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    Image of hhbx hhbx
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    I guess it could be worse.
    Someone could have celebrated the battle of Wake Island with Loco Roco music.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    This is the first time I'm going to tell an editor that I think not only are they wrong, but they're being fucking stupid about it.

    Luke, what the hell. The achievement is called remember september 44'. The game is about playing through operation market garden. The date is a 'tragedy' in that nobody would even bother to remember or think of it unless we're shown things that would even make us bother to look at why that date is important, hence, the Achievement might be doing some good.

    And its not like its remembering some brutal massacre of prisoners or an a bomb drop or something, its remembering a time when the allies tried to do something heroic and launched a campaign.

    Jesus. Overreact much?
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    Image of Luke Michael Timothy Luke Michael Timothy
    09/18/09

    @Komrade Kayce: I think you seriously misunderstood this blog post.

    It's tongue in cheek. Leave it be.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    09/18/09

    @Luke Michael Timothy:

    It doesn't seem very tounge in cheek. Seems snide and shotty. My misrepresentation then, if it was.
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    Image of Toasticus Toasticus
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    It isn't Ubisoft that should worry about staying classy.
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    Image of jayntampa jayntampa
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    So, something to get you to consider the sacrifice made through that operation and remember the date is a negative?

    You know, positive reinforcement is the best way to get people to remember things. This is a way for them to get at least a few people to consider and respect the fallen.

    But, hey, you're right ... not classy at all -- time to cancel Memorial Day! Why should people get a holiday just to honor sacrifice?
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    09/18/09

    @jayntampa:

    You stay classy, United States.
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    Image of Karma Karma
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    It makes me sad when I read professional game’s journalists write things like the "Stay Classy" comment above.

    All those men that sacrificed their lives for us, so we can enjoy freedom and the trappings of modern day life. The games devs / publishers try to keep that memory alive and you try to turn it into something nasty?

    Your behaving like a poisoness little troll. But hey, if that gets you ahead in your career, then go for it. There’s nothing in the way but your conscience.
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    Image of DeathByDrum DeathByDrum
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    Actually, I don't see how this is a bad thing. The company isn't making any money from it and it's simply a device to make people remember the date and possibly even take some interest in what happened that day. What next, rage over documentaries? Come on people...
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    Image of DuvalMagic DuvalMagic
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    Seriously?

    The achievement is called "Remember September" and it was designed to remind us of the sacrifice of Allied soldiers to liberate Holland and help end WW2 in Europe.

    That achievement could've been anything and any one as smart as you could've spent five seconds imagining a billion more achievement concepts that would've done more for sales or whatever you're trying to imply the objective is here.

    So fuck you for trying to suggest that this was anything but honoring the legacy of Operation Market Garden including all of the soldier and civilians that sacrificed so much so that we can even have things like Xbox 360's with things like achievements today.
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    Image of Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    The regular use of this sort of thing could take a chunk out of used game sales. But then again, maybe not. Seems like a "Game Holiday." Maybe that's marketable.
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    Image of mcderek3000 mcderek3000
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    In that case, every war operation must be a disaster for one side and a glorious victory for another.
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    Image of notoriousEIC notoriousEIC
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    Wow, there's some serious over reacting going on in this thread. The Achievement is called "Remember September '44" and I for one am glad someone is bothering to remind us all of that, even if it is a video game.
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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    09/18/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    Of course I read this at 12:58 a.m. Of course...
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    Image of code34 code34
    09/17/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    It's in remembrance. Be cheeky all you want, but it is out of respect for those that fell. The operation lasted until the 27th.

    You stay classy, Luke.
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    Image of NardaTithonus NardaTithonus
    09/17/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    The achievement isn't for "celebrating" Operation Market Garden... its for remembering, thats why its called "rememberseptember1944. I don't see anything wrong with this. Tell me, whats worse? Giving out achievement points so people will actually be reminded of a important and horrific event in American history, or the fact that 90% of the people on here didn't even remember that Operation Market Garden began on Sept. 17?
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    09/17/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    I can see a problem with this. The person who thought of it should be fired and get no parachute. He definitely shouldn't be Patton him self on the back. This isn't a bridge to success. This is so cold there's Frost!

    I mean... am Nijmegen any sense?
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    09/18/09

    @Michael Dukakis for Senate!:
    *golfclap* Well played, sir.
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    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    09/18/09

    @Michael Dukakis for Senate!: Awesome! :D
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    Image of mike563 mike563
    09/17/09

    In reply to Celebrate A WW2 Disaster With Free Achievement Points!
    Hope this goes over better then the Hiroshima reenactment level....
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/17/09

    @mike563: Press 'A' to irradiate. Press 'B' to ponder the consequences. Press 'X' to weep softly.

    If you do it all fast enough, the bonus level lets you firebomb Tokyo.
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