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Article #710030Re: "A Quick Guide for a Supportive PC Gamer"
From: Xocyll
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:23
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:23
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Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: >On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:20:32 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Xocyll wrote: >>>Better that than rewarding those ABUSING my consumer rights and >>>letting them stay alive for a little bit longer >> >>And selling you a crap game isn't "abuse"? > >No more so than when you have to walk out on a crap movie. You can't get your >money back there either. > >(I'm playing Devil's advocate here, because, in principle, I agree with you. >It's abusive selling a game for money that requires more work, a patch even, to >be played properly. It's like buying a piece of rotten fruit!) Well in some cases the game won't even run. The equivalent of going to the movie theatre and having the film break 1 minute in - damn straight you'd get a refund. The same isn't true of games - once it's opened, no return possible. Though, to continue the analogy, I guess some of the really crap games are like Uwe Boll films. Xocyll
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