| 00:00 - 00:05 | So I called the receptionist at DICE and asked him: "Can you put me |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | on the phone with the folks from Battlefield?" |
| 00:07 - 00:10 | And he told me: "Yeah sure, " |
| 00:11 - 00:16 | just need your name to register it here." |
| 00:17 - 00:21 | Me: "It's Tom Henderson." |
| 00:21 - 00:24 | Receptionist: "No way!" |
| 00:29 - 00:31 | "It can't be!" |
| 00:31 - 00:34 | "Alright I'll put you on the phone with them, one sec." |
| 00:38 - 00:40 | "Thank you!" |
| 00:41 - 00:47 | So the Battlefield team picks up the call: "Hey there Tom! How's it going? What's up?" |
| 00:47 - 00:50 | And I reply: "Oh hey there! I'm good thanks. |
| 00:50 - 00:56 | So I was wondering what's going on in there because from the outside it looks like a shitshow." |
| 00:58 - 00:59 | DICE: "Nah mate it's |
| 00:59 - 01:01 | all good." |
| 01:04 - 01:06 | "Could be better if it wasn't for the |
| 01:06 - 01:08 | leaked audio though..." |
| 01:13 - 01:14 | Me: "But why haven't you |
| 01:14 - 01:16 | released something yet? Like a |
| 01:16 - 01:20 | teaser or a trailer?" |
| 01:21 - 01:27 | "Uhm so it's a bit complicated. The plan was to show off the new Battlefield Free2Play sequel." |
| 01:35 - 01:36 | Me: "You have to be shitting me." |
| 01:36 - 01:39 | "Were you actually going to release a sequel to Free2Play?" |
| 01:41 - 01:44 | DICE: "No, listen here: there's a huge |
| 01:44 - 01:47 | demand for free to play games |
| 01:47 - 01:49 | on the market at the moment. |
| 01:50 - 01:53 | We have a great shot at capitalizing on that. |
| 01:54 - 01:56 | "It will blow people away." |
| 01:56 - 01:58 | Me: "You guys are actually fucked." |
| 01:58 - 02:02 | "I'm leaving, you really are mad. Good luck." |
| 02:05 - 02:07 | I hung up. |
| 02:10 - 02:11 | Over on the Discord |
| 02:11 - 02:13 | people were still hyped thinking |
| 02:15 - 02:17 | this was the day |
| 02:17 - 02:20 | we would see something. |
| 02:21 - 02:28 | Poor guys making memes and stuff. That chat looked like a party for the whole week. |
| 02:29 - 02:30 | "Did you enjoy it?" |
| 02:30 - 02:32 | I did, it was tons of fun. |
| 02:36 - 02:39 | And there I was watching chat knowing |
| 02:40 - 02:42 | what was happening at DICE. |
| 02:50 - 02:55 | The hours went by and nothing came. |
| 02:56 - 02:58 | Were they boys still hopeful? |
| 02:58 - 03:04 | Only a few, the majority had lost hope. |
| 03:04 - 03:09 | And I don't blame them, it's been a though few days. |
| 03:09 - 03:11 | But then the news of the day came by: |
| 03:16 - 03:20 | Jeff Grubb: "Delayed to late May/June" |
| 03:23 - 03:26 | Hype levels crashed to 0% |
| 03:31 - 03:36 | See you guys in a month. |
