I'm REALLY Pissed off at McDonalds!

tengri · July 2014

How could you come up with such a topic before breakfast!!!

Now I have to go hunting for said burger instead of playing ESO.
I hate you OP.

Hilgara · July 2014

its not such a bad analogy. In Korea dogs can often be found in McDonalds. Usually on the menu.

Mordria · July 2014

diamondeyethunderbow_ESO wrote: »

Don't eat McDonald's. Eat Whataburger.

Totally saw Whateverburger. Think the forums are getting to me.

SteveCampsOut · July 2014

DaedricCheese wrote: »

Incredible how this thread hasn't been closed yet.

Not bashing OP BTW.

No offense taken. It's obvious I trolled and hooked a lot of people. I just can't take this outrage seriously.

Koensol · July 2014

This was excellent OP, just excellent!

isengrimb16_ESO · July 2014

Mr.Turtlesworth wrote: »

SFBryan18 wrote: »

For me, it's just about having my Steam account which I played Skyrim linked to my ESO account. I couldn't give a rats ass about the dog. I want a cat.

I like cats way more than dogs Irl but dogs seem like a pet that you would adventure with Ingame... More immersive imo.

Both would be nice...

My current cat was a kitten when my ex had us living in a camper van for two summers. This resulted in me being forced to train that cat like a dog, and the cat being forced to learn commands like "stay" and "follow". When my current first watched us interact, he asked me where I got the funny-looking dog from. Work with a kitten intensively, you'll have an amazingly well-trained cat; people just don't bother trying the same way they do with dogs, mostly.

Anyone of any age can buy a Happy Meal for themselves - or, as someone pointed out, the toy is offered separately from the Meal, so for a couple bucks more, you CAN have one with your grown-up Big Mac.

If the dog had been attached to existing Imp accounts, and offered as an upgrade incentive to existing regular-version customers, as well as new Steam customers, this poo-storm would never have happened in the first place.

EinionYrth · July 2014

Hilgara wrote: »

It will mean going anywhere near a bank will be like a fkin crufts power point presentation

Genuine LOL moment, thank you sir.

SteveCampsOut · July 2014

isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »

Anyone of any age can buy a Happy Meal for themselves - or, as someone pointed out, the toy is offered separately from the Meal, so for a couple bucks more, you CAN have one with your grown-up Big Mac.

Yes, and you can buy a copy of the game separate from your current copy and get the pet too! Still can't break my logic. Nobody is stopping ANYONE from buying the game to get the pet. NOBODY! It is after all, just the pet that you're wanting right? Not special treatment?

isengrimb16_ESO · July 2014

SteveCampsOut wrote: »

isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »

Anyone of any age can buy a Happy Meal for themselves - or, as someone pointed out, the toy is offered separately from the Meal, so for a couple bucks more, you CAN have one with your grown-up Big Mac.

Yes, and you can buy a copy of the game separate from your current copy and get the pet too! Still can't break my logic. Nobody is stopping ANYONE from buying the game to get the pet. NOBODY! It is after all, just the pet that you're wanting right? Not special treatment?

Buying a whole separate copy of the game is not like having it available for a few bucks in the cash shop. Where the food analogy breaks down is that food is consumed. In this case, someone buying a Steam copy is buying a whole new game, and would be rerolling a new main, and either abandoning their first account, or paying for two.

"If the dog had been attached to existing Imp accounts, and offered as an upgrade incentive to existing regular-version customers, as well as new Steam customers, this poo-storm would never have happened in the first place."

What was wrong with this statement?

Even if they had different colours for the different offers (grey for Steam, black for long-term existing Imp, white for upgrades, or whatever), this whole tempest in a teapot would never have happened, and there would probably be lots of happy threads and Imp upgrades being purchased instead.

SteveCampsOut · July 2014

isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »

SteveCampsOut wrote: »

isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »

Anyone of any age can buy a Happy Meal for themselves - or, as someone pointed out, the toy is offered separately from the Meal, so for a couple bucks more, you CAN have one with your grown-up Big Mac.

Yes, and you can buy a copy of the game separate from your current copy and get the pet too! Still can't break my logic. Nobody is stopping ANYONE from buying the game to get the pet. NOBODY! It is after all, just the pet that you're wanting right? Not special treatment?

Buying a whole separate copy of the game is not like having it available for a few bucks in the cash shop. Where the food analogy breaks down is that food is consumed. In this case, someone buying a Steam copy is buying a whole new game, and would be rerolling a new main, and either abandoning their first account, or paying for two.

"If the dog had been attached to existing Imp accounts, and offered as an upgrade incentive to existing regular-version customers, as well as new Steam customers, this poo-storm would never have happened in the first place."

What was wrong with this statement?

You people really need to learn what analogies are for. They were never meant to be perfect comparisons. It's an apt comparison in general to what's going on here. Now if you're going to chase it down a rabbit trail to reality, sure, it breaks down. It's AN ANALOGY!

a·nal·o·gy
əˈnaləjē/
noun
noun: analogy; plural noun: analogies

a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
"an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies"
a correspondence or partial similarity.
"the syndrome is called deep dysgraphia because of its analogy to deep dyslexia"
a thing that is comparable to something else in significant respects.
"works of art were seen as an analogy for works of nature"

isengrimb16_ESO · July 2014

SteveCampsOut wrote: »

isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »

SteveCampsOut wrote: »

isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »

Anyone of any age can buy a Happy Meal for themselves - or, as someone pointed out, the toy is offered separately from the Meal, so for a couple bucks more, you CAN have one with your grown-up Big Mac.

Yes, and you can buy a copy of the game separate from your current copy and get the pet too! Still can't break my logic. Nobody is stopping ANYONE from buying the game to get the pet. NOBODY! It is after all, just the pet that you're wanting right? Not special treatment?

Buying a whole separate copy of the game is not like having it available for a few bucks in the cash shop. Where the food analogy breaks down is that food is consumed. In this case, someone buying a Steam copy is buying a whole new game, and would be rerolling a new main, and either abandoning their first account, or paying for two.

"If the dog had been attached to existing Imp accounts, and offered as an upgrade incentive to existing regular-version customers, as well as new Steam customers, this poo-storm would never have happened in the first place."

What was wrong with this statement?

You people really need to learn what analogies are for. They were never meant to be perfect comparisons. It's an apt comparison in general to what's going on here. Now if you're going to chase it down a rabbit trail to reality, sure, it breaks down. It's AN ANALOGY!

a·nal·o·gy
əˈnaləjē/
noun
noun: analogy; plural noun: analogies

a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
"an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies"
a correspondence or partial similarity.
"the syndrome is called deep dysgraphia because of its analogy to deep dyslexia"
a thing that is comparable to something else in significant respects.
"works of art were seen as an analogy for works of nature"

You're missing my point so far, it's like you were trying to bomb Baghdad, but got Mexico City instead.

moxsapphire_ESO · July 2014

i don't see any beef in this thread, all I see is SPAM

Mordria · July 2014

I could really go for a McFlurry right now. The one with crushed Oreos.. Mmmmm

SteveCampsOut · July 2014

Maybe because your point is to whine and I don't do whine.

Aeradon · July 2014

ssfiit wrote: »

It's not just a dog. It's not just a bunch of pixel. Because it's new, and different, and it's never seen in Tamriel before. People wants what they dont/cant have, it's human nature. You can see it this way. So, all of us payed $60 to get the game, spent endless hours and give feedback to the dev to make the game better and we get nothing. So, as a marketing thing, this game is offered to new Steam players for 50% off, and you get a dog. Really? Why are they so special? At least give us a way to get the damn dog, whether buy it with gold or get it from a quest, or something.

It's just a bunch of pixels. And I've been paying for pixels for a decade. So my perception is why is it that when I pay more than them, endure months of fixes, good paying customer of pixels, and yet I get less pixels.

Some dude on steam just swoop in, pay half the price and has never paid any subs, got more pixels than me.

It's just like example AT&T offers you an iPhone 6 for $100, unlimited 4G data plan for $15/mo. You have been with them for 3 months, they offer a new plan, iPhone 6 for $50, $15/mo, but new customer gets 5G and you don't.

I don't care about the price drop, since the product is older now, but shouldn't I get 5G as well? Even if 4G is fast enough, I want that new stuff that I am entitled to as a loyal customer.

Say it's new and I need to upgrade, fine. But then again, look at ZOS.

You're not even allowed to upgrade to 5G, you need to pay $50 for another new iPhone 6 cause it's exclusive.

isengrimb16_ESO · July 2014

SteveCampsOut wrote: »

Maybe because your point is to whine and I don't do whine.

THIS was my point:

"If the dog had been attached to existing Imp accounts, and offered as an upgrade incentive to existing regular-version customers, as well as new Steam customers, this poo-storm would never have happened in the first place."

And the comment about having different colours for each type of purchase. I don't think there'd be too much serious quibble about different colours depending on how/when you got the Imp edition.

That's not "whining", that's making a constructive suggestion that I hope Zen sees and takes into account.

Laerania_ESO · July 2014

SteveCampsOut wrote: »

Why? Cuz they put toys in cheap kids meals and all I get for my expensive Big Mac is a Tasty Burger!!!

You must be new to mmorpgs. This side of the reality doesn't work like McDonalds.

Zubba · July 2014

Only "kids" cares about this "doggy style" pet thing... :-)

Maulkin · July 2014

I want a Big Kahuna Burger. Now that is a tasty burger

ZOS_UlyssesW · July 2014

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