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I apologize in advance for resurrecting an old thread, but a link to this thread popped up in a discussion of the Nexus family of sites on Reddit recently and I would like to chime in with how I feel about the issue. The Nexus was the first forum I ever joined and for a long time I considered it a sort of online 'home.' I eventually decided to stop posting here because I simply could not deal with the atmosphere the moderators were causing around here. I am really saddened that instead of doing some introspection, the moderators chose to simply write all these complaints off as the whining of butthurt people who got banned. The fact that I'm posting this message proves that I, at least, am not just 'whining' because I got banned. There is (was) a bit of a problem with the way moderators carried themselves around here. The way users would trick other users into doing things to get themselves banned, moderators pouncing at the slightest sign of a misdeed and the general snarkiness of many of the staff just did not create a very pleasant atmosphere. This most often manifested itself in the staff's moderation where they would post incredibly inflammatory messages inside banned users' posts when simple, to the point messages would have sufficed. Meanwhile the user is no longer there to defend themself and the other users are too scared to call out the moderator's gloating for fear of getting banned themselves. That was in incredibly poor taste. You can choose to ignore what I posted and write all the complaints off as disgruntled users who couldn't stick within the rules and are now butthurt, but I think all of us know that usually where there's this much smoke, there's bound to be a fire. Maybe do a bit of introspection and consider that there are some things that could be done better. Many people complain, and yes, maybe many of them are just butthurt. But there are also many people who complain only because they care. Not everyone has a vendetta against the moderators. The problem is just that DU's policy of nobody being allowed to question the moderators' actions makes it a bit difficult for most of us to complain where the feedback is most effective- the Nexus forums. Heck, I would be surprised if I woke up tomorrow morning to find this account still active.

Be that as it may, that's what the business lead for Microsoft South Africa told us, and that's the information I was working on. Windows 8 only available as upgrade at retail It was confirmed in Australia as well. I didn't really have much reason to doubt something coming directly out of Microsoft's mouths. Windows 8 is only available as an upgrade

Also, Dark0ne, I think it's pretty insulting that you resort to insinuating that those of us who are fans of Steam ejaculate all over our PCs every time Steam or GabeN is mention. I actually expect a bit better than that of you. Especially considering that you seem to be arguing from a position of complete ignorance (and I say that with all due respect). Steam is by no means perfect, and god knows some days I spend as much time trying to get it running as I spend actually using it, but it is undeniable that Steam is one of the best things to happen to PC gaming in years. A few years back the PC gaming market was in a pretty bad state. Have a look at Russia. It was one of the countries with one of the highest piracy rates in the world. Valve sees unserved customers, whereas most other PC gaming companies just sees a bunch of thieves. People advise Valve against opening up the service in the Russian region, Valve does it anyway. And hey, whaddaya know, today Russia is one of Steam's biggest sources of revenue. You can say what you will about Steam, but they managed to become top-dog in the PC gaming market because they know how to do business and they know what customers want. They don't see pirates as thieves, they see it for what it is; a service delivery issue. They also don't try to nickle and dime every last cent out of their customers like just about every other major gaming corporation out there. You're welcome to your opinion, obviously, probably more so considering that this is your site, but I reckon I'm also allow to comment on your opinion and say that I think you painting those of us who are Steam fans as if we're a bunch of gushing fanbois ejaculating all over the place is pretty naive and ignorant on your part. There's a damn good reason why so many of us love the service. Steam has brought us a long way from where we were 5 years ago, when everyone was sitting around talking in hushed voices and wondering what's happening to PC gaming.

Wow, the F2P limitations are terrible, as can be expected from an EA game. It's even worse than Turbine's notoriously rubbish F2P models.

You are aware it's the brick & mortar shops that are essentially forcing digital prices to stay high, right? If digital games are cheaper than their retail counterparts, the retail market would all but die off. Who's going to drive out to a brick & mortar shop to buy a game for $50/$60 if you can buy it for much cheaper online and just wait a few hours for it to download? Also, you seem very misinformed as to how digital distribution actually works, which I find odd. Valve doesn't control the prices on Steam. Game prices are determined entirely by the publisher and/or developer. That's because Windows 8 is only available as an upgrade. You have to own a previous version of Windows in order to install Win8.

Have you considered that that 30% is probably roughly the equivalent of what publishers would be paying if they had to buy and print discs, jewel cases, jewel case covers as well as the game manual, plus had to pay for shipping and distribution costs? Oh, and brick and mortar shops don't sell videogames for free either, they also need their cut. When you consider all the extra costs for retail games, I honestly don't think a 30% cut from Valve is as bad as people want to make it out to be. And it's pretty ironic that you slam Valve for being 'greedy' by not wanting to host Steam on what is going to be an insanely, ridiculously overpriced OS from Microsoft, a company with a history of overcharging for pretty much anything. :P I'm pretty glad that Steam is focusing on Linux, because the only reason I fork out ridiculous amounts of cash for Windows every time is because most games require it. If I can play games on Linux I'm moving over there and I won't ever look back at Windows again. Overpriced rubbish is what it is.

Hehe, I guess there's no accounting for taste. Give players the option and they'll put virtual breasts on just about anything. :P But really, if you can get your hands on the old Doom 3, there are some absolutely amazing mods for it. The Dark Mod is actually aiming to go standalone at some point. It's just such a pity that Bethesda basically screwed over 9 years of modding with the release of BFG. They're apparently going to opensource the new Doom 3 BFG, so most modders should be able to port their mods to the new engine, but the problem lies with the older mods whose modders have possibly retired or don't have the time to port it over. It's especially sad considering that the few graphical enhancements that idtech 5 brings to Doom 3 doesn't even compare to what mods such as Sikkmod did.

You're kidding, right? Doom 3 was a modders heaven. It contains some of the best mods I've seen in PC gaming yet, such as the Dark Mod, which basically turns it into Thief, and another good mod I played on it (can't remember the name) turned the entire game into an RPG, complete with quests, merchants, equipment, character attributes and dungeon crawling. Then there's entire graphic overhauls such as the Sikkmod which improved textures, lighting and much, much more. Some of the Doom 3 mods are really well worth checking out. Sadly, none of those mods work on Doom 3 BFG because id changed the entire filesystem to the new idtech 5 engine.

Mostly because when installing the mods you often copy the readmes into the folder as well, and if all readmes are name 'readme' they're just going to overwrite each other.

Yeah, 20 hours is a decent length, but it's still a bit shorter than I like. Might just wait for a 25% or 50% off sale on Steam before getting it.

Nice! This looks awesome. Might just be the first Kickstarter project I back up.

Apparently you can get about 20 hours out of it if you don't rush things and go exploring.

As far as I know, trainers only inject code into certain parts of the memory, so it's not really comparable to modding.

Rage released in a much worse state than any of the TES or Fallout games, imo, bar maybe New Vegas. The first thing I noticed when I stepped out into the world in Rage was horrendous texture pop-ups that totally ruined the entire game. It still hasn't been fixed properly up to today. Say what you will, but a publisher also plays a large role in the development of a game. As the one backing the project financially, it is their responsibility to ensure that the dev team does their job properly, has enough time to do it properly and not to greenlight a game for release if it isn't in good shape.

Well, he's kinda right. Rage released in a really bad shape, as did Skyrim.