fileplanet seems fine to me (or it could just be I live in UK so all the americans aint online to be hogging the other mirrors <sorry but its true!>).
Also, if your saying that ppl cant put stuff on a cd, such as huge patches and such which 56kers cant download, how the hell do u expect them to get the patches and stuff?! ----- Original Message ----- From: "[DRP]Avatar-X" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] what a bloody n00b > What sucks about fileplanet is that sure, they use the money to support the service, but > ONLY PEOPLE WHO PAY CAN DOWNLOAD THE FILES. > > People who do not want to pay, or CAN'T pay, (underage, no credit card, no money, > whatever) simply can't get the files. > > Oh, sure, you say they have mirrors in places where the server has a max of 20 people... > > But their main servers are always full, and often you have to wait hours and hours for > one stupid tiny file that could have been put anywhere else much easier. > > I say: If fileplanet makes money off of OUR files, they should give a portion of that to > the author. > > If you create a game that thousands of people download because its so popular, you > should get 10% of what fileplanet makes on it. > > If stupid annoying fileplanet (which i hate with a passion) doesn't do that, then > someone else should. > > -av > > "Dave R. Meyers" wrote: > > > About the fileplanet thing. > > > > Well let me see, I hoave my own webpage, that I pay for myself. With about > > 500mb storage. Cost a little bit. Then I also have the OZ website > > supported by fileplanet. I have not received anything about a storage > > limit( but I only put OZ stuff there), and I get all kinda of support from > > FP, and PHL. All free. If they wanna change the people who what to d/l my > > stuff and don't want to wait, more power to them, but than me forking over > > yet another website few. > > > > Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > -- > --------- > [DRP]Avatar-X > SillyZone Homepage: www.thesillyzone.com > SillyZone Forums: forum.thesillyzone.com > My Homepage: www.cyberwyre.com > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
