LOTRO - The Codemasters Years

[LordVoronturEU]

Not to hard to find all the old posts from the Codemasters forum since they are archived and available for all to see

Yes, but I'm not trawling through that at a mention of cookies
My point was, there is mention of cookies here too. But he didn't criticize that.
In fact, he singled out the female element of the former Codemasters Community Bods as talking about cookies more than the game they were in charge of.

The onus is on him to produce evidence, not me

[Rampagingdeath]

Anyone remember these from Eldar at the end of the CM days?

It's been all downhill from there, quadrupling ping, lag, etc. etc.

[Edrogar]

Sadly, because the Codemasters old LOTRO forums are now down, I don't see how you'll be able to back up those allegations with proof, unless you've managed to screenshot every instance of them talking about cookies.

The EU forums are all archived right here http://archive.lotrocommunity.eu/lor...neaux-417.html

[LordVoronturEU]

The EU forums are all archived right here http://archive.lotrocommunity.eu/lor...neaux-417.html

So, they are there, now I just wait for Korrigan to back up his allegations of cookie references being more prevalent than talk of the game from the female contingent of former Codemasters Community Reps.

[Kerin_Eldar]

So what was the real reason that Turbine took over the game from Codemasters?

My guess from reading that and other things I've read over time, the failed bid for the CM division made Turbine decide to punish CM and were able to do so by invoking some un-published license clause which allowed them to terminate the agreement: us EU players were collateral damage in that war.

[Lothirieth]

Finally: I do wonder what made the former Codemaster employee seek the stage at this time. Nostalgia? Oh yes, I can see how being a GM responsible for this great game in it's subscription era, without having the weight of being responsible for development, and serving a fanbase that's perhaps unrivalled in it's gaming and fantasy passion (looking at you, German LOTR fans), must have been an amazing time.

I can't be 100% sure but I think he said something about it being closure.. to move on and end that chapter. He was finally in a position where he could say some more things so did. I'd assume there were many, many times over the years where he couldn't speak up to correct mistakes or wrong assumptions and I'd imagine that could be slightly frustrating.

The only issue i really had with CM GM's was inconsistency, one would do something to help you, then a week later the bug would hit you again and a different GM would tell you it can't be dealt with, even after explaining to him/her step by step what the previous GM had done.

I didn't experience that personally. Though inconsistency can happen here too.. different explanations about a bug or a couple a weeks ago a friend bartered the wrong item for her minstrel (was still a minstrel item and not another class item) yet that GM switched it out for her. In the past I've been told no as it's an item my character could use.

That's the problem with giving the support staff leeway to be problem solvers, some have the smarts for it and some don't so you get an inconstant support system that can be as frustrating as having a bad support system.

I'm sure that could be true in some cases.

[Sapience]

So, they are there, now I just wait for Korrigan to back up his allegations of cookie references being more prevalent than talk of the game from the female contingent of former Codemasters Community Reps.

Apaprently I wasn't clear. So now let me make it very clear. CLOSED.