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Re: TF2 is a standalone game???WTF @#@#$

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From: Clayton Macleod
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:00
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has it occurred to you that when they say it was to be a free downloadable
addon, that it should be a free downloadable addon? heh

Mark Blunden <markdb@spamoff.babylonian.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Has it occurred to you that the large number of people who complained
about
> having to buy Half-Life in order to play TF2 are probably one of the
> reasons Valve decided to release it as a standalone? Many people will have
> been in your position, wanting to buy Half-Life for TF2 support, but will
> not have been able to afford to do so. By making TF2 a standalone product,
> Valve answer these peoples' complaints by letting them purchase just one
> piece of software, instead of one piece of software and an add-on.
> Admittedly, by doing so they also piss off people in your position, but
> sometimes you just can't please everybody.
>
> --
> Mark.
> markdb@babylonian.demon.co.uk
> To e-mail me, remove the 'spamoff.' from my e-mail address.
>
> "Do you have any famous last words?"
> "Not yet."
> "'Not yet'? Is that famous?"         - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
>
>
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From: "Clayton Macleod" <SPAMSUXcypress@bcsupernet.com>
Subject: Re: TF2 is a standalone game???WTF @#@#$
Date: 1998/12/24
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