Derek Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 http://gameservers.com/corporate/article.php?id=1730 "We are extremely excited about this unprecedented relationship with Activision to offer dedicated servers exclusively for Black Ops", says David Aninowsky, CEO of GameServers.com. "We are placing a great amount of pressure on ourselves to ensure that we exceed any and all expectations."" You guys think EA is bad at least there are multiple providers for our clients to choose from. Talk about a monopoly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Hm just read that, and you beat me to post it. Well, I supose Activision will soon realize how bad this option was. What I'v seen from they are not covering half of the possible locations. So soon we will see forum posts from guys living in Pakistan asking for dedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumdum1974 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Lol ,first congrats gs.com second this sucks nothing more to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnecki Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 that's very bad lads ..... don't think they can handle this. bribe - nothing more to say .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Hm just read that, and you beat me to post it. Well, I supose Activision will soon realize how bad this option was. What I'v seen from they are not covering half of the possible locations. So soon we will see forum posts from guys living in Pakistan asking for dedi To be fair there is next to no market in Pakistan. GameServers is pretty much covering every location that matters. What matters is the fact that now our clients have 0 choice when it comes which host they would like to use. o well guess it's no different then apple and at&t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 that's very bad lads ..... don't think they can handle this. bribe - nothing more to say .... They can handle it as the fact is they are bigger then every host on this board combined. multiplied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 They can handle it as the fact is they are bigger then every host on this board combined. multiplied That doesn't matter, people have different tastes for hosts. Personally I wouldn't host with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnecki Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 First off dedis from GS so maybe there is a chance that we will get it later ..... let's have faith LOL and other thing is JO and Treyarch are still quiet about it .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumdum1974 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 so maybe there is a chance that we will get it later ..... let's have faith LOL well if they say "Exclusive" than I dont think there is hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitrifrom31 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 they dont even offer france/spain/portugal/italy Basically south of europe is screwed by this if thats true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warcore Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 LOL there won't be many GSPs left before long only the Monopoly I can see it having a profound knock on effect with all related service providers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnecki Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 right, now have no idea whats going on. we called activision UK office and they said IF they did that GS wouldn't be main choice for main provider....... we gonna try calling activision in us later on and let u all know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpgservers Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'm not exactly sure how this wouldn't violate Anti Trust laws. Derived from the Greek for "right of exclusive sale," monopoly control over a market is illegal under antitrust law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolentCrimes Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Sameway ATT is the only one that you can use the Iphone on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpgservers Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Sameway ATT is the only one that you can use the Iphone on. Not the same type of situation. IPhone has competition and there are other products that offer the similar services. There is nothing else but a monopoly here. Emailed this off to the DOJ just a bit ago. antitrust.complaints@usdoj.gov Recently it has been announced that a major game developer and publisher, Activision along with Treyarch have entered into an exclusive deal which offers their newest release of their game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, to be sold as a service exclusively through GameServers.com or ClanServers. There are hundreds of Game Server Providers, myself included http://www.LowPingGameServers.com, that have been shunned by this latest development. Through the exclusivity of this arrangement it bars all other providers from the ability to rent virtual servers to a plethora of customers worldwide. This doesn't just encompass a single State or Country and is worldwide. I believe this is in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and The Federal Trade Commission Act. I ask that you look into this matter and please advise. Additional information can be seen here, http://forums.gameservers.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40527 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumdum1974 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Would be nice if we can have answer here once you get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Not the same type of situation. IPhone has competition and there are other products that offer the similar services. There is nothing else but a monopoly here. Emailed this off to the DOJ just a bit ago. antitrust.complaints@usdoj.gov If they are really going to listen to you I suggest spending a little more time on the email you sent off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGN-Daniel Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 If you want this to change, you need to go out to the *community* and preach of the possible (negative) implications to the *players* (not just GSPs) that would come out of this decision by Activision. The DoJ probably doesn't care enough about some dumb vidya game to do anything even if it did violate some antitrust law. But people (customers) complaining will force Activision to rethink this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondorae Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 been looking at this close now and i think alot of choices have to be made, the main reason they are doing this is to clamp down on the ammount of CRACKED servers that are hosted apparently... i for one been as small as i am, is now looking at packing my bags up and leaving all this monopoly behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpgservers Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 If they are really going to listen to you I suggest spending a little more time on the email you sent off. Derek, that was at least a step in the right direction. If you believe that you can put something together more beneficial, then I encourage you to do so. The DOJ is there to investigate and do the legwork. The email I sent went to the consumer complaint department which is responsible for investigating all claims. If they are paid to do this, then they should do it. I don't believe a witty repetoire is going to wow them into placing an injunction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Derek, that was at least a step in the right direction. If you believe that you can put something together more beneficial, then I encourage you to do so. The DOJ is there to investigate and do the legwork. The email I sent went to the consumer complaint department which is responsible for investigating all claims. If they are paid to do this, then they should do it. I don't believe a witty repetoire is going to wow them into placing an injunction. eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpgservers Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Also, if anyone is interested in a collective legal action I'll be willing to put $5,000 up for this to retain counsel and file suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Also, if anyone is interested in a collective legal action I'll be willing to put $5,000 up for this to retain counsel and file suit. Let me know how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xguju Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I think we need to wait until someone other than GameServers comes out and says something. This may just be marketing hype and the terminology is still pretty vague. i.e. "unprecedented relationship with Activision to offer dedicated servers exclusively for Black Ops" This could just as easily mean they have servers that can host Black Ops, big whoop we all figured as much. "GAMESERVERS.COM SELECTED AS THE EXCLUSIVE DEDICATED SERVER" This is the only definitive statement that you can use as proof, and it was given to us by GameServers PR. As far as I am concerned, this is no where near concrete proof that we are shafted. I say wait until the heads of Treyarch speak, I spoke to the developers earlier during the summer and they never for a second indicated such issues with the GSPs. Yes I may have spoken to them more as a reporter, rather than a GSP owner, but I still maintain the wait and see approach. Also, wtf is up with http://www.gameservers.com/blackops/, Ranked and Unranked, this is becoming very unlike COD and more like Battlefield. What is the point of playing this game anymore if all this comes to fruition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Sounds like a non disclosure might have just ended the day of the announcement, I could see GS jumping all over it as soon as they possibly could. Who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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