Evening Reading: FPS Fever!

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  Did you walk around carrying like 50 copies in the store? : StolenNosferatu
  • Ive been wanting to know how this is done, ever since that dude walked out with all those copies of MW2 f... : technotica
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  How much did the computer shop chip in? : ctlaltl33t
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    None. All out of my own pocket. I just approached them with the idea and they said sure since they unde... : IndigoAK
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      And... why did you want to do it? : StolenNosferatu
      • Runic is awesome and Torchlight is a game that deserves as much exposure as it can get. : IndigoAK
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  What was the impetus for this? Also I understand the gesture but isn't there legalities involved? : etherboy
  • I think once I own the game I can do whatever I want with it. The people that were given the game didn't... : IndigoAK
• Why? : c_man_tmt
• No wonder I couldn't find any copies of Torchlight! You asshole! : menar003
• Very generous my friend! And with a great game indeed. : ajvitaly
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  The fuck? : ateam311
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    I'm not one to believe in conspiracy theories but I think your posts like this are 100% bologna. Who in t... : ateam311
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      Indigo your generosity confounds this android : boomstickah
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        You don't understand the bigger picture. I don't think anyone does. : ateam311
        • I don't think anybody cares what the bigger picture is. If they do, then they may need to reevaluate jus... : IndigoAK
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        You have to admit, it's pretty strange. It's basically charity to a company, plus some relatively weak pu... : Felraiser
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22512378 'nuff said. : bundy
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        Nah considering indigo doesn't work this sounds like bullshit : shavenewok
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          I have a job, jackass. I write review blurbs for the local paper. : IndigoAK
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            Like "these shoelaces are keen" or "this movie really blew" or "gosh darn, this restaurant is tacky"? : felicia
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              Something like that, yes.

              Apr 14, 2010 11:59pm PDT
              Something like that, yes. : IndigoAK
    • how much are retail copies anyway? i would have guessed $20 : crummynz
    • How would this be a conspiracy? What am I conspiring to do? Promote Runic Games? God forbid that hap... : IndigoAK
    • Remember Alaskans get paid around a thousand a year just for living there! : semaphore
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  Wow, now THAT is how you go about supporting game developers. : Boring Writer
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    I'm not so sure it directly supports them as much as anyone would hope. When you purchase a game from ... : SigENeaT
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      Sure it supports them. If that makes the store replenish their stock, then the whole distribution chain s... : reelbk
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        Plus a bunch of people discover the game and maybe some of them will tell other people about how good it ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • but no one will be able to buy it at any store nearby! : StolenNosferatu
• you are a strange unit : filthysock
• well, ok : sparkly
• Can you buy me Batman? : snot3353
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  I'll buy Torchlight if you buy me a new PC. : UselessHack
  • Torchlight can run on a netbook. It doesn't take too much to play. : sm00v3d
• Somewhere a dying boy has had his last wish - to purchase and play Torchlight - denied. You heartless ... : SiW.
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  I'm impressed the local computer shop had 107 customers on a Wednesday. : crust
  • hahaha no shit : mwasher
  • They've been around for like 15 years and they ship stuff to the Bush. That equals a lot of business in ... : IndigoAK
• Thanks for the reminder about Grim Dawn. I was going to wait for more info about it, but fuck it. LEGEN... : deject
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  Think of how much more of a service you could have done them by gifting Torchlight to 107 people on Steam... : Sapiens
  • well, an ulterior motive was to give Alaskans a great game. There are a lot of people here that game wit... : IndigoAK
• Torchlight is awesome and worth spreading and supporting :D : yAak
• Dude that's awesome of you. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  pics of receipt : mwasher
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    receipts* : mwasher
    • Yeah, we need some kind of proof of this crazy spending of money (but awesome support of PC developers). : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      what you want him to supply some kidn of proof? Madness i say : shavenewok
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        I don't actually own a camera. We have no purpose for a real camera and the PlayStation Eye I had was el... : IndigoAK
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          so you will waste $500+ on games for random people you don't know, but you wont grab a 12$ disposable cam... : Galadriel07
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            Okay, let me put it this way. What do I gain from proving my story other than placating the users on a... : IndigoAK
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              You guys, he's helping both us AND Runic by making us not over-think or overanalyze! : felicia
              • Nor believe! We all win! : kagath
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                I might as well have said that the grass is green and the sky is blue. Given how well the shack is at ... : IndigoAK
                • I'd still have gone outside to check if the sky was blue and the grass was green. : Goblin au
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                  I believed you initially, but this subthread has convinced me that you're full of shit. : ecclesio
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                    Why, because I don't give a fuck whether or not felicia or the rest of the IRC clique believes what I pos... : IndigoAK
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                      If you don't care, why do you keep replying? You can walk away at any time. : felicia
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                        Also, lol@clique. 'Ohhhh these people hang out and talk together, they must be against me and everyone el... : felicia
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                          A fag is a cigarette right? : SigENeaT
                          • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag : felicia
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                      Then WHY would you fucking post anything if you dont care about any of the fucking responses? : Saman
                      • Because I felt like it? : IndigoAK
                    • I think the skepticism in this thread is at least somewhat justified and a lot of it is coming from peopl : Sapiens
                    • Be careful people you'll just twist his words!!! He needs them for his job!! : shavenewok
              • I bet he donated $500 to the starwars kid too! : Halen
        • Use your iPhone camera. You've said in previous posts that you have one. : uncle slappy
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  What is wrong with people in Alaska? : noxiousgg
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    based off of imperial evidence which include credible sources such as IndigoAK and the show Northern Exp... : mwasher
    • It's the weird magnetosphere that far north :/ : ArcKnight
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      Did you mean empirical? : SpaecKow
      • Don't you question Darth Vader, bitch. #5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial#Other : felicia
  • Yeah .. he should have donated a console game. : te[R]ror
• You fucking kook, Indigo. : braaains
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  I'm not sure if it's weirder if this is true or if you made it up. : peanut-
  • Truth would be much fucking weirder. : Saman
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  This post is complete and utter bullshit. No proof, nothing...you might as well have posted that you wen... : Saman
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    I'm not sorry that you don't believe me. I'm a tad sorry I posted my activities though since it's obvi... : IndigoAK
    • Or the mental reach of anyone who possibly thinks your full of fucking shit. Since you clearly went thro... : Saman
    • I have to admit, if its true - that buying over 100 copies of a game and giving it away is not "simple gr... : jbury
    • Indigo, come on. This story sounds like something that a kid would dream up. "When I have a million dolla... : BlackCat9
    • You say you dont have a cam, yet you have an iPhone? Cat chewed the cam to pieces also?` http://www.sh : bundy
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  IndigoAK help me support Apple, buy me an iPad : ErneX
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    Good thinking, I'm with you here. Indigo, buy us iPads to support poor Apple : Johnnsen
    • me three : jbury
• How much did you pay per copy. I can't wait for their next game. : razlebol
• Don't stores pay for games in big chunks? So weren't those games basically already paid for in a way? J... : mrwolf710
• There are a lot of angry people in this thread. : MercFox1
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  I'm going to do a quick rundown about why this is crazy: 1) Drop the "I just felt like telling you guy... : underground banana plantation
  • Oh man, this is the guy who did the squat toilet thread? Suddenly everything makes sense : jbury
• He lied. : ant_hillbilly