Notices by Puzzlemint (puzzlemint), page 15
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@retl Who would say "just saying" when trying to put someone down with logic? I only ever use it to mark a comment as related to the topic but not really relevant to anything. Just saying.
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@leonkfox Who on earth ever said Steam was a flawless saint of digital distribution? Steam has plenty of flaws. The fact that you continue to put words in my mouth is the best example I can think of of a one-sided viewpoint. And I already explained the pricing thing. Publishers charge less than retail on digital services -> Retailers lose sales -> Retailers stop stocking the publisher's games in protest -> Publisher loses a lot more money than they gain through digital distribution. In the current market, digital prices are controlled by retail stores.
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@puzzlemint @leonkfox Derp. "Yes, you did put words in MY mouth".
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@leonkfox Yes, you did put words in your mouth. And I was only offering an alternative stance on a topic which you raised with an extremely narrow, one-sided view.
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@leonkfox You said "Digital distribution should die in a fire" at roughly the same time I said "it should all be digital". As in, stop putting words in my mouth. As for pushing used games, @ceruleanspark seems to know it happens, though he says it's less common on your side of the pond.
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@leonkfox Your statement of "I don't believe it should all be physical if some people have issues with physical" doesn't gel at all with the incredibly forceful "digital distribution should die in a fire" vibe you've been projecting. Aside from some stores' habit of aggressively pushing used sales (even when they have new copies in stock), I have nothing against retail. It just doesn't offer me anything that I value that digital doesn't do better. Especially in terms of suggestion. Many of my favorite games would have been next to impossible to find in stores, and some of the best games I've played in recent years, like Bastion, have been digital-exclusive.
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@leonkfox Buy me a teleporter, so having to drive two hours to get to an actual store isn't an issue.
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@ceruleanspark Where I live, "being able to play a game as soon as I buy it" means digital. Last time I bought a physical copy of a game, it took three weeks to be delivered. Best part is, it was a Steamworks game, so I had to download it anyways.
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@ceruleanspark But the physical copies of the games have DRM, too. In fact, in many cases, they use a stricter form of DRM which is more likely to go under. The issue is moot, however, since, when the DRM servers go down, the fans will find a way to keep the games alive. I also still play older PC games. Usually in DOSbox, or a virtual machine running Windows 98SE; often with a no-CD crack and several other fan-made patches required to keep the game working on modern machines. If the game is good, people will find ways to keep it playable.
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@leonkfox When I buy a game, I only have two concerns. Getting a good game, and supporting developers who make good games. 90% of the time when someone buys retail, they're buying used, which means the only thing they're supporting is the store they bought it from. None of that money goes to the people who actually made the game, as your youtube guy pointed out when he said he'd only stock used copies of RAGE, and laugh all the way to the bank while doing so. Personally, I've seen far, FAR too many good developers go bankrupt even though -used- copies of their games were selling really well. I will never buy a used copy of any game again, unless it's an old console game and there literally is no other choice. And even if the game is available new, I will still prefer digital, because the developers get more money that way. And if I think it's a really good game and want my friends to try it, then I have no problems buying copies for them, because it means more money for the developers.
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@scribus What about it? It usually lasts about 6 seconds.
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@leonkfox Legally speaking, you don't have full ownership of retail games either. Having to 'take the entire system' only applies to current-gen consoles; It is a bad model, yes, but the current-gen systems weren't really designed with digital distribution in mind, and nothing short of designing new consoles will change that. Meanwhile, with PCs, where digital distribution is actually supported, all you need is internet access. Which, for a lot of people, is far less hassle than having to dick around with physical media. Digital games are overpriced because retail stores won't let digital distributors undercut them. If EA tried to sell BFBC3 for $40 on Origin while the retail version was still $60, places like Gamestop would refuse to stock it, which would kill the game. To me, digital distribution is the best thing that ever happened to PC gaming. As for consoles, again, the CURRENT ones just weren't designed for it. Next ones probably won't be either. But the ones after that..
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@leonkfox Digital games aren't bad. Bad DRM is what makes them bad.
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plothole
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@vanillabelle SAIT. Just had orientation today. Classes start on the 6th.
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@conjure Beats having to leave at 8:30 to catch the bus. Cheers.
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@vanillabelle >I'm still taking the bus TO the bbq, I'm just thinking it would be nice to get another way home. || If I had money for even half a cab, I'd probably save it for school supplies. And by school supplies, I mean probably ponies.
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@conjure I'm still taking the bus TO the bbq, I'm just thinking it would be nice to get another way home. Anywho, I'm staying in Country Hills, about half an hour northeast of Bowness, according to google. http://oat.nu/627y6
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Funny thing about a city the size of !calgary, it never really occurred to me that it would take nearly a full hour to get home from school by transit. If I wanted to get home from Bowness by transit, I'd have to leave by, like, 8:30. I may need a ride.
Friday, 02-Sep-11 20:02:26 UTC from web -
Just ran a speed test on the internet I'll be using for the next month. 1 MB down, .2 MB up. Not exactly on the same level as the 50/5 I'm used to. It also means a 30 GB download limit, but at 1 MB down I don't think that's going to be an issue.
Wednesday, 31-Aug-11 23:05:19 UTC from web -
@moneybags Duly noted. Looks like I got nothing better to do for the rest of the day.
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In slightly less frustrating news, I picked up a Sweetie Belle/Pinkie Pie 'story set' (how exactly is Sweetie Belle in any way related to Pinkie Pie again? Someone explain to me how this set makes any sense), and as a direct result, I now have a Sweetie Belle. I also have a spare Pinkie Pie. Think I'll bring her to the BBQ if I can make it, see if any !calgarybronies are willing to give an unstyled brushable Pinkie a good home.
Wednesday, 31-Aug-11 21:39:35 UTC from web -
Son of a murdock. Well, we made it into !calgary, house-sitting for mom's friend. At some point in transit, my god damn heatsink came loose and fell out. || AC Freezer Pro 7. Very good heatsink. Slightly larger than your average baseball, pretty heavy. Comes with four useless little pieces of plastic to hold it in place. || This is not the first time the thing has fallen out. It is, however, the first time that half the connectors broke when I tried to put it back in. So I have no heatsink, which is wonderful. || If it comes to it, and I can find some appropriately-sized screws, I can just bolt the damn thing in place. For now, though, we've got a tech guy coming in to look at it tomorrow to see if there's a better way. || In the meantime, I'm borrowing mom's laptop, which refuses to play nice with the wireless router here. So we had to go buy a 50' cat-6 cable, which keeps falling out, which resulted in firefox deleting this message the first time I typed it out. Good times.
Wednesday, 31-Aug-11 21:36:31 UTC from web -
@nightwillow When I googled my coordinates they were in the middle of the atlantic ocean. I don't put much faith in RBDN's geolocating. But yeah, I do have a Rainbow Dash in Terraria.
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@nightwillow cat-sitting
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My speakers, second monitor, and external hard drive with all my pony stuff are packed and ready for the trip to !calgary tomorrow. So I can't really do much of anything else on my computer tonight. || I'm not bringing any of my consoles, so there's no point in starting a game on one of them. All my good DVDs are presently in storage, so I can't watch them, either. || So I'm watching Steet Fighter II: The Animated Movie on VHS. Dubbed, of course, because we really didn't have much choice back in the days of VHS. "You papayas I'll make you suffer," indeed. || Is there any particular reason why !calgary isn't set up as a group alias for !calgarybronies? 'cause you can do that, you know. || Did you know that Sagat has cybernetic eyes? 'cause I sure didn't. !vgp
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!vgp I hate pugging.
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@johnmcdowell No more or less than the rest of us. !Calgarybronies
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God damn it StatusNet Desktop, stop crashing every single time my connection drops for half a second.
