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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on March 10, 2004, 05:02:53 pm

Title: Feck!
Post by: aldo_14 on March 10, 2004, 05:02:53 pm

So I decided to have a wee game of Op:Flashpoint today, for the first time in many months.  Got out the box, popped upon the case, pushed in the wee thing in the middle to pop out the CD (can you guess what's coming?)...... CD cracked in half.  Just_like_that.

Now excuse whilst I swear profusely...........

Title: Feck!
Post by: Corhellion on March 10, 2004, 05:06:16 pm

ACk!

Now...um...I got nothing...

...**** man. Sorry to hear it.

Title: Feck!
Post by: Gortef on March 10, 2004, 05:15:14 pm

aww damn, that's some tough luck. Sorry to hear that >_<

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Post by: Zuljin on March 10, 2004, 05:32:32 pm

ack >_<
that sucks big time.
Some cd's are so fragile it should be a crime :blah:
my condolences on the cd though

Title: Feck!
Post by: Liberator on March 10, 2004, 05:35:23 pm

Game CDs should be tougher than Music CDs IMO.

Title: Feck!
Post by: Zuljin on March 10, 2004, 05:41:56 pm

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Originally posted by Liberator
Game CDs should be tougher than Music CDs IMO.

absolutely, we pay more for them (usually) so it should be kinda logical that they would use better cd's, but nooo...:ick:

Title: Re: Feck!
Post by: Thorn on March 10, 2004, 05:48:22 pm

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Originally posted by aldo_14
So I decided to have a wee game of Op:Flashpoint today, for the first time in many months.  Got out the box, popped upon the case, pushed in the wee thing in the middle to pop out the CD (can you guess what's coming?)...... CD cracked in half.  Just_like_that.

Now excuse whilst I swear profusely...........

My NWN CD... your CD...
20 bucks says they're manufactured in the same place....

Title: Feck!
Post by: Janos on March 10, 2004, 05:56:19 pm

AAAAAAAAHHHHHAHAHAHAHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAHAHAHAHHHAHAA-- ahem.


That sucks man. OPF is such a great game, especially with Resistance and all the sweeties, such as latest BAS Rangers 1.5 and FDF Mod, installed.

Title: Feck!
Post by: Nuke on March 10, 2004, 07:43:16 pm

at least id didnt shatter in the drive, then youd be screwed. just send the fragments to the publisher with a nasty letter 90% of the time they will send you a new one.

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Post by: Drew on March 10, 2004, 10:11:43 pm

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Originally posted by Nuke
at least id didnt shatter in the drive, then youd be screwed. just send the fragments to the publisher with a nasty letter 90% of the time they will send you a new one.

works with snickers bars

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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 11, 2004, 02:17:20 am

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Originally posted by Nuke
at least id didnt shatter in the drive, then youd be screwed.

That happened with me. The problem was that it was a friend's RA2 disc.:nervous:

Title: Feck!
Post by: kasperl on March 11, 2004, 02:57:28 am

and this, boys and girls, is why you always make a copy of your CD's, and use the copy.

Title: Feck!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 11, 2004, 04:12:07 am

But Flashpoint has that terrible copy protection thing, which makes the game slowly degrade unless you use the original CD.

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Post by: kasperl on March 11, 2004, 05:08:28 am

ugh.


that kind of **** is illegal in some country's, thank god.

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Post by: Setekh on March 11, 2004, 06:07:18 am

Eek, that sucks immensely. Something like that happened to my friend with a Q3A CD, so he just borrows mine, a bit permanently. I don't play it anyway. ;)

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Post by: aldo_14 on March 11, 2004, 08:13:00 am

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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
But Flashpoint has that terrible copy protection thing, which makes the game slowly degrade unless you use the original CD.

:nod:

Although that could be just a bit of psychological warfare...

Point is, I am absolutely 100% sure there was not even a scratch on that disk - I'm insanely careful with CDs.  Not only that, yesterday was the first time for a few months I've had enough time for a protected gaming session....

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Post by: J3Vr6 on March 11, 2004, 08:16:59 am

Yeah, I made a copy of Opf Flashpoint and the copy slowly degraded.  Went to play with the original and I can't find it anymore :(

Sucks about your CD, senor burrito.

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Post by: Triple Ace on March 11, 2004, 09:24:59 am

How long have you had it? If its new exhange it for another copy.

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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 11, 2004, 09:42:03 am

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Originally posted by aldo_14
Point is, I am absolutely 100% sure there was not even a scratch on that disk - I'm insanely careful with CDs.  Not only that, yesterday was the first time for a few months I've had enough time for a protected gaming session....

What sort of box was it in? I've come close to breaking dozens of CDs when trying to get them out of cases, simply because the spindle in the middle of the disc imparted too much pressure.

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Post by: Liberator on March 11, 2004, 11:58:28 am

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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
But Flashpoint has that terrible copy protection thing, which makes the game slowly degrade unless you use the original CD.

This is why we use Alchohol 120% (http://www.alcohol-software.com/)

Title: Feck!
Post by: Fury on March 11, 2004, 12:06:50 pm

Some companies are willing to replace broken CD's, if CD's were not mishandled and broke in normal usage.

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Post by: aldo_14 on March 11, 2004, 12:28:14 pm

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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB


What sort of box was it in? I've come close to breaking dozens of CDs when trying to get them out of cases, simply because the spindle in the middle of the disc imparted too much pressure.

Bog standard DVD case, I guess.... tho the spindle was somewhat larger that other ones I 've got.  

Had the game for (about) 2 years old now, natch....probably sod all chance of getting a replacement.  Not thatr it really matters.... I just wanted to fly in a chopper for a wee bit :( *sniff*