What it should have been.........

[UglyandHasty]

I dont know Tamur. But i doubt they want to "steal" fan ideas. One clanmates of mine, who's in DCX team, believe they really want to help mod team with technical help. We will know soon enough, as we may begin our own mod for BF2. Anyway that is what, is in my opinion, respect for the fan base and the modders who help a game gain in longevity. Did anyone hear just of beta-tester for RTW ? As for helping modders, i can see CA employees here once in a while, all to their credits, but did you hear any "corporate" news for CA, or any "corporate" decision to help modders ??

[Colovion]

Well in the end 'using the modders" helps both the fans and the devs - and EA knows that. The fans get better mods quicker when they have that kind of support and EA will sell more product when there are more replayability options (like Counterstrike and Halflife). EA just wants their FPS to start to rival HL2.

[Akka]

If I understand correctly, EA is using modders to make the game free of charge, a game they will then sell to people and put their intellectual copyright on it ?

[Colovion]

If I understand correctly, EA is using modders to make the game free of charge, a game they will then sell to people and put their intellectual copyright on it ?

exactly, sans the selling - they'll sell the base game probably with advertisements talking about the mods the game has