taks Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 1.468 exa-bytes. wow. that's 1 quintillion, 468 quadrillion, 611 trillion, 883 billion bytes. OMFG! they only sold what, under a couple hundred thousand, right? yet now it has been DL'd over a billion times. i'm guessing there's a lot of overlap in DLs, however. i.e. i seriously doubt 1/6 of the population of the world has a copy of FO 1/2, hehe... taks comrade taks... just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Downloading the Fallout games? Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Even if this site is halfway legitimate, that's a hell of a lot of downloads. Now, barring this is just some prank on the part of some Fallout nut, the things that you guys cite don't change the fact that the number of downloads is huge. For example, you folks cite the types of shows (my wife really loves King of the Hill and she's 42), but this page only claims to give the numbers of torrent downloads. The commentary, both theirs and yours, regarding the downloads is extraneous. The tracking on the downloads is the issue. Moreover, the fact that bungled downloads and other factors might shave a significant amount off of the real total doesn't much mattar as those same factors assuredly had an impact on every title in the list. The question is, does the link go to a reputable source? Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 in related news, the Pirate Bay guys are trying to buy a small island nation to evade international Copywrite protection laws. I think they are currently the BIGGEST torrent site after Supernova got killed. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 It's not technically an island. Either way, I consider it doubtful they'll be able to purchase Sealand as it's not for sale. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 That list was unexpected, to say the least. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lare Kikkeli Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Sealand is for sale, i read an article about it a couple of months ago. Apparantly there was a fire there, and the Royal Family are broke so they can't fix the damages. Also that site is not legit, there's no way they could overview ALL torrent sites and there's no way none of the things on that list would be most downloaded. Check any torrent site, any, and see how many seeders the fallouts have. I'm willing to bet it's under 20, or under 10. Check any major movie, they've got thousands. Even new games have thousands of seeders. That's just a prank by fallout fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taks Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 (edited) like i said, doubtful 1/6 of the population has the game. i wouldn't doubt if less than 1/6 of the population actually owns a computer. either way, somebody used a cool number... not often you hear about exabytes. taks Edited January 23, 2007 by taks comrade taks... just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I am almost certain it is due a bug in their counting method rather than really insane Fallout popularity. Far more plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surreptishus Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 This data does not correspond with tracker and download data of the most popular indexing sites. Its TV shows and Music that dominate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I'd just like to say that I BOUGHT the damn game again recently on DVD, along with FO1, and FO Tactics. Well worth the cash. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Suite Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) I still have my original copies of both games, plus brand new doubles (which i keep skin wrapped) plus the torrent version, mostly because those packages include all the patches (official and unofficial) and related cracks. I think i'm pretty much set. :ph34r: Edited January 25, 2007 by Lyric Suite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I'd just like to say that I BOUGHT the damn game again recently on DVD, along with FO1, and FO Tactics. Well worth the cash. WHERE?! HOW?! "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I still have my original copies of both games, plus brand new doubles (which i keep skin wrapped) plus the torrent version, mostly because those packages include all the patches (official and unofficial) and related cracks. I think i'm pretty much set. :ph34r: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What if there is a fire that destroys your computer and your hard copies? That's why you have to keep a copy buried 6 feet underground in a concrete bunker. Lead lined, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I'd just like to say that I BOUGHT the damn game again recently on DVD, along with FO1, and FO Tactics. Well worth the cash. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WHERE?! HOW?! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Here OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I'd just like to say that I BOUGHT the damn game again recently on DVD, along with FO1, and FO Tactics. Well worth the cash. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WHERE?! HOW?! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I went looking for it in Amazon, then got distracted by Norah Jones. It was there. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qazplm Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) is Fallout 1 any good? I can't get it to work on my current computer. Only thing left is to take it with me when i visit my grandparrents and hope thier ancient computer can run it. Any tips on how to get Fallout 1 to work on windows XP whould be helpfull. Edited January 25, 2007 by Qazplm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aVENGER Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Any tips on how to get Fallout 1 to work on windows XP whould be helpfull. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There's an article on NMA about getting both games to successfully run on Windows XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Fallout 1 and Fallout 2, the best and third best CRPGs ever made. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Here <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Fall in love, get married, and then pimp your spouse for a little extra chump-change. It may just be my faulty memory, but I don't recall love having anything to do with getting married in Fallout. At least not with a male character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 We'll, I'd love not to have my head blow off by the old guy with shotgun who is making me marry his daughter/son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowstrider Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) @ Deraldin: Go play Fallout 2. Edited January 25, 2007 by Shadowstrider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qazplm Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) (w00t) Got it to work!!!!!! Now to find any good patches to this game. Edited January 25, 2007 by Qazplm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 My female character gets umm... married, then I take her wife out nto the desert for the honeymoon with Suilik, then I cap her in the back of the head and travel to Vault City. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qazplm Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Or go to New Reno and get divorced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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