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Has the agreement between the two been ( the home dialyser) renewed. I think it expired in December 2009."DaVita continues to be our most significant customer for both segments. We have long-term agreements directly or indirectly covering products sales to DaVita in both the System One and In-Center segments; however, the initial term of our agreement for the home market with DaVita is scheduled to expire in December 2009".
There is no other home dialysis machine on the market. Even fresenius who is big on dialysis machines is using them . NXTM has the whole 100% lock on home dialysis which is being promoted by all the companies due to the new bundling rates by CMS that favours switching patients to home hemo. Not only that even Europe is pushing towards home dialysis.
how do the proposed bundling changes promote home hemo over in-center hemo exactly? are they to reimburse for the added treatments?
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"Hi we are the company (no name given) that handles your magazine subscriptions. (soundling as if we are already doing business together) blah blah blah, we need to confirm the information you already gave us (which I never gave this company) So I "confirmed" my info. only to find out on my bank statement that I am getting billed twice as much, for duplicate magazines from different clearing houses. WHAT THE CRAP!
Move ahead about 2 years or so, I move (in june), and get another bank. Not closing my old account at my previous address. I during the months since I've moved, I was checking my balance on my old account weekly. Not once did AEM attempt to take funds from my account.
They called me a few times saying that they have updated lists of the magazines they offer, yet I have failed to received 1 new list. Nothing. I even tried to close the account by mailing them a hand-written & signed statement asking them to close my account.
When I moved, I attempted to call them several times, only to be greeted my a voicemail system. As far as my phone records show, they have only contacted me once since then, Last SATURDAY Jan 3rd! They said that they have been trying to reach me since November regarding my account in which funds were being drawn from. once again, WHAT THE CRAP!
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The person on the line every time said we don't send out bill statements. Puzzled I asked why and got no straight forward answer. They would get upset and tell me I had to pay now or it would go into collections. I stated to them when you can prove to me that I owe you money I'm not going to give you anything. They would then say "Fine you will go to collections then" and hang up the phone.
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WBA "regular" super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg has lost his scheduled opponent for September 13th at the Manchester Arena. He was set to defend his title against tough Namibian Paulus "The Rock" Ambunda, who had previously held the WBO bantamweight title.
But the boxer's manager, Dingaan Thobela announced to Sowetan Live that his fighter sustained a hamstring injury during training camp and was forced to withdraw.
"This is very sad," said Thobela. "We put in a lot of effort and invested so much in this fight. We asked for a three-week postponement but promoter Eddie Hearn has not responded to our request."
Nestor Tobias, who trains the boxer, was very disappointed.
"We were a few days away from another world title and this injury is a major blow, but unfortunately we don't have control over these things," Tobias said. "We informed Quigg's camp in the United Kingdom and we know they will be very disappointed because this is a fight that the world was waiting to see."
Jesus Rojas team called him out. Rojas will travel and he wont mind cancelling that shtty card they have in Ponce on August 30.Comment by Hougigo on 08-22-2014
Oh no... I was all set to fly over there and watch the super fight....damn...if only Quigg wasn't so avoided!Comment by Box-Office on 08-22-2014
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[QUOTE=ShoulderRoll;14877354]Rigondeaux has nothing scheduled...[/QUOTE] He is indeed; furthermore, Quigg is the so-called "regular" WBA titleholder, so fight Rigo. Good fight, and one less fake belt is a bonus.Comment by ShoulderRoll on 08-22-2014
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The coaching department1411 W 1250 S, Suite 101 Orem, Utah United States of America
The coaching department They run away my money $2,500 Orem, Utah
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This is my last hope, and i am sure that the name "The coaching department" is not new in this site, there is no doubt, it is totally scam. My story is the same alot of people here, the total amount paid to them is $2,500 but on the agreement show $2,400 because some for other thing not show there.
This company is really professional, they impressed their professional with me at the first my time trying to learn something for online business, just after 3 weeks from the day i paid (Oct 17, 2012) i realised that their professional in term of scam, and really smart that you are hardly to know that how can the people living by that way, i got suspicious what i had learned from them during 3 weeks then i had the answer for myself but at that time too late for any money back (their agreement stated the refund is only 3 days),
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Earth's Tongue Aka The Mushroom Patch (both in bed with each other) Earth's Tongue scams me by saying they never recieved my payment. Apache Jct, Arizona
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About 2 weeks in they send me a garbage email from their support saying how their facility was flooded and my package was postponed due to this. I accepted this.. Although at the time, I had this nagging feeling that, "Hey.. This seems kind of convienant.."
The 3-4 weeks passes and still no sign of my product.
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After some poor-quality customer service, I finally get through to someone. ( don't even know his name )
He then transfers someone named "rosa."
Rosa was somewhat helpful. Although I had to wait a while just to talk to her because she "occupied" with some other "issues."
In the end, Rosa flat out tells me, "We never received your order." There you have it folks. Earth's tongue is a website that takes your money and claims that THEY never got paid.
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Internationals - JUST SAY NO!
Is it just me, or is anyone else getting fed up with the sudden influx of internationals mid-season? The result is, all qualifiers and friendlies are played with team mates carrying recent grudges whilst not understanding each other. A prime example is England constantly playing as a team of individuals. Also, if you look at training photos, you tend to see that domestic team mates tend to train with each other. So, you get Terry, Lampard, J Cole in one group, Carragher and Gerrard etc in another.
Seeing as international tournaments are played on even-numbered years, why not have the qualification tournaments on odd-numbered years? As a result, players wouldn't get injured by a non-paying FA at crucial stages of the season, and the qualification competition would prevent people having to resort to building sandcastles and watching cricket. Oh, and the season could end sooner, giving the international teams longer to prepare for their tournaments.
In the last 3 weeks, we've lost the backbone of our team to internationals. Campbell, Henry and (i'm not 100% sure if this is a direct result of internationals, but) Cole. Considering Arsenal pay all of these players annual salaries going into the several millions, them getting injured mid-season whilst playing for their respective national teams is just not acceptable.
Besides, there is no money and little glory in international football. You can get lucky and win an international tournament (Greece anyone?), but to win the premier league takes time and skill (or lots and lots of dirty oil money...).
I can't ever remember having so many internationals in a season. So far this season, there have been 7 domestic games, and in the same space of time, 5 internationals (including this wednesday). Internationals are killing football!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Oct 13, 2005 22:23 Flag
im arrogant, whatever. i dont need to see my team win something every year to make me stick up for my team. quite frankly i was satisfied with last seasons performance under the circumstances. we beat u twice in the league comfortably. the second half against u at highbury was champagne football, dont remember too many other teams putting four past u at highbury. oh i think Charlton did not long ago if im not mistaken. I think u need to change ur tampon buddy. oh and we we cant attract any big players. erm excuse but that is BULLSHIT, ie ronaldo, rooney, ferdinand.
Damn bloody right! Its the only thing we keep on hearing: 'crap in europe blah blah blah...'. Considering who have won it in recent years its not such a big deal... and Man U - Give it a season or so and they're gonna be in serious trouble. Goodbye Giggs, Keane etc. How many quality young players do they have? Hope they like feeding on the scraps that Chelsea leave behind because they are gonna have to buy big.
Oh yeah, you got the song wrong. Don't worry about it, i'll correct it for you...
I can't believe you didn't mention the games we played recently when silverware was exchanged?
Manchester United 0 - Arsenal FC 1 (Wiltord ensures Arsenal win the Premier League title at Old Trafford)
Manchester United 0 - Arsenal FC 0 (Arsenal win DRAMATIC penalty shootout in the FA Cup final in cardiff!)
A Yahoo! User Oct 13, 2005 01:15 Flag
Fucks sake Pricky, your on the Chelski site as well. Have you got a job. I reckon your a scouser really. And if I remember rightly your very own beloved Keano reckons you lot up there can't even spell "football".
You finish third two years in a row, you can't get anyone of stature to come to the club, you dont even get linked with big names anymore - things are really bad.
You even booed your own manager. Disgraceful after what he's done for you lot.
For all the money you've got compared to us (soon not to be the case), we shouldn't have been wnywhere near you over the last ten years, and it turns out we were better. And before you start banging on - a whole season unbeaten mate.
And as you keep banging on about Henry and that proper big club Barca, I'll put money on it that Ronaldo the crap Portugese version and Ruud the Horse are gone from these shores before one of the two best players in the world is.
And stop banging on about Europe will you, because it means Nottingham Forest are bigger than you. PRAT
Just wonder y u man u fans can be so arrogant when u didn't win anything last yr and only third place for 2 straight yrs. Oh, u must be very proud to win the third place back to back, wat a magnificient achievement!!!!!!! Every1, v must salute them and hail them as the kings of 3rd place. Congratulation man, keep up the good work!!!!!
Cant believe u dare to mention man u won 2-0 last season at old traford, with all the good diving skills, kungfu kicking + blind man in black, it's something only man u fans will be proud of or at least u!!!!
Wat make man u big???? hundreds of million debts? a club abandoned by the highest no. of of its own fans recently? If so u r big then. Wow! so impressive!
Man u can attract decent player with their play???? Since when??? i guess u purposely forgot how many players turned down man u these few years.
i understand why u r here cos u jealous v r a better team than u n depressed cos chelski richer than u now. come on man, if u keep going like this i recomend u better go see a doctor or u will need a heart or mayb brain surgery come to the end of the season when man u dun win anything again, third place as usual, ur beloved mr. hair dyer get sacked n ur so called big club end up like leeds utd with all the debts that genuine big club dun hav.
So, why dun u go back to ur fucking forum n moan like a whore til u win something again.
A Yahoo! User Oct 12, 2005 22:26 Flag
Just wondered if you can remember these classic games lord stink box! Think u need to watch them to remind you why your never be as big as us.
although im sure u only started supporting the gunner scum in 98 back when u actually had a good side.
shame that era is coming to an end. I cant c u ever signing anyone decent again, bruce rioch will be back when wenger fucks off !!!
ps cant wait 2 c henry and ronaldinho next year 4 barca, coz when hes gone that will be the nail right up the arsenal
aresenal 2 man united 6 rumbelows cup 91
man utd 6 arsenal 1 fapl 01
man utd 2 arsenal 1 fa cup 99
man utd 2 arsenal 0 fapl 04
arsenal 2 man utd 4 fapl 05
Pricky its Lord Fuck Face to you peasant, and if you wasn't soooo illiterate you would see i said you ARE the biggest team in the world, so you'd think that you'd have plenty to say with your fellow supporters in YOUR Man U forum. This is the last time im replying or responding to you because you're boring and suck prawns big time. I encourage other gooners to ignore pricky until he has something better to say, or when Man U win something...
Thanks for the memories Pricky
A Yahoo! User Oct 9, 2005 23:27 Flag
what the hell are u talking about?, its the same for every team that has international players. i know y dont we scrap international football altogethor!! trust me id be happy 2 c cambell out the england team, and that chelsea rent by cole,
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This isn't arsenal specific. Every (decent) team has internationals. Even if the Man U ones are suspended for being a spoilt fat prick with no discipline, or dropped for looking like plug (from the beano).
It also includes the fact that Arsenal players are representing countries as diverse as Ivory Coast, Belarus, Sweden, Netherlands etc.
Oh yeah, and I know there's not a lot to sing about on the Man U forum at the moment, but pleeeeaaaassseee just fuck off back there.


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HOULKA – For Kathy Haynes, exercise and fitness is not new, but it took a little nudging to get her back into the groove.
Haynes, now 53, played basketball at Houlka High School, participated in long distance biking during adulthood and had competed in triathalons previously, but life changes put her exercise regimen on the back burner for several years. When she and husband, Greg, married in 1997, the changes started.
"I went from being a single mother with one child to being married with three children," Haynes said. "Then we built a house with all that goes into that. I guess I wanted to show him I could cook because I gained 98 pounds and he gained 93. I tell people we gained a large person."
Her concern for her husband's health really got things turned around again.
"We were all worried about his health and weight," Haynes said. "He had bariatric surgery in Nov. 2011. That was my cue (to change the family menu) and at that point I started back exercising."
She admits some of her motivation was based on personal motives.
"I never wanted to weigh more than my husband," Haynes laughed. "When he first had the surgery, weight was just falling off him. I knew I had to get on the ball."
She started out using a Nordic Trac and stationary bike. Her nephew, Matt Winter, participated in a triathalon in Columbus and encouraged her to get back into the sport and she heard of the King of the Hill event in Tupelo through colleagues at work.
"I didn't even know this was in Tupelo and it's the eighth year," Haynes said. "I did a couple of triathalons but that was a long time ago. I'm 53 now and I thought, 'I can't do that anymore.' Then I thought, 'Well, I wonder if I could.'"
First she had to get back in action so she started walking and running again. She participated in the Resurrection Run 5K in Tupelo with a goal of finishing under 45 minutes.
She made it across the finish line in 39.
"I thought, 'Ok, I can do a 5K,'" Hayes said.
Then she got a new bike and hit the road for serious training.
"I had already signed up for the triathalon and paid the registration fee," Haynes said.
All her efforts paid off June 29 as she completed a half-mile swim, 20-mile bike ride and 3.2-mile run in the King of the Hill event at Tombigbee State Park.
"I wanted to finish the bike in under an hour-and-a-half," Haynes said. "I did it in an hour and twenty-five minutes. I wanted to get out of the water in less than a half-hour and I did it in 25-minutes."
She didn't set a goal for completing the run.
"Heck, no," Haynes said. "I figured if I got that far I could finish."
But her overall goal was to complete the event in three hours and she made it in 2:49:30.
The family and friends who cheered her on led to another personal victory.
"I wanted my grandchildren to be there," Haynes said. "To see me at 53 and know I could do that. My grandson Tripp is 11 and after we got home he was on the phone telling his friends what I had done. He said he's going to do one for kids next year. When I heard him on the phone, I knew that's it right there. That made it all worthwhile."
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Koumas played through the pain barrier in the loss to Port Vale on Saturday, scoring his fourth goal in his last seven games, but needed half a dozen pain injections in his toe to feature. The quick turnaround is now likely to work against him.
Centre-back Stephen Arthurworrey came off against Vale and is struggling with a lower back injury while fellow defender Danny Holmes, absent on Saturday, will be assessed late on Monday after picking up a knee problem.
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We will barely win. 17-13 Niners.
We will start off fast: shotgun spread in the first half and be up 14-0 @ the half...only for Raye and Sings balls to shrivel upward and we go back to i-form conservagame bullsht and Nedney squeaks it out.
Smith once again will be successful out of a spread formation and our running game will have more success. We will all be extremely happy in the chatroom only to be livid in the 4th quarter when we run up the middle on 2nd and 11.


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The federation said it had accepted a request from the 45-year-old coach to prematurely end his contract.
Three possible successors have been identified and the federation said a decision would be taken in the coming days, after they had been interviewed.
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Tunisia failed to get past the first round after finishing third in Group D. At last year's Nations Cup, Trabelsi had led the side into the quarter-finals before Ghana knocked them out.
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|Woo hoo!! And now less than $15k to go!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.
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Into our second week! Let's Roll!
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Good night Moose. Great job!
Sorry for the measly amount. This week is payday, so hopefully I can scrounge up more.
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President Obama, Michelle Obama host White House Easter Egg Roll
No , uhh, wait,, BO was here.
US President Barack Obama helps a young participant during during the 134th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House. Obama and his family, joined by the Easter Bunny, welcomed some 30,000 people for the annual Easter Egg Roll on Monday, the White House-sponsored holiday extravaganza. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
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PC Piracy Drove Gears of War Creators to Console Development
Epic Games' Mike Capps says consoles are where the money's at, but PCs could bounce back eventually.
It's no accident that Epic Games' products are showing up more and more on consoles and less on PC. Studio president Mike Capps recently sat down for an interview with Edge magazine, where he revealed the reasoning behind Epic's newfound preference towards console development: PC piracy.
"If you walked into this place six years ago, Epic was a PC company and always had been. We did one PS2 launch title, which was a port of Unreal Tournament, and everything else was PC," Capps told Edge (via CVG). "And now, if you read our forums, people are saying: 'Why do you hate the PC? You're a console-only company.' And guess what? It's because the money's on console."
He continued, "We still do PC, we love the PC, but we already saw the impact of piracy: It killed a lot of great independent developers and completely changed our business model."
Capps wasn't entirely down on PC gaming, however. In fact, he seems to think the PC market could be gearing up for a rebound any day now.
"There's certainly a light for PC gaming...," Capps added. "Most publishers I'm speaking to right now think their money's going to be shifting back to PC and away from traditional consoles, just because folks are in that mode of wanting to spend a little bit of time every now and then, and paying money to save time because there's so much media competing for it."
"...Maybe Facebook will save PC gaming," said the Epic Games president. "But it's not going to look like Gears Of War."
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Comments (35)
Some developers are to greedy....Posted: May 19, 2010 12:00AM PST by Zlyvex
The problem is some game developers try to make too many games at once. If you look at some very successful franchises like Halo and Warcraft you will come to realize that the companies that make these games just about focus on one game to perfect it before releasing another. Epic appeared to do the same but in my view they don't have enough talent there and that is the reason sales have went down for pc AND consoles for their games.
Epic my advice is to bring in some fresh blood that have experience with pc games and have that team focus primarily on one game and recapture the soul of your company. You will never make it without being a pc first game developer you are making a huge mistake.
@mysteriousgamerPosted: May 19, 2010 12:00AM PST by Greevar
"First of all, let me say you are full of crap. Your whole argument stems from a dillusional and warped point of view. Let me get this straight--you think because you were able to download the game without paying for it, that the game is "free"? Using that logic, anything that is not forcefully protected is "free" too, right? If I see a car in a parking lot, hey, it's available for "free", so why not take it?
The word "free" implies that it was rightfully given away for no cost. Illegally downloaded games were not rightfully given away. They were illegally distributed. And yes, there ARE laws against illegally distributing copyrighted software, music, and movies. You might want to educate yourself before they lock you up for 10 years with a fine of $10,000 per incident. And, even the downloaders can face fines, jail time, and lawsuits. Ask parents of sued children how much their freeloading music children cost them in courts when the record companies sued them."
There is so much wrong with what you said it's dizzying. Your counter-point is based on incompatible views of property and rights. A car is property and by law taking it is theft. Games are not property, no matter how hard the industry tries to force that concept into being true. Taking a car leaves the owner without their car, but taking a copy of a game does not deprive the owner of their game. I have a copy and they have a copy.
Free is defined as "obtainable without payment." I can obtain a game without payment. I'd say that counts a free. Yes, it was illegally distributed. Yes, there are laws against that, but they are civil laws, not criminal laws. The ciminal laws pertaining to copyright are against the act of counterfeiting and passing off those copies as original.
Your condemnation fails to make my actions any more or less legal, morally justifiable, or ethical. I don't feel any guilt in downloading, because I'm not taking anything away from anyone. And don't talk to me about "lost potential sales", because there is no law against loss of what "might have been paid".
I suggest you educate yourself about copyright with something other than what you hear from the mouthpeices of the pro-copyright interests if you want to condemnate others for doing something that you disagree with. I've read the copyright law and I've taken basic economics and I have come to the realization that copyright and supply/demand economics are not compatible.
LOLPosted: May 19, 2010 12:00AM PST by Krom
Load of epic shit
CONTEXT must be taken into consideration, there is more to this story
What happend here is a classic backlash
Unreal Tournament 99 was released- massive fame and fortune, GOTY winner
For some reason they create 2 or 3 shitty sequals driving gamers to piracy or just not buying it at all
creating huge losses in sales and respect for the developer.
Epic thus switchs to console due to piracy
They have only themselves to blame
LOLPosted: May 19, 2010 12:00AM PST by Krom
Load of epic shit
Everything must be taken in context
What happend here is a classic backlash
Unreal Tournament 99 was released- massive fame and fortune, GOTY
For some reason they create 2 or 3 shitty sequals driving gamers to piracy or just not buying it at all
creating huge losses in sales and respect for the developer.
Epic thus switchs to console due to piracy
They have only themselves to blame
Yeah yeah yeahPosted: May 19, 2010 12:00AM PST by doom90885
When they don't make a profit off PC games, they blame piracy. When they don't make profit off a console game its because of used game sales. Anyone see a pattern here? Any console fanboys and ignoranty game developers that think console games are untouchable better think again. Sooner or later piracy will be just as bad for console games as PC games. Its already almost as bad on handhold consoles how long before it spreads to their big brothers? What excuse will these companies make now? Or will they just quit the game business all together? That aside, lets assume piracy won't be an issue for console games. Just as piracy is the scapegoat for PC games, used game sales will be the scapegoat for any minor profit loss on a game sale. We already had an article here the other day talking about how companies claim used game sales are more damaging to them then piracy. They should have kept their mouth shut. While you can whip on piracy because it is indeed illegal, buying and selling used games is not so their arguement comes off as petty complaining that they have no say in. Its the same damn issue for PC gaming and consoles except 2 words are swapped around. I always said DRM is a scheme to prevent resale NOT piracy and companies are already talking about using similar methods for console games to avoid resales. Console developers better recognize that yes piracy sucks but its inevitable and that their golden consoles are not untouchable and will eventually be pirated just as much as PC games. CoOnsole gamers better recognize that this whole DRM scheme is coming to consoles ooner or later. Its just gonna be renamed into combatting used game sales. Its like saying the words s**t and crap: 2 different words same exact meaning. Whether PC or console gamers, we are all gamers we just have different preferences in hardware, etc. We better start hanging under 1 banner as GAMERS and hang together or we will hang seperately and continue to get screwed by unreasonable practices.
@tthomas48Posted: May 19, 2010 12:00AM PST by Proudmoore
It's true that the average amount paid by Linux or Mac users for the Humble Indie Bundle was higher than the avergae paid by Windows users, but the number of users meant that over half of the total revenue still came from Windows users. Who knows though, maybe that will change down the road (Year Of The Linux Desktop 5 years in a row now).
As for Gears of War, I got both given to me bundled with console purchases and after 5 minutes of grey and brown boredom in the first one, I didn't even bother opening the plastic wrap of the second one. Maybe PC gamers just expect more from their games :P.
Nothing is easier to pirate than PC gamesPosted: May 19, 2010 12:00AM PST by TPoppaPuff
And despite whatever nonsense SnakeEyez59 wants you to believe, the cost and time of PC piracy makes it much more favorable than console piracy. You can't even get your 360 online once you change your DVD drive (at least not for very long) and is frankly a giant hassle. Whereas PC its pretty much torrent, crack, play and that's it. Th future of PC gaming is one that is constantly under developer supervision to combat piracy. That's partially why Crysis burned and a game like WoW or any Valve game can flourish.
well...Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Sinfullyvannila
The average console lifespan is more like 4 years. Some are longer, some are shorter. PC builds last quite a bit longer than 2 years before they literally cannot play new games anymore. I built one in 2000 that played new games into 2006. Game companies are getting a lot better about how far they are making their games scale back too.
Epic....piracy is not the problem.Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Zlyvex
It's kinda funny because I heard Cliffy B complaining about piracy of their games just after I opened a fresh copy of UT3 pc that I purchased from the store for $44.99. Also, there are people illegaly downloading games for their consoles as well. Epic stop blaming piracy you know the real reason your sales sucked:
According to NPD Crysis has sold 86,633 copies in November while UT3 sold just 33,995. I can sort of understand Crysis' low sales because of its steep hardware requirements but UT3 didn't really have that problem and also had the advantage of a decent fan base. It will be interesting to see if this affects the creation of cutting edge games on PC and if it leads to even more PC games becoming cross-platform.
A response from a dedicated UT fan:
I can answer ths one. As a UT player myself. My old UT clan was pretty pissed at Epic for pissing all over them. Yes, UT was still technically a PC game, but Epic has clearly been pushing more towards consoles and the press received for the PS3 version (Will it make it by Christmas? This is the PS3's Halo competition!) made most of us feel like Epic no longer suited our needs.
Virtually all of us went back to WoW or joined up in TF2. I haven't played UT III in over a month already.
facebook thingPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by sinquito
Piracy sucks, there's no other way to see that. On the other hand, I see that many of you doesnt look to facebook like a real gamesite (well because its not really) but, for example, my cousin spent more than the triple of time playin poker on facebook, than me, playing my "hardcore" games like gears 2, so what makes a game hardcore, the graphics, the minimum requeriments or what? I play on consoles because, I can get great games on 6 years without needing to upgrade, unlike on pc, where in two years your pc is almost obsolete with the standard, and of course even though a pc can made much more than a console is pricer too.
re: GreevarPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by mysteriousgamer
And I quote:
"Some anti-piracy consumers have a ridiculous assumption that downloaders feel "entitlement" to their entertainment. We do not look for excuses to avoid paying for entertainment, it is simply available for free."
First of all, let me say you are full of crap. Your whole argument stems from a dillusional and warped point of view. Let me get this straight--you think because you were able to download the game without paying for it, that the game is "free"? Using that logic, anything that is not forcefully protected is "free" too, right? If I see a car in a parking lot, hey, it's available for "free", so why not take it?
The word "free" implies that it was rightfully given away for no cost. Illegally downloaded games were not rightfully given away. They were illegally distributed. And yes, there ARE laws against illegally distributing copyrighted software, music, and movies. You might want to educate yourself before they lock you up for 10 years with a fine of $10,000 per incident. And, even the downloaders can face fines, jail time, and lawsuits. Ask parents of sued children how much their freeloading music children cost them in courts when the record companies sued them.
Lets think...Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by rhino_prit
you launched PC version of GoW, one year after Xbox version and you expect high sales???
Also when i try to play online, "GfW live is not available in your country" show up in my screen..
I still bought one copy for $40.. so you blame on piracy? If you treat pc as secondary market, thats exactly you gonna get...
Technically...Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Sinfullyvannila
You can hook computers up to most TV's too, so that's kind of a moot point. I mean, I wouldn't really see the point in it, pretty much like I wouldn't see the point in buying an HD console if you don't have an HDTV. The point is, you need some kind of display for either. And I bet you still spent at least $200 dollars on that TV anyway.
Also, if you are only using a PC for gaming, it's extremely unlikely you're going to get a virus. I've also found that console components are much less reliable than PC components. I've only ever had to upgrade one component due to malfunction in about 15 years of PC gaming, whereas I've gone through 4 NESs, 2 SNESs, 2 Gameboys(1 brick, 1 pocket), a PSone, 2 PS2s and an Xbox because of malfunction. And unlike a PC, you can't upgrade a broken component, you have to pay to get it replaced.
Torchlight ( budget game) selling well actually supports his opinion that blockbusters aren't the future of PC gaming. I'd even argue that could be what he's basing it on.
Um, has anyone played Gears of War PC???Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Apollo_Angel
I don't know if someone else ported it--I assume not, because Epic added extra content to the campaign--but getting Gears PC to work really sucked. There's a gigantic Wiki out there dedicated to getting that game working, and the sheer number of problems combined with the complete lack of support made the experience horrendous. I had to essentially start with clean install of Windows XP to get the thing to work properly. Even then, it constantly loses my saves for no reason, won't record achievements offline, won't record checkpoints (it's supposed to, but fails to) when signed into Windows Live offline, and I've had to unlock insane mode twice because it 'forgot' I unlocked it the first time--but not until I was within one checkpoint of finishing chapter three on insane.
That lack of support for the product, more than piracy, is why PC gaming is dying--and in the Gears of War department, at least, Epic has no room to talk. Not sure how they, of all developers, managed to fail so overwhelmingly. If anyone knows how to create an online shooter, it should be them. They haven't exactly mastered the console online portion either, to be honest.
If Facebook is PC's SaviorPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Sticks654
Then leave me out of it. I've spent nearly all my time on PC playing hardcore titles, and I think most PC users share a similar experience. Facebook is entirely focused on casual gaming, offering up these play and forget titles, and that doesn't appeal to me in the least bit. Why is it so dificult to move to something like Steam? I understand where developers are coming from with the whole piracy aspect of PC gaming, but if you make a good game, people will feel inclined to buy it, it's that simple.
@lamespartanPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Sinfullyvannila
PC gaming is arguably cheaper than consoles. Sure the PC itself is more expensive, and yes you have to buy a monitor, but you aren't including the cost of an HDTV in your price estimates for consoles. Then you have to figure the price of games, which retail $10-30 cheaper on PC. Then there are other expenses like batteries for controllers, XBOX live, zany new controllers etc. Lastly there's service charges for the console if it breaks down, whereas with a PC, you can upgrade instead of replacing.
So long to Exclusive PC Single Player gamesPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by me_want_wii
The boats sailed and sunk.
lolololol thats a joke.Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by duddee
Another dev trying to say their crappy sales are due to piracy. Epic is better off saying that going into the console market with a game lacking all creativity and originality that is hyped by commercials and the media will sell regardless of how shity it is. Goodluck getting away with that on the PC.
Wrong PC?Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by tthomas48
Perhaps by targeting Windows they're targeting the wrong PC users. If you look at the humble indie game bundle, Mac users were willing to pay more, and Linux users the most for the games.
Perhaps it's developing for Windows that isn't cost effective.
Wrong PC?Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by tthomas48
Perhaps by targeting Windows they're targeting the wrong PC users. If you look at the humble indie game bundle, Mac users were willing to pay more, and Linux users the most for the games.
Perhaps it's developing for Windows that isn't cost effective.
Piracy means incompetant now?Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Treemonkeys
Because of piracy? Maybe this one sided article should actually mention what legit buyers of Gears of War PC version had to go through to actually play the game instead of just happily blaming the pirates. The game's exe file had a security certificate that somehow helps prevent the game from being pirated, this should be no problem for me since I purchased the game right? Wrong. Too bad the security certificate for the game was expired, so if you tried to launch the date and your computer's clock was set to something after the year 2008 (I don't remember the date exactly) the game would not launch, at all. It wouldn't even get you a good error message to point you in the right direction.
So after poking around on the internet I found the problem, set my clock back, and was able to launch the game. They even had an update to fix this problem, great! Problem is your clock has to be set to the correct time to actually download the update, so what you have to do is set the clock back in time to launch the game, then after it is launched alt-tab out to set the clock back to the correct time so you can go back in the game and download updates. Then the next problem is that the first update you get doesn't fix the clock issue, and you have to restart the game after each update. So you have to go through this process 2-3 times before you actually get the update that fixes this and then you can play the game normally.
Then you have all other sorts of problem with how the multiplayer was handled on PC, the absurd "list play" paid for options, and how they pissed of 360 fans by giving the PC version exlusive content.
Epic's dimestore policy of trying to get people to double dip and buy the PC version for a new campaign chapter wasn't enough to overcome their incredible incompetance with the PC version, so the blame piracy and say PC gaming is dead.
Too bad Valve and Blizzard are consistently proving otherwise, I will not be purchasing GOW3 on any plattform after all this.
Entitlement? Don't make me laugh.Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Greevar
Some anti-piracy consumers have a ridiculous assumption that downloaders feel "entitlement" to their entertainment. We do not look for excuses to avoid paying for entertainment, it is simply available for free. Whether it is available legally is not the issue, it simply is. And as consumers given a choice, we opt for the one that costs the least money and the most value. It's basic economics: A PC/Console game is digital information. As such, that information can be copied and distributed infinitely with very negligible cost. According to the basic priciniples of economics, games are an infinite good. As an infinite good the supply and demand curve changes in an interesting manner. Since the supply is infinite, it does not increase as demand decreases; it stays flat. In a typical supply/demand relationship, as supply increases, demand decreases. Since the supply is infinite, the demand dictates a price of $0. The only reason the market has suffered this relationship as long as it has, was because the creators dictated how much supply of a particular "good" was allowed to exist. If they can't control how many copies exist, there is no scarcity and thus, there is no demand. Everyone can have a copy without diminishing the supply.
I'm not saying I have an excuse to feel "entitled" to my choice of entertainment. I'm saying that the argument is essentially pointless, simply due to the nature of information and the internet. You might argue that many people put their time and effort to create a particular game and they deserve to be paid. You would be right, but the copyright law doesn't dictate that the creator must be paid for every copy of his/her work in existence. It also doesn't fall into the laws against theft, since it is not real property and doesn't stand up to the legal definition of theft. So either the law needs to be changed or the business model needs to evolve. I think you know where I stand.
Oh, and if by getting what we deserve entails getting games without the DRM restrictions for an acceptable price, then you're right. We are getting what we deserve. As long as PC's exist, there will be PC gaming and as long as the internet exists, there will be "piracy".
GoodPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by EKGTrooper
I hope everyone pulls out of PC development. I want to see the look on all those pathetic pirates faces when they have nothing left to steal.
I laugh when people try and say that Facebook is going to bring PC gaming back. Facebook is just a fad. Like Myspace and Napster was. I grew up with these websites rising to great popularity and then crashing down to make room for someone else. None of us could have ever imagined life without Myspace, and now it is a distant memory. Facebook will be forgotten soon. Count on that.
DuhPosted: May 21, 2010 12:00AM PST by Bewildered_Ronin
Y'know, a lot of us out there who do play on the PC actually do buy games. It's called Steam. You might like to know that I have over 100 games, all that I've paid for, on Steam alone. Check it out sometime when you're not so busy being an ignorant and obnoxious prick.
So, seriously, thanks for saying that you want my preferred platform to be completely ruined just so a few smug asswipes can get their just desserts. That's real classy of you.
@greevarPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by hitnrun
All the rationalizations and horrible analogies an L.A. degree can spin together doesn't change the one essential point: the game maker did not make his game available on the PC. He says it's because of piracy.
By definition, he is right, and you are wrong.
He didn't make a claim about the evils of torrents. He didn't try to put DRM in his game and then get into a pissing match with fans over it. He made an economic decision - you know, the argument that actually matters. Therefore, piracy hurts the PC library. Ipso facto.
Pirates = No GamesPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by elprofesor81
Some gamers have a rediculous sense of entitlement, and for some reason look for excuses not to pay for there entertainment. The excuses given for pirating PC Games are horrible (i.e. There's no demo, DRM sucks because I need to be able to play the game on 100 different computers) seriously. The pirates are getting what they deserve and the few honest gamers out there are getting hurt but can't support the industry. If you need an example just look at the Incredible Indie bundles 25% piracy rate, when it cost as little as $0.01. Pay up or change entertainment mediums and hang out at the library.
Piracy is the problem... right.Posted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Greevar
Blaming piracy for the lack in the PC game sales is like saying the library is at fault for a lack in the book sales. They both offer content that people want for free, except that the library was legalized in the copyright act. If we didn't have the clause for libraries in copyright law, they too would be called piracy. Instead of bitching about how the horrible pirates (As if every download is actually a lost sale, when in truth some of it leads to a sale that would not have been made otherwise. Word of mouth ring a bell?), maybe they should find ways to make money on games indirectly?
Just like the movie industry needed to remodel their business in competition with the TV industry, the games industry needs to learn to compete with the digital distribution industry. Instead, they bitch and moan that people aren't buying DRM infected games that don't always work as advertised and downloading pirated games without the flaws of the "legal" version. Why would any sane person pay money for something that limits what they can do with it (backup, install on all of your devices, etc.), when they can have it with full control and portability for free? Help me out here. I'm having a hard time seeing who the real bad guy is.
yeahPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by NightWolves
No surprises there all due to the wonderful world of PC pirating.
BlahPosted: May 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by sj420
Basically, if the game's design is great and the features are awesome and well implemented and used, people will BUY the game. If the game crashes and doesn't work 80% of the time (like stalker games) then people will not buy it. Most people BUY the game for multiplayer while they download it to try it out to see if they like it. Maybe if there were demos of the games (who decided to get rid of demos anyway?) this wouldn't happen so much.
There are also cases of people boycotting the game because of DRM or other senseless features that make it hard for a real buyer to even play while the pirates crack it and make it easy to play.
Its all about good buiness model, good business ethics/practices. All companies are about now'a'days are money and if you just want money then go to the console you'll make it there are plenty of idiots who will buy your game and talk trash about it to but real gamers use the PC. End of Story.
P.S saying social networking will save gaming is like saying solitare will save gaming. Get over it, social networking is LAME.


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