lordikon

lol, that's awesome. It'll be interesting to see if this makes any major headlines. TV, newspaper. It is just amazing to watch this thing spread like a wildfire (reletively) over the course of a couple of days. If this thing gets even 1 minute of major TV time, the **** hath hittith the fan.

EDIT: Speaking of which, might be a good story to give a tip to your local news companies. If they get enough tips on the same story it might light a fire under their ***.

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Mr. Mojo

wow...just wow

I figured I'd check in after a weekend binge of GW, and this is what I find.

I've always been a bit apathetic when it comes to Creative. I never actively boycotted them, but my last experience was enough to put me off buying an x-fi for my current rig. I bought an Audigy2 ZS from a guy here on OCN and I liked it when I was running XP. After switching to Vista, I noticed I lost alot of functionality. I posted here on OCN and was basically told to replace my POS sound card. I tried emailing Creative, and after about a week I got a reply telling me the same thing. Instead, I pulled the Audigy out and gave it away, and went back to on-board. I couldn't see paying $70+ for something I got free with my mobo. Yeah, the on-board sound is not as good, but I don't have $300 speakers either, so the difference is minimal. The on-board sound also has full functionality in Vista.

PS - I gave the Audigy to a friend. He tried installing it and found out about the reduced functionality in Vista so it's currently sitting in a drawer at his house. It's not a bad card, it's just a bad card to use with Vista, and it is entirely Creative's fault. Do they care that I'm not using a card they've already been paid for? Of course not. I'm just a guy that was too cheap to buy their flagship product. What they should be concerned about is the fact that I design and build PC's for a living. I'm not a big volume seller, I'm just a local "mom and pop" type guy, but if they burn enough of us it will begin to hurt their bottom line. I won't refuse to sell a Creative product if that is what the end-user is set on (unlike Creative I try not to anger paying customers), but I will make it a point to inform them of this situation.


Edit: just saw the post about Consumerist...I know for a fact that major news outlets do view that site on a regular basis. I've seen CNN and Fox News both directly name the Consumerist. That isn't a guarantee they'll pick up on this, but it's a start.

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phospholipid

i highly doubt any tv time, highly, but this will affect creatives sales
god i hope that post by the webmaster from newegg is real

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The Hundred Gunner

Wow, you guys are really tearing creative down...

I really don't like them. But this is starting to get old... Maybe it's just late lol

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gymenii

Agreed, this has been an interesting event to watch. But you can never underestimate the impact of angry people massing in large numbers.

I wonder how many OCN users posting " I need help" threads got ignored because of this.

AKAeric

I personally ignored 5.

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AKAeric

awesome.

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sorrowfool

Okay, so what exactly is the problem people are having with the cards? I have had my X-Fi for 3 months on Vista and never had a problem. Is it only certain versions or what?

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