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amok: Anyway, this is a complete derail of the thread. You can have the last word.
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ChrisSD: May I suggest "frolicking"? Something about that word makes me laugh.
it is a very good word, especially when you say something like "Angelica frolics with Brad" :)
THis thread need more of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE
All right, guys! Calm down! Cute animals, remember?
Here!
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Profanity: Indie games usually also have much lower production values and much less credibility, so not only is their price already going to be pretty smal, we also need some kind of incentive to bother with those games at all.

Not every indie is Braid, Terraria or Super Meat Boy.
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amok: So thought their price is smaller, and no distributor is paying them - it is then still fine to "screw them over", especially considering that not all indies manages the same sales figures as Braid, Terraria or Super Meat Boy. Got it. Thanks.

Anyway, this is a complete derail of the thread. You can have the last word.
Who cares, at least it got a discussion of sorts instead of the crap that was initially intended.

It's not screwing them over, buying games at a discount nets them shitloads of money. If ALL those people bought it at full price? Yeah, it would get the more money, but that's not going to happen ever. Lower prices attract more customers. Some because they weren't that interested in the game to consider it full price, some because they are having money problems, some because they have huge backlogs but can't pass up a good sale. It's profitable and it works and it's being done again and again. No one is getting screwed over, that's not an argument.

Besides, not all indies deserve to get the sales SMB or Braid got, most of the indies are complete cash-grubbing shit that tries to ride on the indie trend and whoa-oah, look at dem retro graphics.

what's with the strawmen, seriously
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Novotnus: All right, guys! Calm down! Cute animals, remember?
Here!
wot the fok did ye just say 2 me m8? i dropped out of newcastle primary skool im the sickest bloke ull ever meet & ive nicked 300 candy bars from tha corner store. im trained in street fitin’ & im the strongest foker in tha entire newcastle gym. yer nothin to me but a cheeky lil dickhead w/ a hot mum & fake bling. ill waste u and smash a fokin bottle oer yer head bruv, i swer 2 christ. ya think u can fokin run ya gabber at me whilst sittin on yer arse behind a lil screen? think again wanka. im callin me homeboys rite now preparin for a proper rumble. tha rumble thatll make ur nan sore jus hearin about it. yer a waste bruv. my homeboys be all over tha place & ill beat ya to a proper fokin pulp with me fists wanka. if i aint satisfied w/ that ill borrow me m8s cricket paddle & see if that gets u the fok out o’ newcastle ya daft kunt. if ye had seen this bloody fokin mess commin ye might a’ kept ya gabber from runnin. but it seems yer a stewpid lil twat, innit? ima shite fury & ull drown in it m8. ur in proper mess ya knobhead.
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Crosmando: wot the fok did ye just say 2 me m8? i dropped out of newcastle primary skool im the sickest bloke ull ever meet & ive nicked 300 candy bars from tha corner store. im trained in street fitin’ & im the strongest foker in tha entire newcastle gym. yer nothin to me but a cheeky lil dickhead w/ a hot mum & fake bling. ill waste u and smash a fokin bottle oer yer head bruv, i swer 2 christ. ya think u can fokin run ya gabber at me whilst sittin on yer arse behind a lil screen? think again wanka. im callin me homeboys rite now preparin for a proper rumble. tha rumble thatll make ur nan sore jus hearin about it. yer a waste bruv. my homeboys be all over tha place & ill beat ya to a proper fokin pulp with me fists wanka. if i aint satisfied w/ that ill borrow me m8s cricket paddle & see if that gets u the fok out o’ newcastle ya daft kunt. if ye had seen this bloody fokin mess commin ye might a’ kept ya gabber from runnin. but it seems yer a stewpid lil twat, innit? ima shite fury & ull drown in it m8. ur in proper mess ya knobhead.
Stop it already, I'm at work, I can laugh out loud here :)
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amok: So thought their price is smaller, and no distributor is paying them - it is then still fine to "screw them over", especially considering that not all indies manages the same sales figures as Braid, Terraria or Super Meat Boy. Got it. Thanks.

Anyway, this is a complete derail of the thread. You can have the last word.
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Profanity: Who cares, at least it got a discussion of sorts instead of the crap that was initially intended.

It's not screwing them over, buying games at a discount nets them shitloads of money. If ALL those people bought it at full price? Yeah, it would get the more money, but that's not going to happen ever. Lower prices attract more customers. Some because they weren't that interested in the game to consider it full price, some because they are having money problems, some because they have huge backlogs but can't pass up a good sale. It's profitable and it works and it's being done again and again. No one is getting screwed over, that's not an argument.

Besides, not all indies deserve to get the sales SMB or Braid got, most of the indies are complete cash-grubbing shit that tries to ride on the indie trend and whoa-oah, look at dem retro graphics.

what's with the strawmen, seriously
and I was not so referring so much to the sales as the thing in the brackets :).

Sales are good, it gets the tail of the income, but it is also just important to support the devs you like if you want them to survive and make more games. It do not help if you buy their game 2 years after they have gone bankrupt on a sale. There is a little bit of a culture here now for the later.
http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/229/385/499.jpg
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Profanity: Who cares, at least it got a discussion of sorts instead of the crap that was initially intended.

It's not screwing them over, buying games at a discount nets them shitloads of money. If ALL those people bought it at full price? Yeah, it would get the more money, but that's not going to happen ever. Lower prices attract more customers. Some because they weren't that interested in the game to consider it full price, some because they are having money problems, some because they have huge backlogs but can't pass up a good sale. It's profitable and it works and it's being done again and again. No one is getting screwed over, that's not an argument.

Besides, not all indies deserve to get the sales SMB or Braid got, most of the indies are complete cash-grubbing shit that tries to ride on the indie trend and whoa-oah, look at dem retro graphics.

what's with the strawmen, seriously
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amok: and I was not so referring so much to the sales as the thing in the brackets :).

Sales are good, it gets the tail of the income, but it is also just important to support the devs you like if you want them to survive and make more games. It do not help if you buy their game 2 years after they have gone bankrupt on a sale. There is a little bit of a culture here now for the later.
I've never noticed people doing that to devs they really like and respect. Devs who are on the "meh, I don't like you, I don't hate you, I wouldn't mind if you made more games" side. Now yeah, I've seen that happening a lot.
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amok: and I was not so referring so much to the sales as the thing in the brackets :).

Sales are good, it gets the tail of the income, but it is also just important to support the devs you like if you want them to survive and make more games. It do not help if you buy their game 2 years after they have gone bankrupt on a sale. There is a little bit of a culture here now for the later.
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Profanity: I've never noticed people doing that to devs they really like and respect. Devs who are on the "meh, I don't like you, I don't hate you, I wouldn't mind if you made more games" side. Now yeah, I've seen that happening a lot.
we see things differently, I guess.
Here, another animal picture
:)
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ChrisSD: Lets just flood it with random bollocks instead! This will be totally different to youtube because... ooh look a puppy!
Watch some girls doing nasty things on ripoffcamgirls dot com!
Cheesecake.
Oh yes yes I like cheap games! :) Oh wait, what was thread about again?
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maycett: Oh yes yes I like cheap games! :) Oh wait, what was thread about again?
I'm in too deep now. I can't scroll back to the top, I won't scroll back!

[jumps out the window]