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Chieftain
Good Afternoon CivFanatics
For the past few weeks hundreds of dedicated CivPlayers have engaged in a struggle that has greatly determined the direction of the Civilization MP and SP community.
We must work together for a new strategy that will hopefully change the Civ IV communities fight against PMDs (patches of mass destruction).
The past two PMDs have caused countless OOS errors, bugs, and infinite game crashes. Hundreds of Civers have cried out for the end of the PMDs. The OOS errors caused by patch 3.13 were discovered to be fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling BTS shortly after the PMD was released.
This led many online members to assume that an updated and fixed version of the patch was released after the PMD 3.13 was released without a public acknowledgment of error from Fireaxis (way to man up Fireaxis). The community took a collective sigh of relief thinking that PMDs were a thing of the past. Hopes of never having to deal with a rushed or incomplete patch that resulted in a PMD started to seem like a reality for the Civ community.
However, I sit here today in my draws, drinking some bourbon, and typing this message to the Civ community because Fireaxis has done it again. Patch 3.17 quickly became a PMD and has laid nothing but destruction in its path. There are rumors that the patch is working fine now and there even is a rumor out there now that by turning off random events the OOS errors can be eliminated. Dont believe these rumors or accept the deletion of a feature you paid for so your game works.
I for one refuse to turn off random events and hope the rest of the Civ community will join me in this fight against the effects of PMDs. Fireaxis must be held accountable for their less then complete patches. We must stand up and demand that our patches no longer are to become PMDs.
We must form a group or alliance against the evil doers that wish to destroy the community with PMDs. Currently there are hundreds of threads along with hundreds of posts dedicated to just errors caused by the latest PMD 3.17. This is unacceptable and shouldnt be tolerated because we paid good money for a game that is ruined by the release of PMDs.
Countless members of the community have quit CIV IV and will never return because of the release of PMDs.
We mourn the loss of every fellow member of the community, and we owe it to them to build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
Fellow MP and SP Civers: The months ahead will demand more patience, sacrifice and resolve. It can be tempting to think that we can put aside the destructive forces the PMDs have caused a game we all love and quit like so many others have.
Yet times of testing reveal the character of a Civ player.
And, throughout our history, Civ Players have always defied the pessimists and seen our faith in the game we all love redeemed. Now we are engaged in a new struggle that will set the course before Civ Colonization is released. We can and we will prevail.
We go forward with trust that the authors of PMDs will stop their insistence of destroying the game we have all came to love with the release of future PMD's
Thank you and good afternoon.
For the past few weeks hundreds of dedicated CivPlayers have engaged in a struggle that has greatly determined the direction of the Civilization MP and SP community.
We must work together for a new strategy that will hopefully change the Civ IV communities fight against PMDs (patches of mass destruction).
The past two PMDs have caused countless OOS errors, bugs, and infinite game crashes. Hundreds of Civers have cried out for the end of the PMDs. The OOS errors caused by patch 3.13 were discovered to be fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling BTS shortly after the PMD was released.
This led many online members to assume that an updated and fixed version of the patch was released after the PMD 3.13 was released without a public acknowledgment of error from Fireaxis (way to man up Fireaxis). The community took a collective sigh of relief thinking that PMDs were a thing of the past. Hopes of never having to deal with a rushed or incomplete patch that resulted in a PMD started to seem like a reality for the Civ community.
However, I sit here today in my draws, drinking some bourbon, and typing this message to the Civ community because Fireaxis has done it again. Patch 3.17 quickly became a PMD and has laid nothing but destruction in its path. There are rumors that the patch is working fine now and there even is a rumor out there now that by turning off random events the OOS errors can be eliminated. Dont believe these rumors or accept the deletion of a feature you paid for so your game works.
I for one refuse to turn off random events and hope the rest of the Civ community will join me in this fight against the effects of PMDs. Fireaxis must be held accountable for their less then complete patches. We must stand up and demand that our patches no longer are to become PMDs.
We must form a group or alliance against the evil doers that wish to destroy the community with PMDs. Currently there are hundreds of threads along with hundreds of posts dedicated to just errors caused by the latest PMD 3.17. This is unacceptable and shouldnt be tolerated because we paid good money for a game that is ruined by the release of PMDs.
Countless members of the community have quit CIV IV and will never return because of the release of PMDs.
We mourn the loss of every fellow member of the community, and we owe it to them to build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
Fellow MP and SP Civers: The months ahead will demand more patience, sacrifice and resolve. It can be tempting to think that we can put aside the destructive forces the PMDs have caused a game we all love and quit like so many others have.
Yet times of testing reveal the character of a Civ player.
And, throughout our history, Civ Players have always defied the pessimists and seen our faith in the game we all love redeemed. Now we are engaged in a new struggle that will set the course before Civ Colonization is released. We can and we will prevail.
We go forward with trust that the authors of PMDs will stop their insistence of destroying the game we have all came to love with the release of future PMD's
Thank you and good afternoon.
