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Offline moose

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WWIIOL for $10??
« on: January 27, 2002, 01:44:51 AM »
cripes.

found wwiiol at walmart for $10

so sad.

bought a copy of MOH tho :)
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Offline Jochen

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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2002, 04:30:44 AM »
Well, I found out that AH can be downloaded from internet FREE!

How sad is that!?!?
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Offline Maniac

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« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2002, 04:40:00 AM »
LOL!

Jochen is getting desperate!!! :D
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2002, 07:24:08 AM »
About what?!?! :D
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jochen Gefechtsverband Kowalewski

Units: I. and II./KG 51, II. and III./KG 76, NSGr 1, NSGr 2, NSGr 20.
Planes: Do 17Z, Ju 87D, Ju 88A, He 111H, Ar 234A, Me 410A, Me 262A, Fw 190A, Fw 190F, Fw 190G.

Sieg oder bolsevismus!

Offline metronom

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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2002, 10:06:44 AM »
What about the anounced download of the game (300MB)? Thought to download it and see for myself about the game.

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Offline rosco

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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2002, 03:20:27 PM »
Thats about 15 dollars to much for me.
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Offline Kieran

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No way the download is that big
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2002, 04:10:03 PM »
Try more like 120 or so. The download didn't go smoothly, with the 1.50-1.51 patch throwing video errors for many users (easily fixed, but you had to trial-n-error to find it). The real trouble is the ease with which folks can still cheat. 1.52 made clipping harder, but by no means impossible.

Flying is not bad- kinda fun, really.  Tried to tank, couldn't hit a running soldier with the MG from 50 yards away. (this is supposed to be a problem with prediction in the code.)

I can't really recommend the game as a must-have. More like a "if you are bored-to-hell-with-AH" type diversion. MAYBE if the bugs are fixed it could be, but it still isn't there yet.

As for the bargain-bin; that hurts Playnet. CRS, if not directly tied to Playnet's fortunes, would benefit to have the game given away free and go for the subscription. The word is supposedly Playnet gets the retail sales, CRS gets the subscriptions (or something like that).
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Offline funkedup

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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2002, 04:24:00 PM »
I got mine for free!  Still sitting on the shelf though.  :(
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Offline AKDejaVu

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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2002, 04:48:22 PM »
AH is a free download.

WW2OL is a $10 CD that requires a "free" download anyways... one 6 times bigger than AH's.

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Offline Spitboy

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Re: No way the download is that big
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2002, 05:03:07 PM »
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Originally posted by Kieran
As for the bargain-bin; that hurts Playnet. CRS, if not directly tied to Playnet's fortunes, would benefit to have the game given away free and go for the subscription. The word is supposedly Playnet gets the retail sales, CRS gets the subscriptions (or something like that).


The way I heard it, Playnet got about 1/4 of the box sale price. The rest went to the publisher, Strategy First, who paid the upfront costs of marketing and distribution. The plan all along was that the box sales would only be a drop in the bucket, and sub fees would pay the bills. Their contract with SF prevents them from distributing the game any other way, AFAIK.

But I agree with Kieran. They should try to negotiate a way out of that contract, and find a way to give out the FE for free. Maybe they could give SF 10% of any new clients who don't use a CD key but activate a new subscriber account. Then around version 1.75 this spring, guerrilla market it as a free download and trial.
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« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2002, 05:17:04 PM »
I can see that as a problem Spitboy... but there are many solutions.

A one time "licensing" fee could be applied to all new accounts... the fee could be minimal and go entirely to SF.  That might enable near-next-to-free distribution of the game.

Right now, box-only sales are one of the biggest stumbling blocks this game has going for it (note I said right now).  The product sounds stable and lots of promised features are in place.  People might actually consider it a viable product... but the retailers gave up on it long ago.

CRS really needs to find a way to distribute this game for free.

AKDejaVu
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Offline rounder

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« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2002, 08:07:15 PM »
What is the player base like in ww2OL, how may people are usually online and what is the breakdown of planes,gv's and infantry. 100,200,300???? Anyone who plays ww2 enough to know????
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Offline Staga

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« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2002, 08:21:31 PM »
right now there is 2162 players online.
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Offline Kieran

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« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2002, 08:26:51 PM »
I think what he was referring to was percentages per genre. My guess (and it is only a guess)?

Approximately 20% pilots, 20% infantry, 60% tanks. That is only a "feels right" breakdown, others may see it differently. You can find fights in planes easily enough- or at least I have. There are always ground targets to kill.
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Offline rounder

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« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2002, 08:35:50 PM »
Thanks guys, you were both right, was looking for a rough number on the player base and the genre breakdown. think I may give it a try, I will most def be a pilot there but I like the idea of tanks also, not too big on the whole first person shotter thing though so I don't see myself being infantry too much.
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