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    So today I did Runic a great service.

    Partnering up with the local computer shop here, I went around to both Fred Meyers and our Walmart, and acquired every boxed copy of Torchlight in town (107 copies). Those 107 copies were given away free to the first 107 customers at said computer shop.

    I plan to do the same for Grim Dawn, but just how remains to be seen as it might be digital only.
    Apr 14, 2010 7:26pm PDT
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    So today I did Runic a great service. Partnering up with the local computer shop here, I went around t... : IndigoAK

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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? : ctlaltl33tThis person is cool!
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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_tmtThis person is cool!
    • 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? : ateam311This person is cool!
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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... : ateam311This person is cool!
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          Indigo your generosity confounds this android : boomstickahThis person is cool!
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            You don't understand the bigger picture. I don't think anyone does. : ateam311This person is cool!
            • 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. : bundyThis person is cool!
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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
                • Something like that, yes. : IndigoAK
        • how much are retail copies anyway? i would have guessed $20 : crummynzThis person is cool!
        • 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! : semaphoreThis person is cool!
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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... : reelbkThis person is cool!
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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 : filthysockThis person is cool!
    • well, ok : sparklyThis person is cool!
    • Can you buy me Batman? : snot3353This person is cool!
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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. : sm00v3dThis person is cool!
    • 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. : crustThis person is cool!
      • 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... : SapiensThis person is cool!
      • 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 : yAakThis person is cool!
    • 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... : Galadriel07This person is cool!
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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! : kagathThis person is cool!
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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? : SamanThis person is cool!
                          • 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 : SapiensThis person is cool!
                        • 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! : HalenThis person is cool!
            • Use your iPhone camera. You've said in previous posts that you have one. : uncle slappyThis person is cool!
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      What is wrong with people in Alaska? : noxiousggThis person is cool!
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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? : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
          • 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]rorThis person is cool!
    • 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-This person is cool!
      • Truth would be much fucking weirder. : SamanThis person is cool!
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      This post is complete and utter bullshit. No proof, nothing...you might as well have posted that you wen... : SamanThis person is cool!
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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... : SamanThis person is cool!
        • 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... : BlackCat9This person is cool!
        • You say you dont have a cam, yet you have an iPhone? Cat chewed the cam to pieces also?` http://www.sh : bundyThis person is cool!
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      IndigoAK help me support Apple, buy me an iPad : ErneXThis person is cool!
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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... : mrwolf710This person is cool!
    • 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