EA's Business Model Finally Revealed

The established players leaving will turn out to be the least of EAs problems. I can imagine many new players will assume that this is an expensive game to "win". They will not know it used to be simply a creative social game of challenge, requiring lots of effort to be rewarded with what you EARN.

For players being introduced to the game during this event, they will see EAs screens filled with invitations to " win" prizes, they will discover that the vast majority of the desirable prizes are unattainable, decide the odds are strongly against them, see that it is a game that costs hundreds of dollars to enjoy, and go find one of the thousands of other games that fill their expectations.

BTW, someone help me ... About those baskets on the premium menu ... In the initial days of this event, many many people ac epted EAs OFFER to purchase those baskets. And NOBODY had been told they were temporary. I'm having trouble recalling ANY legal business practice in which a business sells a product for real money, and that product is preprogrammed to VANISH, and there is NO indicator giving the buyer prior notice that it would.

I realize that "event" objects often disappear at the END of an event WHEN THERE IS NO FURTHER BENEFIT POSSIBLE from them. But Is there ANY other item you have seen on the premium menu that vanished -- completely without warning -- while it still would have value to the buyer? (For that matter, any paid-for item you've seen ANYWHERE that vanished without warning?)

Reeks of fraud to me. And, no, I am not merely talking about the kind of fraud you sue over. Fraud can be either civil or criminal. What distinguishes criminal fraud is that is INTENTIONAL. EA offers "i" buttons next to the items for sale. They had the opportunity to (but chose not to) describe the baskets as "single use". They did not.

Sleazy business is one thing. Criminal actions are a whole 'nuther thing.

Ratman5674 wrote:
Seems like your avoiding the subject.

It's moot, as I have no desire to twitter you.

neuroheart wrote:

Ratman5674 wrote:
Seems like your avoiding the subject.

It's moot, as I have no desire to twitter you.

No I don't want to twitter you. I'm trying to find @ratman5674

maxeerg wrote:

Ratman5674 wrote:
I'm trying to find @ratman5674

If you seek to find yourself, then know that you are an illusion. There is no Ratman5674. Only then will you find release from the wheel of life.

I'm old enough to remember the '60s ... As i recall, many many people were trying to "find" themselves. As I recall, many of those people were college students. As I recall, there were lots of drugs around. As I recall, a lot of those college students were experimenting with a lot of those drugs. Coincidence? Perhaps. ;)

(But I'm not sure how many of them actually "found" themselves.). (Or cared.)

annettemarc wrote:

(But I'm not sure how many of them actually "found" themselves.). (Or cared.)

Recalling Kent State, some lost themselves too :(

XBL-Heretic wrote:

annettemarc wrote:

(But I'm not sure how many of them actually "found" themselves.). (Or cared.)

Recalling Kent State, some lost themselves too :(

Those decades pretty much sucked.

For me this game was mostly about collecting everything available. I was prepared to put in a lot of time and grind away. I was also prepared to buy items for cash and I have. But I am not prepared to spend money on the slim chance to get anything in return, which is what gambling is all about. It sucks that after this event is finished I will not even have half the items that were offered in it. But I can live with that, simply change the game from premium to fremium player. I do however feel sorry for those that were suckered into buying eggs and didn't win. I bet some of them really regret having made that decision. Any business that tries to sucker people into offering money to them without giving anything back in return, is immoral in my book.

I agree with the comments on this thread. I just to add one more...ea's policy of not being able to sell items won. We are all grinding away desperately trying to get our favorite items and accumulating countless duplicates of fences, egg piles, ponds and the like. Then they tell us you can't have more than 4500 items or your game won't run right. At what point in playing this game over the long term where we will have to sell things we want so we can keep the inventory of useless multiple prizes.

maxeerg wrote:

Ratman5674 wrote:
I'm trying to find @ratman5674

If you seek to find yourself, then know that you are an illusion. There is no Ratman5674. Only then will you find release from the wheel of life.

Very deep, as a child of the 70's it's far too hippy for me. I'd just go with F***k that and smash some chairs and stuff ... ;)

DarthVonHeller wrote:

Smurf1972 wrote:

maxeerg wrote:

Ratman5674 wrote:
I'm trying to find @ratman5674

If you seek to find yourself, then know that you are an illusion. There is no Ratman5674. Only then will you find release from the wheel of life.

Very deep, as a child of the 70's it's far too hippy for me. I'd just go with F***k that and smash some chairs and stuff ... ;)

Thanks for making me LMAO, literally out loud. :thumbup:

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