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Epic will hold Free Fortnite Event with physical hats as reward
- Thread starter dex3108
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"Epic, I did everything you asked. Do I get anything in return?"
"Why yes you do, little one! Come on over this way."
"Where are we going?"
"To the Fortnite store of course! Pick out any item you want, hand over that crisp $20 bill in your wallet, and it's yours to take home."
"I don't get it for free for my fealty?"
"We're a business, and businesses are trying to make money, and in a capitalist society you need to ..."
Worth noting the reason Epic has its name is an equally amazing example of Sweeney's 5D chess:
Ah yes, the 18 billion dollar corporation is my ally. Once they finally win against Apple, I can't wait to receive my cut of the 30%!
Is epic not aware all these dumbass stunts will be used as evidence against them in the court case?
They are acting as adults.
The judge won't say "Hm, the hashtag was on trending topics, Apple is obviously wrong!"
I want Apple to win the case, but even if I was rooting for Epic this would be enough to make me change my mind. I don't know why they think this is a good thing to do, but I guess I can't expect much more from the same company trying to take away consumer choice on PC by moneyhatting.
The world is falling apart and Epic wants us to stop everything and give a shit about their problems right now?
It's pathetic. It's disgusting and it's deluding kids minds to thinking these corporations are our friends, that we should care for them.
I can't believe with everything going on, this is their focus right now.
It's pathetic. It's disgusting and it's deluding kids minds to thinking these corporations are our friends, that we should care for them.
I can't believe with everything going on, this is their focus right now.
Maybe you could try to dial down your Fanboy-At-War-Level from your current 11+ to a 7 or something.
I wouldn't be surprised if he seriously thought origin started in 2011. A lot of people don't realise ea downloade just renamed itself to origin overnight. And the client revamp actually happened months earlier before origin as well.
It's not even a problem, they banned their game on purpose. But somehow they are painting it as a cruel censorship.
You know, even if I agreed with Epic, stunts like this are eye-rolling. That and it comes off as they're the loser since people with a strong case don't pull PR stunts like this. It comes off as they know that they will lose in court, so they're trying to win in the court of public opinion.
I wouldn't expect him to know much about the PC landscape at the time given Epic position about PC gaming and piracy around that time.
Luckily we had an actor who saw that Piracy is a service problem, even if we now have Epic coming back.. to make the service side of things worst.
It's super scummy. My kid plays and I'm done putting anything up for skins. I had to have a serious talk with him after seeing the corporate PR playing on his tv. Epic isn't your pal.
Yes but most people that misinformed wouldn't also claim to have created a multi store future.
This is all incredibly stupid but I want that Tart Tycoon skin if only for the absurdity of the whole thing.
One of Epic's core arguments is that the iOS app marketplace is a distinct market from other computing platforms. Not a store — a market. Epic is claiming that Apple's power over the iOS app marketplace is monopolistic and anti-competitive — yet they're also out there advertising an event where they're literally showing 5 other places where you can play the same product. Knowingly or not, they're letting a bunch of air out of the argument that the iOS app marketplace shouldn't be lumped with other classes of apps by showing off their same Fortnite app elsewhere.
I had to hire a lawyer when I bought a house, and the first thing the lawyer told me was to talk only to him, and he'll handle talking to the seller, lest I say something stupid that may disrupt the sale or end up costing me a bunch of money. Epic should do the same — stop these stunts, let their lawyers do the talking, lest they undermine their own case.
The amount of ass kissing epic gets by certain posters on this forum is insane
Haven't bought a single game from them. Hardly a fanboy....
I meant ally in an amicus curiae sort of way. Allies for the scope and duration of one court case.
Yeah, it doesn't matter if they are liars and hypocrites. They could be Satan himself, and if Satan was defending medicare4all, he would be an ally. See previous amicus curiae reference.
I hope this clears things up for ya'll. Sometimes, (often), amicus briefs make for strange bedfellows.
Advertising and merchandising your federal anti-trust lawsuit against a billion dollar corporation to young children sure is one hell of a unique strategy.