About the whole 'negativity turning away potential customers for epic' argument.
Why should this affect BuF?
We're not here to pimp their product. If someone asks about opinions on the game, then not only will they get the negative but also the positive.
We're not here for Epic's benefit. We're here to discuss their work (and occassionally share porn).
The point is, you are like the kid who pees in the pool cause he has to go home. Plain and simple. You don't have to "be here for epics benefit" in any way, but that doesn't give you the right to try and ruin it for the rest of us by being so negative (therefore turning people away). Even when I am saying how good the game is, I make sure to give the other side as well (as much of it as I agree with). Because I want them to make an informed decision. But there are way too many ppl on here that only complain and talk trash. There is nothing constructive about it, no attempts to get things fixed, or anything like that.
Anuban made a good point, a lot of the issues are being addressed with patches. The flamers need to accept that nothing is ever perfect, but Epic is making an effort to resolve the vast majority of the issues. Will the result be UT3 playing like 2k4? Absolutely not (thank goodness). But when you say something like "The UI looks like it was designed by a 3 year old retarded monkey", you really just illustrate your own ineptitude. Especially when these issues have been posted on numerous times and worded in a much better way (and have already been included in the change list for patch 2).
I mean, unless i'm mistaken BuF started as a forum supporting the community for a given game, not a place for people to rag on the game constantly. If that is what it eventually turns into, I will no longer visit. I'm also sure that i'm not the only person, and then BuF runs the risk of only being host to a bunch of people who only log on to spit venom about the current incarnation of the game. They will have to change the name to B1tchin@Unreal forums.
If you want to complain, please do so in the 2k4 forums, for that will have less of an effect on perception than in the UT3 forum. If you want to voice legitimate concerns that you would like to see addressed, please word it in a mature way, and don't post it in 50 different threads (not counting the 3 you opened yourself).
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