Download Section Privileges Reinstated!

[meppi]

If the site wants one then fine, if they want to pay for the account go for it. The first time someone who has access gets a grudge then decides to delete everything in the account will scotch that one good and proper.

Not only that, but it might also be very tempting for people who have access to download from rapidshare using the account, even if it's once in a while.

Or simply don't think about clicking a rapidshare link as the cookies of the login stay in your server, so you automatically download through the account.

Rapidshare has a policy that of they see several people use the account, they can shut it down.

Thus all the links would be in jeopardy as well, even without any bad intentions.

[E-Day]

Cool.

[meppi]

Oh, I forgot to mention that Rapidhare has updated their maximum file sizes to 200MB instead of 100.

SO the only files that need to be split will be the largest EGMs and such.

[Crazylightsaber]

As usual everyone suffers. Oh well I do understand this...........but still.

[KiwiArcader]

As usual everyone suffers. Oh well I do understand this...........but still.

What do you mean by that?

No one actually suffers because you can still get any file you wish simply by using the rapidshare link provided. So you wait 1 minute for the download button to become available ... well ... that's the price for the free download from their site. And not contributing financially or content wise to this site.

Without something being done to stop the NES leechwhorez and their incessant creation of accounts simply to get files the site will get bogged down with Phillyman and Meppi having to do admin work instead of creating mags and over the top bandwidth usage.

I have absolutely no problem not making direct downloads available for public & "normal" members. I dont even have a problem not having direct download links available to me as I have a Rapidshare account so these things download like a rocket and I'm happy to do that if it gives points to the uploader.

Maybe people should try being constructive rather than moaning about it. I'm sure Phillyman would look at any options that helps the situation so if you think it can be done differently get your thinking cap on and come up with something.

[Crazylightsaber]

What do you mean by that?

No one actually suffers because you can still get any file you wish simply by using the rapidshare link provided. So you wait 1 minute for the download button to become available ... well ... that's the price for the free download from their site. And not contributing financially or content wise to this site.

Without something being done to stop the NES leechwhorez and their incessant creation of accounts simply to get files the site will get bogged down with Phillyman and Meppi having to do admin work instead of creating mags and over the top bandwidth usage.

I have absolutely no problem not making direct downloads available for public & "normal" members. I dont even have a problem not having direct download links available to me as I have a Rapidshare account so these things download like a rocket and I'm happy to do that if it gives points to the uploader.

Maybe people should try being constructive rather than moaning about it. I'm sure Phillyman would look at any options that helps the situation so if you think it can be done differently get your thinking cap on and come up with something.

I suppose that "suffer" is a strong word. It does suck that sometimes things have to change because some pricks don't want to follow the rules. But i did say that I understand. Or did u not see that?

[KiwiArcader]

Yeah ... I did see the "oh well ... it sucks" type comment but thought that someone on here who has any real interest in the site wouldn't be so down about the guys trying to make things better for you.

Sorry if I hurt your feelings. Hell ... who am I anyway? ... I just thought that people still having access via Rapidshare wasn't that onerous so the comment irked me a tad. That's all ...

But I'll shut up now & leave it to Meppi/Phillyman. Hell ... I'll even stop creating magazines and converting all my N64 manuals etc as I really do have better things to do that worrying about what's going on here.

[Phillyman]

Yeah ... I did see the "oh well ... it sucks" type comment but thought that someone on here who has any real interest in the site wouldn't be so down about the guys trying to make things better for you.

Sorry if I hurt your feelings. Hell ... who am I anyway? ... I just thought that people still having access via Rapidshare wasn't that onerous so the comment irked me a tad. That's all ...

But I'll shut up now & leave it to Meppi/Phillyman. Hell ... I'll even stop creating magazines and converting all my N64 manuals etc as I really do have better things to do that worrying about what's going on here.

I am looking into "Possibly" getting a Premium Mega Upload account as a secondary choice to non premium members

[Crazylightsaber]

Yeah ... I did see the "oh well ... it sucks" type comment but thought that someone on here who has any real interest in the site wouldn't be so down about the guys trying to make things better for you.

Sorry if I hurt your feelings. Hell ... who am I anyway? ... I just thought that people still having access via Rapidshare wasn't that onerous so the comment irked me a tad. That's all ...

But I'll shut up now & leave it to Meppi/Phillyman. Hell ... I'll even stop creating magazines and converting all my N64 manuals etc as I really do have better things to do that worrying about what's going on here.

You didn't hurt my feelings there pal. And for the record, I didn't say "oh well ..... it sucks" anywhere in there. Why can't you see what is there huh? In my opinion it does SUCK when something has to be changed, regardless of what it is, because of some pricks breaking the rules. I wish it never had to come to that, but hey sometimes it is required. I understand that. Maybe next time I will try to not be so vague in what I'm trying to say.

[KiwiArcader]

Yeah .... I worded that one it sounded implied because I was a tad irritated too. And I knew what you were sayng all along so maybe I shoulda bitten my tongue instead.

Still .... it has made me re-evaluate what I'm doing here. So I'm taking a break and going back to scanning comics for the other forum I frequent. They're smaller at 30 pages than 100+ page Computer Gaming mags and easier to get looking good so I'm putting my magazine scanning on hold and concentrating on those instead. This whole saga might have saved me a veritable truckload of work with a couple of hundred magazines sitting here. Always a silver lining huh!! ........

[Crazylightsaber]

Yeah .... I worded that one it sounded implied because I was a tad irritated too. And I knew what you were sayng all along so maybe I shoulda bitten my tongue instead.

Still .... it has made me re-evaluate what I'm doing here. So I'm taking a break and going back to scanning comics for the other forum I frequent. They're smaller at 30 pages than 100+ page Computer Gaming mags and easier to get looking good so I'm putting my magazine scanning on hold and concentrating on those instead. This whole saga might have saved me a veritable truckload of work with a couple of hundred magazines sitting here. Always a silver lining huh!! ........

Okay. Well, I'm not sure why you feel like you have to re-evaluate what you are doing here, but hey that's up to you. I don't know if 'saga' is the term i would use but hey that's also up to you. We all choose our own path.

[triverse]

Kiwi, could you please either post a link to that other forum as I am interested in comics too or PM me with it? Thanks.

Sad to see you go. Maybe if you are interested in selling your mags someone on here would be interested in buying them.

[Robert]

I first joined because of the attack system, not for magazines.

But, now the attack system is gone (and my interest in it has almost disappeared anyway).

On my last visit I finally discovered the downloads. So I picked something, and found it was a filetype that I couldn't read. What a waste of time that was!

Now I cannot even download anything more anyway! So, there really is no point coming here.

Good bye and hopefully the site will do well. I'm outta here.

And admins, please don't send mass mailings to my email. Thanks.

[Phillyman]

I first joined because of the attack system, not for magazines.

But, now the attack system is gone (and my interest in it has almost disappeared anyway).

On my last visit I finally discovered the downloads. So I picked something, and found it was a filetype that I couldn't read. What a waste of time that was!

Now I cannot even download anything more anyway! So, there really is no point coming here.

Good bye and hopefully the site will do well. I'm outta here.

And admins, please don't send mass mailings to my email. Thanks.

1) Wow that was the only reason you joined?

2) The FAQ clearly states the program that is needed to read these files

3) You mentioned that last time you were here.....but still came back again to repeat it

4) In your control panel you can disable the emails sent out by this board.....you should know that already because 1emu uses this same forum

[E-Day]

Joining a site like this for the attack system only is a bit odd. I mean, the attack system isn't that great or that much fun. The Arcade and Casino are far more enjoyable.

And a quick search of the FAQs or even Google would have told you what a .cbr and .cbz file is and what you need. If you can't take 5 minutes to look up something yourself, then that is your loss. Good riddance.

[Phillyman]

Joining a site like this for the attack system only is a bit odd. I mean, the attack system isn't that great or that much fun. The Arcade and Casino are far more enjoyable.

And a quick search of the FAQs or even Google would have told you what a .cbr and .cbz file is and what you need. If you can't take 5 minutes to look up something yourself, then that is your loss. Good riddance.

Not to mention that he "CAN" download magazines through Rapidshare....so his whole point about not being able to download is complete BS also

[E-Day]

Yes, I forgot about that. Perhaps he didn't see the link. Sometimes I miss it since it's in between a lot of info. Maybe it should have space around it or something.

[meppi]

All I can say is.....

[E-Day]

Where are you finding all these terrible animated gifs you always use?

[meppi]

Days, weeks and months of surfing the web, reading up on lots of stuff and coming across even more really dumb sh...

When I find something that makes me laugh, I save it for future use.

And sometimes I even make a gif or 2 myself.

[akator]

I think Rapid Share links are a good solution.

[KiwiArcader]

I think Rapid Share links are a good solution.

I thought so too ... although there's still some negativity from some quarters over that option.

I have made all my N64 manuals in PDF format available in a posting here and am currently converting them to CBR format to make them consistent with what is available on the site ... no big deal and it allows me to incorporate the thank you page anyway ... but then I think I'll be outta here myself after getting them added to the Downloads section.

Dont worry though ... I wont be removing any rapidshare files or anything ... I have rapidshare premium for more reasons than just this site ... so you'll always be able to get them.

[E-Day]

What's with the exodus occurring in this thread?

[KiwiArcader]

What's with the exodus occurring in this thread?

In my case ....the negativity around here is one part ... and burnout is another.

What with comics, N64 stuff & mags I am spread pretty thin these days. I dont have a sheet feed scanner, nor an A3 scanner so everything is a manual, labour intensive process to get it to the level I am happy with. No raws from this person. And I spend so much time on all of this I haven't really had the time to devote to getting my arcade machines built which is a tad annoying as I have a Donkey Kong Jr PCB sitting idle as a result. So the negativity made me re-evaluate things ....

I'll get the N64 stuff out of the way, then comics. After that ...you never know ....

[SHADOVV]

I am now one very sad panda:(