@Microsoft Fan Site links - topic
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Congrats Guys ;D
Honestly ā¦ i dont feel the Need to persue MS to have the FLC added to that page.
we have about 430 members after one year of operation and not one of those members came from MSā¦
The Game is dead to themā¦ All of our Members Came from the Community and the sites that support this great game ā¦ Havens, SP , Swat. Lancers and various other sites that spread the word to players when the global went Downā¦
i applaud the SP for getting on thereā¦ it shows hard work really does pay offā¦
the future of Freelancer is in the communities hands not Microsoftsā¦ So long as there are sites like the Starport , Swat portal . Digital Brillance . The FLC ā¦ Lancers , Mod-DB and others the game will live ā¦ we on The RIP Team have dedicated our resources to Fading games before and after 9 Years come feb we still run servers and support for Decsent 3ā¦ and believe it or not there is still a community out there playing that game as wellā¦
We created the FLC site as a Gift to freelancer players and promised that as long as the RIP team Exists so will that Site.
its just our way of giving back to a game we have come to loveā¦ and so long as we all work together i dont see the Game fading away for some time to comeā¦
So again , Congrats SP Staff ā¦ Keep doing what your doing
We at the FLC are proud to Call you all Friends and salute you for your effortsā¦
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we at SWAT have been trying to get added to that list for about one year now being redirected from one person to another
being an active Freelancer community for more than 6 years (and before being Starlancer related) did not seem to be important to MS
ā¦ maybe we asked the wrong peopleā¦maybe our almost 7000 registered member are not enoughā¦ maybe there are other reasonsā¦ i dont know
But seriously I believe that we have a bunch of active FL communities with the self declared task to keep FL running (and FLC belongs to them)ā¦ if there is a chance to get them added to that site then it should be done.Its a community matter to keep that site updated with the active FL community sites.
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its great news yeah
but still, closed operations (i mean, spreading these news on allready freelancer related sites) wont help that much as if u made a thread on a gamer forum āFreelancer is still alive!!!ā, followed by alot of videos and SS
just my opinion
EDIT: also ads would help us but oh well, that needs money
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Then why doesnāt everyone ask Microsoft to add the links?
Weāve worked hard to get the list updated. We repeatedly mentioned other sites in different emails (I know I dragged on for at least 6 months and had all the sites listed, not just SP). That they only kept SP, TLR and LHQ is not exactly our fault. We did our best and are already glad we actually GOT there.
The next step is to get more sites on there, but I donāt believe the SP staff should be the sole responsible for this daunting task. Weāve managed to get on there; we made a precedent. Now itās up to everyone to team up, not just SP, not just SWAT, not just FLC, everyone, and get more people on the fansite list.
But canāt we just celebrate a bit? Isnāt this a major milestone? We proved we could get them to update the page of a 6 year-old game!
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i just stated my oppinion based on what is good for the FL community considering the amount of visitors on the microsoft site and the very different FL communities
I wont continue to discuss about it since the views about this topic are very much different and the fact that I can not change the situation after almost one year trying
congratz to SP for that success
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Thank you OP, a simple congratulations will do nicely.
We are not joking when we say it has taken us months to get this far, each of us contacting various teams and departments. Cheese was lucky enough to hit the jackpot. And for that I owe him a night of beers next time he is down my way.
But as stated elsewhere, it is a major mile stone and so far January has been an incredible month for us all. We should be looking to keep up the momentum and making sure Feb all the way through to december are just as good for our community.
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We wish to boycut our link on the microsoft website.
We have noticed that starport has been included in the links and
we wish to be in NO way associated with the very site that
USED
lancersreactorās database backups + downloads only to host it for their own means without permission.
Also not handing the material back on request.
We found out about the link issue from the starport head admin Worfeh who said that he managed to
āpull a few favoursā
to get his site listed next to ours.NOTE: YOU WILL BE REDIRECTED TO PORNOGRAPHY SITE in 30seconds
lol, ooooooook?
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lol,
yup I pmād MC last night pasted him the link, nothing else. A rather unconfortable convo came out of it.
Told them we (cheese) had to pull favours to get the site listed, witch is true.Anywayā¦ one word comes into my mind.
Pathetic.
EDIT:
Change the like They in I pmād him, to prevent all sorts of accusations.
EDIT 2:
To inform you, we DID give away a copy of the TLR archived DB. I have no idea what they did with it but it being indexed fully it comes over 400 MB wich is to big for a standard phpmyadmin import.
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We wish to boycut our link on the microsoft website.
We have noticed that starport has been included in the links and
we wish to be in NO way associated with the very site that
USED
lancersreactorās database backups + downloads only to host it for their own means without permission.
Also not handing the material back on request.
We found out about the link issue from the starport head admin Worfeh who said that he managed to
āpull a few favoursā
to get his site listed next to ours.NOTE: YOU WILL BE REDIRECTED TO PORNOGRAPHY SITE in 30seconds
lol, ooooooook?
Funny.
The content what used to be on the TLR site is owned by Microsoft. They hosted the website. By dropping their support / hosting the content fell āfreeā.
A domain name has no rights, its just a translation tool to get on a hosted website. The rights other than the actual domain name doesnāt exist. So, in other words, i canāt post messages on websites on behalf of TLR, and i canāt refere to them without their permission.
The content fell free on individual rights. So if anyone doesnāt want their mods/tools hosted they can ask for it and we will remove it from the files archive. -
Lancers who??? Didnt they die a while ago?
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No, TLR is not dead, you can still visit, register and post on the forums at http://www.lancersreactor.com/phpBB3/, I donāt blame them for being upset, but their reaction is over the top. the atmosphere there is not the same as it used to be, and I do not whish to be a member on their site anymore.
If it is okay with everyone here, I will move some (only a few of them) of my posts from TLR to here on the starport. -
@alexcomboy:
No, TLR is not dead, you can still visit, register and post on the forums at http://www.lancersreactor.com/phpBB3/, I donāt blame them for being upset, but their reaction is over the top. the atmosphere there is not the same as it used to be, and I do not whish to be a member on their site anymore.
If it is okay with everyone here, I will move some (only a few of them) of my posts from TLR to here on the starport.We donāt have issues with that. Your welcome on SP, and we allways welcome people who contribute to the Freelancer Community.
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Wow, pathetic much? Is that site run by a couple of 2 yr olds, seriously. Iām glad I pulled all my advertisements there.
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Talk about throwing all the toys out of the pram. I think Iām scarred for life after the re-direct!
What a mature response? Seriously, what happens if an under-aged kid goes looking for Freelancer stuff and heads there. There are still plenty of young players out there. What sort of message is that sending out. ::) Pathetic.
Congrats on getting a result for the hard slog to get on the list guys!
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@Oma:
What a mature response? Seriously, what happens if an under-aged kid goes looking for Freelancer stuff and heads there.
It is illegal to forward to sites with adult content without a 18+ warning. With it comes that this kind of content is illegal in a lot of countries.
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small correction: the stuff that has been on the old TLR site is the property of the original authorsā¦ not microsoft
still TLR has no rights on those except those which are caused by the intelectual work done by TLR (which is not much)this action does indeed not help the FL community to keep this game aliveā¦ but on the other side the other FL communities also dont do much and that they work together is something i consider a rumor. If i take a look at the extreme low cooperation rate and all that stuff that has been discussed but never was turned into realā¦ well ok ā¦ thats off topic.
