riptide789

You dont get the point, probably never will.

I will give you another example and maybe you will get it.

I have to leave work at my regular time one night when it was busy do to an appointment. The next day the boss came in and had donuts for everyone who stayed late the night before.

Well I couldnt get one. Did I whine I didnt get it. No I didnt because I didnt put extra effort into it and didnt deserve it. I was without a gift.

Heres a sample of the email people got...

"

Thank you for being a Premium member of Call of Duty ELITE. Because you were among the first to join us, we wanted to provide you with a special gift to use in Call of Duty®: MW3 during the holidays: an additional two hours of Double XP and a Prestige Token. It's our way of thanking you for being with us at the beginning, and to wish you a happy holidays.

"

Were you with them at the beginning ? No. Then you dont get anything.

Why should I get a donut because I didnt pitch in enough ? Why should you get anything as a bonus from them if you didnt pitch in ?

You knew what you would miss out on if you didn't buy ELITE; they said as much, ELITE members get freebies becasue they PAID for them.

Would you walk into a restaurant and demand the same as what the other guy had, without paying for it? of course not, it is the same here.

I understand your point, and I'll try to be a bit less condescending than you are here. My point is simply that if they advertised occasional double xp and prestige tokens, it would have been more appealing to more people. And I fully agree with RaggyFTW. I've bought my fair share of COD games and map packs, totalling far more than one elite membership, so why not us? Yes, according to your example, it's because I didn't stay late and do the work. But at the same time, those donuts hardly equate to this offer. 

I'm glad founders are getting this free gift, I do think that's cool and a nice way to say thank you for jumping aboard from the get go. I just also believe that handing out the ingame bonuses isn't what that service should be for. I was a Beta tester for Elite and provided feedback, but that's not worth anything because I didn't spend the one thing that matters in this materialistic world, money. HERE is where IW is showing their true meaning of Christmas.

I prestiged from 7th to 8th prestige at like 3 am PST so it meant that I got 1 prestige token. Then I got an email saying I got another token because of the christmas present from Elite. I would have 2 prestige tokens in total but I only had 1 on my account. I still got the double xp though. I'm not sure if they made a mistake or what but I didn't receive my token from the christmas present.

Well its a good thing I got banned for having a BLUE avatar and lost my founder status right? No its ******* stupid. Happy Holidays