I dont see where theres a problem, it wasnt a high-speed link there were problems for many people. Thats that isnt it? "Many" is a relative term.
Thousands managed to download the mod without a problem, and a handful didn't. This does not make link broken. It makes these people unlucky. It was a high speed download link for almost everybody - it certainly maxed my connection. Honda make reliable cars. But a handful of people have reported problems with the handbrake. This does not make Honda cars unreliable. It makes these people unlucky. Common sense.
Dont assume things about me please. After you called the people involved complete twats, its hard to imagine you having any other sort of reaction had they taken the route you suggested. In fact had they taken the route you suggested then you'd have
had to wait even longer for the mod.
I am all for people getting things earlier, perhaps those cockpit bugs would have been fixed. People who pay or something have a right to get earlier release. The mod was finished as far as the US Pits were concerned. Releasing it to anybody early would not have changed the mod at all. As part of the secondary beta team, I know this.
I understand about the revenue, but then how have they justified calling it a pre-release when practically the whole rf community will now have this before its 'official' release. So your issue has suddenly turned into what they called the release? They called it a pre-release, rather than a release? Seriously?
So from that can I say there is no problem with the whole rf community registering and downloading then @#$%& off?? No, there is no problem. If even 1 member sticks about for R2P, then they have gained another racer. Chances are, after they setup the special events and leagues for NAGT (being the first to do so, for obvious reasons), they gained quite a few members. In fact I can name 4 I personally know who hadn't used R2P before, who are now proper racing members.
Secondly, you don't seem to understand the basics of advertisment. Members registering then leaving still gets the name around community. People now know of the site when they didn't before. Therefore, even if all the members who registered left (which they didn't - fact), they have still achieved the goal of adding traffic and advertising the site.
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