I understand your point but this is apples and oranges. Theaters function on specific times.... Nexon's 24/7 service has -never- functioned exactly on time, something theaters must always do, if they are to stay in business.
Yes, the company misleads people by its crappy "wait another half hour" updates, but noone here is surprised by this. Nexon has done this for YEARS.
Even for those 2 people out there who have never witnessed Nexon's incompetence with time would have sensed a pattern at the 2nd "we're almost ready!" update. The writing is on the wall.
If a movie theater told you every 15 minutes for three hours that your show would be on in just another 15 minutes and you sat there waiting the whole time because you believed did they mislead you and do they owe you compensation?
Who the hell is dumb enough to still give the company their money if they keep doing something like that? I surely don't. Noone SHOULD be dumb enough to wait the entire time, but unfortunately, those people walk this earth. In my opinion, blame yourself for falling for the same trap over and over and over again. I wouldn't dare ask for compensation either. I would instead ask for someone to punch me in the face for waiting the whole time instead of doing something better with my time!
I'm pretty sure noone sat staring at the screen all day hitting refresh
My dear Eos, your naiveness is smile-worthy. There are a TON of people who sit there ALL DAY and hit refresh. I found this out quite indirectly a patch ago. I didn't know when the update would be live, but it was supposed to be soon. I had just gotten to the PC and tried my luck. Patch was live. I got in and in little time made my way to open up a market in the FM. I opened a spot in FM 1 on Channel 1 and within seconds saw a pouring in of users. I don't use the merchant mushroom stands, just a simple <cheap> store stand. Within seconds I was trolled to heaven and hell by users who DEMANDED I quit my store because they were waiting for hours, double-clicking the maple.exe icon to see if the patch was live yet. Their names were written all over the FM.
I believe the group was called explosion. Something like that. That day I learned, truly, there are losers out there.
Yes, the company misleads people by its crappy "wait another half hour" updates, but noone here is surprised by this. Nexon has done this for YEARS.
Even for those 2 people out there who have never witnessed Nexon's incompetence with time would have sensed a pattern at the 2nd "we're almost ready!" update. The writing is on the wall.
If a movie theater told you every 15 minutes for three hours that your show would be on in just another 15 minutes and you sat there waiting the whole time because you believed did they mislead you and do they owe you compensation?
Who the hell is dumb enough to still give the company their money if they keep doing something like that? I surely don't. Noone SHOULD be dumb enough to wait the entire time, but unfortunately, those people walk this earth. In my opinion, blame yourself for falling for the same trap over and over and over again. I wouldn't dare ask for compensation either. I would instead ask for someone to punch me in the face for waiting the whole time instead of doing something better with my time!
I'm pretty sure noone sat staring at the screen all day hitting refresh
My dear Eos, your naiveness is smile-worthy. There are a TON of people who sit there ALL DAY and hit refresh. I found this out quite indirectly a patch ago. I didn't know when the update would be live, but it was supposed to be soon. I had just gotten to the PC and tried my luck. Patch was live. I got in and in little time made my way to open up a market in the FM. I opened a spot in FM 1 on Channel 1 and within seconds saw a pouring in of users. I don't use the merchant mushroom stands, just a simple <cheap> store stand. Within seconds I was trolled to heaven and hell by users who DEMANDED I quit my store because they were waiting for hours, double-clicking the maple.exe icon to see if the patch was live yet. Their names were written all over the FM.
I believe the group was called explosion. Something like that. That day I learned, truly, there are losers out there.