour and 20 minutes. I can't wait to be disappointed!!!! :p
 
haha, site's getting hammered. Pages aren't loading.


Some Bioware Bazaar

"Dear BioWare Community


To show our appreciation of fan support and to celebrate the 15th anniversary of BioWare, we have created the BioWare Bazaar – a week-long series of mock online auctions beginning April 6th that will feature over 400 items ranging from custom painted PC's, Alienware laptops, BioWare apparel and more!

To bid on these items, fans will need to collect tokens through various challenges. The first auction begins at 9 AM PST on Tuesday, April 6th, with new items being made available every 15 minutes, ending 4 PM PST Saturday, April 10th. So tell your friends, start collecting tokens, and get ready to win some amazing prizes! For more information on token collection visit the My Tokens page.
Contest Rules
Prize List
My Tokens

BioWare Bazaar Sponsors Include.."
 
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"Fight for the lost" is just a tagline for me2.

Yeah site is taking an age to load.
 
celebration of 15th anniversary. giving away prizes or some nonsense.
 
Carl said:
"Fight for the lost" is just a tagline for me2.

Yeah site is taking an age to load.
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Yeah, nevermind that.

Basically just getting rid of stuff:

Mass Effect 2 Collector's Edition Artwork Branded Computer 2 $2,000.00 $4,000.00
Mass Effect 2 Cover Artwork Branded Computer 3 $2,000.00 $6,000.00
Mass Effect 2 Branded Xbox 360 1 $300.00 $300.00
Dragon Age: Origins White Box Art Branded Computer 1 $2,000.00 $2,000.00
Dragon Age: Origins Black Box Art Branded Computer 1 $2,000.00 $2,000.00
Penny Arcade Prize Pack 1 $100 $100
Shepard Statue 16 $54.95 $879.20
Mass Effect 2 Assassin Poster 41 $10.00 $410.00
Mass Effect 2 Genius Poster 41 $10.00 $410.00
Mass Effect 2 Leader Poster 41 $10.00 $410.00
Mass Effect 2 Loyalist Poster 41 $10.00 $410.00
Mass Effect 2 Savage Poster 41 $10.00 $410.00
Mass Effect 2 Team Poster 56 $15.00 $840.00
Mass Effect 1 Poster 31 $10.00 $310.00
Mass Effect 2 Poster by Craig Mullens 31 $15.00 $465.00
Dragon Age: Origins Blessed Poster 23 $10.00 $230.00
Dragon Age: Origins Vangaurd Poster 23 $10.00 $230.00
Dragon Age: Origins Witch Poster 23 $10.00 $230.00
Mass Effect Artbook 60 $20.00 $1,200.00
Jack Litho 11 $29.95 $329.45
Garrus Litho 11 $29.95 $329.45
Illusive Man Litho 11 $29.95 $329.45
Omega Litho 11 $29.95 $329.45
Minuteman Litho 11 $29.95 $329.45
Collector Litho 11 $29.95 $329.45
Afterlife Litho 11 $29.95 $329.45
Dragon Age: Origins Grey Warden Shirt 31 $24.00 $744.00
Griffon Hat 21 $15.00 $315.00
ATI Radeon™ HD 5770 Graphics Cards 20 $179.99 $3,599.80
Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB hard drives 20 $99.99 $1,999.80
4GB HyperX DDR3 & Hyper X Fan 5 $141.99 $709.95
8 GB Memory Stick 3 $35.99 $107.97
30GB Kingston SSDNow 3 $123.99 $371.97
4GB HyperX DDR 2 $129.99 $259.98
BioWare T Shirt (Black) 58 $20.00 $1,160.00
Mass Effect X360 20 $29.99 $599.80
Jade Fleece 33 $14.99 $494.67
Jade PC 33 $14.99 $494.67
Jade Strat Guide 33 $14.99 $494.67
Jade Mouse Pad 133 $6.99 $929.67
Inflatable Swords 50 $4.99 $249.50
Mass Effect Comic #1 70 $4.99 $349.30
Mass Effect Comic #2 70 $4.99 $349.30
Mass Effect Comic #3 70 $4.99 $349.30
Dragon Age: Origins Comic #1 70 $4.99 $349.30
Mass Effect faceplate 26 $12.00 $312.00
Mass Effect Novel #1 85 $7.99 $679.15
Mass Effect Novel #2 85 $7.99 $679.15
Dragon Age: Origins Novel #1 65 $14.99 $974.35
Dragon Age: Origins Novel #2 65 $14.99 $974.35
Dragon Age: Origins game Xbox 360 25 $69.99 $1,749.75
Dragon Age: Origins Window Cling 25 $6.99 $174.75
Mass Effect Cd 26 $11.99 $311.74
Where's Shepard Cling 25 $3.99 $99.75
Iphone/itouch skins 25 $9.99 $249.75
N7 Hoody 21 $58.00 $1,218.00
Jade Empire CD 1 $14.00 $14.00
N7 Shirt (Black) 22 $24.00 $528.00
N7 Hat 11 $24.00 $264.00
N7 Sticker 11 $3.99 $43.89
SR2 Sticker 11 $3.99 $43.89
Prima Strategy Guide - Mass Effect 2 1 $19.99 $19.99
Bloodpack Tee - Charcoal 12 $24.00 $288.00
Cerberus Tee - Black 12 $24.00 $288.00
Cerberus Tee - Charcoal 12 $24.00 $288.00
Mass Effect 2 Logo Tee 12 $24.00 $288.00
Mass Effect 2 Paragon Tee 12 $24.00 $288.00
N7 Logo Tee - Charcoal 12 $24.00 $288.00
N7 Logo Tee - Red 12 $24.00 $288.00
Renegade Big Star Tee - Military 12 $24.00 $288.00
N7 Logo Junior Tee - Black 12 $24.00 $288.00
N7 Logo Junior Tee - Pink 12 $24.00 $288.00
Cerberus Junior Tee - Black 12 $24.00 $288.00
Cerberus Ball Cap 1 $24.00 $24.00
SR2 Ball Cap 1 $24.00 $24.00
Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Junior Tee - Scarlet 12 $24.00 $288.00
Dragon Age: Origins Enchantment Tee 12 $24.00 $288.00
Dragon Age: Origins Griffon Tee - Red 12 $24.00 $288.00
Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Tee - Red 12 $24.00 $288.00
Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Tee - White 12 $24.00 $288.00
Dragon Age: Origins Griffon Tee - Military 12 $24.00 $288.00
Dragon Age: Origins Morrigan Disapproves Tee 12 $24.00 $288.00
Dragon Age: Origins Zevran Approves Tee 12 $24.00 $288.00
Dragon Age: Origins Arch Demon Lithograph 1 $29.99 $29.99
Dragon Age: Origins Pride Demon Lithograph 1 $29.99 $29.99
Prima Strategy Guide - Dragon Age: Origins 1 $24.99 $24.99
Prima Strategy Guide - Dragon Age: Origins - Awakenings 1 $19.99 $19.99
BioWare Beanie 1 $12.00 $12.00
BioWare Travel Mug 1 $10.00 $10.00
BioWare Logo Tee - White 2 $20.00 $40.00
Mass Effect PC 33 $19.99 $659.67
Mass Effect 2 PC 33 $49.99 $1,649.67
Dragon Age: Origins PC 33 $49.99 $1,649.67
Headset 8 $299.99 $2,399.92
M11x AlienWare Laptops 3 $1,419.00 $4,257.00
GUNNARS gaming glasses 12 $100.00 $1,200.00
Total 2189 $62,908.40


Right side column is total give away per category
 
I hate EA style marketing. EA can do what they want with their money.... but man, I wish more of it was put into actual game development.
 
Parmenides said:
I hate EA style marketing. EA can do what they want with their money.... but man, I wish more of it was put into actual game development.
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Games cost millions and millions of dollars to make. The money being spent on the prizes is nothing compared to that.
 
Derangel said:
Games cost millions and millions of dollars to make. The money being spent on the prizes is nothing compared to that.
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I know that. More of a generalized rant, where something like three times the money of development is spent on marketing.

I'll tell you this though, this gig costed a lot more than $62,908.40 to pull off. (and yes some of these items were probably donated from the likes of people like AMD). First off, the marketing genius's need their cut. I don't know the whole sum put into this Bazaar, but if that was put into developing a new paid ME2/DA DLC, I think more people would be happy.

I'm not quick to the details, but from what I heard EA has been posting a quarterly loss for a long time if I'm not mistaken. Maybe they are changing their ways. Maybe they will be focusing on quality rather than hype of games. Can only hope (especially when it comes to Bioware games). Bioware can only put in to their games what EA feeds them.
 
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Parmenides said:
I know that. More of a generalized rant, where something like three times the money of development is spent on marketing.

I'll tell you this though, this gig costed a lot more than $62,908.40 to pull off. (and yes some of these items were probably donated from the likes of people like AMD). First off, the marketing genius's need their cut. I don't know the whole sum put into this Bazaar, but if that was put into developing a new paid ME2/DA DLC, I think more people would be happy.

I'm not quick to the details, but from what I heard EA has been posting a quarterly loss for a long time if I'm not mistaken. Maybe they are changing their ways. Maybe they will be focusing on quality rather than hype of games. Can only hope (especially when it comes to Bioware games). Bioware can only put in to their games what EA feeds them.
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EA is in a bad place right now. Ricatello has been trying to change the company, make it what gamers want, but gamers aren't buying the games. They're ignoring the things that should be selling very well. Dead Space only sold 1.5 million copies. Thats terrible for a AAA title. Mirrors Edge sold far less. Both deserved a lot better than they got. Ricatello is in danger of being booted out, yet he's the one who seems to care about making EA a company that provides good titles and provides things people want to buy. Its really going to suck of he's kicked out and whoever is put in his place decided to take EA back to what it used to be. I think they are taking a look at how marketing is done though. EA wants to go totally digital with everything so if they do that maybe they'll switch their advertising that way. Things like their sports games, the Sims, and even the Mass Effect series will do better with broad mass market marketing. I think their smaller titles would do better with more directed marketing and good release dates.

Something like this is good marketing. For people, like me, who have been fans of Bioware since MDK2 it feels like its something being done to say "hey, thanks for supporting us here is something different". Its not like they used this to release paid DLC or something, its a long running contest of sorts. They could have done something even more stupid like use it to reveal a site redesign or something. I've seen that happen before. Or do the Kojima thing and announce the announcement of an announcement.
 
Clicked everyone's in the thread, thanks for whoever does the same. I'll be regularly checking this thread for new referrals to click.
 
The only other way to get points is by Twittering, I got rid of my account because I didn't twit, twat (that has a totally different meaning back in the UK), whatever it is to twitter.
 
Derangel said:
EA is in a bad place right now. Ricatello has been trying to change the company, make it what gamers want, but gamers aren't buying the games. They're ignoring the things that should be selling very well. Dead Space only sold 1.5 million copies. Thats terrible for a AAA title. Mirrors Edge sold far less. Both deserved a lot better than they got. Ricatello is in danger of being booted out, yet he's the one who seems to care about making EA a company that provides good titles and provides things people want to buy. Its really going to suck of he's kicked out and whoever is put in his place decided to take EA back to what it used to be. I think they are taking a look at how marketing is done though. EA wants to go totally digital with everything so if they do that maybe they'll switch their advertising that way. Things like their sports games, the Sims, and even the Mass Effect series will do better with broad mass market marketing. I think their smaller titles would do better with more directed marketing and good release dates.

Something like this is good marketing. For people, like me, who have been fans of Bioware since MDK2 it feels like its something being done to say "hey, thanks for supporting us here is something different". Its not like they used this to release paid DLC or something, its a long running contest of sorts. They could have done something even more stupid like use it to reveal a site redesign or something. I've seen that happen before. Or do the Kojima thing and announce the announcement of an announcement.
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That would suck if he got booted. Would rather see a DLC, but what the heck, no harm in silly stuff ... clicked on your link. Here's mine:
http://social.bioware.com/brc/26813

:eek: ;)

Got everyone else's as well up to this point.
 
If you don't have DA:O, its expansion, or ME2 to register for tokens you can enter a quiz for each game to get the full amount as if you registered the game, sweet. :cool: But this won't work if you already registered for the game.

http://social.bioware.com/auction_rules.php

Scroll down to "2. Additional Methods of Earning Tokens" and there will be a link to a quiz for each game, or click the links below

Dragon Age: Origins
Mass Effect 2
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

I already have DA and it's expansion, so I could only enter the ME2 quiz, but here are my answers if they didn't randomize them.

What is the name of the Krogan that Commander Shepard can recruit for his squad in Mass Effect 2?: Grunt
How many different player classes are there in Mass Effect 2?: 6
What race of aliens are abducting humans across the galaxy in Mass Effect 2?: Collectors
Who pilots the Normandy in Mass Effect?: Joker
What is the name of the Mass Effect comic book series, Mass Effect __________?: Redempton
 
Fliff said:
If you don't have DA:O, its expansion, or ME2 to register for tokens you can enter a quiz for each game to get the full amount as if you registered the game, sweet. :cool: But this won't work if you already registered for the game.

http://social.bioware.com/auction_rules.php

Scroll down to "2. Additional Methods of Earning Tokens" and there will be a link to a quiz for each game, or click the links below

Dragon Age: Origins
Mass Effect 2
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

I already have DA and it's expansion, so I could only enter the ME2 quiz, but here are my answers if they didn't randomize them.

What is the name of the Krogan that Commander Shepard can recruit for his squad in Mass Effect 2?: Grunt
How many different player classes are there in Mass Effect 2?: 6
What race of aliens are abducting humans across the galaxy in Mass Effect 2?: Collectors
Who pilots the Normandy in Mass Effect?: Joker
What is the name of the Mass Effect comic book series, Mass Effect __________?: Redempton
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Answers for Awakening are:

What Character Returns? Oghren
Last name of the antagonist is the comic? Howe
Number of new spells? 24
Place Awakening Takes place? Amaranthine
New Darkspawn that can think and talk? Disciples
 
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