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    Default I am this close...

    ... to hanging it up.

    There is bad lag time, almost all the time.
    The servers crash every day, usually several times.
    Troops disappear during a crash, resources disappear.

    In the fact of this major problem, they:
    1) Announce a Queen of Evony contest
    2) Change the graphics.

    It is bad enough that the late comers, who started a week or so late, have NO chance to score big in the game, because of the ridiculous head start caused by the Medals fiasco.

    The communication from UMGE is a joke. As has been pointed out elsewhere, they respond instantly if you want to buy cents, but not if you have a problem.

    They don't have a "test" server for the game. I doubt that there is any real testing going on, beyond what the programmers do to make sure it compiles. I don't know for sure, but I don't see any evidence of it.

    I don't see any evidence, either, that ANY of the posts on the boards matter at all to UMGE. Do they read the 70 pages in the "server down" thread"? Do they see the enormous dissatisfaction with the way things are being handled by them?

    I'm not going to spend 10 cents with UMGE. I was considering buying some scripts to build Catapults, maybe other stuff. Not I. I will support a game that is fair and gives some sort of restitution when THEIR screwups cost me time/effort.

    The only thing that keeps me so far, is that I like the alliance I'm in ... and the fact that I've invested so much time/energy in it. But there comes a point at which I will have been ****'d over too many times. And that will be that.

    I am this close -><-


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    Evony Queun Contest, they are doing it to reward the winner. (Greencards? Lol. What a joke.)

    Lag is because so many play on one server.

    Graphics. Does not take forever to make.

    Bugs. Some take a really long time to fix.
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    Its just the way asia does buisness with their games these days Aul, I've seen it repeatedly, and im sure a lot of other people do. Put out a game that looks promising and comes with a bunch of promises, milk every cent you can get, dump it and put out another. The only way to remedy it is to play for free, completely free, and move on when the game craps itself. I can't count on my hands or feet how many of these games with this concept have come out of asia in the past few years. But the world revolves around the dollar. Don't waste your money on a game anyways, if you want to stay on top like the people putting out these games, invest it. I've seen it so much I don't harbor any resentment anymore. Just play it for what it is, and be ready to move on.

    We still need you though, and if you want money or resources to replace your troops I'll be more than glad to reimburse you.

    MM

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    There is bad lag time, almost all the time. 7 servers available. Be patient on yours, or make another city to use while waiting for another to load. simple.
    The servers crash every day, usually several times. Server crashing is Gods way of saying to take a break. Go outside. Feel the sun.
    Troops disappear during a crash, resources disappear. Haven't seen this happen once. Must be one of those "only you" things?

    In the fact of this major problem, they:
    1) Announce a Queen of Evony contest Your right. Sending a mass email and posting it in the forums.. all that 5 minutes of work really distracts them from the game.
    2) Change the graphics. Psst. This is a good thing. Just thought I'd point that out.

    In the end, quit crying about a FREE game. You want better support? Buy game cents so they can afford to do more. People like you hinder the process, NOT help it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deesturbed View Post
    There is bad lag time, almost all the time. 7 servers available. Be patient on yours, or make another city to use while waiting for another to load. simple.
    The servers crash every day, usually several times. Server crashing is Gods way of saying to take a break. Go outside. Feel the sun.
    Troops disappear during a crash, resources disappear. Haven't seen this happen once. Must be one of those "only you" things?

    In the fact of this major problem, they:
    1) Announce a Queen of Evony contest Your right. Sending a mass email and posting it in the forums.. all that 5 minutes of work really distracts them from the game.
    2) Change the graphics. Psst. This is a good thing. Just thought I'd point that out.

    In the end, quit crying about a FREE game. You want better support? Buy game cents so they can afford to do more. People like you hinder the process, NOT help it.
    This happens every day crawl out from under your rock... or did you just get there?

    As I stated earlier, this game will go nowhere. I have full conviction in that belief from years of gaming experience. Only an idiot would pool his hard earned currency into a money trap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suicide_Charley View Post
    This happens every day crawl out from under your rock... or did you just get there?

    As I stated earlier, this game will go nowhere. I have full conviction in that belief from years of gaming experience. Only an idiot would pool his hard earned currency into a money trap.

    If the game will go nowhere and your not going to assist to make it better, is there a point for you to be posting? Myself, like the majority of those that play and like the game, are annoyed with the whining by you kids. Get over the games shortcomings and leave.

    Also, though you have "vast" gaming knowledge, you seem to not notice that free browser games are some of the most popular ones available right now. Evony, Crossfire, Combat Arms, Quake Live.. the list goes on and on. But Im sure your epic knowledge would have found that out eventually.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by deesturbed View Post
    There is bad lag time, almost all the time.
    In the end, quit crying about a FREE game. You want better support? Buy game cents so they can afford to do more. People like you hinder the process, NOT help it.
    Do you realize how STUPID you sound saying this?

    If they opened a new grocery store in your town, and you decided to go check it out, and they said "We're sorry, we don't have any product right now but if you pay us, we'll try to get something to give you in return for your investment", would you ever go back?

    In the real world, companies have to earn their money. Be it through good product, good service, or what-have-you. We aren't supposed to throw money at them before hand in hopes that it makes them worthwhile. If they want to make money, they need to pull themselves together and make sure the game is running first.

    This is why BETA testing exists. You get people excited about the new game, tell them there will be bugs, limit the number of players to give it a competitive edge, and promise GOOD gifts. People are willing to put up with the lag and bugs because you're "paying" them (with nice items that cost you nothing anyways), all the bugs get fixed, they don't have to pay real game testers who only accept actual currency, and they can go on to publish the game in it's full version for people to pay them to play.


    On the other hand, you have companies like this. They "fix" issues with the game that make it too easy for early players and too hard for later players, which in the end results in the former making the later miserable, they have so much lag and so many bugs that it should be an Alpha test, yet give no indication to the players that it's a beta. When they finally get out of beta, they say we'll be given wonderful prize packages, and then in the end, give us crap, with an insult attached. When people lose time, money, and effort because of THEIR bugs, then those people can just go cry about it, because they don't care enough to fix it. Any of the times people lost troops, they could have done a one minute (Since the server seems to perform all actions which should have occured while it was down as happening right as it comes back up) rollback and fixed it instantly, but instead they just let us all deal with our armies dissapearing, which results in our being plundered and having our towns captured. Our game cents disappear because they code their wheel to take them even if you click no, and people have to wait forever to get reimbursed.

    I don't really hold any ill will towards UMGE, I just don't think they need any defending. Their actions have been insulting, frustrating, and have shown that they don't really care about the time we invest into their product, time and time again. If that's the attitude they want to have, then it's fine. Their game, their service, their players. They just can't complain about the inevitable outcome of that, which is the loss of players, and the loss of payers.

    I'm not going to pay anybody to stop sucking at their chosen profession/business/whatever. They show promise first, and then I'm going to want to pay them, but I'm still going to expect to be getting something in return for my money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zamte View Post
    If they opened a new grocery store in your town, and you decided to go check it out, and they said "We're sorry, we don't have any product right now but if you pay us, we'll try to get something to give you in return for your investment", would you ever go back?
    That should read

    if they opened a new free grocery store in your town, and you decided to go check it out, and they said "We're sorry, were experiencing very high demand for our free service at the moment and its pretty much at its capacity. You're more than welcome to purchase some of our priced items if you want to which will speed up certain aspects of our service which will help support and develop it further, as well as open other free grocery stores for you. If not we will still continue to develop the free service and hopefully have it running more smoothly in the near future.", would you ever go back?

    seriously, you can spend $40 on buying a new MMORPG then pay $15 a month and get a game in a much worse state, then every 6 months have to shell out alteast another $20 for 'expansions'.

    Its free for crying out loud, they dont put those game coins up for sale and say 'if you dont buy them then you cant play'. Do you even see one advert banner on the site? Do you think the company who own the servers said 'hey we hear you made a free game, heres some free servers! oh and dont even worry about the bandwidth and maintance costs!', do you think the devs go to work every day and think 'hmmm whats the biggest problem that we need to ignore about this game currently?' or 'our code isnt laggy we dont need to try to improve on that'.

    now if you dont like the game currently, the simple answer is just dont play it

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    Quote Originally Posted by dudez View Post
    That should read

    if they opened a new free grocery store in your town, and you decided to go check it out, and they said "We're sorry, were experiencing very high demand for our free service at the moment and its pretty much at its capacity. You're more than welcome to purchase some of our priced items if you want to which will speed up certain aspects of our service which will help support and develop it further, as well as open other free grocery stores for you. If not we will still continue to develop the free service and hopefully have it running more smoothly in the near future.", would you ever go back?

    seriously, you can spend $40 on buying a new MMORPG then pay $15 a month and get a game in a much worse state, then every 6 months have to shell out alteast another $20 for 'expansions'.

    Its free for crying out loud, they dont put those game coins up for sale and say 'if you dont buy them then you cant play'. Do you even see one advert banner on the site? Do you think the company who own the servers said 'hey we hear you made a free game, heres some free servers! oh and dont even worry about the bandwidth and maintance costs!', do you think the devs go to work every day and think 'hmmm whats the biggest problem that we need to ignore about this game currently?' or 'our code isnt laggy we dont need to try to improve on that'.

    now if you dont like the game currently, the simple answer is just dont play it
    Exactly. Well stated.

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    But there is a chance they could change and put in 100% effort into his game.
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