ReeseAFD Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Today,I tried to download the new VOA file thru the link posted in the review. Apparently, the file is only available to subscribed members, and not available to the general public. Is this a new thing with GR Net? Thanks for your information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pave Low Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 No there are free public servers at the bottom of the list (you may need to stand in line though) they sometimes take a minute or so to show up If they dont show after a few minutes try hitting refresh and then wait or you may need to close and reselect the D/L link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrecon50 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 I have also had that problem with a few downloads on file planet. especialy if they are new. To this day I dont no why we are so dedicated to FP for our downloads. It also sucks that you cant use a download manager at FP eather. And there are better file services also that we dont use, and I dont no why. I suspect it may be a money or service thing. Someone is gettin ritch LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Oh god. I am sorry guys but I am so fed up of hearing this. 1. All the d/ls are FREE. If you don't see the free servers listed, refresh your browser - they are there. 2. There is a better (free) download service? Show me. Then show me a system that lets me get the mods YOU want uploaded to that system without you having to wait days. 3. Someone is getting rich? I don't think so, and if they are - it ain't me. I wish I had the time to calculate the Gigabites of mods and time I have spent personally uploading to FP so the fans can download and enjoy for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrecon50 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Dang, Sorry I insulted you Rocky. You have done a great job with support to mods. Infact if it wasnt for you GR may of died years ago. FP can be quite frustrating at times. However issues do seem to resolve over time .Thanks one again Brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Really, there is no better system. I have even approached other large gaming sites, but none of them had a system in place for us to use. Take my word for it FP is the best option we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeseAFD Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 I do apoligize for bringing up a subject that apparently has been gone over and over. I meant no disrespect to GR News. and to YOU -- Rocky. I spend alot of time on your excellant site and have learned much about GR thru your expertise. (Howz dat for sucking up ...... hehehe) No really, I meant what I said above, and I did refresh my browser several times but only got the pay-per-download I'll have to check back ReeseAFD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 No worries guys, I get mail like this all the time and it gets old you know? FP does have quirks, but 99% of the time, it's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebb Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Alternatively do what i did and pay for the full download service, its not a lot when i consider how many times i use FP, and its nice to put something back rather than expecting "freebies" all the time... I dont have to wait around either which is a bonus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrecon50 Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 you got a point Zebb. I am now a full member at FP. Oh yaa thats one scary clown on your Sig. Very creepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannik Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Oh yaa thats one scary clown on your Sig. Very creepy Thanks! (Long bit of history past, but that clown was my contribution to his first [bW] sig, back in the day.) What you don't know is the story behind it. Mind you, most of that story would violate forum policy here, due to some unusual words and rather odd visuals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebb Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 LOL, yep you can all blame Dannik for your nightmares, he dug it out for me wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back when, here's one of the original incarnation's.... I thought it would be a nice touch to continue the tradition by bringing him back again in my new sig....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 I remember that sig, I always thought of the clown from Stephen King's It when I saw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Alternatively do what i did and pay for the full download service, its not a lot when i consider how many times i use FP, and its nice to put something back rather than expecting "freebies" all the time... I dont have to wait around either which is a bonus... Who are you giving back to by subscribing to Fileplanet? Not to the modders who actually make the mods that's for sure. Hearing complaints about Fileplanet might be getting old but so is getting screwed over every other time I try to dl something from those idiots. Clicking on the dl links now brings me to some page about ign turbo downloads and gamespy and fileplanet....what it doesn't bring me to is the freaking download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebb Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 So i guess your giving money to the modders then are you ?, no ?, i thought not, so why are you asking me if i am , what relevence is that to whether i pay for my Fileplanet downloads or not, thats my personal choice, but obviously i will come and ask your permission next time i want to subscribe to something else...... I have had no problems with Fileplanet but i dont doubt that there are a lot of people who do, perhaps you need to send an arsey letter to them rather than criticise my decision to sign up. Now, get it off your chest, i'm sure you have some more words of wisdom to share with us all........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) As long as you get that good all-over feeling from giving something back that's all that counts Mother Teresa...I mean Zebb. Edited March 24, 2004 by Sgt. Slaughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 As for alternatives. You guys might want to check out Bittorrent. (google search for it). It's software that allows people to host a small file and then basically, when you are downloading the file, you are also uploading to other people as well. It's becoming very popular. You get great download speeds and you are helping spread the file. Anyway, just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebb Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Bittorrent is very good as long as enough people are using it at the same time, but i use it quite a bit mate........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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