RogCBrand Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I used FlashGet and it took no time. That's the way to go- everyone downloading is helping everyone else download and so everyone gets it faster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbaker Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 well we can't gripe about the game not being released yet so we needed something.... I liked the tar and feathering suggestion, personally. I understand it isn't always fatal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I liked the tar and feathering suggestion, personally. I understand it isn't always fatal. Thats the BAD part! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnorffy Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Not for nothing, but y'all suck at the 'don't tell anyone' part of the e-mail. Thank you for that, as I saw the email early and discounted it as a newsletter from another game I play that starts with the word 'Battle'. "Battle: Tentacled Fluffy Bunnies vs. School Girl Happy Team VI" It's Japanese. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenris Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Using flashget, from down under, I'm downloading between 500 to 700 kbps bursting up to over a meg at times. ~30% to go. Download managers make a significant difference I often find. Highly recommended. -F 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG TOW Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Got my credit card out. Pre ordering now! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Got my credit card out. Pre ordering now! LOL okay just curious, why would you wait until the DL storm to pre order? Or should I just not ask? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius359au Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 sweeeeeet ,just woke up and checked my mail and got the email:D ,now if you lot would stop downloading so I can get the game I'd be happy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG TOW Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 LOL okay just curious, why would you wait until the DL storm to pre order? Or should I just not ask? Fear of Vapourware. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Don't feel bad if you haven't pre-ordered.... I did, but for whatever reason I can't download it from the site. Have an order confirmation on the site, with key, but have a "You have already downloaded the file(s) the maximum number of times, or the download period has expired" message there. For whatever reason, I have the annoucement email like everyone else.... but not download link email from last week (and I keep EVERYTHING). What a !@#$ed day..... Moon said that all attempts should be reset before the donwloads open. I suggest emailing sales@battlefront.com about it with your order number etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cull Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 cmon guys, it is still in pre order state so he didn't really do anything that has an impact. And who can blame him for being excited. We pre orders are all getting the email and would be downloading anyway. Seriously. Some of you maybe need to lighten up a bit. Anyone could've done it, and as Moon said, it happens every time. Hell I didn't even open the new email before I was downloading. I agree that in the future maybe BF should put the "keep it to yourself" message in the pre-order confirmation or something. Anyway, let's all have a big hug and enjoy the goodness! Pretty sure an extra half hour after all this anticipation isn't going to kill anyone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Ugh. Im getting dl speeds of 38-80 kb. At this rate it's 8 hours. Good grief that sucks. I routinely DL from other sites at 6mb per sec. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 One thing I'd like to know is... how could anyone be "screwed over" due to people posting the e-mail on the forum? I mean, up until now you can only preorder the game, there are no regular options! That means anyone who is able to download the game actually preordered, hence he isn't "stealing" bandwidth. :confused: Because now that people know it is out they can go and buy the game too. They would have had to wait for the initial announcement. It's not the end of the world, but knowing what a PITA it was to download the demo, you would think people wouldn't want to tell the world that the game was out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cull Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I used FlashGet and it took no time. That's the way to go- everyone downloading is helping everyone else download and so everyone gets it faster. You know, I grabbed that but couldn't figure out how to use it fast enough, so I just fired it up direct. Then I was afraid to cancel that that and try again, so I just let it go. It SAYS when you start a download FlashGet will detect it and automatically start, but that didn't happen. Oh well, about done anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG TOW Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Game downloaded! Calling in sick to work now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 You know, I grabbed that but couldn't figure out how to use it fast enough, so I just fired it up direct. Then I was afraid to cancel that that and try again, so I just let it go. It SAYS when you start a download FlashGet will detect it and automatically start, but that didn't happen. Oh well, about done anyway. You have to link it to whichever browser you are using 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Never heard of Flashget. Installed it and restarted. Now instead of 50kb I'm getting @250-350 kb!!! Estimated time is now @ 1.25 hours!!! Wooo!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookeylou Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Game downloaded! Calling in sick to work now. sounds like a plan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnorffy Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 4 minutes left. Longest 4 minutes. Ever. This week. So far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnergoz Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Well, as suggested above (thanks) Flashget boosted me from 40-50 kb/sec to 400 or so. Some gratification for that, at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Very cool. Getting 1.5Mbps right now. Can't wait to play it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger33 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Quarter of the way there, at least I will get to play some tonight, if not much. I agree that if the email was intended to be secret, it should have said so in the title or something. When I opened it all I saw was a big mush of un-formated text that I didn't bother to read. If it had had one of those "Loose lips sink ships" propaganda posters, photoshopped to include CMBN somehow, it could have made all the difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wego McPbem Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 So jealous of people getting decent speeds. Been on 50 kb\s for ages now. Would try flashget but I managed to get half of the file already before the speeds tanked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemoN Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Because now that people know it is out they can go and buy the game too. They would have had to wait for the initial announcement. It's not the end of the world, but knowing what a PITA it was to download the demo, you would think people wouldn't want to tell the world that the game was out. You can't buy the normal versions yet, so this makes no sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Also restarted using Flashget. World of difference! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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