Official NCAA Football 2009 Thread

#503
#503
I'll try to fix it. I never clicked a link to it, I just had to manually fill out the URL but it was working for me.
 
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govols182 said:
stores do it every year, and no one gets in trouble, soooo...
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dude are you honestly trying to contradict everything i say? this is my third year being involved with the ncaa release, don't act like you know more than i do just because you read a video game message board. also, if nobody gets in trouble, as your superiorly informed self claims, then why would there even be a release date? i guess stores could sell it whenever they want without fear of any consequences.
 
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bdarnell said:
dude are you honestly trying to contradict everything i say? this is my third year being involved with the ncaa release, don't act like you know more than i do just because you read a video game message board. also, if nobody gets in trouble, as your superiorly informed self claims, then why would there even be a release date? i guess stores could sell it whenever they want without fear of any consequences.
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Do you realize it would probably cost companies more money to go after every business who broke the release date than it would make them money? It's just funny you are trying to sound like no one does it because your store doesn't. Don't act like you know more than me because you work in a video game store. Other stores "WILL" break the release date by a few days and nothing will come of it. No one will get fired or suspended, because as long as EA is making money off of the sales it would be pointless to spend tons of money on lawyers and court fees just to make sure "1" store won't do it again the following year.
 
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govols182 said:
Do you realize it would probably cost companies more money to go after every business who broke the release date than it would make them money? It's just funny you are trying to sound like no one does it because your store doesn't. Don't act like you know more than me because you work in a video game store. Other stores "WILL" break the release date by a few days and nothing will come of it. No one will get fired or suspended, because as long as EA is making money off of the sales it would be pointless to spend tons of money on lawyers and court fees just to make sure "1" store won't do it again the following year.
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street date violations = up to $20,000
you say stores "WILL" violate street date
you say EA is all about making their money
why then would they allow illegal action and not sue?
 
#508
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and btw, not trying to take a personal shot here, but being in the game business for over two years and being a manager for the world's largest video game retail chain, it's safe to say I DO know more than you when it comes to this subject.
 
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bdarnell said:
street date violations = up to $20,000
you say stores "WILL" violate street date
you say EA is all about making their money
why then would they allow illegal action and not sue?
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So you think EA will hire tons of attorneys and spend way more than 20,000 dollars in fees and such on stores all across the country just to make 20,000? I think not. Your store may not do it, but others will. If you can't process that in your brain than you have something wrong with you.

Also, stores have been doing this for years and EA hasn't gone after any of them. Stores will keep breaking the release date by a day or two and they will not lose their jobs or get sued because EA will lose money in the process. How much do you think 1 good lawyer for a big company costs? A lot more than the 20,000 dollars they would get. Try multiplying that a few more times.
 
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govols182 said:
So you think EA will hire tons of attorneys and spend way more than 20,000 dollars in fees and such on stores all across the country just to make 20,000? I think not. Your store may not do it, but others will. If you can't process that in your brain than you have something wrong with you.

Also, stores have been doing this for years and EA hasn't gone after any of them. Stores will keep breaking the release date by a day or two and they will not lose their jobs or get sued because EA will lose money in the process. How much do you think 1 good lawyer for a big company costs? A lot more than the 20,000 dollars they would get. Try multiplying that a few more times.
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okay then genius, why is it even illegal to break street date if EA doesn't mind at all?
 
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bdarnell said:
okay then genius, why is it even illegal to break street date if EA doesn't mind at all?
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I'm sure they don't like it, but wouldn't it be dumb to spend more money on lawyers and court fees and stuff then what you would bring in from a couple copies getting sold a day or two early? Maybe you just have a hard time admitting you're wrong?
 
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bdarnell said:
no, i'm arguing that stores CAN get sued for violating street date.
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I know they CAN get sued but they have a good chance on not getting sued because as said in most of my other posts it would cost them more money than it would bring them money in. If you can't understand that you have a problem.
 
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Can some1 plz tell me if there are going to be able to play night games online this year. i get tired of playing at the same time every game!
2k lets u change the time and such!
 
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bleed orange11 said:
Can some1 plz tell me if there are going to be able to play night games online this year. i get tired of playing at the same time every game!
2k lets u change the time and such!
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I played night games online last year. It goes by the system clock of the home team. I'm almost positive about this.
 
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govols182 said:
I'm sure they don't like it, but wouldn't it be dumb to spend more money on lawyers and court fees and stuff then what you would bring in from a couple copies getting sold a day or two early? Maybe you just have a hard time admitting you're wrong?
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so you are saying that they wouldn't get paid for games sold before street date? this is wrong. bottom line is companys CAN sell the copy early. People MAY get a copy early, but this doesn't change the fact that companys CAN get fined and employees WILL be terminated. you keep arguing that no matter what, no companies can be fined for violating street date. this simply isn't true.
 
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bdarnell said:
so you are saying that they wouldn't get paid for games sold before street date? this is wrong. bottom line is companys CAN sell the copy early. People MAY get a copy early, but this doesn't change the fact that companys CAN get fined and employees WILL be terminated. you keep arguing that no matter what, no companies can be fined for violating street date. this simply isn't true.
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Actually, there isn't a high likelihood that an employee will get terminated for selling a video game a day early. It isn't as big of a deal as you make it out to be.

Also, he isn't saying that companies CAN'T be fined for selling early, he's saying that it isn't probable because it isn't a valuable option for the developer to spend the money to sue.

Finally, you two need to drop this because this is dangerously close to becoming a flame war in which I'll have to ban one, if not both of you. :good!:
 
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rwemyss said:
Actually, there isn't a high likelihood that an employee will get terminated for selling a video game a day early. It isn't as big of a deal as you make it out to be.

Also, he isn't saying that companies CAN'T be fined for selling early, he's saying that it isn't probable because it isn't a valuable option for the developer to spend the money to sue.

Finally, you two need to drop this because this is dangerously close to becoming a flame war in which I'll have to ban one, if not both of you. :good!:
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well at gamestop an employee WILL be terminated for violating street date. Actually he said that nothing would happen at all if a company sold the game early. this is no flame war. chill.
 
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You mean employees CAN be terminated? Trust me, I used to have a hook up and get games before street date all the time. All I had to do was call my buddy at gamestop and preorder and pay the whole cost and BAM. Game in hand.
 
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