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Quoting: pbI have both Trine and Trine 2, but I haven't played either of them so far - should I play them in chronological order (i.e. keep waiting for #1 to get to Steam) or it doesn't matter?

I'd play the first one first, because the second one is a bit better, but both are worth playing, and that way, you get an even improving experience.

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Hey Guys, thanks for the great comments, and thanks to Liam for posting up the news :)

Linux is on the way, we just have some challenges to overcome before we can release a working client to the community. The single player is tested and works perfectly fine, although we have some issues on the multiplayer side and also the Steam distribution side.

We're working on a huge update at the moment, so I'm "stealing" coder time from that to work on linux. We're keeping Liam updated with news, and we're looking forward to being able to tell him LETS ROCK!!!!

Phyrefli.

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I played it before this update, nifty HoMM-lite thing, and well worth its price.

Just tried the update for the French translation. As usual, the result is infuriating and I had to quit after three minutes:
* It's a verbatim mess
* Capital letters aren't accented
* Text is bleeding out of its frame just about everywhere
* Spelling is approximative at best.
* Oh, and let's not forgetting mistranslations and untranslated strings...

Yay, devs STILL don't know what they're doing WRT localization. Nothing new under the sun. In other words: it's very good. IN ENGLISH.

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For me I just nicely side-step this by being on the Editorial team which gives me Premium privileges (which is still an option for everyone, so start writing/contributing!) but I still do not have an Ad blocker on largely due to being too lazy to get one. :|

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Just please, whatever you do put in place a popup that urges you to disable adblock and won't allow you to view the site until a timer expires. Niresh does that, and it's annoying as hell.

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I see no problem stating that, so it has been added to the donate/premium page under its own section.

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Quoting: liamdawehosting, food, rum, food, games + everything else.

This is what I'm saying. No where on your donate page does it say where this money goes. "Staying afloat" isn't enough IMHO.

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Quoting: GuestIt's going off on a tanget from ads, but...

If Liam needs to relax, and a [choose your vice] does the job, then that actually helps GOL. Trying to write articles, or even do research for them, isn't the job of a machine, it's the job of a person.

With regards to ads, it's unfortunate that they're needed, but they are. Not blocking them, or donating, or both, is how we can actively help keeps sites we like afloat.

I also like to think how much I used to spend on magazines and newspapers. And they were loaded with ads. Compared to that, not adblocking here seems...trivial.

Bingo, I am a person, everything takes time, time is money and time I could spend out looking for what other people would consider a "real" job.

I will probably do a monthly reminder on this issue.

If any adverts come up that are dubious/malware you should report them to me asap along with the url they go to for me to block it. I can't make the ads better if people don't let me know :)

As for a few people mentioning the size of the advert above the comments, I can do a weeks test on a horizontal advert rather than a square and see what it's like.

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The problem for me isn't advertising per se but the privacy concerns I have with centralized advertising and tracking.
I haven't blocked you. I have blocked Google, Facebook and Twitter.
I unblocked Piwik for example because I trust them. Again totally unrelated to your site, you just happen to implement it.

As I see it, content providers have two options.
1. Finding sponsors and implement your own Ad-Banners instead of 3rd party scripts.
2. A paywall in cooperation with other sites and content providers.
Supporting every single site I read and every cause I approve of with 25 bucks a year would add up to quite a sum. I have to set priorities and then it's the EFF vs. GoL or something.

Don't get me wrong, I'd hate the position you content providers find yourself in, I get that. But you have to find new models; the existing ones just don't work.

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I needed to change the executable permissions of the main game binary before the game would launch on my Arch Linux setup, and now I am also stuck on the "Beta Configuration" window as it is way too large to fit on my screen and does not show any interface items. I have a 17' inch LCD monitor at 1280x1024 resolution.

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I tried this game briefly in windows not long ago to check on their progress, super fun! really looking forward to playing this on Linux!

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Think I ran across it at some other crowdfunding-related forums and probably made that wishful-thinking jump that Unity = Linux support. Now I can't find any explicit promises, so hopefully the project leader answers...

(and answers in the affirmative, or else I set us up for our first retraction :P )

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Quoting: tigerWhat about a "Game of the week" banner on top of the page, where a developer pays a small fee to GOL for appearing there for 1 week and giving away a code to your readers for buying the game with a small discount or something.

Just some random thoughts

For that you need to actually get developers on-board, most don't want to spend the money.

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Quoting: n30p1r4t3[

Which is tracking. Doesn't it bother you that your personal information and Google searches are being used to display things (ads) that MAY interest you?


It's a privacy violation.

no ..i dont really care..i have nothing to hide
i dont need tin foil hat

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Like i said before GOL is a service, do you ask say spotify what their employees spend subscription money on? People pay for GOL Premium or see adverts both give me income to pay for anything i need, and quite frankly it's a breach of my own privacy to state everything i need/want to use money on. Not that I mend telling people that their money goes on hosting, food, rum, food, games + everything else.

I won't be setting any mark on an amount of money we need as there is no set amount i need to live.

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Quoting: Xpander<blockquote abp="376"><cite abp="377">Anonymous</cite>Do You know what ads are on Your site?<br abp="378">Screenshot: <a href="https://db.tt/jc85nS5O" target="_blank" abp="379">https://db.tt/jc85nS5O</a> (i think this ad is "phishing"<img alt="" src="/includes/jscripts/markitup/emoticons/wink.png" abp="380" data-sceditor-emoticon=";)">
br abp="381">it depends what country you are in.. ads are showed based on your interests and country and stuff like that..blame the evil google i guess and the policy behind ads.

Which is tracking. Doesn't it bother you that your personal information and Google searches are being used to display things (ads) that MAY interest you?


It's a privacy violation.

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Quoting: michele mazzaI second that.<br abp="250">GOL is not a public service.<br abp="251">You should support it because you think it's worth it, either by seeing ads or donating money.<br abp="252">The fact that there's money to spare for any number of 6-packs is irrelevant.

I understand, but all I'm saying is that people would be more willing to support a cause if they knew were the money was going. How much is hosting? What games do you need?



That just gave me an idea, why not have a "kickstarter" like fundraiser to help pay for games to review/cast and just general funding. See http://www.niresh12495.com/ for an example. Every month they set a goal of $300 to help keep the site going, and he reaches that every time.

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Quoting: AnonymousDo You know what ads are on Your site?
Screenshot: https://db.tt/jc85nS5O (i think this ad is "phishing";)

it depends what country you are in.. ads are showed based on your interests and country and stuff like that..blame the evil google i guess and the policy behind ads.

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Do You know what ads are on Your site?
Screenshot: https://db.tt/jc85nS5O (i think this ad is "phishing")

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One of my favourite upcoming games out there. Been playing through wine, and it works well enough. Looking forward to the native version! I hope it'll be out during the summer.

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GOL is one of the only sites where I deactivated my AB. The fact that you said "Don't Hate You, But Please Don't Do It" is very nice! More people/websites should have this stance!

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After reading this article i noticed that whitelist of my Adblock is empty though i whitelisted GoL and some other sites earlier. Maybe Adblock or Chrome cleared it during update?..

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Quoting: SXXIf you try to look around you'll notice that MS don't give a #$@% about PC games and there is no "anti-OpenGL campaign".

I'm not going to take issue with everything you said, but there is an anti-OpenGL campaign by Microsoft, and there has been since almost the first day they released Direct3D nineteen years ago.

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Quoting: n30p1r4t3P.S. I think it would be good if you published your monthly financial reports so that we KNOW where all the money is going rather than assuming it's just buying you another 6-pack for example.

I don't agree with that at all, people donate/pay for gol premium on the basis that it's to keep GOL going, it's my choice to use it on whatever I need to make that happen. It's income for me plain and simple.

I second that.
GOL is not a public service.
You should support it because you think it's worth it, either by seeing ads or donating money.
The fact that there's money to spare for any number of 6-packs is irrelevant.

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ads on this site arent annoying at all ... so people... whitelist this site on your Adblocker.
i have basicaly whitelisted every site that has linux stuff.. even phoronox which has some annyoing ads.. but still people have to make money for the content they create..and we want to read great content.. so, support is needed.


keep up the good work Liam!

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Thank you ;-)

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I think it would feel better for you and your readers if you slightly changed your stance from :
"Please don't block ads, or otherwise donate if you want me to go on."
to
"If you like what I'm doing and want me to go on, please donate or otherwise don't block ads"

Same thing but different formulation, it feels a little more positive and encourages donations more than advertising which is controversial.

Also, you should think of how you could better reward those who donate. Get ideas from crowdfunding and free-to-play games. And you can ask us for ideas.

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I'll make an exception for you as you asked nicely. ;)

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I've taken to unblocking sites I want to support that don't have obnoxious ads, so you've been unblocked for some time :) Bless Jim, but the Escapist's site is horrible for video ads, so I opted instead to subscribe for ad free viewing (and HTML5 videos, though I don't like that paywall).

As for other methods, I think some interesting options will appear as the community grows (I wish I contribute more to that, but my job has me exhausted this introvert it is). For instance, we could do a tournament where all competitors chip in; then split it into prize money (or just prizes) and the rest for the site. Though, you'd probably need more resources like dedicated servers, but it'd be fun to do sometime in the future :)

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: n30p1r4t3stuff

If people don't notify us about bad adverts, how are we to know? We can easily block certain adverts, but don't shout from the hills when no one has reported that until now.

There's a lot. Online chatting with girls, etc.

And here is more information about that "malware removal tool": http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/SparkTrust-PC-Cleaner-Plus-18757-program.aspx

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