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The most downvoted comment in Reddit's history
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#22Wow that's some incredible brigading. One of the most upvoted comments (it might be the most upvoted one, don't know) is at a mere 98.6K: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5h7gq8/i_was_goofy_at... The most upvoted post is 283K: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5gn8ru/guardians_of_... Considering how upvoted-items get more and more visible, and thus more and more upvotes, it's a huge achievement for a down…
Looking at the Totes comment, I can see why: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b...
That's a lot of linked subreddits, plus you've got people from HN and probably other places going to check out "the most downvoted comment in Reddit's history".
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#23If people hate EA so much, why do they keep buying their games? It's not like Time Warner, with a monopoly you can't avoid.
In a way, it is - who else is making a Star Wars game like this?
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#24Wow that's some incredible brigading. One of the most upvoted comments (it might be the most upvoted one, don't know) is at a mere 98.6K: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5h7gq8/i_was_goofy_at... The most upvoted post is 283K: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5gn8ru/guardians_of_... Considering how upvoted-items get more and more visible, and thus more and more upvotes, it's a huge achievement for a down…
> Wow that's some incredible brigading.
Is it really brigading? The entire gaming community hates those practices. Nobody is manipulating people to downvote this comment. It's genuine hate and digust. Paying the price of a game to unlock one single character is a joke.
EA's reply is also very bad. "The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes."
I fail to see how paying $80 gives players a sense of pride and accomplishment.
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#25Of course it would be an informative comment that pepole don't like.
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#26I don't understand the rage here. EA is a busyness, kindly explaining the reasoning behind their product decisions in the open. We should be thankful, not angry.
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#27I'm continually fascinated by the gaming community's relationship with EA. It's like, "Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me 37 times. . . ahh, what the hey, let's throw another 60 quid in this hole. I'm sure this time it'll be different."
The gaming community get new fools to pay for this kind of things every day.
Fool me once shame on me. Fool my neighbor's teenager then.
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#28Wow that's some incredible brigading. One of the most upvoted comments (it might be the most upvoted one, don't know) is at a mere 98.6K: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5h7gq8/i_was_goofy_at... The most upvoted post is 283K: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5gn8ru/guardians_of_... Considering how upvoted-items get more and more visible, and thus more and more upvotes, it's a huge achievement for a down…
> Wow that's some incredible brigading. Is it really brigading? The entire gaming community hates those practices. Nobody is manipulating people to downvote this comment. It's genuine hate and digust. Paying the price of a game to unlock one single character is a joke. EA's reply is also very bad. "The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes." I fail to see…
I mean "brigading" in the technical sense of people passing around the link and getting more people to pile on than would organically occur, not necessarily the astroturf connotation. Because for most users, comments under a certain threshold (-50) are hidden (but can be revealed manually). The entire r/Battlefront userbase is just 91K users.
Re: The most downvoted comment in Reddit's history
#29Wow that's some incredible brigading. One of the most upvoted comments (it might be the most upvoted one, don't know) is at a mere 98.6K: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5h7gq8/i_was_goofy_at... The most upvoted post is 283K: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/5gn8ru/guardians_of_... Considering how upvoted-items get more and more visible, and thus more and more upvotes, it's a huge achievement for a down…
Looking at the Totes comment, I can see why: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b... That's a lot of linked subreddits, plus you've got people from HN and probably other places going to check out "the most downvoted comment in Reddit's history".
I did my part by upvoting the post and downvoting the game. EA is one he of a moneygrubber. Would even make the guys who buy games pirate it.
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#30I left this comment in the previous edition of this post, reproducing here for some context around the "why":
There was another post on Reddit which “did the math” a few days ago: unlocking a hero would take around 40 hours of play, modulo a few challenges and other purchases. There was concern about loot boxes and micro transactions affecting gameplay; I feel it’s safe to say those concerns were justified.