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If 2 real players were playing a head-to-head game and in the first 30 seconds player 1 got two low level zombies, and two mid-level zombies while player 2 only got 1 low-level zombie, 1 zombie in the first 30 seconds of play, - we'd say that the players weren't playing on a fair and level playing field right?
This is exactly what EA does to players facing its own EA computer-generated opponents.
If one player were able to reduce the number of zombies that his opponent would encounter - thus lowering the opponent's score and winning the match, we'd say that player was cheating.
There is no other way to characterize what EA is doing to people in Battlez except cheating.
Or you can look at it in the server resources management perspective: Several million requests of recordings but only a few hundred thousands available. Instead of holding the servers hostage, deploy or push bots to end users. This makes sense in business and server resource economics. Enticing players to buy gems with real money is just an added bonus for them. The deployed bots may not necessarily know your high scores (the parsing of scores from every record can be too taxing for the servers). Your best chance would be to beat the threshold (highest bot score).
All this is just how I see it. I could be very wrong. But c'mon, just try to have fun and enjoy the game. Shrug off your losses and move on. This is supposed to be a stress reliever not a stressor.
Happy planting!
- 7 years ago
Interesting perspective of EA's problem...
I always wondered if I would actually have to wait for a live opponent to be available !
FYI, I have yet to wait and I am not disappointed at all
A player spending real currency on GEMs, and coins, and plants etc has a legitimate beef to feel cheated (I have felt cheated at times and I spend very little currency but plenty of my time on the game)
- Anonymous7 years ago
Ok, just to be clear, I'm not defending EA. Licking their a*s won't do me any good. I feel that sting too. I just don't want these losses to add to my already stressful life. So the other half of my brain rationalizes the situation. There you go.
- 7 years ago
When is it rational to get upset over a game ? EA needs serious help, not defending !
Right brain versus left brain ? No wonder I am so confused. I can never tell left from right ! LOL
- eieio_313107 years agoHero
LOL, yes it was 11 last week.
- Anonymous7 years agoWith the tons of PL SP's I'm getting, I should have that too! Hahaha!
- 7 years ago
Sad and pathetic. Good thing you won anyway. My best was 3.4M just before the clock expired !