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Goobs dirty tricks
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:48 pm
by aldo
In this months' Pc Gamer UKs' 'spy' section (i.e. rumours)
As one space series is reborn, another glimmered and flickered before disappearing off the radar. Freespace 3 was rumoured to be appearing at Microsofts's X05 event as an Xbox360 title, according to a leaked X05 flier. The game didn't show but The Spy's heart is quickened by the revalation that a mystery rights holder has recently been touting the license for the brilliant space combat game, according to Derek Smart of Universal Combat fame
(and the second part? SHUDDER!)
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:12 pm
by kasperl
Jesus H christ.
Should we tell them?
Or will this rumour go so far as to make MS believe it's a good idea anyways and buy the rights? Is that a good thing?
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:36 pm
by Hippo
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:48 pm
by karajorma
Don't you just love it when rumours spread like this
This one appears to be taking on a life of its own.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:03 pm
by vyper
Awesomeness. Someone should tell them where it originated (erm... in a few days that is, once everything is active again).
As for the second part, someone should set that part straight too. Preferably with links to the news stories carried at the time.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:08 pm
by StratComm
Absolutely hilarious. Goes to show though that no one does proper research anymore
Of course, I don't know what the Derek Smart mention is about. I've suspected that there might be something happening there, with Interplay's virtual death and all, but I still have no idea what it might be. The way Volition finally said something to one of the sites hosting the FS2 ISOs is interesting in this light.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:54 pm
by Grug
Yikes. :s
Strangeness be about the realm M'Lord.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:10 pm
by Kietotheworld
This is fantastic.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:38 pm
by aldo
vyper wrote:
As for the second part, someone should set that part straight too. Preferably with links to the news stories carried at the time.
I don't know where they got it from (or if they just pulled it out their rectum), but it's not a reference to our shenanigans with DEREK SMART PHD MYARSE when he tried to buy it.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:57 am
by Goober5000
LOL.
StratComm wrote:Absolutely hilarious. Goes to show though that no one does proper research anymore
Indeed.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:26 am
by Black Wolf
StratComm wrote:Of course, I don't know what the Derek Smart mention is about. I've suspected that there might be something happening there, with Interplay's virtual death and all, but I still have no idea what it might be. The way Volition finally said something to one of the sites hosting the FS2 ISOs is interesting in this light.
It's certainly intriguing. IIRC, in that email he sent, DaveB mentioned something along the lines of [V] having first preference when it came to purchasing the rights.
And as for the rumor, it's awesome both because Goob did it, and because it shows there's still big support for FS2.
Actually... Rather than sending 'em a correction, send 'em some screenshots from the SCP and tell 'em they're sneak peak screenies of FS3
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:16 pm
by Moonsword
Okay... what did Volition say to the site with the ISOs?
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:36 pm
by Robo
I don't get it.
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:46 pm
by karajorma
They stopped short of a cease and desist.
Basically the guy who sent the e-mail pointed out that as far as he knew FS2 had not been made freely distributable and that though he appreciated that DW-Hunter was a fan the ISOs probably shouldn't be available.
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:13 am
by Top Gun
Which, any way you look at it, is absolutely right. Applying the EULA sharing clause to making a full download freely available was a stretch, at the very least. At any rate, the HOTU version is still up, and we can always keep the necessary VP files to update it to the full version on the FTP/wherever. I doubt [v] would really care much about that, much less find out about it.
P.S. You're famous, Goob!
