Zouave, usually I have you on "Ignore" but I knew with this post you were spouting wisdom I can agree with. It is criminal for them to promise MP in the original package and then expect us to pay for it later. I preordered a second copy of Civ3 for one of my Clanmates who was down on his luck, just so we could MP together. Now, if I wanted to continue this same course of action, I can give Firaxis an additional $60 to go with the $90 I already gave them!
It's sad that so many regulars on this forum are so mesmorized that they can justify to themselves shelling out all extra money to obvious liars and cheats. The concept of "voting with your wallet" doesn't work if the voters don't think it through!
Jonathan