Dragon Rising has been released

[Bulldogs 10]

Lughnut your avatar looks familiar. Is that a bunch of Latvian reservists?

I prefered Jessica Rabbit.

[bascule42 10]

I prefered Jessica Rabbit.

Yeah, I agree.

[-RIP- Luhgnut 10]

I prefered Jessica Rabbit.

yeah, jessica, got old after a bit. This is my new found buddy.

My avatar is "Stumpy Luhmpkin" he's a regular in the Bolivian National Guard 2nd Reserves. And he's lookin to "get some."

[vilas 477]

to me, it seems irrational.:rolleyes:

no, people will buy it , look at IQ statistics in population

average is told to be 100

7% has 70-80

16% has 80-90

25% has 90-100

25% has 100-110

15% has 110-120

8% 120 and higher

DR2 will have customers, maybe even more than A3 ;) but more, not means better

OFP people won't buy it, kid who would play CoD9, SoF5 yes

look at how many people are lied by marketing and for example buy "magic light that will heal you" in tv shops

look how many people vote for something and are surprised when politician they choose - do something against them "but in tv he looked handsome"

look how many people watch in TV stupid series instead having something demanding

usual newspaper about "what singer slept with what actor" "guy was beaten by cucumber" has more sales than other magazines

DR2 will have sales, for sure, as people will be demanding "cheaper t-shirt" and claiming " ***(other) country took our job"

cause they see no relation with "i want cheaper" with "i want better and i want job"

simply for many people there is no relation "source/reason" and "effect"

people see "effect" and not see "reason"

so people will buy DR2

and we can start for fun guess it's content :D

Edited November 26, 2009 by vilas

[jw custom 56]

no, people will buy it , look at IQ statistics in population

average is told to be 100

7% has 70-80

16% has 80-90

25% has 90-100

25% has 100-110

15% has 110-120

8% 120 and higher

I can't believe it, my mother said my 41 was average

[Zipper5 74]

Well, they posted a few days ago on their Facebook that due to funding there weren't going to be any more patches or DLC for DR...

Unnnnnnfortunately, that appears to no longer be the case, as Helios recently posted this and that Facebook comment has since been removed.

And there I was thinking the game had finally died...

[vilas 477]

heh ;)

The more Multiplayer PVP modes we have the better the game. I think this patch is going to boost alot of sales and players online

real player ? or CM worker playing role of player as forum member ?

i cannot belive in such language :D

[Pauldarrington 9]

well after steam offering Grid for £3.76 i presume codemasters are trying to get the cash together for there next failed project

ohh by the way i purchased grid becouse it was just a bargain that i couldnt resist after spending 5 mins convincing myself that if ofpDr is rubbish would this be the same.. i was sooo wrong its probably the best racing game ive played in a long time

[irR4tiOn4L 10]

to me, it seems irrational.:rolleyes:

Well of course! But thats never stopped people!

[Bulldogs 10]

Grid really is a good racing game, except that they promised a patch nearly 1 year ago that hasn't yet arrived.

I'm still tempted to get Dirt 2.

[Colt45_GTO 10]

Well, they posted a few days ago on their Facebook that due to funding there weren't going to be any more patches or DLC for DR...

Unnnnnnfortunately, that appears to no longer be the case, as Helios recently posted this and that Facebook comment has since been removed.

And there I was thinking the game had finally died...

it appears that someone is confusing DR as a follow on from OFP1

here is his post and my reply...

1) Please, make breath for the sniper. From it too big advantage in game. (In the first part there was a button to hold breath)

2) Enter commands for boats: to establish a mine, down, to rise, on a knee, to lock on the target.

3) And tanks, BMP all the same force down trees in a real life;)

4) Boats with "Bazooka" Ñannot will aim on the enemy. There is a glitch to weapon switching. That the automatic machine takes that "Bazooka".

5) Enter command - patrol. Transport (when in it boats) could carry out independent patrol on the specified district. For example concerning co-ordinate started to turn on a circle(or 4points) and to shoot on the enemy. To choose the purposes - technics first of all, in the second anti-tank calculation, in the third all the rest.

6) Whether it is possible to make a rain in game

7) LoL & Fun

For you it is not a lot of, and for admirers of company OFP1 idol returning.

you do realise that OFP1 isn't CodeMasters?

Operation Flashpoint was made by Bohemia Interactive, Operation Failpoint 2 is made by CodeMasters. different company, different engine. one is a sim one is an arcade game.... in that order.

please dont get these mixed up or even tied together. they are completely different things.

[VanhA-ICON 11]

Well, I think your response was deleted...

However this outburst made me grin:

IT IS A VERY GOOD GAME SPOILT BY SOMEONE IN CODMASERS.

[SWT_Janowich 10]

I'm honest when I tell you that GRID; Colin Mac Rae Dirt 1-2 and all the

rest are very great racing games!

Codemasters is still a great coperation"

[Zipper5 74]

You've played DiRT 2?

I personally did not enjoy either GRID or DiRT. However, I can see how they could be better as the EGO engine is a racing engine, not an engine for a military simulator.

Codemasters, however, are not a great corporation in my eyes any longer. Nor are they in many peoples' eyes after this money grab they made with a name that has such a reputation. I will not buy any more games that involved Codemasters in any way, shape, or form.

[Emberwolf 0]

it appears that someone is confusing DR as a follow on from OFP1

And this is the most depressing part of the entire situation. People think CM made OFP1 and that BIS is a separate entity entirely. Five minutes of research would be all it takes to find out that CM merely published OFP1 while BIS were the folks who actually created it.

Meanwhile, the type of DR fans that would crap all over ArmA2 claim to have loved OFP1, which makes zero sense since ArmA2 is OFP1 in a different setting and with new features added in. So people are either lying about having played OFP1 entirely, or their memories of OFP1 are tainted by nostalgia when in reality they didn't enjoy it at all.

[Colt45_GTO 10]

Well, I think your response was deleted...

However this outburst made me grin:

no its still there, but as someone posted a few days to a week back, it seems some people have to have the post authorised by an admin... i could be one of those :lol:

---------- Post added at 12:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 PM ----------

And this is the most depressing part of the entire situation. People think CM made OFP1 and that BIS is a separate entity entirely. Five minutes of research would be all it takes to find out that CM merely published OFP1 while BIS were the folks who actually created it.

Meanwhile, the type of DR fans that would crap all over ArmA2 claim to have loved OFP1, which makes zero sense since ArmA2 is OFP1 in a different setting and with new features added in. So people are either lying about having played OFP1 entirely, or their memories of OFP1 are tainted by nostalgia when in reality they didn't enjoy it at all.

it gets me that some of these folk think DR is the dogs danglers when its nothing more than an empty shell of what it could have been, and to be honest, i doubt CM could come within 50 mile of the sort of quality and gameplay BI are acustomed too.

[maddogx 13]

no its still there, but as someone posted a few days to a week back, it seems some people have to have the post authorised by an admin... i could be one of those :lol:

It's possible they've started shadow-banning people on the CM forums. If so, that would be an all-time low.

For the people who don't know what shadow-banning is: it is basically a "transparent" form of banning someone, where the person in question does not know that he has been banned. He is not informed of the ban, he can still write and see his own posts, he can create threads etc. but no one else, except admins, moderators and other shadow-banned users can see what he is doing.

[Bulldogs 10]

Could be, if you search CM forums for all posts by Colt45_GTO there are 0 posts. The only posts that come up are by Colt45MaltLikka.

Well, technically it says there are 117 posts by Colt45_GTO, but when you hit "Show all posts" or search for the posts it returns "Sorry, no matches"

Edited November 27, 2009 by Bulldogs

[Colt45_GTO 10]

It's possible they've started shadow-banning people on the CM forums. If so, that would be an all-time low.

For the people who don't know what shadow-banning is: it is basically a "transparent" form of banning someone, where the person in question does not know that he has been banned. He is not informed of the ban, he can still write and see his own posts, he can create threads etc. but no one else, except admins, moderators and other shadow-banned users can see what he is doing.

if thats what they done then they are bang out of order purely becuase i have never once slated OFP i have only slated DR which is crap beyond all crapness :lol:

uhg oh yeah its their fail i'm slating. but then that denies all freedom of speach... then again words are wasted on that company.

---------- Post added at 12:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:39 PM ----------

i'll pm viper and tell him he's a spineless bastard... might get me banned propper than have me waste key press's :lol:

bit of a ninja edit there.. been playin A2 toomuch :lol:

msg to viper...

so codemasters have resorted to shadow banning it seems!

if you wish to ban me then please do. just dont be a spineless twat about it.

its just weird how i can see and reply to posts yet no fucker can see what i put and also......looking at it from another user my post count is 0 zero.

you and the rest of the mods on here inc helios are just as decietful and spinless as the company you serve.

sorry bout the language lol.

lets see if conmasters ban me now for real lol.

Edited November 27, 2009 by Colt45_GTO

[Nazul 10]

Your post is still there http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5889524&postcount=188

I am non registered there though. Might be why i can see it...?

[Colt45_GTO 10]

be better if they ban me anyway....

i can join the club ;)

[vilas 477]

when i read about those "shadow bans"... o my...

i will quote my old friend "to nie dno, to puka od spodu"

translating from Polish:

it is not even bottom , it is knocking from below

i hope it is understandable for non-PL speakers

in my language "dno" / "bottom" is not only sea bottom, not only technical bottom, but "something hidden very low, something very stupid, cheap trick, cheap literature, intelectual zero, total pathetic crap" etc.

DR marketing reached "under-bottom" level if they do "shadow bans"

is fixing game is so hard to do, that only "marketing tricks from horror" are "yet working for some suckers" ???

or simply this game is so shitty, that ONLY such tricks can hold it swiming for few hours untill total sunk ?

drowning tries to catch at least blade - in my language we have such proverb

Edited November 27, 2009 by vilas

[Uziyahu--IDF 0]

I can't believe how Dragon Rising has become one major foul-up after another, especially after all of the smack-talking they did against B.I.

It's a good game, but it's like CM considers it a red-headed stepchild. (No offense to redheads or step-children.)

[Aeneas2020 10]

TBH DR isn't terrible...it's a very average shooter. What is terrible is that CM decided to call it an OFP game with the hope of getting sales and basically delivered a product that left a lot to be desired. What they would have been better doing is coming up with an new name and marketing it as a GRAW alternative. It's almost as if the break up between CM and BI was so bad that CM felt the need (as the power house so to speak) to show BI that they could do their own thing and even better than before. Of course it is just plain foolishness to assume that but i guess they had the money to throw at the problem. To be honest the more i read and the more figures i look at (wild conspiracy alert) it seems that everything CM has done with DR (right from the start with the fake screenshots) has been to distract attention away from arma2. It almost seems, now that they have made it clear that they have no long term plan for the project or dev team, that this was purely done to divide BI's community and sales figures and con some honest people into believing they were buying and OFP game. I'm sure they made money out of the project however so who knows...either way it was a cheap trick. They should stick to making racing games.

[Colt45_GTO 10]

lmao guys looks like i'm in the club....

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