datastormUSMC Posted February 8, 2001 Share Posted February 8, 2001 Does anyone still play version 1.0, CGW put the version 1.0 on their 200th anniv. disk and I rediscovered how much I love this game. If any has the original version is it possible to PBEM? Is it worth buying ver 3.0? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MajorH Posted February 8, 2001 Share Posted February 8, 2001 >CGW put the version 1.0 on their 200th anniv. disk. Interesting. They did not ask for my permission to do that. ------------------ Best regards, Major H majorh@mac.com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jaja Posted February 9, 2001 Share Posted February 9, 2001 Why doesn't anyone ask you for copy information? I think we have found a way to test hit percentages for M1s . 3.0 has lots of good features. I don't know much about 1.0 (I think I was only about six when it came out), but I know it doesn't have the new scenarios and updated equipment data. Also, 3.0 has many Canadian scenarios which are more challanging then the US scenarios. Even though the OBs are the same as the US battles, fighting with the Canadians is a completly diffenrent battle! EDIT: The smily was two spaces too far to the right. [This message has been edited by jaja (edited 02-08-2001).] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datastormUSMC Posted February 11, 2001 Author Share Posted February 11, 2001 Yes Sir, they sure did. But if you didn't give them permission, then I will delete the program and purchase 3.0. I will do what is honorable. Sounds like you should contact their legal dept.? Semper Fi! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datastormUSMC Posted February 17, 2001 Author Share Posted February 17, 2001 Major H, I just got my Tacops 3.02 in the mail today after purchasing it. A Marine of my word I said I would when I realized the CGW copy was not kosher. I must say I love 3.0!!! My wife is gonna kill me if I don't stop playing soon. SEMPER FI!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MajorH Posted February 17, 2001 Share Posted February 17, 2001 I told CGW last week that I would retroactively authorize their issue of TacOps v1.0 if they apologized for their error and if they sent me a CGW coffee cup. I have not seen the cup yet so I am looking for a lawyer to sue them for royalties on the several tens of thousands of unauthorized copies that they released. The lawyer can keep everything he brings in beyond the cost of a good coffee cup. I tried to be a good sport about it. ------------------ Best regards, Major H majorh@mac.com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 You know, Major, I can't tell when you're being serious or not... NTM ------------------ The difference between infantrymen and cavalrymen is that cavalrymen get to die faster, for we ride into battle! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MajorH Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 I actually was being serious. CGW wronged me. I then gave them a ridiculously easy way to make it go away and they did not do what I asked. They apparently did not get the point of the initial exercise which was simply to "count coup" on an enemy. ------------------ Best regards, Major H majorh@mac.com [This message has been edited by MajorH (edited 02-21-2001).] [This message has been edited by MajorH (edited 02-21-2001).] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Frankly, if I received a letter threatening all manner of legal actions unless I received a coffee cup, I would have likely categorised it as a bit frivolous and discarded it myself... NTM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MajorH Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 I didn't threaten them with anything. ------------------ Best regards, Major H majorh@mac.com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman079 Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 Maybe you should Major H...!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunoReactor Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 MajorH, could you keep us posted on the development of the CGW issue? I would not mind them doing this personally if it was the CGW I knew from just 5 years ago but they changed so much now that I feel like its time that they should really be chased after for what they have done. I mean, you pay $10 for the magazine (or whatever, its still overpriced) to see half of the articles that had already appeared or going to appear on Gamespot. Ziff Davis, anyone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datastormUSMC Posted February 25, 2001 Author Share Posted February 25, 2001 I agree while I do subscribe so I don't pay too much at the news-stands they do over charge and the fact they gave 1.0 out and probably a few other old games is even more suspect. The fact the Zipfiles the game was delivered on have hacker site messages is not kosher 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MajorH Posted February 28, 2001 Share Posted February 28, 2001 > keep us posted on the development of the CGW issue? I received a coffee cup today with the CGW logo on it and an apology will be printed in the May issue. Coup has been counted - honor has been satisfied . ------------------ Best regards, Major H majorh@mac.com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman079 Posted March 1, 2001 Share Posted March 1, 2001 Originally posted by MajorH: I received a coffee cup today with the CGW logo on it and an apology will be printed in the May issue. Coup has been counted - honor has been satisfied . GOOD FOR YOU...Keep counting...!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunoReactor Posted March 1, 2001 Share Posted March 1, 2001 thanks major.. enjoy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted March 3, 2001 Share Posted March 3, 2001 Major, I too got a copy of TacOps 1.0 somewhere on the web, and not being aware of such things (I am now! ) as phreakz or hackz or crackz or whatever they call themselves I looked the game over and then purchased v 3.0 - received it this past weekend. $8.00 s&h - slap those guys at the distribution center! All joking aside, looking over version 1 in it's entirety got you the sale on 3.0, so I'm not so sure having 1.0 floating around is a bad thin - especially since if the gamer wants upgrades and fixes he'll need 3.0 . However, I'm pretty sure I still have the files I downloaded, and they do have some wacky comments in the zip and an added readme - if you want them for any reason let me know. Bill 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MajorH Posted March 4, 2001 Share Posted March 4, 2001 Thanks but I have the files. I decided some months ago that it was OK for the underdogs web site to distibute that very old version of TacOps. Since then I have had a good number of people tell me that they purchased the current version after trying out the version from underdogs. The difference is that I gave my permission to the owner of the underdogs site. As you probably know, Copyright is not lost simply because a person or company obtains something - even for free - from an authorized or unathorized source. When copyrighted material is distributed, each link in the pipeline has to get permission before passing the item on any further. Anyway ... everything is OK now. ------------------ Best regards, Major H majorh@mac.com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted March 11, 2001 Share Posted March 11, 2001 That's the site! Couldn't think of it offhand, found it through a search engine. I was more referring to to the 'hacked' files they had posted, rather than the site. The weird stuff in the zip files alarmed me, as I remember reading something about this one site remaining up while others were being forced to close. I figured they had permission based on the article to post the software, or they would have been shut down also - so why did they post hacked files? (Rhetorical question) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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