I'm new to the whole torrenting thing. So here's my first attempt:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4917611
Yes, the game is seriously 4 gigs. It's 116 pages of full color, 600 DPI printable PNGs. I don't need people to necessarily download the whole thing, but I'd like to test it to see if it works (the torrent that is). And if not, I'll go back to the drawing board on that.
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I'm using BitTorrent 6.1.2 (build 13422). At this point it seems to be going ahead at a steady 35.5 kB/s from me, and as things continue to grow, it should be in total downloading much faster than that. It'll take several days to actually get a full copy uploaded out there. But I can also keep it seeding for 2 weeks before I leave the country. And I can seed at some rate or another from the US. So maybe 5 or six copies seeding just from me by then, ideally it should be up to a reasonable download speed in a week or two.
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I'm getting a steady stream. In some eleven hours, or maybe a day, I'll have it. I'll let you know how it goes when I get it.
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It'll take longer than that, because the top end of it is still only streaming from one computer. Once that bottle neck is passed in about 2 days we'll get people getting the whole thing in a few hours.Maxus wrote:I'm getting a steady stream. In some eleven hours, or maybe a day, I'll have it. I'll let you know how it goes when I get it.
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I'm mostly getting speeds over 100 kb/s. Unless everyone else jumps on it now that I've said that.FrankTrollman wrote:It'll take longer than that, because the top end of it is still only streaming from one computer. Once that bottle neck is passed in about 2 days we'll get people getting the whole thing in a few hours.Maxus wrote:I'm getting a steady stream. In some eleven hours, or maybe a day, I'll have it. I'll let you know how it goes when I get it.
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He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
I've been seeding for a while. I've downloaded almost 600 MB so far.Gelare wrote:I'm getting speeds of 50+ kb/s, but I might not be able to seed effectively for a while; I've got some travels of my own going on.
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
Oh, I meant to ask:
How much exposure will this get online, Frank?
I'll leave the torrent up regardless to continue seeding, but I'm curious about your expectations for this.
How much exposure will this get online, Frank?
I'll leave the torrent up regardless to continue seeding, but I'm curious about your expectations for this.
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
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Awesome. Thanks.Chibu wrote:Hey there. I'll leave it seeding from my end as well. Looks really good. Hopefully I'll figure out a way to get it printed so I can try it out.
You will need:
- 5 standard sheets of cardboard
- 18 standard sheets of cardstock
- 44 legal sized sheets of card stock.
- sticker paper for the board.
No idea.Maxus wrote:How much exposure will this get online, Frank?
It's on Pirate Bay (yes, surprisingly most of the stuff on Pirate Bay is totally legal). It's linked on Fantasy Flight, it's linked on Dump Shock. How many people actually want to download it and print it out is something I don't really have a good handle on. It has 864 pieces of flash fiction in it. And yeah, some of them are just jokes or movie references or even song lyrics, but I figure a fair number of people will end up downloading it just to read the cards. I have no way to do market research on that ahead of time - this is literally the first SR board game since DMZ. And since it's torrenting, I have no real way to get a handle on how many people download the whole thing even at final count.
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Yeah, I was idly curious about that. Everything's free, and Frank's keeping it that way, so I think he's alright, but I'm no IP lawyer.Koumei wrote:Incidentally, is there any risk of the owners of the Shadowrun IP wetting their pants over this and having their lawyers throw a C&D at you? If so, AWESOME.
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He might have a fair use case on the copyright front, though that law is so vague that even lawyers are probably hard-pressed to figure it out.
The big worry is probably going to be whether the word Shadowrun is trademarked (which I would assume it is). There's no fair use doctrine when it comes to trademarks.
EDIT: Add a big "AFAIK; I'm not a lawyer" disclaimer.
The big worry is probably going to be whether the word Shadowrun is trademarked (which I would assume it is). There's no fair use doctrine when it comes to trademarks.
EDIT: Add a big "AFAIK; I'm not a lawyer" disclaimer.
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They can drop a C&D letter on him, but that doesn't mean anything by itself, it's just a threat. I'm not sure what the process of suing someone in Czech Republic from Washington state might be, but it sounds very annoying, and making any kind of punitive case is going to be really hard, since Frank's game is basically free advertising for their products.
They might sue anyway, but it would be because U.S. intprop law is fucked up, and if they don't put up at least a token defense of their trademark it might be invalidated.
They might sue anyway, but it would be because U.S. intprop law is fucked up, and if they don't put up at least a token defense of their trademark it might be invalidated.
Well, it's totally possible to sue from the US to another country. See: the fucked up case of The Pirate Bay. (See also: how it has stopped internet pira-wait a minute.)
But I just realised that this was his cunning plan ALL ALONG!
Think: Frank gets sued. He then gets the best legal defence you possibly can... Keith! Now, for this case, F&K have to be in close proximity and talk a lot, and as a result, they can hammer over RPG ideas while walking the dog, building their defence and so on, and in doing so, the Tome series will be completed!
It's ingenious!
But I just realised that this was his cunning plan ALL ALONG!
Think: Frank gets sued. He then gets the best legal defence you possibly can... Keith! Now, for this case, F&K have to be in close proximity and talk a lot, and as a result, they can hammer over RPG ideas while walking the dog, building their defence and so on, and in doing so, the Tome series will be completed!
It's ingenious!
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Epic Win is Epic.Koumei wrote:Well, it's totally possible to sue from the US to another country. See: the fucked up case of The Pirate Bay. (See also: how it has stopped internet pira-wait a minute.)
But I just realised that this was his cunning plan ALL ALONG!
Think: Frank gets sued. He then gets the best legal defence you possibly can... Keith! Now, for this case, F&K have to be in close proximity and talk a lot, and as a result, they can hammer over RPG ideas while walking the dog, building their defence and so on, and in doing so, the Tome series will be completed!
It's ingenious!
After 23 hours, I've downloaded 75%.
Not as good as I'd hope, not as bad as I was half-expecting.
Not as good as I'd hope, not as bad as I was half-expecting.
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
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I'm surprised it's going this fast honestly. When it started up it told me that it was going to take me 2 days to upload a copy. I really don't know how it managed to get some of it done faster than that.Maxus wrote:After 23 hours, I've downloaded 75%.
Not as good as I'd hope, not as bad as I was half-expecting.
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