New Year, Same old Shit

Discussion in 'General Entropia Universe Discussion' started by Steve Saber, Dec 29, 2014.

  1. Actually broke down a few days ago, and decided to make a small depo into EU since I have 3 weeks off and do some mining to see whether it was better, worse or the same.

    Roll back the clock to over a year ago, I sent in a support about the fact I could no longer use a PPD Visa to deposit to my account. Even though I used it for a couple years before and used at least 50 times.
    MA blamed it on the provider, the provider blamed it on MA....eventually it was supposed to be be fixed. I think I recieved the reply about 6 months after.

    so the last few days I tried, and MA still wouldn't accept my $$ and their error still said "Error at acquirer.Payment declined
    Try again or choose another payment type."

    I checked...the playstation network took my money, facebook took my money, Steam took my money....LOL

    Fuck you MA....now it's all gone and you get shit. ;)
    Maybe i'll try again next year...but I doubt it. :P
     
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  2. MindStar9

    MindStar9 Floating in Space

    The one thing I can say with certainly is ... MA never gave me a hassle about any of my deposits, and the few withdrawals I made didn't have any glitches either, just the wait time. I also never had any issues with support cases either, but there were only a few there as well, and they were handled in a quick and professional manner, so no complaints from me there either.

    I would SO be playing this game if it were better optimized and the lag wasn't an issue. I have a really great PC, and while Arkadia always seemed to be the most optimized (that was Dave's plan), it too now has its issues, which is a damn shame.

    I want to play, but there's so much wrong I just can't, and that's unfortunate.
     
  3. Wistrel

    Wistrel Kick Ass Elf

    Yup taking money was never an issue for them ;) Actually afaik the economy and security has also always been rock solid. Interesting you would be playing if the performance was better
     
  4. Sionkiewicz

    Sionkiewicz One of those Americans

    MA has never had an issue taking my money either.. :dunno:
     
  5. MindStar9

    MindStar9 Floating in Space


    "Playing" for me is different than playing for (I would say) most others, because it wouldn't be about hunting, crafting, mining, or any of the usual things that "players" get involved with. For me, it's "writing" about the universe - my lengthy history in the game shows that.

    I'm all about the social environment and providing entertainment for the community, or writing about what's going on, but when you can't trust that things are going to work as they're supposed to, it makes it difficult to plan and organize anything special, or to even provide coverage for someone else who might be coordinating something.

    I have a great computer setup, but the lag and rubberbanding has consistently gotten worse, even on Arkadia, and there are any number of people who continue to complain and submit support cases for a multitude of things that prevent the universe from working as it should - PCF, as well as this forum is full of such content, so I don't have to point anything out.

    Never once did I ever say that I hated the universe - NEVER - what I hate is that there is a major lack of quality in the game mechanics, a negligence in detail (see McC's blog for more info), and how certain events are delivered to the players - that's why I don't "play" ... but I don't need to leave a wall of text for people to know what the issues are, there's plenty of sources that do just that. That's not to say the developers haven't done anything good, I think they have, but I also think they missed the mark in a huge way.

    As far as I'm concerned, Arkadia is the only planet employing the dynamics needed for building a true community, although it seems the revival of their storyline has fallen by the wayside again, so not sure what's going on there. However, Arkadia is my home and the planet I enjoyed writing about the most. I have nothing left, but if I were to do anything at all, it would be to become an official citizen of the planet.

    See ... I can't even give a simple response ... hazards of being a writer ... I want all the answers to be known up front as much as possible ... they call that 2nd step mentality, but it doesn't always work. :tongueout:
     
  6. Jamira

    Jamira Samurai Girl

    You are a bit bigheaded, MS9. Several other "gamers" mentioned this point at other places. You always use a shitload of words. I know this method. It's pretty fine. I use it occassionally in my German language ;-) But it's just a game to me. Probably for you too?
     
  7. MindStar9

    MindStar9 Floating in Space


    I said what I wanted to say, because PE/EU was all about the social scene for me Jamira, and no, it wasn't just a game to me, so please accept my words for what they are and how I express them. As far as length is concerned, I could give you a "shitload" of names of those who have surpassed even my walls of text.

    I've always been respectful to you, so I don't understand your tone.
     
  8. That's why i'm so disgusted with this situation. I tossed 10's of thousands of USD currency to these fuckers over they years..., and in the old days when it had to do with deposit issues was always handled very quickly usually within 24-48 hours..
    Then, when I started to have this current issue, if I was lucky I could get a response at all, sometimes it was 1-2 months between replies. Eventually 6 months in I got a response that basically said "try it now"...over a year later nothing has changed. I've been in contact with the provider many times...they pulled the records and have no record of any request from MA with the transaction times or record numbers....It seems to be a coding issue somewhere before the provider side....but MA don't seem to care to investigate.

    Now I guess I could put my RL visa back into the system (AS IF) and solve my problem, but that's not the point. Quite frankly I really don't give much of a fuck anymore either...it's just one more thing to drive away a former paying customer...even if he was willing to pay ALOT less than he did before.

    Just a couple less Ubers getting their rent and food paid by me. :biggrin:

    It's all good, I'll go back to spending my money elsewhere....I was just venting. :wink:
     
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  9. I think the game is better without you... really I do.
     
  10. Coming from someone like you max that's awesome...thanks. :rolleyes (2):
     
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  11. Jamira

    Jamira Samurai Girl

    Forgive an old man to be a bit impatient. It wasn't ment as an offense. I just thought you and me share the love for playing around with words. So please, accept my apologies if I was too rude.

    The interesting part of EntropiaPlanets is, that it became a home for vetreans, pensioners, historians and OZtwo. Well, it seems to be a good place for retirement ;-)
     
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  12. Jamira

    Jamira Samurai Girl

    Ahh wait ... we both had an issue at PE forum years ago, didn't we? Or did we clash into each other at Twin Peaks? I don`t remember ... however, you are an arrogant person. Let Steve Saber walk his way. You are not the one to judge old folks.
     
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