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d@rk51d3 · 03-12-07, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ark

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Originally Posted by monsoonrat

What if one lives in sri lanka and does not have a sister?? Does this mean one is really screwed?

Pretty much.

You could always whore yourself though.

That makes it a definite yes then.:rotfl:

Schultzy · 03-12-07, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ark

Quote:

Originally Posted by monsoonrat

What if one lives in sri lanka and does not have a sister?? Does this mean one is really screwed?

Pretty much.

You could always whore yourself though.

I thought that was what he was suggesting anyway, what with the one is really screwed bit!

vois2 · 03-13-07, 05:15 PM

I ordered the US download version of Silent Hunter III
from Direct2Drive (which is GameSpy/IGN owned)
on March 22, 2005 --- two years ago.
I have been able to again download the game from them
countless times. (On the order of two dozen.)
This is before I started making my own backups of the
install + patch 1.4. But I have switched computers a
couple of times and needed to download again.
Any time my number of downloads expires, I write to
them and they send me a new code, every time.
I am not advocating either using the d/l version nor
am I schlumming for Direct2Drive, but this was just
my experience with them. Their policies may have
changed during the last two years. Caveat emptor.

kiwi_2005 · 03-13-07, 06:15 PM

Wouldn't it be better to buy the real thing in a PC store than to get a DL version. If you get this DL version is the Download an setup.exe file? Like could you DL then copy the DL to a dvd so you wont have to DL ever again. Ive read of some ppl who use this method after like the 3rd install thats it they have to DL it again? Unless you live high up in the Alps, or deep in the amazon living on solar power heating then DL it, otherwise just buy the dvd.

Dowly · 03-13-07, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ark

There are only 5 reasons to DL a game.

1. There are no stores by you that sell the game, and shipping to Sri Lanka is so expensive you'd have to whore your sister in order to pay for it.

2. So you can pay the same price for something you can't actually touch.

3. You are afraid of the public and the thought of being outside makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

4. You have light myopia so it's hard for you to go outside, and consequently, you work 12 hour night shifts.

5. The idea of limited downloads makes you feel "Extreme" and adds a sense of danger.

1. Check (I dont have a sister, but brother will do in this case)
2. Check (Eww.... i wonder how many bacteries are living in a DVD disc)
3. Check (Looks out the window with chills going thru the spine)
4. Check (Hehe, that´s what they think!)
5. Check (Another option to add more realism, I download the game so that I have only one ticket left. Then, when I die in the game, I delete it)

Check

Ark · 03-13-07, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ark

There are only 5 reasons to DL a game.

1. There are no stores by you that sell the game, and shipping to Sri Lanka is so expensive you'd have to whore your sister in order to pay for it.

2. So you can pay the same price for something you can't actually touch.

3. You are afraid of the public and the thought of being outside makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

4. You have light myopia so it's hard for you to go outside, and consequently, you work 12 hour night shifts.

5. The idea of limited downloads makes you feel "Extreme" and adds a sense of danger.

1. Check (I dont have a sister, but brother will do in this case)
2. Check (Eww.... i wonder how many bacteries are living in a DVD disc)
3. Check (Looks out the window with chills going thru the spine)
4. Check (Hehe, that´s what they think!)
5. Check (Another option to add more realism, I download the game so that I have only one ticket left. Then, when I die in the game, I delete it)

Check

:rotfl:

aanker · 03-14-07, 11:15 AM

Well in my opinion it is a PITA constantly putting in CD's & DVD's to prove I own a game. My licensed copy of MS Office doesn't require me to do that when I use it or update it. I will probably buy the hard copy just to have it but the download is tempting.

CCIP · 03-14-07, 11:16 PM

I decided to go this route!

Well, technically since I'm going to need two copies (one for my brother to go MP against him) - I'll get the download, then pick up a hard copy at a store a few days later. :p

Solves both having to wait AND having to miss out on an actual copy.

simsurfer · 03-15-07, 01:24 AM

<We don´t discuss that here, please read the forum rules - Gizzmoe>

03-15-07, 04:40 AM

I noticed that Direct 2 Drive is charging $49.95 US for their digital download of SH4. I'm sorry, but that price is ridiculous. That is the same price as buying the physical game in the US with game disk, 100 page printed manual, 1 hour historical dvd, and reference cards.

CCIP · 03-15-07, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by nvdrifter

I noticed that Direct 2 Drive is charging $49.95 US for their digital download of SH4. I'm sorry, but that price is ridiculous. That is the same price as buying the physical game in the US with game disk, 100 page printed manual, 1 hour historical dvd, and reference cards.

Totally with you on that one, though! It's definitely overpriced, and if I weren't getting it as a 2nd copy anyway (I don't need two manuals), I wouldn't go for it.

03-13-07, 05:15 PM	#18
vois2 Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southwestern Ohio Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I ordered the US download version of Silent Hunter III from Direct2Drive (which is GameSpy/IGN owned) on March 22, 2005 --- two years ago. I have been able to again download the game from them countless times. (On the order of two dozen.) This is before I started making my own backups of the install + patch 1.4. But I have switched computers a couple of times and needed to download again. Any time my number of downloads expires, I write to them and they send me a new code, every time. I am not advocating either using the d/l version nor am I schlumming for Direct2Drive, but this was just my experience with them. Their policies may have changed during the last two years. Caveat emptor. __________________ I donate to Subsim because it is one of the best communities on the Interwebs. Stick around a couple of years, and you will see. You're never far from a friend here. Sunk at location vois22 [at] gmail . com

03-13-07, 06:15 PM	#19
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Wouldn't it be better to buy the real thing in a PC store than to get a DL version. If you get this DL version is the Download an setup.exe file? Like could you DL then copy the DL to a dvd so you wont have to DL ever again. Ive read of some ppl who use this method after like the 3rd install thats it they have to DL it again? Unless you live high up in the Alps, or deep in the amazon living on solar power heating then DL it, otherwise just buy the dvd. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

03-14-07, 11:16 PM	#23
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I decided to go this route! Well, technically since I'm going to need two copies (one for my brother to go MP against him) - I'll get the download, then pick up a hard copy at a store a few days later. :p Solves both having to wait AND having to miss out on an actual copy. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-15-07, 01:24 AM	#24
simsurfer Watch Officer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 342 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	<We don´t discuss that here, please read the forum rules - Gizzmoe> __________________ Last edited by Gizzmoe; 03-15-07 at 01:45 AM.

03-14-07, 11:15 AM	#22
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	Well in my opinion it is a PITA constantly putting in CD's & DVD's to prove I own a game. My licensed copy of MS Office doesn't require me to do that when I use it or update it. I will probably buy the hard copy just to have it but the download is tempting.

03-15-07, 04:40 AM	#25
nvdrifter Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I noticed that Direct 2 Drive is charging $49.95 US for their digital download of SH4. I'm sorry, but that price is ridiculous. That is the same price as buying the physical game in the US with game disk, 100 page printed manual, 1 hour historical dvd, and reference cards.