GPL in DVD Boxes in the UK

Thought you should all know I spotted GPL in a DVD box - hundreds of them in HMV and Virgin in Leicester �9.99 or two for �15 I'm getting me a spare! Doug

Same sort of thing happened with Unreal Tournament in Woolworths too. Surely they are doing 2 for �15 on multiple titles? I mean, no offence to you but who the hell wants two copies of GPL? Peeps with 2 networked computers can just use the nocd patch for example so not even they would want it. Pete :) -- >> Take off every 'Sig'... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ��`�.�� [email hidden] `�.���` Email ��`�.�� djpete_g `�.���` Yahoo! ��`�.�� CATS `�.���` mIRC ��`�.�� http://planet-dance.com `�.���` WWW ��`�.�� www.gamesinferno.com/gp3 `�.���` WWW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I mean, no offence to you but | who the hell wants two copies of GPL? Sacrilege, burn him!! burn him!! :P Ash, off to buy 4 copies :)

Aha... there's a Virgin store 'round these parts too. Think I'll swing bye tomorrow after work, better safe than sorry. <g> Jan. =--- "Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn. Douglas Ellison wrote...

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> Thought you should all know > > I spotted GPL in a DVD box - hundreds of them in HMV and Virgin > in Leicester > > �9.99 or two for �15 > > I'm getting me a spare! > > Doug

ROFL! "Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9fqt1u$dhf$[email hidden]...

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> I mean, no offence to you but > | who the hell wants two copies of GPL? > > Sacrilege, burn him!! burn him!! :P > > Ash, off to buy 4 copies :) > > > >

Douglas Ellison <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0g3U6.18855$[email hidden]... > Thought you should all know > > I spotted GPL in a DVD box - hundreds of them in HMV and Virgin inLeicester

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> > �9.99 or two for �15 > > I'm getting me a spare! > > Doug >

That's not pirated software I hope....

Pete Greaves <[email hidden]> wrote on 08 Jun 2001: <snip> >who the hell wants two copies of GPL?<snip> <shakes head slowly and sighs> . . . I have three copies of GPL at the mo: one working copy, one backup copy and one bought to reward Papy for being generally wonderful and great. The last is clearly the most important.... -- David. (GPLRank handicap -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +272.44) The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

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> I have three copies of GPL at the mo: one working copy, one backup copy > and one bought to reward Papy for being generally wonderful and great. > The last is clearly the most important.... > > -- > David. (GPLRank handicap -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +272.44) > The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

Excellent. I got my copy from a fine friend like yourself who bought up a bunch of boxes just to be safe. He even kept the shrink wrap on. I later discovered several online retailers in the states who sell the CD, usually for $20 (Amazon, the crooks, sells it for $40). But does the dvd box contain a _dvd_? I've never seen that over here. Does the dvd have have more stuff on it? --Jeff

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> On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 21:24:03 GMT, "rik anthrax" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >That's not pirated software I hope.... > > A major retail chain is hardly likely to be selling pirate software. > > --

Ummm, hmmmm, well, we hope so?

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (David Buttery) writes: >I have three copies of GPL at the mo: one working copy, one backup copy >and one bought to reward Papy for being generally wonderful and great. >The last is clearly the most important.... I have two - I was trying to get a couple of friends interested in it. Didn't work, so the 2nd copy sits on the shelf... :( Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +20.90...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> > > I have three copies of GPL at the mo: one working copy, one backup copy > > and one bought to reward Papy for being generally wonderful and great. > > The last is clearly the most important.... > > > > -- > > David. (GPLRank handicap -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +272.44) > > The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com > > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > > really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. > > Excellent. I got my copy from a fine friend like yourself who bought > up a bunch of boxes just to be safe. He even kept the shrink wrap on. > I later discovered several online retailers in the states who sell the CD, > usually for $20 (Amazon, the crooks, sells it for $40). > > But does the dvd box contain a _dvd_? I've never seen that over here. > Does the dvd have have more stuff on it?

Nope, unless GPL is a special case, in Europe we are going away from selling games in boxes, most all games will be sold in DVD covers from now on, which I happen to think is a good idea since the boxes are usually full of air anyway, takes less shelf space both at home and in the shop, that way shops can carry a greater variety of games and we might actually see some titles that we don't usually get over here, more war/strategy games would be good :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

"Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... we > might actually see some titles that we don't usually get over here, more > war/strategy games would be good :-) > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy "Heroes Of Telemark", Uncle? -- Colin ICQ 25485061 Fast Food Racing: http://www.gamensurf.co.uk/fastfood/

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> > "Heroes Of Telemark", Uncle? > > -- > > Colin > ICQ 25485061 > Fast Food Racing: http://www.gamensurf.co.uk/fastfood/

Colin !! Well, on vacation in the US a couple of weeks ago, I spotted several War/strategy games that I'd never even heard about before, and being an even bigger fan of those than of racing games as of late, I wouldn't mind seeing more of those How's the GF these days Colin ?, tell her I said hi, and Stroemsgodset still suck, but then again you could argue that they *are* one division higher than *my* team, Vaalerenga..... Oh well, life sucks...:-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

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> > Nope, unless GPL is a special case, in Europe we are going away from > selling games in boxes, most all games will be sold in DVD covers from > now on, which I happen to think is a good idea since the boxes are > usually full of air anyway, takes less shelf space both at home and in > the shop, that way shops can carry a greater variety of games and we > might actually see some titles that we don't usually get over here, > more war/strategy games would be good :-)

Only problem is manuals. Especially for Flight Sims (take a look at the Fly 2 fiasco) nothing beats a *real* printed manual which you can keep open for reference. A .pdf manual isn't quite the same. -- brian - Turn up the heat to reply -