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13 Nov 2004, 17:19
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
Today, making my first attack after not playing PA for a few years I discovered an option to allow you to set your attack to automatically send in a future tick.
Granted I've heard that alliances don't give out launch times until late, and granted that it may not send just before the tick (I'm guessing that anyway) but IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE MATTER!
What happened to players having to actually be dedicated and making small sacrifices to attack in the morning to get decent roids on players? What ever made the pacrew decide to put it in? Popular demand from newbies who can't be bothered to stay up a little longer?
I'm disapointed, is all I can say.
Yoshi
P.S. You are all unpretty
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13 Nov 2004, 17:38
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I see you!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: In any girl
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
Prelaunch is a newbie-feature they put into the game in r10. Makes people lazy
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13 Nov 2004, 17:48
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Guy next door
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: The Netherlands
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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P.S. You are all unpretty
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yeah right
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13 Nov 2004, 18:32
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Don't make me declare war
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 2,913
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
OMGWTF SERIOUSLY UNPRETTY
im sexy though :/
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13 Nov 2004, 19:03
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 3,382
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
hay, nothing wrong with prelaunched hours of ticks in advance 
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13 Nov 2004, 21:45
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;D!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,810
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
I like it, makes the game more accessible.
Those who stay up later are still rewarded sufficiently though; the old system punished people for being in the 'wrong' timezones as well.
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13 Nov 2004, 23:26
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Pretty
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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Originally Posted by Forest
OMGWTF SERIOUSLY UNPRETTY
im sexy though :/
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Who let this unpretty monster loose on my thread? Put him back in the cage please :/
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14 Nov 2004, 01:23
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etc.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Taken.
Posts: 1,602
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
HI YOSHI!
Planetarion still sucks. How come you got to have a planet and I didn't? :((((
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10/20/04 <Dinoman> babies are like a online game... u wery soon get lack of sleep... and u try give em diffrent skills... it allso kills ur social life
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14 Nov 2004, 03:20
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Pretty
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
HI!
I have a planet because I signed up for one about a week ago? Did you not manage to get one?
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14 Nov 2004, 08:14
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etc.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Taken.
Posts: 1,602
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
Signed up three times. Legit information, etc.
No goal. :((((
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10/20/04 <Dinoman> babies are like a online game... u wery soon get lack of sleep... and u try give em diffrent skills... it allso kills ur social life
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14 Nov 2004, 10:44
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fanboy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Trondheim, Norway
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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What happened to players having to actually be dedicated and making small sacrifices to attack in the morning to get decent roids on players?
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They quit.
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14 Nov 2004, 22:49
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Pretty
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
Hobbierogue :((( Can't understand that, mine set up quickly enough. Maybe you should email them or something (I know you're just so desperate to play again ;)
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15 Nov 2004, 03:23
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This is bat country
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Norway
Posts: 1,693
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
YOSHIE!!!!!.
irc right now!
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16 Nov 2004, 02:14
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Dawsons Creek r0x
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Trondheim
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
The prelaunch option is necessary for defence matters since u only defend 1 tick now as opposed to upwards towards 6 ticks before. It would be, in my opinion, too demanding that you had to stay online till the actual tick your defence needed to be sent.
What it does for attacking is of course something that could be discussed, but it has to be there for the defensive purposes, which I think is the reason it was implemented.
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16 Nov 2004, 05:43
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Jolt's best friend
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,101
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
it was implimented so that people could play the game without being up in the middle of the night...
if you want more players you need to make the game playable by more people.
that, and tbh, whoever can sleep least winning is a little crap
-mist
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16 Nov 2004, 13:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 95
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
its a good feature.
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16 Nov 2004, 15:26
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Unknown Destiny
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 176
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
I am with mist in this one, the goal of the game isn't staying awake until evry1 finsh their sleep, i guess every1 around here has a social life and other interests including sleeping, you want to get all these interest for them, then no1 will play pa, anotehr thing, you are saying t night, well, there are times where night is day in other time zones, you are talking about Asia, Europe, Australia, America and Africa, so plz. you may be attacked at the night vy people living in other time zone, i.e. day.
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17 Nov 2004, 02:14
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so f*cking zen
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hitting Bottom
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
lo Yoshi.
I was actually thinking about you the other day (saw an old email from you).
How are you?
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17 Nov 2004, 16:08
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Pretty
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
Hello Mr Dace :) I'm ok, still at uni would you believe it, and still another year to go as I've been ill recently - hence why I'm playing pa again, heh. How are you? What are you up to?
Idler - I shall try and find you IRC :P
Mist - round 1/2/3/4 had tons more players then all the paid rounds put together. I won't go into the whole debate about that but I don't think it makes the game more unaccessable, just more competitive.
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17 Nov 2004, 16:56
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,081
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
Being awake is still a key part of the game - i.e. reporting defence/recalling and/or resending attacks - the active players will still beat the inactives hands down
And I'm glad you stayed out of the whole debate about # of players 
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17 Nov 2004, 20:32
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Ministry
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Norway
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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Originally Posted by MysticYoshi
Today, making my first attack after not playing PA for a few years I discovered an option to allow you to set your attack to automatically send in a future tick.
Granted I've heard that alliances don't give out launch times until late, and granted that it may not send just before the tick (I'm guessing that anyway) but IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE MATTER!
What happened to players having to actually be dedicated and making small sacrifices to attack in the morning to get decent roids on players? What ever made the pacrew decide to put it in? Popular demand from newbies who can't be bothered to stay up a little longer?
I'm disapointed, is all I can say.
Yoshi
P.S. You are all unpretty
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OMG that sucks!
P.S. I havent played in a few years, so you suck more since you had to try PA again.
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18 Nov 2004, 00:14
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Pretty
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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The prelaunch option is necessary for defence matters since u only defend 1 tick now as opposed to upwards towards 6 ticks before. It would be, in my opinion, too demanding that you had to stay online till the actual tick your defence needed to be sent.
What it does for attacking is of course something that could be discussed, but it has to be there for the defensive purposes, which I think is the reason it was implemented.
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To an extent this is true, tho it is also true that you can put 1of various types of ship into a fleet to make it slower.
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18 Nov 2004, 02:08
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Evil inside
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,631
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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To an extent this is true, tho it is also true that you can put 1of various types of ship into a fleet to make it slower.
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To complicated for the n00bs who plays nowadays Im afraid 
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
<Jakiri> (Windows)XP was fine on release
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18 Nov 2004, 05:48
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so f*cking zen
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hitting Bottom
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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Hello Mr Dace :) I'm ok, still at uni would you believe it, and still another year to go as I've been ill recently - hence why I'm playing pa again, heh. How are you? What are you up to?
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I'm fine.
Finished Uni 2 (and a bit) years ago.
Thinking about leaving the "real world" behind and going back next year.
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18 Nov 2004, 14:25
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I see you!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: In any girl
Posts: 2,825
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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Originally Posted by yupster
What it does for attacking is of course something that could be discussed, but it has to be there for the defensive purposes, which I think is the reason it was implemented.
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Wrong.. it wasn't implemented only because of defence purposes. They "thought" it was a good idea so people didn't need to get out of bed to launch. But the problem that comes with it is that there's no one online to send defence in the middle of the night if everyone prelaunches.
Prelaunch must be removed, at least for attacking. It's ok for the defence part, but plz plz plz remove it from attacking
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18 Nov 2004, 16:46
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Jolt's best friend
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,101
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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Wrong.. it wasn't implemented only because of defence purposes. They "thought" it was a good idea so people didn't need to get out of bed to launch. But the problem that comes with it is that there's no one online to send defence in the middle of the night if everyone prelaunches.
Prelaunch must be removed, at least for attacking. It's ok for the defence part, but plz plz plz remove it from attacking
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won't this just mean that the people who'd not be awake don't attack?
i don't see how this would help...
-mist
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<Karmulian> subtle as a kick in the nuts as always
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19 Nov 2004, 11:10
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Pretty
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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I'm fine.
Finished Uni 2 (and a bit) years ago.
Thinking about leaving the "real world" behind and going back next year.
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Oh nooooo, you're in the real world???!!!!!!!!! (what as?) Quick get back to university soon!!!!
What you want to do there anyway? :)
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20 Nov 2004, 02:03
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ToF Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: UK
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
As much as i can see it being a bit harsh on the hardcore people who used to stay up all types of times. some people have to work etc for a living  and as said previously. it makes the game more accesible. But anyway this game still based on the more time you spend the better you will be for th best part, especialy ealr y on with research etc.
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23 Nov 2004, 18:03
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Pretty
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
After making various attacks and being more 'experienced' in the round I can say much more confidently that this option for me has spoiled this game more.
Yes it does makes it more accessable but this also makes it so much more easier to lose your fleet/roids because *everyone* can send their fleet out at say 2am - in my opinion this is far more frustrating and annoying. And I'm not saying this because I have some grudge against people attacking me at night, that is what I usually do because I'm lazy half the time (well kind of, heh)
What next, an option to automatically launch defence in your galaxy when attacks come? Oh wait I'll shut up before the pacrew actually start taking me seriously :/
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23 Nov 2004, 18:54
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Jolt's best friend
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,101
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
would you rather a game with prelaunch, or a game with less players?
-mist
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23 Nov 2004, 19:00
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The Subtle/Profound
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Norway
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
I have to say that I'm quite enjoying the fact that nobody seems to be completely immune from losing roids.
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23 Nov 2004, 19:05
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Evil inside
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,631
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
I have Eol's coords, if anyone want them
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
<Jakiri> (Windows)XP was fine on release
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23 Nov 2004, 21:36
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This is bat country
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Norway
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
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would you rather a game with prelaunch, or a game with less players?
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a game without p2p
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23 Nov 2004, 21:52
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Jolt's best friend
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,101
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Re: It wasn't like this in the 'good old days'
i was talking realistic options... jolt won't sell
-mist
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