GOG IS GONE

[Lambonius]

This begs the devil's advocate question: Is faking a shutdown to garner PR any better than exploiting an actual C&D for the same purpose?   

[snabbott]

I wouldn't say the team exploited the C&D - they needed to wait until things were officially straightened out with Activision before making the announcement. It did end up having the same effect, though.

[KatieHal]

This begs the devil's advocate question: Is faking a shutdown to garner PR any better than exploiting an actual C&D for the same purpose?   

The C&Ds were real, both times, nor would I call how we handled them "exploiting," but I'll accept that may be a matter of opinion and depend on where you're standing. So, yes,  would say a fake shutdown is worse.

[atec123]

This begs the devil's advocate question: Is faking a shutdown to garner PR any better than exploiting an actual C&D for the same purpose?   

The C&Ds were real, both times, nor would I call how we handled them "exploiting," but I'll accept that may be a matter of opinion and depend on where you're standing. So, yes,  would say a fake shutdown is worse.

the team obeyed the C&D and then the save TSL team worked to lift the C&D. and help negotiate with activision, then the team was allowed to continue.  at least that's what I get from it.  They were given the green light long before it was announced.  ahh, I remember those days, knowing something no one outside the team knew.  The suffer smiley was so fun.

sorry for such a nonsensical post.

then eventually oberonqa and waltz moved onto the team and left me stranded.  lol.

[snabbott]

The delay before making the announcement after the second C&D was because, while they had a verbal agreement with Activision (or something - I don't know the details), the contract needed to be worked out and finalized. It was SO hard knowing what was going on and not saying anything!

[atec123]

The delay before making the announcement after the second C&D was because, while they had a verbal agreement with Activision (or something - I don't know the details), the contract needed to be worked out and finalized. It was SO hard knowing what was going on and not saying anything!

I didn't know exactly what was going on, but what I knew is that we had basically been given the green light, but some stuff still needed to be done.

that was so fun, but so difficult.

[Enchantermon]

This begs the devil's advocate question: Is faking a shutdown to garner PR any better than exploiting an actual C&D for the same purpose?   

If you're talking about using real C&Ds to attract attention to the game and the cause, then I don't think that's bad at all. Now, if the C&Ds were faked, it would be a different story, but they weren't.

[MangoMercury]

So, the site appears to be back up.  Space Quests 4 - 6 are on there; just looking to see what else.  But looks pretty good!

[Enchantermon]

So their nice little login overlay? Yeah...doesn't work in Chrome.

[MangoMercury]

It seemed to work okay for me in Chrome.  The site is a bit juddery with server updates, but everything seems to be there!

Plus Cannon Fodder was there.  YEAH.

[Enchantermon]

It's happening on the Support page too, with the different support sections. Hmm...a Javascript issue, maybe? Assuming they wrote those with Javascript of course...at any rate, I'm submitting a support request through Safari. We'll see what's wrong.

[Travis-AGA]

I'm using Chrome and all seems to be OK. (Side Note:  Chrome! )

Well, I did it. Bought the GK series. Will be buying more soon.

I found it odd that I was hesitant to hit the purchase button for a game that costs $6... Yet, I wouldn't even think twice spending $3 on a gourmet coffee at Starbucks. Weird how my mind works. These games are cheap. Stupid cheap.

[ThunderChild]

This begs the devil's advocate question: Is faking a shutdown to garner PR any better than exploiting an actual C&D for the same purpose?    

Dunno but I know Filefront did a similar thing last year around April fools day. First, they announced that they would quit and "suddenly" they were saved. My guess is that they faked it to achieve a dramatic effect, nothing more . . .

[Enchantermon]

I remember that. I bet if GOG had done this on April Fool's it would have been received better.

[Fierce Deity]

Just took a peek on GOG, and it looks like they have Planescape: Torment now. It's a very rare game that wasn't easy to install on any modern machine, and now both of those inconveniences have perished by the might of GOG. Enjoy everybody! 

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/planescape_torment

[ThunderChild]

I remember that. I bet if GOG had done this on April Fool's it would have been received better.

I don't think it would. Many of the Filefront userbase still believe that it was a badly performed April's fools joke, despite the persistence of staffmembers telling them that 'it was most certainly NOT an April's fools joke' . . .