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[quote who="TucoBenedicto" reply="158" id="2917168"]Impulse client is pretty crappy, actually. It's "better" just in the sense that's optional and you don't have to run it to play a game, after the first installation... but when it comes to community features, integration, usefullness etc, Steam client is lightyears better. Anyway I was wondering if there's any plan from Gamestop to push the Impulse reactor DRM or if they are going to drop it.[/quote] Better

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[quote who="OMG_pacov" reply="146" id="2917070"]I've never really understood the hardcore steam is evil crowd. They are entitled to either opinion, but I'm guessing those folks might feel a little betrayed for supporting impulse only to see it sold off. [/quote] I am not in the Steam hating group, but I do not use it. For me it is mostly that I found Impulse to be a better client, as Steam annoyed me. And they have lost my account since I stopped playing the one ga

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I have been looking up what other Indie Developers with games on Impulse think of the purchase. I will just put links here as I get to them (there are about 778,000 hits on Google to go through). Links sent via PM from companies you know about would be appreciated. http://www.soldak.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3634 http://forums.bli

Reply to How many free add-ons and which ones ? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"] I have a pre-order copy of elemental. Vaguely (well more than vaguely) I believe we were told that we would get two free add-ons with the first one being fallen enchantress. Is this still the plan and if so what will be the second free add-on ? Just curious - I'll probably give the game another shot when Fallen Enchantress comes out; was a little disappointed by the orignal as I had hoped it would be closer to age of wonder series. [/quote] <p

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[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="89" id="2916364"]Really now. Last time I checked physical retailers had nothing to do with DRM. If anything they are probably upset by games like Mass Effect whose form of DRM will hurt second hard console sales. Also if you are trying to get this thread locked by your excessive outburst, you will probably succeed.[/quote] However given the effects of DRM, it would seem their (real) purpose is to kill the second hand market. GameStop did not cre

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[quote who="Firgof" reply="72" id="2916245"]I do not mean to imply that Star Ruler will vanish from Impulse for our current customers. We fully intend to support all Impulse customers to the greatest extents possible; up to and including an in-game updater solution so that you don't lose the convenience of automatic updates for our title. It won't be as slick as Impulse of course. No running in the background and silently updating stuff. But it will at least pr

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[quote who="StarReaper" reply="79" id="2916268"]I dont think people are really upset about Stardock selling Impulse. Yes most of us ONLY bought from Impulse because its connection to Stardock. What people are upset about Brad is you sold Impulse to Satan.[/quote] Best not to be melodramatic, it ruins your crediblity.

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[quote who="TheProgress" reply="68" id="2916232"]The star ruler devs have pulled their game from Impulse due to Gamestop's new ownership.[/quote] If their CEO (miss read stuff [e digicons]:-"[/e] ) one of the people at BMS uses the same name here as on their forum, then he did not seem happy in the thread this... event... was announced in. I had been thinking of releasing my game whenever I finish it on Impulse, but now

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[quote who="1Tiberius1" reply="67" id="2916227"]If anything people, at least in the US, should be outraged first and foremost about the ever-inflating debt of our country. Also, the reliance on foreign energy and renewed demonization of nuclear power as a potentially viable alternative energy source for wide-scale use. Anyway, I certainly hope Impulse doesn't become the sort of service that requires logging into Gamespot servers each and every time

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[quote who="Tridus" reply="56" id="2916175"]At the rate they're locking threads today, I kind of wonder if anything with a pony in it will be locked next.[/quote] Since it is not exactly that extreme, likely not. It mostly just serves to show just how much of the Impulse user base GameStop will have to win over if they want the continued business from those people. And it would be kind of hard to lock ALL the threads.

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[quote who="LightofAbraxas" reply="29" id="2916151"]You seem stressed out, dude. Have you considered taking up drinking?[/quote] Or better yet watching ponies. [e digicons]:P[/e]

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[quote who="Cruxador" reply="54" id="2916154"]Why would anyone find a pony image distasteful?[/quote] Some people seem to think it is too 'girly' or some such. Generally it is not that they do not like ponies, but that they are unwilling to admit they like them. It also helps that it is not common on this site, so it will stand out.

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I think all that are unhappy with this should change their avatar to a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character to show that they find the change over more distasteful than having a pony image. Because if you are going to make a statement, you got to show you really mean it.

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The most effective way to stop it is for the 'meh' generation to threaten to vote inorder to protect their youtube access.

Reply to So you guys sold impulse??? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="onomastikon" reply="20" id="2915966"]Is this actually possible, or was that poster being facetious?[/quote] Yes, it is. He asks as I mentioned it is a good idea.

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[quote who="onomastikon" reply="12" id="2915822"]Can someone explain to a computer idiot how to back up games to disk from impulse please? Thank you.[/quote] http://forums.impulsedriven.com/407122/page/2/#replies See my replies, and if you feel this deal stinks change your avatar to show a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character in protest.

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[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="10" id="2915780"]I hear ya. On a side note my squid friends are rather sensitive and would prefer use of the term octopus-shaped. [/quote] It is a substitute for the real word.

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[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="8" id="2915719"]Recommend tempering knee-jerk reactions and remain cautiously optimistic. No need to go all Chicken Little yet.[/quote] But it never hurts to stay on the safe side and archive all your games to disc and make Impulse prompt you before updating incase things go squid shaped.

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[quote who="Cruxador" reply="5" id="2915689"]My understanding is that it was out of genuine altruism. He did it to help out others and the PC market as a whole. The fact that it was probably a relatively safe and easy way to grab a few extra bucks likely factored into the decision, but that doesn't mean that the decision was made because Brad wanted Stardock to become a retail company.[/quote] Doing it for the good of PC gaming and intending to sell from the start are not mut

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[quote who="Island Dog" reply="54" id="2915676"]Fistalis: Impulse isn't suddenly changing come May, and as I said you will continue to be able to download and update your purchases. I think you would benefit by waiting and not jump to conclusions.[/quote] But it pays to be prepared. Deleting accounts and moving to another platform is an extreme measure, but ensuring that if things go squid shaped (that the service is changing hands already qualifi

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[quote who="Fistalis" reply="49" id="2915653"]BTW does installing an archived version mean you get to skip activation? If not they can still force you to use the new gamestop client.[/quote] It is how you are suppose to install on computers that do not have an internet connection, I will try it with on of the games that is not already installed later. The files are compressed, so unless you have a whole lot of large games 1 or 2 cheap-ish Flash Drives should do. Currently

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

If becoming a retailer was not the intent, then why allow other developers to sell through it? If becoming a retailer was not the intent, then the only other logical reason would be so Impulse could be sold off.

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[quote who="WhiteElk" reply="47" id="2915649"]E:WOM's not yet complete! To get the updates which fix the memory issues, and to get the content which fleshes out the game, I would have to have Gamestoppers version of Impulse. And if I close my Impulse account, I won't get my bundled copy of Fallen Enchantress. And I do want to close my account if an entity such as Gamestop takes over. I've reached a point in my life that I won't stand for corporate

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[quote who="Fistalis" reply="44" id="2915641"]Not to mention they now own stardocks half of the Subscriber agreement.. and can change it to whatever they want. and our options are either take it or quit using impulse to access our games. I chose impulse because it was ran by a company i trusted(a huge mistake in hindsight).. NOW im stuck dealing with a company I don't trust or giving up the games I purchased. Thanks alot.. [/quote] See my comments about archiving. Then you get to

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[quote who="Ravnos68" reply="41" id="2915629"] OK, so now how do I get the archived copy of my purchased games again? I really now want to store all my game setups on my HDD![/quote] Open Impulse, select the game, right click and pick "Archive Application". To set where they will be sent, go to Folders under the advanced Impulse options. You may want to also set it to prompt before installing Impulse updates & burn an install disc for Impulse. Edit: <p