[ut3] Official release date
Sir Brizz
sir.brizz at gmail.com
Fri Feb 6 14:55:09 EST 2009
It's no problem, sorry I was an ass. :)
Brizz
On 2/6/09 12:53 PM, Slavik Goltser wrote:
> oh ... apologies. :(
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Sir Brizz <sir.brizz at gmail.com
> <mailto:sir.brizz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I think you should have read past the first sentance before
> clicking "Reply". :p
>
> And I quote:
>
> "Actually, Linux is fine for games, games are simply not made for
> Linux. So if you're a PC gamer, anything but Windows is not a
> choice (and if you say Wine works great, I'll slap you)."
>
> Here, let me take this down to the absolute basics so you can
> understand.
>
> Linux is PERFECTLY SUITABLE for games. Games (IN GENERAL) are NOT
> MADE for Linux. WINDOWS is the only platform ALL MODERN PC GAMES
> are MADE FOR.
>
> Hope that helps!
> Brizz
>
>
> On 2/6/09 12:47 PM, Slavik Goltser wrote:
>> Please explain how Linux is not suitable for games. You're a
>> moron, but I won't back this statement up because somehow if you
>> are kept being called a moron it is suddenly true. Please explain
>> your statement that Linux is not suitable for games, I am really
>> interested in your reasons for that statement.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Sir Brizz <sir.brizz at gmail.com
>> <mailto:sir.brizz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, Linux is not suitable for games. Actually, Linux is fine
>> for games, games are simply not made for Linux. So if you're
>> a PC gamer, anything but Windows is not a choice (and if you
>> say Wine works great, I'll slap you).
>>
>> Now, I do have to admit a little guilt in responding here,
>> because I knew all you guys like to bitch and moan anytime
>> someone comes in here that doesn't agree with you, but sorry.
>> The reality of this situation is that you are bitter and want
>> to blame someone other than yourselves. This is really more
>> like if you called up the dealership, asked if the car had
>> GPS, told no but it should be released free at some point in
>> the future, bought the car anyway and then proceeded to
>> complain that the GPS was still not out after a year. You
>> bought the car despite the fact that it was missing the one
>> thing you wanted it for, you're the one to blame in that
>> scenario.
>>
>> Brizz
>>
>>
>> On 2/6/09 10:39 AM, [FnG] Lambik wrote:
>>> The person that told 'It has GPS in it' happens to be the
>>> salesperson, and then yes you can expect to have GPS in it !
>>> Not sure what kind of point you're trying to make, but seems
>>> to me your only business here is to stir thing up,
>>> as you have state to play games on windows only.(Linux not
>>> suitable ??)
>>> Pre ordering a game has the risk of getting something that
>>> isn't quite what you expect of it, but in this case there
>>> has been promised support for linux OS aswell.
>>> Epic has the reputation to support linux on all UT series,
>>> which has formed a good basis of trust, which they have
>>> broken, and that is why ppl are upset with EPIC.
>>> That is something they have every right to.
>>> Lambik
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Sir Brizz
>>> <sir.brizz at gmail.com <mailto:sir.brizz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> For what? They didn't market UT3 as having Linux
>>> binaries included or available.
>>>
>>> The problem here is that Epic never guaranteed anything.
>>> I appreciate you wanting brand new boxes or whatever
>>> your case may be, however that doesn't change the fact
>>> that you bought something that didn't include the sole
>>> thing you bought it for. Can you imagine, taking this
>>> same thing to a more terrible and surely less
>>> appropriate analogy, if you bought a car because someone
>>> said it had GPS in it, never test drove it, and realized
>>> after purchasing it that it didn't have GPS in it? Would
>>> you blame the person who told you or yourself for not
>>> looking into it more?
>>>
>>> I understand that people wanted and were expecting and
>>> (possibly) promised Linux binaries and are upset, but,
>>> frankly, you DON'T have anyone to blame but yourself if
>>> you paid the money for it already. Did Epic make you
>>> spend that money? YOU were encouraged by what they said,
>>> YOU made a decision, and YOU spent the money.
>>>
>>> Brizz
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/6/09 10:14 AM, Luiz Gustavo Angelo wrote:
>>>> Epic could be sued by this, couldn't ??
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Matthias Bach
>>>> <marix at marix.org <mailto:marix at marix.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> On Friday 06 February 2009 17:57:02 Sir Brizz wrote:
>>>> > And for those of you whining about how you bought
>>>> the game and haven't
>>>> > played it because there is no Linux client, sorry
>>>> but maybe you should
>>>> > have waited to buy it until there actually was
>>>> the only thing you were
>>>> > buying it for? That seems like the practical
>>>> thing to do in any
>>>> > situation.
>>>>
>>>> You are missing the point. When I ordered the game
>>>> there had been a statement
>>>> by Epic that there would be a Linux-Installer on
>>>> disc, as it had been with
>>>> 2K4. Later they said it wouldn't be on disk, but
>>>> available on the day of
>>>> release. Therefore, as I kind of like to have nice
>>>> game boxes that I can show
>>>> of, I did not bother to cancel my preorder. The
>>>> problem is that I trusted Epic
>>>> to keep to their promises.
>>>>
>>>> > Did you buy Prey the day it came out hoping that
>>>> Ryan Gordon
>>>> > would release a Linux binary for it, too?
>>>>
>>>> No I didn't, because nobody promised that Prey
>>>> would be ported. When it
>>>> finally was ported this was a pleasent surprise.
>>>>
>>>> > If you want to be a thrifty
>>>> > consumer, then be thrifty. And if you aren't
>>>> thrifty, don't whine that
>>>> > you made a mistake and try to blame it on Epic or
>>>> anyone else. You don't
>>>> > have anyone to blame but yourselves.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I have, but then it is not for expecting Epic
>>>> to make a port, but for
>>>> trusting Epic to deliver the software I ordered.
>>>>
>>>> > Personally, I'm sure a Linux binary will
>>>> eventually come out for UT3 and
>>>> > when it does I will probably use it.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe it will, after all it's already supposed to
>>>> be done. The real question
>>>> is, will their still body to play against. Will the
>>>> engine still be something
>>>> competitive to base your mods on? By the time it
>>>> will probably take one could
>>>> just as well start writing an own engine ...
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Matthias
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Luiz Gustavo Angelo
>>>> T: +55 11 75452244
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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