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Offline Fineus

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Reply #20 on: May 18, 2002, 01:17:04 pm
You know, after reading some of the insults leveled at GS over this I can't help but feel most of those people are just jumping on the band wagon... I mean calling them "commie-bastards"? Someone doesn't know what they're talking about...
 

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Reply #21 on: May 18, 2002, 01:19:51 pm
eh, if HLP ever moved from GS, they'd have a place to go, ad free :)
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Reply #22 on: May 18, 2002, 03:05:06 pm
Me jumping on the bandwagon? I've been bashing them since I first encountered 'em!

And their main forums are no fun either. Yeeegh. Flood control up the arse, post button you can't find, horrible features, and everything. 'S no wonder the Battle of 3DAP only lasted a few seconds.
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Reply #23 on: May 18, 2002, 04:09:31 pm
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The only thing that would happen if we banned you would be it'd be a lot calmer around here :)

So far Gamespy have been a great host, considering all that we get access to as a site for free I think they're well within their bounds to lay certain rules down. So far we've managed fine by these rules and I don't see that changing unless they do something you might expect of Microsoft like trying to take direct control over all content hosted on their servers.

But this is un-necessary panicking, we're perfectly fine here. If - although I find this unlikely - GS did try something we'd move else where. But I've seen no evidence of this and therefore we're ok as we are. Oh, and try not to bash them too much guys - we are hosted by them. Can't let that kinda thing go on.


Everybody get your printscreen buttons ready!  I'm actually agreeing with Thunder!

*watches with amusement as Thunder  :jaw: 's*

This is their service that they're providing free of charge.  They are within their rights to exercise whatever rules they wish on whatever they host.  Its not like there aren't other webhosts out there that would easily provide said services for a low cost.  Gamespy owns the servers and pays out of their pockets for their upkeep.  Granted, manipulating someone's website like that is rather rude BUT they are well within their rights to do so.

Note: I am not saying that what GS did was the right or wrong thing.  I'm just stating what I feel.
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Reply #24 on: May 18, 2002, 04:14:57 pm
All the gaming sites are going downhill, Gamespot charges now to view NEWS!!!! Its like 19.95 a month or year, this is not right. Including Fileplanet with 2 hour+ wait lines!
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Reply #25 on: May 18, 2002, 04:59:21 pm
They're within their rights to remove someone's access from a site that is hosted by them - that is, to remove their access to the GSI servers and the website.  However, Gamespy does not own a single piece of content on the websites hosted by them, as stated in their own hosting agreement.  They do NOT have the right to modify the content of hosted sites UNLESS it pertains to a security risk on their part.  I suggest you read the full thread linked to in that email, as I left a lot of the details out in order to keep the mail short.  The fact is, they broke things on purpose, modified what wasn't theirs with no right to do so(there was NO security risk), and then, they LIED about it.
 

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Reply #26 on: May 18, 2002, 07:00:13 pm
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They're within their rights to remove someone's access from a site that is hosted by them - that is, to remove their access to the GSI servers and the website.  However, Gamespy does not own a single piece of content on the websites hosted by them, as stated in their own hosting agreement.  They do NOT have the right to modify the content of hosted sites UNLESS it pertains to a security risk on their part.  I suggest you read the full thread linked to in that email, as I left a lot of the details out in order to keep the mail short.  The fact is, they broke things on purpose, modified what wasn't theirs with no right to do so(there was NO security risk), and then, they LIED about it.


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Reply #27 on: May 18, 2002, 07:04:02 pm
The most problems we've had with GS was them warning us about having downloads on the 3dap server instead of the FP server.

I wonder what that serious sam people have had so much problems over, and I mean the root causes, GS wouldn't alter their website for no reason.
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Reply #28 on: May 18, 2002, 07:37:07 pm
Somone at GS probably just took offence at something that was said or decided to be overly facist in the implimentation of some obscure rule.
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Reply #29 on: May 18, 2002, 07:48:03 pm
Well, mostly it's because they ARE corporate community killers, as Epic Games so rightly coined them.  The actual truth is probably because:
  • They asked us to become a PlanetSite, we said no.
  • We implemented a download system that allowed users to select from over 3 non-Gamespy mirrors for EVERY file.
  • We use vBulletin, not forumplanet


You've already got one down, two to go.  Have fun...

BTW, I found this when going through referrals in the web access logs :)
 

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Reply #30 on: May 18, 2002, 07:54:00 pm
*sense disturbance in the force*

Why, oh why do I have a bad feeling about this?
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Reply #31 on: May 18, 2002, 08:00:48 pm
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Oh, and try not to bash them too much guys - we are hosted by them. Can't let that kinda thing go on.


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Reply #32 on: May 18, 2002, 09:29:21 pm
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Well, mostly it's because they ARE corporate community killers, as Epic Games so rightly coined them.  The actual truth is probably because:
  • They asked us to become a PlanetSite, we said no.
  • We implemented a download system that allowed users to select from over 3 non-Gamespy mirrors for EVERY file.
  • We use vBulletin, not forumplanet


You've already got one down, two to go.  Have fun...

BTW, I found this when going through referrals in the web access logs :) [/B]
Hmmm...... I dunno about the vB thing.  When we were getting ready to upgrade from UBB 5.45 to something newer, I talked to TechSupport about UBB 6.x, vB and Forumplanet... he never said anything about how we 'should' use forumplanet.  They even moved us to a new server so we could use vB better.....
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Reply #33 on: May 18, 2002, 09:44:20 pm
Probably because we arent one of their "Planets"...
Not a planet, therefore no need for forumplanet...
 

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Reply #34 on: May 18, 2002, 10:26:22 pm
Shrike: It's understandable that the likes of Gamespy would be more interested in the largish community of a new, popular FPS than the medium-sized modding community of a 5-year-old space shooter, and that may have something to do with it.;)

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Reply #35 on: May 19, 2002, 12:13:02 am
That's odd..your forums were ..."broken"... for a few hours...
 

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Reply #36 on: May 19, 2002, 12:21:20 am
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Reply #37 on: May 19, 2002, 01:59:00 am
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That's odd..your forums were ..."broken"... for a few hours...
You mean the mySQL problems?  I think the GS servers are goofing up, it's happened a couple times before.  They've been slow today.  Hey, nothing's perfect, right?
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Reply #38 on: May 19, 2002, 02:10:24 am
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Shrike: It's understandable that the likes of Gamespy would be more interested in the largish community of a new, popular FPS than the medium-sized modding community of a 5-year-old space shooter,

Screenshot time people, I'm agreeing with Stryke :eek:

If Freespace was at the front of space-sim gaming they'd probably be more interested but as it is they aren't going to gain much by having us become a planet site.
 

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Reply #39 on: May 19, 2002, 02:31:57 am
it is ironic how these database errors have suddenly showed up, right now
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