• Happy St. Nicholas Day!

    From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 10:05:48 2024
    All codes and are backwards (read right to left) and ROT13ed.

    Well, it happens to be the day when games are left in your shoes. Be sure
    not to hurt yourself. Both are sci-fi shooters:

    https://www.mobygames.com/game/78860/doom/

    ONE95-N92C7-ZXU9Q


    https://www.mobygames.com/game/88058/prey/

    XIINX-N2V4Q-IIQ3Q


    Let's see if the scrapers can handle that?

    If you can't handle that, post a follow-up and I'll find some other way
    to get you the key.

    Please send "claimed" messages.

    Before placing games inside, clean the interior of your shoes. Kiwi shoe deoderizer works best. Be sure to remove any orthotics.

    Happy St. Nicholas Day!!1!

    --
    Zag

    I thought I could organize freedom, how very
    Scandinavian of me. ...Bj÷rk

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 11:23:56 2024
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:05:48 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Let's see if the scrapers can handle that?

    If you can't handle that, post a follow-up and I'll find some other way
    to get you the key.

    Please send "claimed" messages.

    That won't happen if lurkers get them. I have no interest in either
    game so I won't claim them but thanks anyway for joining Spalls in his giveaway.

    Let's see if Ant can leave his nest just long enough to grab them as
    they seem like his kind of games.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Fri Dec 6 18:20:06 2024
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 16:05 this Friday (GMT):
    All codes and are backwards (read right to left) and ROT13ed.

    Well, it happens to be the day when games are left in your shoes. Be sure
    not to hurt yourself. Both are sci-fi shooters:

    https://www.mobygames.com/game/78860/doom/

    ONE95-N92C7-ZXU9Q


    https://www.mobygames.com/game/88058/prey/

    XIINX-N2V4Q-IIQ3Q


    Let's see if the scrapers can handle that?

    If you can't handle that, post a follow-up and I'll find some other way
    to get you the key.

    Please send "claimed" messages.

    Before placing games inside, clean the interior of your shoes. Kiwi shoe deoderizer works best. Be sure to remove any orthotics.

    Happy St. Nicholas Day!!1!


    I claimed doom. Thanks for the code!

    wait agh this is the modern version I thought it was the dos copy
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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 12:23:05 2024
    On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 18:20:06 -0000 (UTC), in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 16:05 this Friday (GMT):
    All codes and are backwards (read right to left) and ROT13ed.

    Well, it happens to be the day when games are left in your shoes. Be sure
    not to hurt yourself. Both are sci-fi shooters:

    https://www.mobygames.com/game/78860/doom/

    ONE95-N92C7-ZXU9Q


    https://www.mobygames.com/game/88058/prey/

    XIINX-N2V4Q-IIQ3Q


    Let's see if the scrapers can handle that?

    If you can't handle that, post a follow-up and I'll find some other way
    to get you the key.

    Please send "claimed" messages.

    Before placing games inside, clean the interior of your shoes. Kiwi shoe
    deoderizer works best. Be sure to remove any orthotics.

    Happy St. Nicholas Day!!1!


    I claimed doom. Thanks for the code!

    wait agh this is the modern version I thought it was the dos copy

    Gotta click the link

    --
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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 14:33:22 2024
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:23:05 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Gotta click the link

    I thought it was the DOS version until I did click the link. Not that
    it would matter, I won't play either one.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Fri Dec 6 23:00:15 2024
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/88058/prey/

    XIINX-N2V4Q-IIQ3Q


    Let's see if the scrapers can handle that?

    If you can't handle that, post a follow-up and I'll find some other way
    to get you the key.

    Please send "claimed" messages.

    Before placing games inside, clean the interior of your shoes. Kiwi shoe deoderizer works best. Be sure to remove any orthotics.

    Happy St. Nicholas Day!!1!

    "Activation Successful!

    Your product activation code has successfully been activated. This
    product or products listed below are now permanently associated with
    your Steam account. You must login to this account to have access to the
    items you've just activated on Steam."

    Thanks. I only played the original soso Prey demo as shown in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282006_video_game%29, but not this
    Prey. Maybe I will like this one! :)

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Dec 6 22:52:11 2024
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:23:05 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Gotta click the link

    I thought it was the DOS version until I did click the link. Not that
    it would matter, I won't play either one.

    You can give it to me. /s
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  • From Werner P.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 23:55:44 2024
    Am 06.12.24 um 17:05 schrieb Zaghadka:
    All codes and are backwards (read right to left) and ROT13ed.

    Happy St. Nicholas Day!!1!

    One day after Krampus Day!

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 17:18:19 2024
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:52:11 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
    wrote:

    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:23:05 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Gotta click the link

    I thought it was the DOS version until I did click the link. Not that
    it would matter, I won't play either one.

    You can give it to me. /s

    Get the wads from the Internet archive and run gzDoom already. /s

    By the way DOOM and DOOM ][ are like $9.99 on GOG. Put em on the wishlist
    and they'll probably go on sale on Quake day or whatever.

    --
    Zag

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 17:16:23 2024
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:00:15 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
    wrote:

    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/88058/prey/

    XIINX-N2V4Q-IIQ3Q


    Let's see if the scrapers can handle that?

    If you can't handle that, post a follow-up and I'll find some other way
    to get you the key.

    Please send "claimed" messages.

    Before placing games inside, clean the interior of your shoes. Kiwi shoe
    deoderizer works best. Be sure to remove any orthotics.

    Happy St. Nicholas Day!!1!

    "Activation Successful!

    Your product activation code has successfully been activated. This
    product or products listed below are now permanently associated with
    your Steam account. You must login to this account to have access to the >items you've just activated on Steam."

    Thanks. I only played the original soso Prey demo as shown in >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282006_video_game%29, but not this
    Prey. Maybe I will like this one! :)

    Good for you!

    It lasted till 5pm. That means the obfuscation technique works. Either
    that or nobody cares any longer.

    In this case, you better keep an eye on that shoe even after you take the
    game out of it. Enjoy!

    --
    Zag

    This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Fri Dec 6 23:29:08 2024
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    "Activation Successful!

    Your product activation code has successfully been activated. This
    product or products listed below are now permanently associated with
    your Steam account. You must login to this account to have access to the >items you've just activated on Steam."

    Thanks. I only played the original soso Prey demo as shown in >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282006_video_game%29, but not this >Prey. Maybe I will like this one! :)

    Good for you!

    It lasted till 5pm. That means the obfuscation technique works. Either
    that or nobody cares any longer.

    In this case, you better keep an eye on that shoe even after you take the game out of it. Enjoy!

    I am wearing shoes. Well, furry slippers.
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Fri Dec 6 23:26:15 2024
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:52:11 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant wrote:

    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:23:05 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Gotta click the link

    I thought it was the DOS version until I did click the link. Not that
    it would matter, I won't play either one.

    You can give it to me. /s

    Get the wads from the Internet archive and run gzDoom already. /s

    Wait. The modern DOOM still uses WADs? :P


    By the way DOOM and DOOM ][ are like $9.99 on GOG. Put em on the wishlist
    and they'll probably go on sale on Quake day or whatever.

    I got those DOS games already, but thanks. ;)
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to vallor on Sat Dec 7 13:41:54 2024
    vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:29:08 +0000, Ant wrote:

    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    "Activation Successful!

    Your product activation code has successfully been activated. This
    product or products listed below are now permanently associated with
    your Steam account. You must login to this account to have access to the >> >items you've just activated on Steam."

    Thanks. I only played the original soso Prey demo as shown in
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282006_video_game%29, but not this
    Prey. Maybe I will like this one! :)

    Good for you!

    It lasted till 5pm. That means the obfuscation technique works. Either
    that or nobody cares any longer.

    In this case, you better keep an eye on that shoe even after you take the >> game out of it. Enjoy!

    I am wearing shoes. Well, furry slippers.

    I thought you were an ant...not a furry!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_ant

    OK, not an ant but a wasp. :P Here are a couple true furry ants: https://imgur.com/gallery/shield-ants-have-you-ever-seen-hairy-ants-these-hairs-protect-ants-from-other-ants-insects-ants-are-so-fascinating-9INwcn4
    https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/extreme-macro-queen-hairy-ant-insect-361132649
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Justisaur on Sat Dec 7 13:43:12 2024
    Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 12/6/2024 3:00 PM, Ant wrote:
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/88058/prey/

    XIINX-N2V4Q-IIQ3Q


    Let's see if the scrapers can handle that?

    If you can't handle that, post a follow-up and I'll find some other way
    to get you the key.

    Please send "claimed" messages.

    Before placing games inside, clean the interior of your shoes. Kiwi shoe >> deoderizer works best. Be sure to remove any orthotics.

    Happy St. Nicholas Day!!1!

    "Activation Successful!

    Your product activation code has successfully been activated. This
    product or products listed below are now permanently associated with
    your Steam account. You must login to this account to have access to the items you've just activated on Steam."

    Thanks. I only played the original soso Prey demo as shown in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282006_video_game%29, but not this Prey. Maybe I will like this one! :)


    Can you even play it? I thought you had a potato?

    This game is from 2017 so yes it meets the minimum requirements as shown in https://store.steampowered.com/app/480490/Prey/! :P
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  • From vallor@21:1/5 to Ant on Sat Dec 7 08:34:17 2024
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:29:08 +0000, Ant wrote:

    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    "Activation Successful!

    Your product activation code has successfully been activated. This
    product or products listed below are now permanently associated with
    your Steam account. You must login to this account to have access to the
    items you've just activated on Steam."

    Thanks. I only played the original soso Prey demo as shown in
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282006_video_game%29, but not this
    Prey. Maybe I will like this one! :)

    Good for you!

    It lasted till 5pm. That means the obfuscation technique works. Either
    that or nobody cares any longer.

    In this case, you better keep an eye on that shoe even after you take the
    game out of it. Enjoy!

    I am wearing shoes. Well, furry slippers.

    I thought you were an ant...not a furry!

    --
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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Sun Dec 8 19:00:04 2024
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 23:18 this Friday (GMT):
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:52:11 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant wrote:

    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:23:05 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Gotta click the link

    I thought it was the DOS version until I did click the link. Not that
    it would matter, I won't play either one.

    You can give it to me. /s

    Get the wads from the Internet archive and run gzDoom already. /s

    By the way DOOM and DOOM ][ are like $9.99 on GOG. Put em on the wishlist
    and they'll probably go on sale on Quake day or whatever.


    I still need to actually make a GoG account.. maybe once I read through
    all my new messages.
    --
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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Ant on Sun Dec 8 19:00:05 2024
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:29 this Friday (GMT):
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    "Activation Successful!

    Your product activation code has successfully been activated. This
    product or products listed below are now permanently associated with
    your Steam account. You must login to this account to have access to the
    items you've just activated on Steam."

    Thanks. I only played the original soso Prey demo as shown in
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282006_video_game%29, but not this
    Prey. Maybe I will like this one! :)

    Good for you!

    It lasted till 5pm. That means the obfuscation technique works. Either
    that or nobody cares any longer.

    In this case, you better keep an eye on that shoe even after you take the
    game out of it. Enjoy!

    I am wearing shoes. Well, furry slippers.


    6 shoes?
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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to candycanearter07@candycanearter07.n on Sun Dec 8 14:51:09 2024
    On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 19:00:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

    I still need to actually make a GoG account.. maybe once I read through
    all my new messages.

    I consider GOG to be my second most important gaming library behind
    Steam. EPIC is in a distant third.

    You can get free games on GOG from time to time if that matters to you
    at all.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to candycanearter07@candycanearter07.n on Sun Dec 8 21:10:43 2024
    candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:29 this Friday (GMT):
    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    ...
    "Activation Successful!

    Your product activation code has successfully been activated. This
    product or products listed below are now permanently associated with
    your Steam account. You must login to this account to have access to the >> >items you've just activated on Steam."

    Thanks. I only played the original soso Prey demo as shown in
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282006_video_game%29, but not this
    Prey. Maybe I will like this one! :)

    Good for you!

    It lasted till 5pm. That means the obfuscation technique works. Either
    that or nobody cares any longer.

    In this case, you better keep an eye on that shoe even after you take the >> game out of it. Enjoy!

    I am wearing shoes. Well, furry slippers.

    6 shoes?

    Yep.
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Sun Dec 8 20:29:40 2024
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 19:00:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

    I still need to actually make a GoG account.. maybe once I read through
    all my new messages.

    I consider GOG to be my second most important gaming library behind
    Steam. EPIC is in a distant third.

    Ditto. Origin too which is super rare. Also, Battle.net but that's only
    for Diablo games. I used to have Bethesda until they shut it down and
    moved to Steam.


    You can get free games on GOG from time to time if that matters to you
    at all.

    Ditto.
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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Mon Dec 9 11:28:50 2024
    On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:35:07 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    What, no love for UPlay?
    (that's a trick question, obviously. Of course nobody loves UPlay)

    I have no love for Uplay but I have at least one game in my Uplay
    library that I care about. That is exactly one game more that I care
    about then I do in my EA library. So I will currently place Uplay
    above EA in importance to me.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Dec 9 21:26:25 2024
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 20:29:40 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 19:00:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
    <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

    I still need to actually make a GoG account.. maybe once I read through >> >all my new messages.

    I consider GOG to be my second most important gaming library behind
    Steam. EPIC is in a distant third.

    Ditto. Origin too which is super rare. Also, Battle.net but that's only
    for Diablo games. I used to have Bethesda until they shut it down and
    moved to Steam.


    You can get free games on GOG from time to time if that matters to you
    at all.

    Ditto.

    What, no love for UPlay?
    (that's a trick question, obviously. Of course nobody loves UPlay)

    Oh yeah. I don't even have that in my 64-bit W10 Pro. I did in my former
    64-bit W7 HPE SP1 PC! I do have an account for Ubisoft.


    If you go by numbers, I think my physical media library is in lead by
    far, but digitally the title goes to my Steam library. It's followed
    -not too closely- by GOG. Itch.io is in fourth place (thanks to some
    massive sales where they literally offered hundreds of games for mere dollars). Amazon and Epic are neck and neck, after that The rest -EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, etc.- are mere rounding errors in comparison.

    If you go by games played, that's hard to say. My physical media
    library gets a lot of use but I don't tend to stick with the any of
    the individual games for very long (I'll play a DOS game for twenty
    minutes here, a PS2 game for an hour there). But with the games I play
    to the end (e.g., the ones I bore you all with my descriptions at the
    end of the month) are almost all installed digitally. It's probably my
    Steam library that sees the most use, just because it does have an ease-of-use that's hard to beat. But GOG comes a close second (or
    third). My other libraries are mostly there for Numerical support.

    But even I've gotten to the point where I don't want to accept new
    digital services into my life. Things like Luna or Legacy Games or
    Bethesda or whatever Microsoft calls their platform now... I've not
    bothered with any of them.

    My digital games lead way over physical. https://matrix.zimage.com/_matrix/media/v3/download/ross154.net/dYIySRAcssunopkgWKybkGMy/IMG_5942.JPG for old physical games.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Mike S on Tue Dec 10 02:20:03 2024
    Mike S <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote at 16:28 this Monday (GMT):
    On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:35:07 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
    <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    What, no love for UPlay?
    (that's a trick question, obviously. Of course nobody loves UPlay)

    I have no love for Uplay but I have at least one game in my Uplay
    library that I care about. That is exactly one game more that I care
    about then I do in my EA library. So I will currently place Uplay
    above EA in importance to me.


    I just use steam.
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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Dec 10 10:27:30 2024
    On 09/12/2024 15:35, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 20:29:40 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 19:00:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
    <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

    I still need to actually make a GoG account.. maybe once I read through >>>> all my new messages.

    I consider GOG to be my second most important gaming library behind
    Steam. EPIC is in a distant third.

    Ditto. Origin too which is super rare. Also, Battle.net but that's only
    for Diablo games. I used to have Bethesda until they shut it down and
    moved to Steam.


    You can get free games on GOG from time to time if that matters to you
    at all.

    Ditto.

    What, no love for UPlay?
    (that's a trick question, obviously. Of course nobody loves UPlay)

    If you go by numbers, I think my physical media library is in lead by
    far, but digitally the title goes to my Steam library. It's followed
    -not too closely- by GOG. Itch.io is in fourth place (thanks to some
    massive sales where they literally offered hundreds of games for mere dollars). Amazon and Epic are neck and neck, after that The rest -EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, etc.- are mere rounding errors in comparison.

    If you go by games played, that's hard to say. My physical media
    library gets a lot of use but I don't tend to stick with the any of
    the individual games for very long (I'll play a DOS game for twenty
    minutes here, a PS2 game for an hour there). But with the games I play
    to the end (e.g., the ones I bore you all with my descriptions at the
    end of the month) are almost all installed digitally. It's probably my
    Steam library that sees the most use, just because it does have an ease-of-use that's hard to beat. But GOG comes a close second (or
    third). My other libraries are mostly there for Numerical support.

    But even I've gotten to the point where I don't want to accept new
    digital services into my life. Things like Luna or Legacy Games or
    Bethesda or whatever Microsoft calls their platform now... I've not
    bothered with any of them.


    So the vast majority are Steam followed by GoG (a lot of which are from
    Amazon) and finally Amazon itself. Very much all digital as well now.

    The big publishers own launchers have basically made a game a no buy for
    me due to their history of just stopping you playing the single player component of a game. My only Steam refund was because I just didn't
    think that Battlefield 1 would have it's own launcher.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Dec 12 11:35:41 2024
    On 10/12/2024 15:56, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    The big publishers own launchers have basically made a game a no buy for
    me due to their history of just stopping you playing the single player
    component of a game. My only Steam refund was because I just didn't
    think that Battlefield 1 would have it's own launcher.
    I haven't gone quite that far yet, to absolutely blacklist games just
    because they use their own launcher, but it's certainly a
    consideration when buying. One of the reasons I've cut back on Ubisoft
    games (aside from the fact that they're such repetitive shit 😉 is
    that I don't want to bother with UPlay. But if the game happens to be something I'd want to play, I'd endure the client.

    I kinda helps that the publishers that have their own launcher don't
    produce games that I can say I really want to play.

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