Spartan

Seriously.....

Speaking as a very long time tester for fun (and pay from time to time) if one goes into doing testing looking for incentive(s) beyond simply wanted to help make a game as good as it could be for the benefit of the community at large, then one is not properly motivated in my opinion.

[quote who="Savyg" reply="17" id="2295478"] Quoting Spartan, reply 16 Quoting Savyg, reply 12 If it was offered by the company directly or indirectly, it would be viewed as circumventing the official ratings. Lots of people would be up in arms. But there is no "official" as in government required review process. Additionally, as to the people that would get up in arms - fuck'em. They would surely not be paying customers in the first plac

[quote who="gmc2" reply="3" id="2295479"] little unfair and mixing apples with oranges. been tempted to use outlook but never have but office has greatly improved. was using office 2000 and had to upgrade when we bought new computers as we misplaced the key. while I find myself adding functions to the customized toolbar (the layout is not intuitive) I am impressed by the improvements.[/quote] I dont think I'm mixing "apples and oranges". The round about point was that b

[quote who="Savyg" reply="12" id="2294687"]If it was offered by the company directly or indirectly, it would be viewed as circumventing the official ratings. Lots of people would be up in arms.[/quote] But there is no "official" as in government required review process. Additionally, as to the people that would get up in arms - fuck'em. They would surely not be paying customers in the first place.

For what it is worth, I would like ot see M$ get some comp. It has been the king for to long and simply sits on its ass now and charges outrageous prices for the basically the same tuff repackaged and forgets small things. For example, ever try to back up your Outlook files? Cant with the MS backup program. How many years has Office been out? It is really sad that I have to pay nearly $40 to a third party developer for the simple one click backup option.

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="4" id="2294092"] How would an optional download for a title (identitcal to a mod) not packaged with the retail box (which is what is reviewed) version change the rating on the retail version?If it were sold as a seperate product would it have it's own rating seperate from the base game?[/quote] Would it not be a stand alone work of art, that in itself, it would not be a game and accordingly not be subject to a review? Moreover it need not

[quote who="Tridus" reply="20" id="2293816"] Quoting Spartan, reply 19I hope that we can have nipples on our females in game. All this religious based censorship really irks the hell out of me. If, for whatever bullshit reason, it is not possible with the inital release at least offer a correct DLC pack after-the-fact. That would almost certainly change the rating to mature real fast, which they likely don't want. Isn't it great to be stuck wi

I hope that we can have nipples on our females in game. All this religious based censorship really irks the hell out of me. If, for whatever bullshit reason, it is not possible with the inital release at least offer a correct DLC pack after-the-fact. [e digicons]:frogboy:[/e]

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="2258013"]It's amazing how quickly people forget the first year Steam had.[/quote] Some people have not and consequently as well as for other reasons (read as DRM and RR) have very limited purchases on the service. BTW: The thread is no longer accessable - 'magine that on Valuve forums... The heavy hand strikes again!!!! [e digicons]:banhammer:[/e]

Big huge Greek mythos and culture fan here. Moreover I also like WS now - Petro so I wish them well in this endevor.

Very minor Update.

One of the first to download it. [e digicons]:andrew:[/e]

To me the "no LAN" is a perverse DRM issue. [e digicons]:banhammer:[/e]

Yep there are some issues. I even suggested for SD to help at least one site since I cant do it officially for them.

Updated and year added. [e digicons]:borg:[/e]

Of course the Bullshit is that there is not discount for the Ultimate Edition. Those of us that got Vista Ultimate (several copies in fact) should get some serious love from MS for the giant letdown that was Vista Ultimate.

Updated. [e digicons]:andrew:[/e]

Good stuff. I cant wait for the beta to happen. [e digicons]:beer:[/e]

It is all about braggin' rights for preteen and teen social groups. [e digicons]:|[/e] The twently somethings get in on the action via association.

Thanks guys. Updated also work wise, it is not a matter of "love" but one of ownership and a big huge lack of capital. Alpha/beta wise... Yeah I'm concerned as well. That is one reason I hope the beta is very organised with open communication and access to the tech db (read as bug db) and not "try to break it" oriented operationally and time demands are know in advance, otherwise I may have to take a seat on this project - which would kill me given MoM is one of my most

Sorry missed them. I have been working 18+ hour days seven days a week since January and to say I'm tired all the time would be the understatement of the year. I'll update soon.

Updated!

Happy B-day Brad!

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="2" id="2266026"]It is very fast. A lot faster than Steam (for me anyway) and it's much faster than downloading something off Filefront, etc.[/quote] It is several orders of magnitudes faster for me as well.