GONdorman Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 When the game is finished, will you guys distribute it as a torrent download, direct download, or both? Because IMHO, torrents are a much more efficient way of downloading stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ykkrosh Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I would strongly expect it to be both. Direct downloads are necessary because some people can't/won't use torrents, but torrents are useful because they save us from having to pay for bandwidth and we have no money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t i m a e u s Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 +Torrents are faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justinian Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 If it isn't released on Torrent it'll find it's way there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belisarivs Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 +Torrents are faster I disagree.There is no rule what is faster and what is not. Direct downloads rely on server, torrents on seeders.I have here two torrents which are darn slow. Also, torrents have disadvantage, that you can end up at some percents and can't proceed further because the one who has remaining chunks is away.I did hang up for pretty long time with torrent at 97%. I don't remember if I managed to get it eventually or gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t i m a e u s Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 idk, most torrents download with 3.5 MBs/sec for me o_O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONdorman Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Well, thats a lot, my max speed (both for torrents and direct downloads) is of 30 kb/s. What is your bandwith, timaeus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Well, thats a lot, my max speed (both for torrents and direct downloads) is of 30 kb/s. What is your bandwith, timaeusThat's slow. You want to get at least 40+ around 100 KB/S is good.But who's his ISP? 3.5 MB/S is ridiculously fast, I don't know anyone anywhere with that kind of speed.Plus we probably won't have many seeders to start with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ykkrosh Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I was quite happy when I got 2.3MB/s on a torrent (around four years ago) . Don't think I've ever exceeded that, but I haven't really been trying If we can set up servers to provide direct downloads, we can mostly get the same servers to run as torrent seeds, so there shouldn't be any problems with a lack of seeding. (That's more an issue with, uh, less legitimate content, which relies on the goodwill of random individuals to keep seeding.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 (That's more an issue with, uh, less legitimate content, which relies on the goodwill of random individuals to keep seeding.)No worries, RIAA has decided to stop suing: dead people, single moms, kids and others.Now they try to slow your Internet service or cut it by emailing your ISP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neonardo Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 It will probably be both. The majority will probably start out as direct download, then as we grow it will move to torrents.The game should be relatively small compared to some free-to-download games pushing 2-4 gigs these days.Torrents are great, but first we have to get a user base built up, and without that, torrents are useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t i m a e u s Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Well, thats a lot, my max speed (both for torrents and direct downloads) is of 30 kb/s. What is your bandwith, timaeusI live in Romania, RDS probably doesn't exist in Argentina xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONdorman Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I live in Romania, RDS probably doesn't exist in Argentina xDIndeed LOL . Not where I live, at least. Perhaps in Buenos Aires.However, you shouldn´t pick on my country because of that LOL. Thoguh I dont really care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Too much ping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t i m a e u s Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Indeed LOL . Not where I live, at least. Perhaps in Buenos Aires.However, you shouldn´t pick on my country because of that LOL. Thoguh I dont really care.I wasn't picking on your country, lol, just saying I don't think my ISP doesn't exist in Argentina (as probably yours doesn't exist in Romania). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belisarivs Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 idk, most torrents download with 3.5 MBs/sec for me o_OI downloaded lot of porn from one Romanian. Could that be you? He was pretty fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONdorman Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I wasn't picking on your country, lol, just saying I don't think my ISP doesn't exist in Argentina (as probably yours doesn't exist in Romania).No offense LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t i m a e u s Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 I downloaded lot of porn from one Romanian. Could that be you? He was pretty fast.Nah, I don't keep porn on my comp xDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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