Simviation Forum - FSX BETA

Reply #30 - Aug 22^nd, 2006 at 6:15pm

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If I was in charge of a company whose servers are at the brink of crashing down from an overload, then I would've done the same thing.

LOL!!!!

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Reply #31 - Aug 22^nd, 2006 at 7:37pm

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i feel horrible , as i am the one who opened this discussion. Sad

, sorry file planet. i will open my eyes more often and in fact, put my glasses back on.(((( i cannn seee clear))))lol.

again , my apologys.

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Reply #32 - Aug 22^nd, 2006 at 8:58pm

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don't apologoze man i saw this site a while ago but the subscribers from fileplanet still havent recieved a confirmation. So unless i see someone actually use the beta or even get a download link then i'll be convinced but you rased a good point, so thats why i say good job man.There is nothing to apologize.

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Reply #33 - Aug 22^nd, 2006 at 10:19pm

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haha, yeah . I thought the same thing . It was to fishie............. But i hope its the real deal, would be nice to go other places besides the carribean islands..im not an island fan anyways.lol.

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Reply #34 - Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 7:50am

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Greetings Gentlemen,

I just had to register so that I could post. I normally just 'lurk' and gather info, but i this case...

I wonder if this is similar to what happened with the DEMO?

I know that the first D/L site that I heard of for the demo also wanted you to register and pay for it. I think that was GAMERSHELL or GAMESPOT (my apologies to both if I'm wrong), and then a day or two later it started showing up in a lot of places.

I'm going to take a wait and see approach to this for a couple of days.

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Reply #35 - Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 7:56am

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Subscription is a rather ambiguious way of saying you must register on the site. It's just basically give an email address, name and a few other details, then choose to get their newsletter or not.

Fileplanet has the same sort of system as we do here at SimV ...... You can, if you wish, pay for a faster download and other sevices.

I downloaded the demo from both Fileplanet and Gamespot. Gamespot proved to be the quicker...... they also have a similar system where you can pay for a quicker download and no queue.

I would suggest that the beta will be available wether you pay or not..... however waiting for the download if you don't pay will make it unreasonable.

No one will be forced to pay.

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Reply #36 - Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 8:18am

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No one will be forced to pay.

surely m$ wouldn't let fileplanet take the money so that they could make a profit from m$ hard work, if you do have to pay M$ will; get a pretty large chunk of the profit, but M$ also said public beta not whoever subscribes to fileplanet gets it everyone else doesn't beta so it SHOULD (hopefully) be available free to everybody.

When its released even if you do have to pay for it it'll probably be uploaded to other websites anyway, which will allow you to download it for free (its the way of the universe)

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Reply #37 - Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 11:04am

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Fileplanet is not making any money on the Beta, just the subscription if you want to sign up.

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Reply #38 - Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 11:25am

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Fileplanet is not making any money on the Beta, just the subscription if you want to sign up.

That's correct. Fileplanet only charges you for the extra resources it takes to provide the subcriber with the fastest download speed possible. It's a beta for crying out loud. Are you willing to wait two weeks in the virtual line [especially on dial-up] in order to download the beta through a "free and public" server at 30kb/s or less?

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Reply #39 - Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 12:05pm

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That's correct. Fileplanet only charges you for the extra resources it takes to provide the subcriber with the fastest download speed possible. It's a beta for crying out loud. Are you willing to wait two weeks in the virtual line [especially on dial-up] in order to download the beta through a "free and public" server at 30kb/s or less?

do you want to pay $16 over 3 months for a BETA which you might not even get???

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Reply #40 - Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 9:14pm

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do you want to pay $16 over 3 months for a BETA which you might not even get???

good point !

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Reply #41 - Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 11:52pm

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do you want to pay $16 over 3 months for a BETA which you might not even get???

With the subcription, I can download other things that are available "faster" and without waiting in the mean time [like downloading a mod for Medal of Honor]. Grin

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Reply #42 - Aug 24^th, 2006 at 6:31am

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With the subcription, I can download other things that are available "faster" and without waiting in the mean time [like downloading a mod for Medal of Honor]. Grin

Which you can probablky download for free from somewhere else without waiting in that line Wink

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Reply #43 - Aug 24^th, 2006 at 8:28am

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"Fileplanet is not making any money on the Beta, just the subscription if you want to sign up"

LMAO Grin

, In other words: "the beta is free but only available from my friend who has his head up my ***, after you give him $16 he might or might not let you have access to this 'FREE' product.

I mean, c'mon guys.

The outcome of this is going to be a situation where someone is allowed to cash-in. Any 'beta' reviews will yet again be written by a 'select' few who will not criticise the product, and will not be accountable for their lies.

Same old stink.

MS server overload my ass!! is anyone really suggesting a company as big as microsoft has not the resources to offer this beta?

My view is because MS could not get away with charging money for the beta, they get someone else to do it for them.

Fileplanet is now on my list of banned sites. GRRRRR!!! Angry

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Reply #44 - Aug 24^th, 2006 at 12:11pm

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Which you can probablky download for free from somewhere else without waiting in that line Wink

And what if a particular addon is not available elsewhere? Wink

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The outcome of this is going to be a situation where someone is allowed to cash-in. Any 'beta' reviews will yet again be written by a 'select' few who will not criticise the product, and will not be accountable for their lies.

Select few? With forums like SimV, there are no select fews. Wink

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