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Article #99391Re: UC ships to retailers at $19.99
From: Bill Huffman
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 01:22
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 01:22
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"Lemming" <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:5vna20hpalu38kr38j1v26p75kbr306d3c@4ax.com... > On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 18:14:04 +0100, Walter Mitty > <mitticus.remo.veme@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > >"madkevin" <madkevin@golden.net> brightened my day with his incisive wit > >when in news:CMudnRO3A49DnbjdRVn-uA@golden.net he conjectured that: > > > >> > >> "C Dobbels" <charles_d16@yahoo.com> wrote in message > >> news:7518c2e1.0402070702.63be16c1@posting.google.com... > >>> bp <6ball@comcast.net> wrote in message > >> news:<5el820l4s8rn0fdm8vhegm70d1gsiv814m@4ax.com>... > >>> > On 6 Feb 2004 17:51:53 -0800, charles_d16@yahoo.com (C Dobbels) > >>> > wrote: > >>> > > >>> > >Ouch, ouch, and ouch. I will not be buying a copy of UC! > >>> > >Dreamcatcher said it CTD's and a fanboy who paid the full Canadian > >>> > >price [$39(US equivalent)]confirmed it. Be SURE to read the Dream > >>> > >Catcher pdf for DC's side of the story. > >>> > > >>> > Where is it ? Got Link ? > >>> > >>> Sorry. I posted it in another thread but it got split there. > >>> > >>> http://www.3000ad.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=32;t=00005 > >>> 4;p=1 > >>> > >>> The DC affidavit pdf discusses the game's shortcomings including > >>> Crashing to Desktop and the failure to deliver on time. > >> > >> It also mentions that the multiplayer doesn't work. Funny. > >> > >> Kevin "My Karma Ran Over Your Dogma" Cogliano > >> > >> > > > >Be careful how you use the name "Kevin". It's been taken by a certain > >game developer. > > Yeah but he uses the African spelling. I'll be laughing at that one all night. Thanks Lemming.
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