No corporation works this efficiently. More like everybody is trying to cover for themselves and make it look like there's no problem.

People are trying to communicate that they will discontinue paying for the game unless certain issues are addressed. You may be correct that Bioware has met the letter of their obligation, but that doesn't mean that people will be obligated to continue giving them their money. Companies don't get to decide what people are and are not paying for, either consumers do, or businesses fail. People pay for things they want, and since Bioware wants people to subscribe to their service and continue giving them their euros and dollars, I imagine that they will pay attention to the problems people are having and the suggestions people are making.

Well now it is a paid service, and time is money.

Aren't the European servers...in Europe?

God I wish people would stop making posts telling people to stop making posts and/or lecturing down to people for voicing their disappointment.

For "Fantastic"?

The only thing that is more annoying than the childish whining and complaining is the childish whining and complaining about the whining and complaining. Your self-righteous chiding does nothing to ease the disappointment that people are trying to express, it only agitates the situation further. If you don't empathize or understand why people are doing what they are doing then why don't you just keep it to yourself instead of cluttering up the forum with your stern lecturing.

I don't think BW plans on launching an MMO again any time soon, so suggestions on how to improve said launches are useless to them.

Let's review. I'm quoting the co-founders of Bioware saying that the game has launched and you are just making up what you want, yet I should "back down"? Also, I'm not making a straw man argument here, because I'm not intentionally misstating somebody's position in order to rebut it. You are also not making a straw man argument because you are also not intentionally misstating somebody's position in order to rebut it. My position is that "The game has launched when Bioware says it has. Bioware says it has, therefore the game has launched." Your position is that "The game has launched when people get billed and when the date has been reached when external sites now say the game will launch. People have not been billed and that date has not been reached, therefore the game has not launched." Since we define the concept differently, we will be unable to agree.

Award this guy a Nobel Prize!

Uh, no, it's "Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare’s largest and most ambitious project to date".

Yeah! In my day we waited at least a week AFTER launch to play new video games! And we liked it! NOW GET OFF MY LAWN.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=273 "This is a big day for us; we are launching Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare’s largest and most ambitious project to date, and we’re very proud that you’ve been able to join us."

This is cutting edge stuff. Crybabies, you say? Until now, I don't think anybody has really put people's feet in the fire for voicing their disappointment on these forums. Thanks for calling them out on their whining.