Baxie

.... for breaking the format:

I was reading this on the official forums (I was bored) and I have to say, that this is the most fascistic piece of censorship I ever saw on a website that is supposed to be: "a fun and safe environment for all forum members". These bits are new or updated I believe as I can't remember them from when I signed on. What bugs me, is that as a reporter, I feel strongly that freedom of speech is paramount. Any sort of system, be it governmental or commercial, that sets rules as strict as these inhibits the nature of discussion and debate and ends up showing a skewed and false picture of that regime. The Spamming/Trolling rule, while sounding like a fair deal, basically states: No badmouthing Atari, no matter what we do. And when we do decide to enforce these facist rules, don't you dare discuss it. The creating duplicate threads-rule will exclude roughly 90% of all the people who come to hear news concerning the car-packs. And then the remaining 10% will be excluded for pointing it out. I am continually becoming more and more disgusted and shocked with the way Atari conducts their business.

Sorry for flaking guys. I been working on port-forwarding most of the weekend, and managed to kill off my internet an hour before the race, and I just got it back up now. Now it is time for bed. Work in six hours. Next time for sure.

I did a lap on the track in 12 minutes 29 seconds in Renault Clio 1.6 Diesel.

Definetely a nice job with these forums.

Well. I intended to write the topic "Why on earth...." And then finish it with: "... was this commercial banned?" But it all drowned in my inability to embed the code. It's all good now though. Awesome work Dia

Re: As requested Youtube embed. Wooohooooo

Ok. How on earth do I embed Youtube videos here???? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34KxmCQD0V8

Another screwup by Atari has lead people to become frustrated, angry, disappointed and they vent their opinions, which is instantly credited with a kick-ban from the facistic regime that is Tenebra. I have never cared for the way that posts have been altered and deleted. I know Atari has a policy that allows them to delete anything they don't like since it is their forums. However it becomes a joke, when they delete posts that raise valid issues and stick to the guidelines and they excuse it with the fantastic: "We don't need another thread like this." The censorship practices of Atari are bordering on those seen in Orwell's 1984. I gave the forum a chance, since I hoped to find a solution to the bug that denies me access to the game, and found the post where Slacky voices his opinion. Agreed... it WAS full of *'s, but they deleted the entire thread, so I guess that "ignore the problem and hope it goes away" is the policy of Atari.

Now there's the best reason ever to DOH!

No internet = No update

I updated, and now I can't get into the game due to "Content unavailable....." bug. Yay me.

Re: TDU Central Competiton #1 This was a lot of fun. The course makes for a lot of choices rather than trusting the good ol' GPS. Some of which... of course... are very poorly made choices. Others.... equally bad :) You can look forward to it. Though I set record times, so don't get your hopes up.:excited:

-- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- No interesting cars I'm afraid, but this shot is of me and my photographer, when we last did a thing from the Nurburgring. I'm the driver. Was so much fun.....

But still no response to those of us tricked into buying the second DLC because it was "required" for the Hardcore mode...

Excactly. I can understand why coding a game can take longer than expected. Why they have to redo code bcause M$ sends it back. All this I do not care about. What I do care about is a company who lies about their products making you fork over money and then changes their minds making you fork over more. What if they change their stance and say that you have to pay 350 points for this next DLC-pack stating, that HC mode will be included there? Then there is a bug and HC mode doesn't work, so they make another update and you have to pay for that? While not totally unthinkable, this scenario is obviously not the way things are, but if you let Atari, who is in it for the money, roll over you without static like this, then you will eventually see them figuring out little ways to squeeze a little more money out of the consumers. While a pound for you may not be a lot, remember that for Atari this means 100.000s of pounds, and that is reason enough for them to speculate in this. And if this money was spent on TDU2 then all the more power to them, but this money goes to the publisher. Not the developer. Eden made the game. Eden should be praised for making a great game. The money however.... No wonder the Driver series moved on to other places. And thank Bob that Epic moved the Unreal series to Midway.

Re: TDU Central Competiton #1 Lemme at 'em!!!! Baxie Baxie GMT +1

I couldn't care less about setbacks and delays. But Atari has promised the Hardcore mode without extra charges, and this responsability they cannot run from. Even how much they redirect people to a mail system.

I mailed Atari and got no answer

This game really gets a lot better when played online. See you on the streets

I'll bid in with something here before bed. How about the Guy who the speeder has to get to, is activated when the speeder reaches him. He then has a one-minute sanctity period, where he cannot get nicked, while the original speeder then finds another place to get to. This can be repeated endlessly of course. Furthermore, if this sort of event is getting popular and it, for instance goes from lighthouse to lighthouse we can then have contests, to see which of us can do the trip with fewest arrests? Just thoughts. Don't run me out of town if it's rubbish :P BTW: Keep an eye out for a post on the official boards tomorrow around 14 GMT.

I'll change my affiliation till American and go with the Ford GT when this happens ;)

I'll take the Lexus

Got tired of refreshing the "Under Construction" page again and again, so left it. Then one day... there it was. Live I couldn't believe it. So I refreshed.... and it worked.

Took the Chrysler out for a spin.... Oh dear. I am in for a looooong night.....