Since we’re on the subject of poor ideas in video games, I can’t help but think about the deceased MMO Fury and an email sent out to customers just a few months after the game launched. Through the power of Google Documents, the email has been preserved for all to enjoy until the end of the world.
Just in case any of you were confused, this email was meant to entice customers to come back, not insult them for leaving. Fury was shut down August 2008, just ten months after the October 2007 launch. Gamecock Media Group, the publisher, interrupted the Spike TV Video Game Awards in 2007 while Ken Levine was speaking, with employees dressed in capes and rooster heads. Just so you know where these people are coming from.
Subject: LOSER! LOSER! LOOOOSER!
Chances are you are a LOSER! Or will you prove us wrong?
http://www.unleashthefury.com
In the 3 months since release, tens of thousands of people have played FURY and every single one of them has lost at least one game! That’s right – not one unbeaten player exists in our database. And the stats show that once you have won 3 games, you are extremely likely to play dozens, if not hundreds more games.
So, we’d love you to come back and check out all the changes and improvements and discover that winning feeling.
For a start it is easier to stay alive now, and there are new game types specifically designed for new players. We have also added AI Bots (and they love losing), new gametypes, new maps, fixed the GUI lag and hundreds of bugs plus loads of other stuff. You can find out more about all the changes at http://www.unleashthefury.com/ageofthechosen
We have also introduced the Chosen which allows you to play FREE FOREVER. Why not show your friends you are not a loser as well by bringing them along, they can play for FREE! Just get them to follow the instructions found here http://www.unleashthefury.com/free2play
Cya in game (unless, of course, you want to remain a loser).The FURY Team
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