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Sins digital d/l issue

January 25, 2008 2:01:07 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Can we assume the preorder will be available to D/L when timer hits 0?
If so are you guys ready to cope with the demand, wouldn't it be better to phase it in over the weekend by emailing out keys over the weekend? (Randomise the emails so there is no complaining)

I would rather have some ppl start and finsh over weekend and wait if it will reduce problems with the D/L later on. With out a preload I fear there maybe issues when d/ling on release.

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Reply #1 January 25, 2008 2:10:42 AM
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the devs have stated that they already bought up surplus bandwidth to handle the release, so the d/ling should work fine
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Reply #2 January 25, 2008 2:25:45 AM
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Will wait and see man. When that timer hits 0 theres going to be alot of server strain.
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Reply #3 January 25, 2008 2:46:02 AM
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Lol there is one thing I really hate about stardock. And thats their download speed. At best I get 140k from them. That was cool 5 years ago but in this age rofl. So prepare for a looooooong download. I dont have a crappy connection 1.2 MB download.

Ok the rest about Stardock owns and is really good (To make up for the one thing I hate hehehe)
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Reply #4 January 25, 2008 3:15:20 AM
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Lets hope its better than that on release. Really want to play the game on the release day. Game looks awesome.
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Reply #5 January 25, 2008 4:34:23 AM
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Last I downloaded Sinse they gave me a download speed around 500 KB/s
So its fine for me


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Reply #6 January 25, 2008 5:23:00 AM
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1.5 mb here so around 180kb/s dl , either way it will take me a few hours to dl..

but whats a few hours to dl compared to the 10 days i have to wait?

gimme game now!
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Reply #7 January 25, 2008 5:31:30 AM
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Reply #8 January 25, 2008 5:41:47 AM
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How about giving the game to the old ones first.
Like Eet, Schod, Multianna, Avatar, Annatar... some more ... and me


We could tell all how great this game is and it would be good as well for their download speed.


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Reply #9 January 25, 2008 7:16:05 AM
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Actually.. I don't mind that plan very much Although your download will be corrupt!
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Reply #10 January 25, 2008 9:07:44 AM
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Lol there is one thing I really hate about stardock. And thats their download speed. At best I get 140k from them. That was cool 5 years ago but in this age rofl. So prepare for a looooooong download. I dont have a crappy connection 1.2 MB download.


I generally get 700-850kb/s myself. A lot depends on your location and what's between you and the servers.
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Reply #11 January 25, 2008 9:47:25 AM
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The "timer" at the top and release will only vaguely be related to eachother, as the countdown is actually controlled by your computers clock. So if you wanted to, you could make it ready that there was just a few second remaining easily enough by just fast-forwarding your computer's clock a little
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Reply #12 January 25, 2008 9:55:54 AM
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Bubble.. bursting in.. 3..2..1..

Bad Ron!
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Reply #13 January 25, 2008 10:02:51 AM
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Hey, unless you play around with your computers clock settings, they should still occur pretty close to eachother!
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