Dear Bethesda,

madmat · 06-14-2012, 10:28 AM

I'd like to thank you for the latest update to Skyrim. Prior to version 1.6 I could play this game for hours on end with just the occasional glitch or crash. Now, after this latest update, the game has become so unstable that I'm lucky to get 30 minutes of play time in before it crashes back to the desktop. Yes, I realize that I'm getting too sedentary. Yes, I realize I'm growing a bit fat. Thank you so much for turning your fine game into an unstable bag of crap so I won't be able to spend time playing it and instead be forced to emerge, fat and sloppy, from my gaming room into the real world once more.

Rob Williams · 06-14-2012, 12:01 PM

No company is nearly as thoughtful as Bethesda in this regard. *cheers* to their hard work.

madmat · 06-14-2012, 12:13 PM

I posted the same thing over at their forums and it was locked in under an hour. The mod that locked it told me in the thread that if I'd like to list the bugs I'm having and a DXDIAG (in spoiler tags?!) then feel free. I PM'ed him asking how exactly I'm supposed to do that when he's closed the bleeding thread? I then went on to say that it didn't matter, the game was so unstable after the update that I uninstalled it out of despair of it being permanently broken and that why should I expect Bethesda to care? They got paid.

Doomsday · 06-15-2012, 01:38 PM

Damn! That truly sux man!

madmat · 06-15-2012, 01:43 PM

Oh well, their loss. I was going to buy the Dawnguard DLC when it came out but I won't now. I was also seriously considering the new MMO they're putting out. The only MMO I've ever been interested in aside from KoL. Now... no thanks.

I even went so far as to remove the other Bethesda games I had installed. I just don't care enough about them to keep playing.

Rob Williams · 06-18-2012, 05:49 PM

One thing's for sure... Bethesda just doesn't care about bugs or the problems they cause. It's been proven time and time again. Any time a new title is released, it's unbelievably buggy, and then gets a lot better six months down the road. They definitely suffer from the "release now fix later" way of thinking.

06-14-2012, 10:28 AM	#1
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,639	Dear Bethesda, I'd like to thank you for the latest update to Skyrim. Prior to version 1.6 I could play this game for hours on end with just the occasional glitch or crash. Now, after this latest update, the game has become so unstable that I'm lucky to get 30 minutes of play time in before it crashes back to the desktop. Yes, I realize that I'm getting too sedentary. Yes, I realize I'm growing a bit fat. Thank you so much for turning your fine game into an unstable bag of crap so I won't be able to spend time playing it and instead be forced to emerge, fat and sloppy, from my gaming room into the real world once more. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

06-14-2012, 12:01 PM	#2
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	No company is nearly as thoughtful as Bethesda in this regard. cheers to their hard work. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

06-14-2012, 12:13 PM	#3
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,639	I posted the same thing over at their forums and it was locked in under an hour. The mod that locked it told me in the thread that if I'd like to list the bugs I'm having and a DXDIAG (in spoiler tags?!) then feel free. I PM'ed him asking how exactly I'm supposed to do that when he's closed the bleeding thread? I then went on to say that it didn't matter, the game was so unstable after the update that I uninstalled it out of despair of it being permanently broken and that why should I expect Bethesda to care? They got paid. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

06-15-2012, 01:38 PM	#4
Doomsday Tech Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KHI, PAK Posts: 1,539	Damn! That truly sux man! __________________ PSU: Corsair AX850 - Case: Cooler Master HAF X - CPU:Core i7-2600k - Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT - Motherboard: Asus Z68 Maximus IV Extreme Z - Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB-1600Mhz - GPU: AMD MSI R6970 Lightning - HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB, Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green - SSD: Intel 520 Series 120GB - K/B: Razer Lycosa Mirror - Mouse: Logitech G700 - MouseMat: Steel Series 4HD - LCD: Samsung 2333SW 23" - Speakers: Creative Inspire M4500 4.1 - Headset: Logitech G35 7.1 "Do not look at a man's prayers nor his fasts, rather, measure him by how well he deals with others, the compassion he shows his fellow man, his wisdom and his integrity" - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

06-15-2012, 01:43 PM	#5
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,639	Oh well, their loss. I was going to buy the Dawnguard DLC when it came out but I won't now. I was also seriously considering the new MMO they're putting out. The only MMO I've ever been interested in aside from KoL. Now... no thanks. I even went so far as to remove the other Bethesda games I had installed. I just don't care enough about them to keep playing. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

06-18-2012, 05:49 PM	#6
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	One thing's for sure... Bethesda just doesn't care about bugs or the problems they cause. It's been proven time and time again. Any time a new title is released, it's unbelievably buggy, and then gets a lot better six months down the road. They definitely suffer from the "release now fix later" way of thinking. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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