ROCKET-JUMP BUG

OH MY GOD, VALVE RELEASED THE UPDATE WITH A GAME-BREAKING BUG!
And then those lazy bastards even dared to leave their desks for the weekend.

This cannot stand!
This is the result of sloppy development, of insufficient testing and displays a total lack of respect for their users and customers.
People like that only learn the hard way. So I petition, I even urge you to stop playing TF2 immediately. In fact don’t buy or play any more Valve products until Valve have regained our trust by making their future updates and releases a 100% error free. To increase the pressure don’t make any more purchases via Steam. Let the other game developers take note that we will no longer tolerate this careless attitude towards the products they expect us to pay for. Studios! Don’t hide behind schedules and release dates. We gamers are known for being patient. We want our games working perfectly. And yes, we want them now. This is not asking too much. Don’t hide behind technical errors. You are working in the computer industry, for chrissake. If you can’t master you tools get a job as janitor. And don’t hide behind human errors. If you are well trained, intelligent and focused you won’t make errors. Otherwise: Get lost. Work in a financial institution. I was told those are very error tolerant.

Ah heck, I don’t think such a movement of consumer rage should be limited to games. The whole industry is corrupt, spoiled and rotten. We HAVE to send a message!
Stop using any application which wasn’t delivered to you error free. Demand back your money for every program which shows bugs. Return every piece of hardware with faulty drivers. Don’t use Windows. All these security leaks and countless other bugs are just the result of sloppy programming and rushed development. A single bug in Mac OS? Throw it into Apple’s face. And don’t get me started on Linux. Thousands of people working on an OS and they can’t avoid bugs and errors? I don’t care if you don’t get paid for your work. Do it right or don’t do it at all.

I call out for a general strike. Boycott computer applications. Do it now and do it without mercy. Only with drastic measures like that they will ever learn.
And for the future: When buying any new program demand a certificate that this program is error free. Demand a lifelong money-back guarantee on occurrence of the first error.

BTW: Valve fixed the rocket-jump bug with last night’s update.
But too late, Valve. Fixing a bug on the first workday after its occurrence isn’t good enough. You won’t console us so easily this time. Feel our wrath and fear our vengeance.

Now excuse me. I have to look for that old typewriter I once had. Please note that the next editorial of the Fort will be delivered to you by mail.