oberst_enzian
Member
+234|6960|melb.au
i opened the ea australia downloader page last nignt and saw the same thing, just an advertisement for EF, not the actual downloader (hence my question aimed @ pokerplaya)
wicked289
Member
+0|6917|riverside, ca
I dont even get the option to "buy now". I think EA fixed this whatever you want to call it because whenever I click the link, it takes me to a different page.
No_Smoking
all your base are belong to us
+35|6914|Sacramento
looks like EA caught on. they fixed their bug hah
Grimmus6sic6
Member
+0|6867

(EUS)Gen.BadSnipaDay wrote:

Why do i get this message that says, Euro force coming in March 2006?!... i am not doing somthing right, i clicked on the link..
thats what i get as well
oberst_enzian
Member
+234|6960|melb.au

1tdiestoday wrote:

buy now link is no longer up there. i think they might have taken it down
ROFL! its like the "leaked" patch thing then! they are such tools!

Last edited by oberst_enzian (2006-03-01 15:28:22)

No_Smoking
all your base are belong to us
+35|6914|Sacramento
hehe...
I bet they were scratching their heads thinking "why is all this money rolling in?" oops!
eusgen
Nugget
+402|7010|Jupiter
lmfao, they probably didnt care, it was money!
a1911
Member
+0|6854

No_Smoking wrote:

hehe...
I bet they were scratching their heads thinking "why is all this money rolling in?" oops!
HAHAHAHA!!!
oberst_enzian
Member
+234|6960|melb.au
maybe they have a spy in their ranks, from the actual playing community, that deliberately releases things early so some of us can try em out.
SnobbyBoss
SAS Medic
+18|6957
(Don't Cross The Line)
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(You Did Not Listen)
No_Smoking
all your base are belong to us
+35|6914|Sacramento
I would be very sad if they started banning accounts for buying leaked products. I highly doubt they would go that far, but hey, its EA were taking about...

Glad I didnt (just to be on the safe side).
oberst_enzian
Member
+234|6960|melb.au

No_Smoking wrote:

Glad I didnt (just to be on the safe side).
i wouldn't worry, even if you had. i'm sure its just a bureaucratic stuff up, rather than a technical one - most people I know are playing on the leaked patch - and they wouldn't ban accounts running the leaked download because, after all, it was paid for. they would have to give a refund in order to ban an account - and as you say it's EA we're talking about: can you see them returning money?
section9
Member
+9|7065|USA
Well I was gonna but then I could'nt....no buy link,I can wait.
No_Smoking
all your base are belong to us
+35|6914|Sacramento

oberst_enzian wrote:

No_Smoking wrote:

Glad I didnt (just to be on the safe side).
i wouldn't worry, even if you had. i'm sure its just a bureaucratic stuff up, rather than a technical one - most people I know are playing on the leaked patch - and they wouldn't ban accounts running the leaked download because, after all, it was paid for. they would have to give a refund in order to ban an account - and as you say it's EA we're talking about: can you see them returning money?
yeah most likely im wrong. but big time companies will go through hoops to make a few bucks.. I could see them saying something like "well we didnt release it, so..... no soup for you!"
mind you the few people that did buy it, probably doesnt add up to much so haha.. who knows. i'm just being cynical
|:><.><:|nogarD_lpC
Member
+0|6872|Arkansas
Maybe what this could be is a larger scale test before they offically release it later in the month. I have been to the EAdownloader site and do not see the buy now link, maybe not looking hard enough since I am at work at the moment.
JimCognito
Member
+10|6898
The screen that link brings me to doesn't have an option to buy it.  Does this only work if you already bought SF using the EA downloader?  I don't have that and I guess you can only get the EA Downloader after you purchase something....which I'm not given the option to do. 

http://i2.tinypic.com/otm9t4.jpg
No_Smoking
all your base are belong to us
+35|6914|Sacramento

JimCognito wrote:

The screen that link brings me to doesn't have an option to buy it.  Does this only work if you already bought SF using the EA downloader?  I don't have that and I guess you can only get the EA Downloader after you purchase something....which I'm not given the option to do. 

http://i2.tinypic.com/otm9t4.jpg
scan through this entire thread real fast
pokerplaya
want to go heads up?
+11|6952|cairns australia

oberst_enzian wrote:

pokerplaya wrote:

damn teraba is big and full of armour:D if we dont get plane raped there could be massive armour battles.euroforce kit weapons seem cool too.overall the maps look a good addition.
so you downloaded from that site, and it all works good in aus, poker? are there any local servers running the maps yet? or are trying it SP, or on overseas servers
works ok tried os servers but too much lag.have to play sp until aussie servers are up
a1911
Member
+0|6854

JimCognito wrote:

The screen that link brings me to doesn't have an option to buy it.  Does this only work if you already bought SF using the EA downloader?  I don't have that and I guess you can only get the EA Downloader after you purchase something....which I'm not given the option to do. 

http://i2.tinypic.com/otm9t4.jpg
The EA downloader is not the problem.

Everyone can download the EA downloader here:

http://files.ea.com/downloads/eacore/ead-installer.exe

They no longer enable you to buy Euro Force.

You need a EA downloader account that bought Euro Force to download it in the downloader.

Last edited by a1911 (2006-03-01 16:15:42)

pokerplaya
want to go heads up?
+11|6952|cairns australia
what is happening is that someone found an active purchase link.you need to buy through ea not the downloader.once bought you can then download and install.its possible the link was enabled for the release last month but not disabled when the release was put back.i bought ea software from an ea site its hardly grounds for  a reset.
Psycho
Member since 2005
+44|6994|Kansas, USA
I was able to purchase, download and install it about an hour ago remotely from work. My biggest concern is that since it has not been officially released that there is a possibility that they could change something before release. If that happens I would need to redownload and install. Since I have already purchased it it will stay active in my account. At worst, I might need to reinstall the game from scratch, but that would be unlikely.

My biggest reason for doing it now as opposed to waiting was that when I downloaded SF on the day that it came out - it took forever.

So, if they don't change anything I've gained. If it requires a new download of EF and a reinstallation I haven't lost anything. If it requires me to reinstall from scratch I will lose. But, considering the time frame, I doubt they would hold up the release unless they found a major "show stopper" bug. And i think thelikelyhood of that is small. Especially since EF is not adding any new "technology" to the game just, maps, weapons, and vehicles.

Oh well, I'll probably end up eating my words and have a couple of EA "Associates" knocking on my door real soon. See you all in 5 to 10 years!
Papa Smurf 314
Right in the Smurfin' parking lot?
+90|6987|New York
It's sort of funny in a way. They can fix a fucking leak(which gives them money), but they can't fix the red nametag bug? (which pisses their customers off)

I really don't fucking get it.
a1911
Member
+0|6854
Hope this will force them to release it for all.

Cant understand their corporate politics.

It must be in a Director's horoscope that the game has to be released on day X.
InnerMonkey
Member
+62|6936
downloaded at 5pm EST and installed just now without a hitch.  nice maps.  must go play.
oberst_enzian
Member
+234|6960|melb.au

a1911 wrote:

It must be in a Director's horoscope that the game has to be released on day X.
i'd guess it's just the hazard of running a large international business - deparments are bound to get out of synch, memos get lost, etc...

although, as stated above, i hope for the sake of those that already have it that there aren't any other changes yet to be put in - i seem to recall that 1.21 was supposed to be released before EF? since it hasn't, one assumes they're still testing it, and therefore, if the test shows up something bad... hmmm. let's hope not.

in any case, if they fool with it and the people that already have it have to redownload or something, i sure that money won't be an issue as they could hardly treat customers who have paid them so badly - i'm sure that would be illegal, given that it was their mistake.

Last edited by oberst_enzian (2006-03-01 17:23:19)

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