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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chiem on June 05, 2003, 09:26:42 am

Title: Free?!
Post by: Chiem on June 05, 2003, 09:26:42 am: hi,

on the mainpage it says free, but if i go to download section it says it\'s an demo. So... how i get the full version.
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Post by: acraig on June 05, 2003, 09:40:22 am: The game is currently under development. What you download are our milestones to see how things are going. There is no \'full version\' yet but give us time.
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Post by: Chiem on June 05, 2003, 09:59:50 am: Cool, but it will stay free?
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Post by: Sarth on June 05, 2003, 10:04:34 am: Yes.
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Post by: Chiem on June 05, 2003, 12:56:22 pm: I just played an little but my computer can\'t handle it i think. I got 533 MHZ with Nvida tnt2 32mb card. But my computer was still shaking at 800*600 resolution.
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Post by: Skain on June 05, 2003, 02:30:52 pm: i like all these free type threads, reminds me of that simpsons,
Cult Person 1:We are having a free get acquainted session at our resort this weekend.
Homer:How much is this free resort weekend?
Cult Person 2: It\'s free.
Homer: And when is this weekend?
Cult Person 2: It\'s this weekend.
Homer: Huh huh, and how much does it cost?
Cult Person 2: Um... it\'s free.
Homer: I see and when is it?
Cult Person 2: It\'s this weekend.
Homer: And what are you charging for this weekend?
Bart: Come on, Dad! The arriving!
Homer: It\'s free, right?
Title: Amazin!
Post by: Rufio on June 05, 2003, 10:08:15 pm: I looked all over this site looking for the little sign saying that u have to pay at some point. Either I havn\'t found it yet, or I have stumbled upon the greatest mmorpg out there!
If this is as good as it looks, it\'s gunna be worth the 24 hours downloading it and getting disconnected on my 56k!

Thanx Planeshift Staff!
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Post by: Rulzern on June 06, 2003, 09:33:34 pm: Don\'t get all excited, not a lot to do ATM.
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Post by: kyp14 on June 08, 2003, 03:41:36 am: I hope you enjoyed what must be the millionth \"Is This Game Really Free\" thread as much as I did
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Post by: Bonez on June 08, 2003, 04:00:15 am: lol yea there should be something on site so ppl dont have to keep askin it over and we have to keep hearing it over and over and over and over and over...........and over ;)
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Post by: Solaire on June 08, 2003, 08:07:17 am: Why not open a thread, \"is it free ?\" (and pin it, so people see it all the time) which samples our greatest moments in the is it free department. Questions like is it free, do we have to pay to play, and other fun, enjoying stuff could be quoted there, so players can see THIS GAME IS FREE !!!
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Post by: Keldorn on June 08, 2003, 12:00:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Bonez
lol yea there should be something on site so ppl dont have to keep askin it over and we have to keep hearing it over and over and over and over and over...........and over ;)

Newsflash, it allready is on the site. All people need to do is read.
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Post by: Scour on June 08, 2003, 07:24:33 pm: Great game guys. I think everyone keeps asking is because given time, this ORPG will be awesome and its hard to believe it will be free when thousands of people are playing at once...
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Post by: Kiva on June 08, 2003, 10:00:08 pm: How can it be hard to believe it wont be free, when everything about the game is donated and therefor free? I don\'t really see the point with thinking it\'ll cost anything, and I don\'t really understand why everyone keep asking...
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Post by: Xalthar on June 08, 2003, 10:35:24 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Gronomist
How can it be hard to believe it wont be free, when everything about the game is donated and therefor free? I don\'t really see the point with thinking it\'ll cost anything, and I don\'t really understand why everyone keep asking...

It is nowadays, for some people, simply unfathomable, that something could be free... Even I had my doubts at first, but I had enough common sense to figure it out for myself...
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Post by: Madmartigan on June 08, 2003, 10:53:03 pm: Quote
All people need to do is read.

That is assuming they actualy CAN read...
By this, I mean : read sentences and understand those. Thats something less and less people are capable of ;)
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Post by: macellarius on June 10, 2003, 03:37:28 pm: Errr...actually the game aint free as it\'s not even made yet. You can\'t say sth\'s free or not if it doesn\'t exist :p
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Post by: hook on June 10, 2003, 04:33:19 pm: Quote
Originally posted by macellarius
Errr...actually the game aint free as it\'s not even made yet. You can\'t say sth\'s free or not if it doesn\'t exist :p

you\'re playing it right? ...so it exists
did you pay for it? ...no. ...so it\'s free
is it the final version? ...no. ...it\'s still pre-alpha
will there ever be a final version? ...no. ...PS\'ll be ever-evoloving (let\'s hope)
did the devs or anyone else that has the right to ever say something about it being commercial after time? ...no.
is it open-sourced? ...yes, apart from the art
is it under GPL? ...yes, apart from the art

i think that about covers all (most) questions that are related to the topic

p.s. for more info go to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html and read the GPL license(s)
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Post by: Djaggernaut on June 10, 2003, 07:51:42 pm: ooh, don\'t be so rude with this kind of thread, I like to see ppl asking for that and being so surprised to see it\'s free. :)

Doesn\'t it means the game looks as good as commercial?
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Post by: PeregrineBF on June 11, 2003, 07:52:27 am: nope. it\'s that the words mmorpg and monthly fee go together very very strongly in most minds.
Now, some does look commercial quality, but I\'m betting it\'s the first one.
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Post by: hook on June 11, 2003, 07:44:42 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Djaggernaut
ooh, don\'t be so rude with this kind of thread, I like to see ppl asking for that and being so surprised to see it\'s free. :)

sorry, didn\'t mean to be :( ...it might be that this question has been asked over a million times already and it seems totally logical to me it\'s free and open (being a linux user for some time now) ...i\'m just waiting for the first post titled \"where can i get warez of Planeshift?\" :D ...ok, ok ...evil ...sorry ....had to let it out :P
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Post by: NikonX on July 09, 2003, 12:27:54 am: this question may have been made before but i really need to know if this game is gonna go p2p (pay to play) at some point?. Ive already downloaded Ragnarok online and Dragon Raja and both of them have gone p2p and i had to stop playing. Thats very frustrating and it would really piss me off if i downloaded PS and it goes p2p.
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Post by: Maskedtiger on July 09, 2003, 03:22:58 am: It is worse when the game is free to walk around in ect. But the only way to make money is by paying for credits.
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Post by: Xalthar on July 09, 2003, 03:30:02 am: Quote
Originally posted by NikonX
this question may have been made before but i really need to know if this game is gonna go p2p (pay to play) at some point?. Ive already downloaded Ragnarok online and Dragon Raja and both of them have gone p2p and i had to stop playing. Thats very frustrating and it would really piss me off if i downloaded PS and it goes p2p.

I shall answer this question for the millionth time... the game\'s purpose is to be free, fun, and amazing... and it will always be free, it would take out the intent with the game should it ever go p2p, which it won\'t... ever...
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Post by: kyp14 on July 09, 2003, 12:42:18 pm: I do enjoy these threads that pop up every week or so
Free is it true?????
Is this game going P2P
FREE???
is it really free
are you sure its going to stay free
Don\'t worry if your somone who started one of these threads and now feel embarresed you did becasue your probably one in a some overly high number
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Post by: llSymptomll on July 09, 2003, 02:57:19 pm: soo isit free?

lmao im jokin

but it is kinda hard 2 believe a game like this is free tho.
like \"Americas Army\", i was like \" its free? stop lyin ull want my credit card soon\"

TO ALL NEWBIES

read the website b4 askin if its free...