[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="536" id="2707207"]Try not accessing the site when the back-ups are running. The back-ups?... [/quote] I jump in and out of the site at different times on different days. I still get them. I got one today too.
[quote who="Vermillion_Hawk" reply="58" id="2707157"]Well, the whole overarching thing is that if you follow the rules properly, you won't get VAC banned or anything. But the whole purchases being rendered unaccessible thing is ridiculous, and only EA, the most unscrupulous video game company ever, would condone such a thing. [/quote] I am supposed to take your word over someone else's based on what exactly? I know the other person. I don't know you. Me, i've never been banned fr
[quote who="Vermillion_Hawk" reply="56" id="2707144"]Okay, Nezrie, I'm no Valve fanboy but as a fairly frequent user of Steam, your argument is completely wrong. Valve does not operate on a "ban first, ask questions later" basis, unless it's a VAC ban. For credit card issues, they will first send you a warning, I believe, then they resort to restricting measures. VAC itself is very sound, and just to reiterate the points already made, it only goofs up very rarely, and is fixed relatively quic
[quote who="SpaghettiMon" reply="54" id="2707086"] Now you might want to argue that Valve is over-zealous with banning people for cheating. In this specific case, there wasn't any person, or anything acting over-zealous. A program had a bug, the designers of the program fixed it, admitted to the mistake, reverse the mistake, and gave $100 in games to everyone affected. That is not being over-zealous at all. Yes some people were wrongly
[quote who="Luckmann" reply="45" id="2707038"] Annatar, the fact that it's an automated system with even less of a recourse doesn't make things better. It makes it worse and even less reliable. [/quote] I think so too, but I guess I have to keep arguing relevance to even get to the point where some people will even consider this position. Or maybe since one person part of the already slightly off topic topic thinks what I said is linked to the conversation, we
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="41" id="2707024"] They were banned at no fault of their own. I stand by my example. Through no fault of their own, yes, but not by overzealous forum admins which was Luckmann's and Zubaz' main arguing point. Therefore, your example is invalid - you can stand by it, but it simply does not apply. [/quote] The system was put in place by people with an overzealous position, company policy. [quote]
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="31" id="2706973"] Valve banned a bunch of people from their games, 15,000 I believe over a mistake in their own program. Er, that had nothing to do with forum posting. Stay on topic, perhaps? Those were automated bans with no human input, not a decision of forum admins. [/quote] The topic was actually thanking Frogboy. [quote who="SpaghettiMon" reply="34" id="2706995"] Firstly, Valve didn't ban anyone from
[quote who="Annatar11" reply="27" id="2706949"] I trust Brad more than I trust most people. He tries to do the right thing more often than not. But . . has he refunded someone their money and banned them from buying from Stardock? I'd bet on it. Was it for good cause? I'd bet on that too. Sure, but you can't say "If someone has power they'll eventually abuse it.. except Brad, who has power but won't abuse it" My point of contention with
[quote who="dragoaskani" reply="12" id="2706552"] Wow, that's insane.whats more insane is that you believe it... [/quote] Why is it so hard believe? As long as your account is connecting to their servers, and there are several cases where a single-player game will commnunicate with their server (DLC), I can see how they would do it. All that "free" DLC with new purchases still requires you to create an account and get it after all.
[quote who="Aractain" reply="23" id="2706517"]Yeah, this will be a really good "miserable life simulator". Females will be treated like comoditys. 'Peseant' wont just be an insult to the working class anymore. Lords will have gout, poor them. Sheep will be the primary entertaiment for the welsh (no wait, thats still true). Boys will be trained in the art of war (hitting things with sticks) from birth. Girls will be lamented because they arn't useful tools like
[quote who="VR_IronMana" reply="97" id="2706519"] Yeah, but an industry that's gone through that and still surviving. I mean, if things were that volatile, how do any of the companies survive for more than a year or two? I mean, sure, it could happen. Anything is possible, both good and bad (but fascinating how people tend to think it applies only to the bad, but not the good). [/quote] All I am saying is I understand the fear because I've
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="2706430"]Oh I ban people from the forums but banning from the game? That seems pretty harsh. You sure about that? [/quote] I've heard the same thing about Bioware/EA, but nothing really verified. I know one of the gentlemen from Reclaim Your Game got himself banned from all EA forums but not the games I think.
[quote who="Myles" reply="95" id="2706496"] All I can say is I share none of your concerns. [/quote] Probably because you never experienced them. Unlike you, I don't need to be shot, to know I don't want to be shot. And we're dealing with an industry that loses and gains players yearly. It's not if one of them goes down, it's how many.
[quote who="Myles" reply="93" id="2706451"] Do you seriously think Frogboy would do that? I mean, the man clearly cares about proving quality games and customer service. If you were talking about any other company I'd probably be with you, but not Stardock. [/quote] Of course, not. The fact you are asking just proves you haven't read anything else I've said about Stardock. Look, no one expects these things. How many people would line up to work for a compan
[quote who="VR_IronMana" reply="91" id="2706424"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 89 Quoting CariElf, reply 87 No, but Brad has previously said that if we ever do fail, we'll release updates to remove the activation code before we shut the doors. My knowledge of BK filings are certainly not as extensive as some others, but at some point in the process what is done to the assets in question is no longer up to the filer. You don't get to just
[quote who="CariElf" reply="87" id="2706338"] No, but Brad has previously said that if we ever do fail, we'll release updates to remove the activation code before we shut the doors. [/quote] My knowledge of BK filings are certainly not as extensive as some others, but at some point in the process what is done to the assets in question is no longer up to the filer. You don't get to just throw your IP and products out the window for free devaluing the product for y
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[quote who=" TheProgress " reply="14" id="2706339"] In an attempt to put this thread back on topic. Google has denied the claims made against them: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/google-and- verizon -sign-net-neutrality-agreement-begin-the-end/ [/quote] Well that's the nature of the Internet isn't it. Tone isn't always interpreted correctly. Very well, you say you didn't mean it in a rude manner, so I'll just ac
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[quote who="TheProgress" reply="12" id="2706328"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 11 Obviously, my point is you could have asked your question without being so rude about it. I'm sorry, I'll be sure never to ask you another question again. Did you stop and think maybe you were reading what I wrote with the wrong tone? [/quote] That's a question, and no I did not. I assume you want an honest answer to that question which i
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[quote who="TheProgress" reply="10" id="2706322"] Nope, not sure what this "quoting" thing is that you're speaking of. But yeah, most ISPs offer different plans (such as 5Gbps, 10Gbps, etc) that are mainly focused on connection speed - deep down in the terms there is sometimes a "don't exceeded Xgb of downloads & Ygbs of uploads a month" that I've never seen enforced. The only time monthly caps are enforced it seems if you're dealing with specialized situations (satellite
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[quote who="TheProgress" reply="8" id="2706297"] Quoting TheProgress, reply 5 Quoting TheProgress, reply 5 What the hell do you mean by "Canadian style" internet? We don't have any caps in place. I don't know what that person meant, but the few Canadians I have talked to have monthly caps. Thing is, some of the US ISP have unadvertised caps too. Do you understand the concept of Net Neutrality? It isn't
I spoke too soon. It seems I am destined to always have at least one daily. [e digicons]X([/e]
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[quote who=" TheProgress " reply="5" id="2706266"]What the hell do you mean by "Canadian style" internet ? We don't have any caps in place. [/quote] I don't know what that person meant, but the few Canadians I have talked to have monthly caps. Thing is, some of the US ISP have unadvertised caps too.
[quote who="Jalicos" reply="85" id="2706245"] It's the conflict of Games as Business vs. Games as Art. Developers are creative people, and creative people tend to take pride in their work. They want the games they make to be as good as possible and be enjoyed by as many people as possible. To them, the game itself is a thing of great value. Unfortunately, most developers are now under the thumbs of large corporate publishers who see games as nothing more than produc
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Of course they are both denying it. It will be interesting to see what proof is offered about these deals, assuming there is any.
It's early still but so far I've launched over 5 posts without getting an error. I am getting excited here :-)