Never thought I'd day this, but I've now found a reason not to have left the UK :P.

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With regards to stopping from using Google forms, it's more of a practical decision. I can't code or do hardly anything technical and apologise for that (part of the reason I'm passing this on to Liam). If you're really opposed to using Google Forms, then you're under no obligation to take the survey... But then again if you're doing a survey you're also divulging personal information anyway.

Personally, in the long run I'd like it to be changed - more so because it would be interesting to integrate it more into GOL in some way. But that's probably more work than anyone is willing to put into it, though volunteers are always welcome!

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Quoting: wolfyrionI think for Steam users that have already purchased Ravens Cry,Vendetta will appear on their Steam Library at release date.
No need to do anything , though a confirmation would be nice..

This is why I've asked them why they are making people go through hoops, which I am waiting for a reply on for clarification.

If I had to take a cynical stab at the reason, it's probably to stop all the seriously annoyed people who bought the game last time to stop them from giving the new game negative reviews... Then again this is the kind of thing which is bound to piss off more people.

Either way, hope the game is good. Showed promise.

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Oh right, so it's a Google Forms issue then... It would make sense since there seem to be a lot of aesthetic differences, small animations and things. Actually, in terms of the UI on my side of things, it's probably a bit more cumbersome and less obvious. Seems like they changed it to be more usable on tablets et. al., which usually means a worse desktop experience.

Not a huge deal we can do, unless someone feels up to designing an in-house survey or one based on an existing FOSS one.

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Quoting: WorMzyI think you do a wonderful job with the surveys, I especially like the new design -- very swave. :D

Thanks, but you can thank Google for the new aesthetics haha.

Quoting: GuestThe survey doesn’t work without javascript anymore.

I have no idea what that entails in practical terms, or how to fix it... This is why I'm no good with this stuff!

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Likewise with the maturity, but I still can't resist the controller even though I know there will be better iterations of it in the future.

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Very nice machine, how most of them SHOULD be in my opinion. The price on the other hand....

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The choice of GPU just blows my mind.... Why use a mobile GPU and not something like a custom 750ti or even 960? I understand that it's super small and looks cute, but if it was just a little bit bigger it could have so much more power at a similar price.

I like this guy's comments... I think the trap he does fall into though is comparing the available games on SteamOS with Windows and not with a console on launch. PC gamers really need to get their (our) heads out of their arses, the world is much, much bigger than what has today essentially become a niche.

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also, @supashang, I agree with the sentiment that there's a lot of good indie games out there. When I first got back into PC gaming (now as a Linux user) I had a great time with them, partly because of the novelty of being able to play stuff natively on Linux. But there's only so many pixely games one can play before it all starts to feel the same and it becomes incredibly hard to separate the wheat from the chaff (and there's a loooooooot of chaff, which some might say is making the whole indie scene into a sinking ship).

Sure, I still play quite a few lower-budget games. Last one I played was This War of Mine and it was excellent. But still, there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to play Fallout 4 next week. I assume most people feel the same

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Glad this section has made a comeback!

It's quite a generalised one, but still let down by the gap in performance in some games between windows and linux. Thought maybe the gap with be narrower by now.

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With the advent of Linux powered console gaming upon us, we've seen a massive increase in games releasing with day-one support for Linux and more and more older games getting Linux ports. What is perhaps more surprising is how prevalent Linux support has become in crowdfunding, and lately we have even seen biggies like The Dwarves, Indivisible and First Wonder go out of their way to provide Linux versions of their games.

It's a good indication that the culture of developers as a whole is changing to one where cross-platform development is taken into account before even starting work on it. Hopefully in the not-too-distant future, all platforms will be essentially the same in terms of their offerings.

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