Quoting: Mal

Quoting: amonobeaxAnyways, I remember myself signing online petitions which asked for Blizzard native Linux ports (I believe it was diablo3 and hearth stone).

Lemme guess. They answered by banning you from d3 for using wine. :D

Actually, Blizzard has no problem with people using Wine. I've read that at least one of the Diablo 3 programmers uses Linux exclusively at home.

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Quoting: Shmerl@Mountain Man: They can't say such thing - it would be an anti-trust violation.

Microsoft has managed to con their way out of every anti-trust lawsuit to date. Remember the one where their "punishment" was to donate computers and software to schools where impressionable children would become familiar with all things Microsoft?

I think Microsoft is unscrupulous enough that they'd gladly weather a lawsuit if it meant hamstringing their competition in there process.

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My one concern is that Microsoft will eventually say, "If you want to sell to Windows then you will distribute through us and only through us." How many developers and publishers will sign off on that deal simply because they can't ignore such a dominant market? Does Microsoft have the power to completely crush the Linux market?

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Quoting: KimyrielleWe will have locked down computers, locked down consoles, locked down phones, locked down tablets and locked down cars.

"Please refrain from going to work while your car is updating."

;)

It gives the term "car crash" a whole new meaning.

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Would it be cheeky to say all of them?

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Looks like the flash games my kids play.

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Quoting: peteNice :)

Do we need to revert the engine tweaks?

I've heard the "engine tweaks" were of questionable value anyway.

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I am opposed to early access as a general principle, but I will definitely be adding this game to my watch list. It looks fascinating.

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Quoting: GuestI'm not really familiar with crowed funding, but if a campaign was successfully funded and the developer doesn't deliver on his promise, can't you get your money back? Like request a refund?

Nope. The almost complete lack of accountability is one of the big problems I have with most "crowd-funding" schemes. Developers can completely screw over their backers, and there's not a thing the backers can do about it.

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: "crowd-funding" is basically a scam. Spend your money on finished products and not on promises that are too easily and too frequently broken.

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