You hit the nail on the head. I went to the game's forums, but they are pretty inactive, unlike this lively bunch we have here.
Ah, Michiganders are always alright with me, even if they were once St. Louians.

Again: Everyone else uses the Classifieds for trade offers. You don't, you want your own thread, even when people point out that that's not such great behavior. Is that appropriate?

You're currently the only person in the entire forum for whom it's not enough to use the Classifieds for trading, you don't accept criticism on that behavior, but you "don't ask for special treatment". Yeah, certainly.

You are asking for a 24$ game in return for two codes for a free to play game, for which codes have been given away on various places on the Internet. Not only that - due to the nature of your offer, you also need someone to get _both_ of those keys. 99% of the offers in the Classifieds are better than that.

Bumping a thread that was entirely made because _you_ wanted a certain game, but made an offer that was so horribly weak that nobody was interested and the thread died almost immediately for good reason, is something for which I'd call "obnoxious" a euphemism.

You were notified about a thread that we have for offers such as yours.You not only brushed that off, and completely ignored the facts of what was said, you also told that person to "go find something useful to do with your time". I'm sure that was just a friendly advice.

I'm not offended. I'm angry that somebody sees his personal gain of getting a certain game as so important that he deems it justified to flaunt a special thread for a particularly weak offer in the face of everybody else, repeatedly, when all other members are using the Classifieds for this. And I'm angry that that person, on top of showing this egoistical behavior, brushes off people who call him out on that, ignores advice, and tells people to "go find something useful to do with your time" when they point out his misbehavior.

But yeah, the point has been made, and the damage has been done. Sausages are probably all that's left.

I hope you didn't spend money getting those two x $15 coupons for ingame purchases :P if the game is that dead :(

No, they came with a RAM upgrade for some work machines (I'm the sole IT person for my company). Didn't even know the game existed. Although I haven't played it, the game represents something that I think is terrible with modern gaming. It is in BETA, but yet they allow in-game purchases. Paying for Beta is in my controversial opinion inherently wrong. You are a tester, you are helping the development team fine-tune their product for launch so that they can make a profit. Charging testers money just seems like a bad business model. Maybe I'm just too stuck in my ways.

Anybody else think that Scottrade Center must have been build on an Indian burial ground?

It's pretty common for F2P games to open up the cash shop even when the game is still in beta. Ghost Recon Online is not the first one to do that and won't be the last. And you're not paying to PLAY a beta game (like Steam's early access, for example), you're paying to get items, boosts and other advantages. The game is still free for anyone to try out. I don't really see what's wrong with it.

I honestly can't see what's so wrong with your thread that made people get pissed either.

Sure, that's plausible. It's only one of the most used (and most frequently bumped) threads, it's easy for a frequent user to miss it. Besides, it wasn't even that easy to check "how much good it does" before replying to my post. As for your expecting a mod to lock/delete your thread if it's "inappropriate" and the personal attack, I expected better from an older user. I was wrong.
Free bump for your awesome thread.

Considering people get pissed about giveaway threads, can you imagine every single post in classifieds having its own thread? We do occasionally get trade threads, but they're usually by new users who haven't noticed that classifieds exists.

You should make a 'Do I need to make a new thread?' thread, so people can ask you where to post.

I did find someone in the Ghost Recon Online forums who would just take the codes so I could finally throw the cards away. Looks like $30 doesn't buy much in game. Another waste of developer time and effort.

The game is free to play and a HUGE grind.

I mean it literally takes 100s of hours to unlock gear you want. I HATE these free to play shooters now... everyone publishes their own and they all make it their goal to waste your life. Duck that filth. Honestly.

I just got into the game because of the Steam DLC and I'm not sure whether to think you played this during the BETA and things were different back then or everyone else is just better than you. I find it extremely easy to acquire the funds needed to get your gear. Also, if you hate these types of MMOs, why do you even play them?

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Second post: What's up with gorillas and sausages? O.o