More Failcom Hilarity

[Uzik]

One of the funniest things I've found regarding Funcom GMs.

Guild leaders beware!

In the most rediculous example yet of Funcom and their GMs incompetence yet I make this post.



I am a guild founder on the Dagoth server. Guild name ARCH. We have a tier two city, tier three keep and a battle keep. This guild had over 200 members.



My self and a number of officers decided to leave the game and go to WAR. We still had a large contingent of people who wanted to stick it out in AoC. So after some discussion I made new officers and a new guild leader from those faithful folks that were staying.



There was one player inparticular who I did not promote. He took offense to this and started cuasing trouble. He LEFT the guild with his main character however he still had an "alt" in the guild.



This player in his spite contacted a GM, feed the GM a line of bull and the GM, GET THIS made his alt the guild leader of the guild. This player then kicked every single player from the guild thus destroying our guild city and our battle keep. Oh, Also he stole all the gold and building mats from the guild bank. He admitted to doing all this to the guild leader that we promoted, luckily he saved chat logs of it and perhaps some action can be taken by Funcom to reverse this and or ban this player for his actions.



The person we actually made the guild leader logged on to find the guild and all its accomplishments GONE. He contected a GM, the GM told him there is no record of the guild ever having excisted! We were one of the first guilds formed on the server, our guild city was in instance number ONE in lach plains. When the guild leader asked what happened to the guild the GM just shrugged his shoulders and actually offered him GOLD to go away.



When asked, the GM said it is funcoms polocy that if a guild leader has not logged on for 30 days then a GM can take this kind of action. Well me being the guild founder, I was logged into the game 7 days ago to take care of promotions and make the new guild leader. So how exactly do they confirm such a thing? Do they just ask the retard who is asking to be made guild leader?



So guild leaders BEWARE, any retard of any level can just contact a GM and be made guild leader of your guild without your knowledge or consent and they he can destroy your guild. And funcom will help them do it then shrug their shoulders at you after saying sorry nothing we can do.



Worst game management error I have ever heard of in a game period. Funcom you have really earned the name FAILCOM.


And yes, I did think AoC was a great concept and, for awhile, was the best MMO options available. I still stand by my statements in the timeframe they were made.

[Slypieguy]

I'm eagerly awaiting their numbers next quarter lolz

[shnedit]

lol, funcom need to employ less retards.

[Surly]

Sweet jesus.

[tallefred]

I'm really enjoying reading about all of Funcom's fails. Someone should write a book about it.

[Khumash-Gor]

here we go df here we go! woop woop!

sorry just read the cheerleader thread.... :rolleyes:

ive been successfully boycotting every mmorpg since daoc in anticipation of darkfall - no regrets.

[Delthayre]

What an extraordinarily stupid chain of events and what an awesomely incompetent GM who allowed them to begin. If naught else, an excellently instructive case study.

[Fro]

And yes, I did think AoC was a great concept and, for awhile, was the best MMO options available. I still stand by my statements in the timeframe they were made.

I'm afraid i cannot accept this piss poor attempt at an apology. I want you to admit fully that you fucked up big time.

[m0j0mann]

Funcom reminds me of Bush. Promises to be all tough and hardcore and kickass, and then phails completely. The incompetence plays a bit into the comparison as well.

Darkfall will be the Vladimir Putin to Funcom's Dubya.

[m0j0mann]

I'm afraid i cannot accept this piss poor attempt at an apology. I want you to admit fully that you fucked up big time.

This is off topic, but speaking of apoligies for fucking up, check out this:

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm?thread=198066&page=1&bhcp=1

Made me go all warm and fuzzy when I read it.

[Niles]

This is off topic, but speaking of apoligies for fucking up, check out this:

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm?thread=198066&page=1&bhcp=1

Made me go all warm and fuzzy when I read it.

He can't even spell the name of the company right.

[The Cougar]

Heheh, the way the GMs in AoC handle things could rival the most bureaucratic and corrupted socialist state on the planet.

[Ababoba]

I've heard some stories about bad GMs in different games but this... is just pathetic, seriously.
It's all just big conspiracy to get everyone back to WoW!

[Darklune]

I am currently playing Age of Conan on Dagoth server in the guild Ascendant, the guild which absorbed ARCH. So I had a first-row ticket to the ARCH guild leader logging into our teamspeak in panic and rage the morning his guild city went *poof*.

Guild cities disappearing left and right, could yours be next? :sly:

[bluthorn]

That GM will be promoted to CEO of Funcom

[Lucas Buck]

Ooh that's bad.

[Carl Ragadamn]

I wonder if they are hiring, I could be that level of dick to people for some money.

[Magar]

I'm really enjoying reading about all of Funcom's fails. Someone should write a book about it.

I believe the fails started ...

when they announced the game.

[Red Morgan]

There is full loot in AoC afterall! You just have to corrupt a GM to do it.

[Lotharr]

That's scary.

[Fro]

There is full loot in AoC afterall! You just have to corrupt a GM to do it.

Which seems an incredibly easy thing to do.

[tallefred]

Which seems an incredibly easy thing to do.

Aye, you just have to cyber with them.

[Lethn]

Maybe we should get maskedtears or pookums to infiltrate AoC :p the GM's would be eating out of their hands hahahh :D

[Dazarthas]

I guess all you need to become a GM for a Funcom game is an elementary school education or $20.

[Entreri]

Wow, that is really screwed up.

That just about takes the cake for GM screw ups. I can't think of any that are worse off the top of my head.

[Loadafreak]

This doesn't surprise me.

During my short time in AoC my character was bugged and couldn't take/use any profession. The GM said it was my fault for using the respec NPC in the city, who was bugged and that if I bothered them again they would put warnings on my account.

I can't wait for this game to die.
Grinding mobs in a small instanced cave for 20 levels was awesome too, i've never seen such motherfucking innovation.
AoC: Age of CannibleCave.

[Lethn]

I actually can't wait to see Funcom go bankrupt, seeing Eidos die would be nice too because then later when I'm part of a company I can purchase the rights to make a Startopia game again, I'd seriously do that if I had the money, same with DK2.

[Hackapell]

Wow, that is really screwed up.

That just about takes the cake for GM screw ups. I can't think of any that are worse off the top of my head.
Toss up between this or the cybering GM.

[tallefred]

I actually can't wait to see Funcom go bankrupt, seeing Eidos die would be nice too because then later when I'm part of a company I can purchase the rights to make a Startopia game again, I'd seriously do that if I had the money, same with DK2.

Don't let Eidos die, the Hitman series alone grants them the right to live in my eyes.

[David F]

Pretty sly scam.

[palo god]

Just when you thought the GMs couldn't get more retarded in age of asshats, they pull some more stupid out of their ass.

I'm looking forward to more threads on how much failcom fails.

[Lethn]

Don't let Eidos die, the Hitman series alone grants them the right to live in my eyes.

Hitman was okay but it wasn't so great that it could destroy Startopia >_< I WANT MY SPACE STATION BACK!! RAWRRR!!!

[tallefred]

Hitman was okay but it wasn't so great that it could destroy Startopia >_< I WANT MY SPACE STATION BACK!! RAWRRR!!!

I never played Startopia, but Hitman is one of my favorite games series of all time. There is nothing more exhilarating than the perfect kill.

[Lethn]

Managing a space station and watching tons of different aliens shooting lazers at each other rules way more! n0000b!

[tallefred]

Aliens and lasers? Sounds like a unique game. There are hundreds of alien games, but only 1 Hitman series.

[Lethn]

PEW PEW PEW! Actually in fairness I have to say I quite enjoyed the first hitman for what I played but I've always liked those management games way more. Actually though as far as alien games go Startopia is pretty damn unique in it's concept, I've yet seen another game out their so far that's tried to be like it.

[tallefred]

I won't bash it since I never played it. Tbh though the original Hitman was junk, it's one of the few series which improved over time, culminating in a nerdy orgasm with Hitman 4. I don't think they are making another one, at least not in the near future, but that game is pure awesomesauce.

[Whoopin]

Thats so fucking stupid, Im at a loss for witty words.

[Grannus]

This happened more than once in SB. Some people don't learn.

[Darklune]

*BUMP for some clarity*

Since the details on this event have now all come out of the shadows, I'd like to set the record straight about it in order to save Funcom a little face-value.

The leader of the guild whose city disappeared went AWOL for some time. So after a while, the second-in-charge petitioned a GM to make him guild leader. Since the actual leader had been gone for so long, the GM did this for him. No big deal. Well the new guild leader promoted a few others to help him out. It turned out, however, that one of these new leaders was unhappy about something and took down the guild city late one night, disbanded the guild, and joined another guild to hide-out. This all made it seem like it was some kind of guild glitch, when it was really all the doing of one angry person.

I left out names for obvious reasons, but this is the 100% truth behind the matter. I hope that at this point it is not too late for the damage done by rumors and hear-say to be repaired.

[Spankytwo]

I got AoC for my birthday in July, when the "PvP" patch was supposed to come out.

I havent played since the beginning of August, and as of today, I do believe the patch STILL isnt out.

My highest lvl toon is lvl 23. That game was fail.

[Scottc1988]

Theres no way that can be real.

[blemm]

Have you guys considered that the GM wasn't retarded and perhaps the guy who swindled him was just really, really smooth? Maybe Bill Clinton has a lot of time on his hands, these days. Maybe Don LaFontaine's ghost got on voice and talked him into a trance. You don't know.

[slugy]

never a better time to quit.

[Slaker]

haha after GM's cybersex with men now we have GM's promoting angry noobs to leader status!

[Suitepee]

And thus Funcom go down in history as being the most unprofessional developer team in MMORPG history still.

Age of Conan to be F2P by December 08 at this rate,followed by their bankruptcy claim in January 09.

[Darklune]

Heh, I'd be all for F2P AoC.

[Uzik]

I love how MMORPG.com is still posting AoC dev interviews. That is like bussiness week posting Enron interviews.

[Killuminati]

I love how MMORPG.com is still posting AoC dev interviews. That is like bussiness week posting Enron interviews.

Thats what I was thinking. I also started crying when I read the SWG pvp article.

[Forgin]

More fuel on the Funcom failtrain..
I still hate them for making me pay €50 for that piece of junk

[Killuminati]

More fuel on the Funcom failtrain..
I still hate them for making me pay €50 for that piece of junk

pwnt, serves you right.

[Forgin]

pwnt, serves you right.

Why, for buying a game that promised great pvp and innovative combat system?

I expect you not to buy Darkfall until you have confirmation that it's really that great.

[Darklune]

Well, it's been stated that Darkfalls creators want us to be able to try the game before buying it to make sure we really like it and blah blah blah, but really....this is the free market and everyone's out to make money. So who knows if we'll all *really* get to play the beta/free trial ...

[Lacker]

More fuel on the Funcom failtrain..
I still hate them for making me pay €50 for that piece of junk

Full agreed. So many people were burnt on AoCrap. Failcom deserves to crash and burn.

[Gunther TheBlack]

Why, for buying a game that promised great pvp and innovative combat system?

I expect you not to buy Darkfall until you have confirmation that it's really that great.

Didn't the lack of content, abusive devs, level system, instances and their focus on only graphs scare you enough?

I only had to read their faq and see their devs behavior to know it would be a disaster.

[IcePillow]

Damn! I wonder what kind of retarded GM's they have in AoC...

[Knocky]

And AoC looked so good before it went live.

/sigh

[Helgeran]

And AoC looked so good before it went live.

/sigh
No it didn't, seriously.

[Killuminati]

I expect you not to buy Darkfall until you have confirmation that it's really that great.

Yah, because im not an imbecile. Who the fuck buys MMOs before trying them out anyways? It boggles my mind.

[shnedit]

And AoC looked so good before it went live.


It might have looked great if you were blind.

[Suitepee]

Heh, I'd be all for F2P AoC.

I wouldn't play it though; I'd just laugh more.

[epicor]

IRL equivalent:

Noobsauce: Hi, county commission? there is a bit of a problem with one of my houses. It seems that somone has moved into, and taken possesion of it without my permission.

GM: Oh, sorry to hear that sir. I will set the deed straight right away. Whats the address?

~free property for you

[Marrik]

man, fine wine sucks. id take mcdonalds any day.