Rebell44

Reply to gog.com is going down in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="VonVentrue" reply="28" id="2779282"]It might seem that gog.com is about to disappear, but I suggest that you calm down. It's a downright ridiculous PR stunt, I honestly do not know whose bright idea it was... It's a secret de Polichinelle that an online press conference will be held on Wednesday/Thursday - gog has gone out of beta phase.[/quote] So on wednesday they will either announce that they are bankrupt or that they are retarded idiots..... Great [e

Reply to gog.com is going down in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="21" id="2779125"] If they manage to get servers online they should ask Valve to let them use part of their bandwith for a few days, because pretty much all their customers will want to download all games they bought ASAP and I dont think they can pay for that kind of bandwith and very few companies have such infrastructure available. Why not impulse? Brad should be on the phone with GoG to see if they can absolve GoG's game licenses. Th

Reply to gog.com is going down in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Gravedancer" reply="16" id="2779067"] I hope they quickly bring online the capability for you guys to re-download your games.[/quote] If they manage to get servers online they should ask Valve to let them use part of their bandwith for a few days, because pretty much all their customers will want to download all games they bought ASAP and I dont think they can pay for that kind of bandwith and very few companies have such infrastructure available.

Reply to gog.com is going down in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I am really surprised that this happened. R.I.P.

Reply to gog.com is going down in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Here is their announcment: http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5014/gogshutdown.png Dear GOG users, We have recently had to give serious thought to whether we could really keep GOG.com the way it is. We have debated on it for quite some time and, unforunately, we have decided that GOG.com simply cannot remain in its current

Good Old Games (GOG) is dead?! /repost - ignore/ in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I just read on another forum post from GoG user that GOG is dead - he posted this screenshot of message he recieved after he logged in. Site is currently down. I am currently unable to login into my GoG account so I cant verify. http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5014/gogshutdown.png I hope its not true. If its is, I am shocked - I always assumed that they were small, but popular.

Reply to Scratch Civ V off my buy list. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Fallout386" reply="589" id="2778290"]I belong in Cat 3 and a bit of Cat 2 as well. People don't realise that if Steam does become the monopoly that controls distribution then they're going to have to "Jailbreak" their steam client/games to get the full functionality they want (modding). Seriously is there anyone whom hasn't mod chipped or jailbroken some sort of hardware that they own so that they can get more functionality from the platform they paid for? I've already noticed the

Reply to Civ V game discussion in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="220" id="2777456"][quote who="Tridus" reply="216" id="2777153"]It's "liberated". The manual has been released early. I'd suggest saving it rather then opening it in a browser, as it's quite large (233 pages, 25MB). [/quote] That's a nice manual. I wish it verified a few more things on MP, but maybe that's just my new response to MP after Paradox and Stardock MP disasters. I will assume it's the same as it has always been

Reply to Age of Wonders being Digitally Re-Released in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Gravedancer" reply="13" id="2771696"]Any update on when Age of Wonders is going to be on Impulse. It's been 10 days since Brad said "shortly". Frogboy The Age of Wonders series is going to be on Impulse shortly. So players will at least be able to try that out and see how others have approached it. [Source] [/quote] Maybe he is also using Valve Time :)

Reply to Fallout: New Vegas will use Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="StevenAus" reply="52" id="2768984"]I think Steam is the only piece of software (apart from viruses, or is Steam a kind of virus?) that actively tries to install itself onto as many PCs as possible, ...................[/quote] What the hell are you smoking? Pretty much every developer would like his program to be running on all PCs.....

Reply to Worms Reloaded with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Just a reminder, for those who preordered game will be available in less than 15 hours (24 hours before offical release).

Reply to Steam Sale Saves Developer in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="9" id="2728172"] Quoting Profligate, reply 5 Quoting Frogboy, reply 2Or another way to look at this story is that perhaps the developer should have made their game available through additional channels. They were unwilling to put their titles onto Impulse. Q: How many channels is Elemental going to be available from in addition to retail and Impulse? I'm not complaining about

Steam Sale Saves Developer in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

If ever proof was needed of how important Valve's Steam platform has become to many PC developers, look no further than the tale of Introversion, the developers of Defcon and Darwinia, whose company was saved by a Steam sale. Despite a string of cult successes like Uplink, Darwinia and Defcon (pictured), the British developers had run into some tough times recently, and had gone from being a "proper" studio, with an office and staff, to having to fire most of their workers, sell their

Reply to Brad Wardell wants to use Steamworks.. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="TheDarkKnight2008" reply="31" id="2716869"] ...... 3. Offline mode sucks 5. Customer support .... [/quote] In my (and my friends) experience Offline mode currently works without problems. Steam Support was significantly improved this year. Most tickets now get response within 1 business day.

Reply to Victoria 2 so far is a good game in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="marlowwe" reply="13" id="2714808"] Fact that my account was banned for criticizing Semper Fi (HoI3 expansion which promised to fix original game - for 20€) shortly after its release didnt exactly improved my opinion about about Paradox (official reason for ban was that my post was "inflamatory" - well if game didnt have 10+ major bugs almost 1 year (and 1 paid expansion) after release my post wouldnt by so critical). I

Reply to Victoria 2 so far is a good game in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="7" id="2714437"]What happend with HOI 3 that is getting Paradox so many "fans?" I am guessing bugs which Paradox doesn't seem to get away from. I thought it already had an expansion. Did they never bother to fix it? [/quote] Still broken naval and air combat..... Many things considered as WAD by Paradox doesnt make any sense in WW2 game AI waste huge ammount of fuel which result in broken Japan and Germany in many games Para

Reply to Brad Wardell wants to use Steamworks.. in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="KalGerek" reply="2" id="2713022"]I hate Steam. That garbage has been on one of my computers, and I had the hardest time getting it off. I don't use this proprietary software. I just hope we are allowed to download patches without Impulse. [/quote] If you are not able to uninstall standart app like Steam you either dont know what are you doing or you have some serious problem in Windows itself - when that happen easiest solution is to backup important

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

GFWL is junk and deserve to die ASAP. Their "We support only 26 countries" policy is dumbest (game distribution related) thing of this decade.

Reply to ELEMENTAL HAS GONE GOLD! in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

Congrats to Frogboy and the Team!!!

Reply to Why is Elemental on Steam? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="1" id="2710157"]Personally, I call fake. Cannot find evidence of this anywhere and I'd be surprised if Steam carried it. However, I do know that Impulse::Reactor is platform independent and could be sold on Steam without an issue. If this is real (timestamp would have been better, as would a link) then Stardock is probably trying to show how it can be sold "anywhere" and to get a few more sales. Steam is already pretty saturated. [/q

Reply to Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="DethAdder" reply="93" id="2703609"] (Are you getting the steam emails too? The ones that say "Use steam or the kitten gets it!"?) More like "Use Steam or never play another overhyped, so-called AAA title again" I'm actually surprised this post made it past the mods initially. The OP just looked like an advert/spam complete with links back to steamand no actual input by the poster. After seeing Rebel's replies now, I am starting to believe he works

Reply to Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="89" id="2702039"] Quoting Rebell44, reply 88 There is big difference between VAC ban and ban of entire account. When account itself is banned entire account is gone. When you are VAC banned you only cant play multiplayer in games using game engine in which you were banned. Oh well then that makes it all better. After all, having Valve knee jerk in response to unvalidated information,

Reply to Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="87" id="2701795"] Quoting Rebell44, reply 86 Quoting Campaigner, reply 85 I plan to buy plenty of games during their next holiday sale but I want achievements! Also, their term of "revoke your account at any time for any reason" is a bit scary. EULA contain lots of things which are there only because of lawsuit happy people in USA. Steam accounts are banned o

Reply to Mafia® II Shipping with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="85" id="2701533"] I plan to buy plenty of games during their next holiday sale but I want achievements! Also, their term of "revoke your account at any time for any reason" is a bit scary. [/quote] EULA contain lots of things which are there only because of lawsuit happy people in USA. Steam accounts are banned only for doing thing which EULA say arent allowed (selling accounts, scamming users, chargebacks etc.).

Reply to Worms Reloaded with Steamworks in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="13" id="2700652"]Thanks everyone for your answers. I do not mind Steam, i already own and play 2 Steam games: Modern Warfare 2 and Supreme Commander 2. However the fact, i wont be able to buy retail copy, worries me...i have mine own account only for 2 years (though i am 26 lol) and never used inet banking or paypal or whatever it is called...everything i bought, even via internet, i paid cash on delivery...and i really hoped to continue, cau