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Lava Croft

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The new Gamer's Bill of Rights
« on: August 29, 2008, 04:25:49 pm »
Edge Online posted the new Gamer's Bill of Rights, as proposed by Gas Powered Games and Stardock.

Let's hope this dream eventually becomes reality.
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Re: The new Gamer's Bill of Rights
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2008, 04:29:36 pm »
Looks interesting. Now, if only those were laws...
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Re: The new Gamer's Bill of Rights
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2008, 10:14:06 pm »
Doesn't seem to be related to open source games.
All I expect is not to get a virus from this, everything else is a gift :D
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Re: The new Gamer's Bill of Rights
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2008, 10:24:17 pm »
Sounds good to me, but of course it would mostly be smaller companies who would follow this, as big companies like EA most likely won't give a damn because they know enough people will buy their games anyways.
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Re: The new Gamer's Bill of Rights
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 11:29:15 am »
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Re: The new Gamer's Bill of Rights
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2008, 04:51:21 pm »
#2 Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
#3 Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game's release.

define: finished
1.   ended or completed.
2.   completed or perfected in all details, as a product: to pack and ship finished items.
3.   polished to the highest degree of excellence: a dazzling and finished piece of writing.
4.   highly skilled or accomplished: a finished violinist.
5.   condemned, doomed, or in the process of extinction: The aristocracy was finished after the revolution.
6.   (of livestock) fattened and ready for market.

you can not have updates when a game is released in a finished state.
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Lava Croft

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Re: The new Gamer's Bill of Rights
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2008, 06:03:58 pm »
Quote from: ampul on September 04, 2008, 04:51:21 pm
you can not have updates when a game is released in a finished state.
New maps, new gamemodes, to name a few. These can all be supplied via meaningful updates,
while the released game still remains a finished game.
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ampul

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Re: The new Gamer's Bill of Rights
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2008, 07:31:54 pm »
update , common used is patch, so: not finished. add-on would be a better word to use.
you know my native tongue, lava. i do understand what meaningful updates are about.  it just sounded weird and inconsistent to me. thanks to sort this out.

when reading the gamer's bill i remembered a mod my brother made for bf vietnam: http://www.pimp-city.tk/ (site is no more updated, the project is finished = ended)
bf1942 and sequels were games with tons of patch/updates etc.

btw, laminating is a correct verb.
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