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I am disgusted with the beta pvp weekend
arobi
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OK i have been trying for hours to download the client since i have been accepted with no luck. I keep getting an error on the second file and I absolutely hate that i have to use the stupid gamespot download manager. I have tried so many times with no luck. I am a computer engineer and deal with unix servers mostly that control the stock market but thats neither here nor there.
My point being is that I know what im doing. I really want to participate in the pvp weekend but im getting so frustrated.
Has anyone else had these problems that has been accepted?
I just dont have the time to screw around with this and I might just wait until a month after release which is what I normally do to see the nda people give there reviews as well as the major publications.
If anyone knows of this problem I might try to fix it tommorrow but by then i will miss alot of time since the pvp weekend starts then I might just wait screw it. im so disappointed in gamespot and funcom because I know it is nothing to do with my end.
Anyway flame away if you want to but remember im a frustrated customer and I feel I have every right to feel this way as I have been waiting to try this game for years I have been following it.
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Since everyone else is using this Magic Word these days:
TORRENT.
There's a Torrent up on Gamespot for the Client. Use that if you do not get good results with the GS downloader. Hope that helps a little.
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7
FYI this is an NDA breach.
In any case, just use the torrent, and uncheck the files you have already downloaded. Try that out.
Once again for iteration:
use the torrent.
I know it sounds silly but have you checked on the gamespot forums there are many fixes for issues there.
Good luck.
Hope you enjoy the weekend when you get to play.
I love how loyal people are with the NDA status on games, if people did this with piracy and lies.... ...this could be a better world...
Kristian Yonuel
actually on the gamespot forums it says that technical problems that have to do with the dl of the client, are not nda breaching.
http://www.ausgamers.com/files/browsegame/html/3/1996
400KB/s
Wow, are you serious? Thats kinda funny. Sounds like a hole in the system to me.
"Hey guys I'm downloading the client but I cant say if I'm in it or not."
Its like common sense lol.
Actually, you are NOT a customer as you haven't paid for diddly you spongemonkey.
I am using the gamespot dl manager now.. working perfect for me so far.. 100% on 2 .. working on 3 and 4.. cruising at a good 300kb average..
It only bothers me that some people know they are downloading from GameSpot and they can't take the time to browse through their BETA forums.
The time it takes to whine here = the time it takes to find a solution to your problem if you know where to look ;-)
Technically its not an NDA breach as you can start the download of the files, and get accepted into the beta pvp weekend all without being asked to agree to the NDA. I don't think you have to agree to the NDA until you actually create an account with funcom. So anything that happens to you before "virtually" signing the NDA is fair game for the rest of the world.
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omg! nda brake! alarmz teh internetz lawyers!
i have a thread up called funcom dler. use that to dl the pvp weekend. its Funcoms dler instead of gamespot
have fun
Lol ich love this NDA whiners , haha
If you havent sighned an NDA you can say anything you want, even if I play the game by a friend Im not on any nda !
And even IF you have sighend anything like that, nobody cares about it. Beta testers are workers without payment... a dream for any company.
1meg a second dl for me :-/
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Everyone had problems with the download manager.
What you have to do is re-install it. At first i couldn't get any of the files without getting an error. Just re-install it and it should work.
If it doesn't, try a different browser, being IE or firefox.
The file doesn't download again? Re-install the download manager again!
I got all 4 files within 6-8 hours, with a couple of those same problems.
Trial and error, or u can torrent the file and play for a couple hours by Monday.
Actually, you are, for a variety of reasons that you'll fail to grasp, so I won't bother explaining.
Looks like lots of folks are able to figure it out OP, problem lies on your end.
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