I'm wiping sad tears from my eyes for the millionaires.
It's so unfair.
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I'm wiping sad tears from my eyes for the millionaires.
It's so unfair.
http://www.sportsinferno.com/images/.../MHZboohoo.gif
With 2 wars in one month, I'm sure a lot of people in top teams purchased $500 gold for the first war, with the plan to purchase another $500 for the second war, in order to qualify for the 1k tier 15,000 gold bonus.
Since this month's program already started, I don't see how Gree can make it retroactive. Bait-and-switch much?
Hey all, I completely understand people being frustrated by the change. This change was not made lightly. It is okay for people to discuss that here. I do have to ask that people stick by the normal forum rules, as this is going to be heavily moderated.
Heavy moderation? You mean no more posting porn in the forum? frownz :(
I think he means they're bringing in the obese moderators.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dipstik
How can you change something like this retroactively??
If you announced the changes in advance I would have a bit more understanding, but doing it like this is a slap in the face! I suspect the consequences will be dire...
Thank you and good bye from me!
Your not gonna have anything to moderate in about a month..I don't think y'all realize how many people's gonna quit..I've spent 10k since battles (at least) and others spend more...people are not just gonna spend more to make up for the lack of care..hopefully they quit like I will when my 50k is gone😂😂
no clopper stuff from your "private stable"Quote:
Originally Posted by Dipstik
Hey Rodney, I'm going to suck up to you now :) LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Rodney26
Want to join the poptarts and play free? We have defense bonuses! Its very liberating
Edit: Wow! There's magic going on in this thread! Poof! There one second, gone the next! I believe! This is a magical world!
Ooh, post removed. Shocking.
I love it, is like a crack dealer enticing the crack addicts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Assault and Flattery
I think you're going all out to ruin the game, how about a gold amnesty for some battles, make things interesting rather than scamming Fight Club to buy more crack... I mean gold :-P
Good stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Girlfriend
I bet the same person who decided to change the prize tiers with 2 minutes remaining is also the same person who decided to make the bonus program changes apply retroactively to already-made purchases.
A&F, you might want to talk to your regulatory compliance people before listening to these ideas going forward.
Its not the change in the programs that is the issue for me. Its making changes DURING events and DURING existing bonus months that is screwing people into spending money they otherwise wouldn't have spent.
I don't disagree with the changes overall I suppose however doing it after many players have bought gold for the month and making it retroactive I think is a bad move. Could have easily made it effective for November and ppl would know what they were buying rather then feeling ripped off.
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Originally Posted by mxz
Yes, I agree with you, I never said I thought it was a good idea. Disinflating or deflating the value of gold is good for players who already have a lot of gold. Stat inflation (or more seriously, modifier inflation) is a separate but related issue, but I feel like I would reserve judgment in that regard until we see the prizes for the next few events. I agree with for instance, increasing the modifiers on the war prizes, but only because of the massive modifiers GREE was handing out for relatively cheaply recently (e.g. Victor Klaus boss, map boss LTQ). The 30% car attack/defense modifier was also a terrible idea, for what it's worth. Most of the players who are going to get that ridiculously huge modifier (equivalent to multiple wars' worth of prizes) will do so by either abusing the matching system, or beating other players also hoping to abuse the matching system, or by already being the game's top spenders anyway-- e.g. FC and SAS.
If they continue to hand out massive modifiers in every other event, I will agree that this is a terrible idea. I also agree with you in that they are discouraging competition between FC/SAS and the rest of the CC population, which is probably not the best idea for GREE either. I don't think that GREE is hoping reliable spenders (with large stats) quit so that new spenders can take their place. I could never make such a judgment without seeing GREE's actual spending data, but I would fathom a guess that players who haven't spent much in a mobile phone game before aren't going to be the ones to start spending $5k-$10k per month to catch FC/SAS.
I'm sort of ranting without much cohesion or direction here, but to put it simply, GREE already has quite a mess with stats and modifier inflation, and there is literally no good solution to fixing it. As I said, I'd also be very upset at the changes if I was still in the gold bonus program, but I am pretty sure all the alternatives GREE has to fix stat inflation will hurt some piece of GREE's demographic. I am just hoping that the aforementioned changes are indeed being made for the long-term viability of the game, since most of GREE's other recent moves have seemed like "short-selling" to me.
Peppers, their plan was to lock people in. They could have sent that mass message any time they wanted. They chose their place and time.
This makes it easy for me to make my final decision with this game.
Mine was made during the last war, with 2 minutes remaining. Extending the tiers pissed me off till no end.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentAssassin
I'm playing free in my crappy little syndicate with the hubby and one friend until stat inflation passes us by and our stats suck. With the way Gree is going, that should take about a month.
I'll work on decorating my hood and growing my economy and I'll pretend I'm playing simcity
Absolutely. Unfortunately that only applies to September. They probably could have had a healthy quarter and gotten nice Holiday bonuses by announcing this now but delaying implementation until Nov/Dec. They should have hired me as a consultant when they had the chance!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigMoney
PS4 is coming soon.....
I jus like to tap on me phone. makes Ug happy! Derrrr!
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when does the program started, i mean which month does they count. september？october? and what does it mean "a calendar month"? As in "30 days" ?? or month in general?? (like Jan. April....)
Heavy moderation you say?
So ban as many people as possible?
Anyone want bets on who gets the first ban?
Maybe murda for mentioning the R word?
To be completely honest this change will not change much. The heavy spenders will not stop, FC, SAS, top 10 high scoring players. Free players and low gold spenders, no difference. Only people are this who like to compete but also attempt to be more frugal. Make 1 big purchase every 6 months and make it last. Gree don't care about them. Would rather have people continuously spending than 1 sensible spender like that. Those who make there gold last are the most disposable players.
Hey if gree wants to make a change thats their choice.. my problem with it is they give absolutely no notice. . I have guys in my syn that already purchased $2k to make the 50k bonus this month only to find out the tiers changed... give some damn notice gree. Dont change the program once the month has already started
Your posts are usually really stupid, but this one was a winner! Im still laughing at your comment, very funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by mxz
What is the body count so far?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big-R
that --> http://sgiz.mobi/s3/GREE-Internation...-Bonus-Program <-- can answer all your questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simonlawliet
Coffee on my ipad from that one lolQuote:
Originally Posted by mxz
1? Dcn gladiator. Not sure if any others are gone as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistress Nikita
The elite (huge spenders) are unaffected by the change. This just hurts the little/medium spender guys, another way for Gree to to get us to pony up and spend the big bucks. Of course we get mad for a while and then step back into line like the sheep they make us out to be.
I see one more, starts with a P...., ends with ....eppers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big-R
I am not soooo sure the little/medium spenders will make it back in line. To receive almost the same bonus, you gotta spend $1000 bucks more! I don't know...
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Originally Posted by Butt Futter
Meh nobodies have feelings to you know.
He at least play's ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Butt Futter
But that's besides the reason of that thread.
Please follow the posting guidelines. That includes not discussing moderation actions.
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Originally Posted by CJ54
LMAOQuote:
Originally Posted by CJ54
It's like the Libyan response to the uprising up in here. Ban hammer is'a swingin.
/couldn't care less about gold program or the poor rich guys it affects
//mods getting heavy handed is pretty funny though
///slashies!
Shouldn't you be banning yourself now CJ54? The thread you are referencing with posting guidelines is locked, wait until Sirius sees this. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by CJ54
Best. Episode. Ever!
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Originally Posted by ILikeTheAbuse
All this complainig and whats gonna change? Not much. The real spenders will still spend. The top 100 teams will forget about this and start buying gold again once the 20% gold sale kicks in before the war. REMEMBER, THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IT CHANGED! People complained after the first reduction and then continued to buy. People will soon forget about this change and continue to buy gold and this new program will be the norm.
I am in no way sticking up for Greed. I am simply stating that people are complaining now but will be buying gold again later.
Will TapJoy be affected by the new brackets ? I don't wanna download 150 apps a month and make it to level 3 for any less than 150 bars... I really like changing my name 3x a month as easy as you change your minds.....