we've all seen and participated in some of the discussions in the threads about f2p and p2w. people use terms like "support the developers" as if the $20 or $50 (or $5000) they spend to get ahead or keep up in the game is going towards keeping some skinny nerd alive on his diet of skittles and mountain dew while he codes away in his mother's basement. that couldn't be further from the truth. the fact is that r2games has over 70 employees in china in addition to operations in europe and north america, and this game is designed and marketed, not just for profit, but to get as much money out of us as possible for as long as they can. there's nothing wrong with that; r2games is providing a service for which some of us are willing to pay (and pay big in a few cases). but whether we put real dollars into r2games' pockets or not, by playing their games we became their customers.
i'm starting this thread because the moderators have been reminding some of us of the rules and regulations of the forum because some people have taken it upon themselves to help provide us, the customers, with something that r2games itself has shown that they are unwilling or unable to provide: timely and accurate information on the product that they have sold us. but don't we, as customers, have rights? and don't they have responsibilities just like any other business?
is it that serious? not really. at least it shouldn't be. the moderators have themselves admitted that they aren't providing us with information in a timely manner. a few pre-release notes with some screen shots and a disclaimer and we'd all be happily chatting about the goodies coming our way in a few days. but the tone of their response should remind us all exactly what we can continue to expect from r2games. "...slaughtered more soles (sic) than the grimm (sic) reaper..." on its own is just a couple of typos that we've all been joking about for months. it's not a big deal... except that the time and effort it would take to correct this is significantly less than i'm putting forth to start this thread (however long it may be open). a few seconds, and they don't even care enough to fix that? why? there's no money in it. they know how to keep the "whales" spending money in the game and correct spelling and grammar have absolutely nothing to do with it. (in all honesty i'm not sure if that typo still exists or not, i've gotten so used to seeing it that i've blocked it out. if it has been fixed, those of us who have been playing for a while know that it was there for months)
while i don't want to violate the terms of service of forum use by posting a link to an outside website, i do want you to know what the ceo of r2games thinks about us and the games they market to us. his name is jared psigoda. google "jared psigoda whale" (without quotes) and you'll see what i found out (nothing nefarious or even underhanded, but pretty informative).
i'm starting this thread because the moderators have been reminding some of us of the rules and regulations of the forum because some people have taken it upon themselves to help provide us, the customers, with something that r2games itself has shown that they are unwilling or unable to provide: timely and accurate information on the product that they have sold us. but don't we, as customers, have rights? and don't they have responsibilities just like any other business?
is it that serious? not really. at least it shouldn't be. the moderators have themselves admitted that they aren't providing us with information in a timely manner. a few pre-release notes with some screen shots and a disclaimer and we'd all be happily chatting about the goodies coming our way in a few days. but the tone of their response should remind us all exactly what we can continue to expect from r2games. "...slaughtered more soles (sic) than the grimm (sic) reaper..." on its own is just a couple of typos that we've all been joking about for months. it's not a big deal... except that the time and effort it would take to correct this is significantly less than i'm putting forth to start this thread (however long it may be open). a few seconds, and they don't even care enough to fix that? why? there's no money in it. they know how to keep the "whales" spending money in the game and correct spelling and grammar have absolutely nothing to do with it. (in all honesty i'm not sure if that typo still exists or not, i've gotten so used to seeing it that i've blocked it out. if it has been fixed, those of us who have been playing for a while know that it was there for months)
while i don't want to violate the terms of service of forum use by posting a link to an outside website, i do want you to know what the ceo of r2games thinks about us and the games they market to us. his name is jared psigoda. google "jared psigoda whale" (without quotes) and you'll see what i found out (nothing nefarious or even underhanded, but pretty informative).
No doubt there'll be thousands of us right behind him providing information and proof.
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