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Article #106093Re: X3:TC
From: Angus
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:31
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:31
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In article <hfrpma$la4$1@news.eternal-september.org>, sheldonengland@netscape.net says... > > Angus wrote: > > > > Thanks guys. I've played space games on other platforms, but not the pc. > > I take your points about Freelancer, although I'm certainly enjoying the > > ride for the time being. From what I've seen of it, I think I would like > > I-War. > > I wish I could find a way to buy Freelancer other than eBay. I have > looked for D2Drive or similar options or even a way to buy it from a > publisher/distributor. I don't want to create a PayPal account or similar. > > I actually bought it retail when it first came out but my copy has long > ago disappeared. Would love to try it on a non-challenged system like my > old laptop was. > I'm the same, I don't particuarly enjooy being pushed into these things, and I'm cautious about my the whole creit card thing, but I bit the bullet and sorted out a Paypal account and have never had cause to regret it in several years. The other thing is, not all sellers insist on Paypal.
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!weretis.net!feeder2.news.weretis.net!feed.xsnews.nl!border-3.ams.xsnews.nl!69.16.177.242.MISMATCH!cyclone02.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe02.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail From: Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim Subject: Re: X3:TC Message-ID: <MPG.2590aec93c403d2b9896b5@news.demon.co.uk> References: <abb7862f-e174-4d76-805d-4bc83f302001@e34g2000vbm.googlegroups.com> <KiRRm.40294$cd7.5044@newsfe04.iad> <hf99b4$u4p$1@rumours.uwaterloo.ca> <MPG.258a207e51d78aa49896af@news.demon.co.uk> <hfrgo3$7o0$1@rumours.uwaterloo.ca> <MPG.258c19158558e09898c3@news.individual.net> <MPG.258b65a178f6f8a39896b1@news.demon.co.uk> <hfrpma$la4$1@news.eternal-september.org> Organization: ecomcon MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.80.1 Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.104.225.3 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: newsfe02.ams2 1260822628 83.104.225.3 (Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:30:28 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:30:28 UTC Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:31:17 -0000 Bytes: 2479 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit