Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaghadka Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why' Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:13:36 -0500 Organization: E. Nygma & Sons, LLC Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <4m4mtjprurdepapddt23ul8kfdmu7cspjp@4ax.com> Reply-To: zaghadka@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 23:13:35 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="03ce235c0a5fc1dd1f0387b6e4939cfd"; logging-data="2601792"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+IEvKWNfilFL/TIjlzz+PXe95vA+yb96A=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:4QPaqMMzGwHCFDlSNiYozR69FPg= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 1826 On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:15:05 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >The sad thing is, I still think EA is one of the _better_ triple-A >publishers... because the rest of them are even worse! > I remember back in the C=64 days when I would buy anything published by EA, because they were *that* good. Of course I would immediately crack their stupid 10 minute long half-track loader (their proprietary DRM) and have the game load up in 3 seconds with FastLoad. And for people who didn't crack the endless EA logo loading screen? I made a fortune realigning 1541 hard drives so it would work. I always offered the pirate tool though. But still, Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, MULE. They were amazing. -- Zag This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)