Thoughts regarding the Microsoft Matchmaking server
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Way to go! Now pester him for the source! Just kidding.
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Awesome! This guy is great!
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Timmy51m wrote:
Way to go! Now pester him for the source! Just kidding.This is something i was thinking about yet again today. Whilst we cannot pester him for source code for obvious reasons, I am wondering whether it wouldn’t be too much to ask this guy where we should direct enquires to ask if they’d consider releasing the source code for the game!
It has been done several times with MS - there was Space Allegiance (I think it’s called) and the Mech Warrior series I understand.
The key to all this is not just asking the right question, but asking the right person… Would he have any idea as to who within Microsoft we should direct a request, along with the petition web address, and see what transpires? It is coming up to 7 years since release, so…
Just emailing people at Microsoft will serve no purpose. You need someone who is sympathetic to the sorts of community plights over games. Lawyers or heads of departments are not likely to be those
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if that doesn’t work there is another thing left to ask…if they could redirect the dns entry for the GLS to Crazy’s stuff.
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Bas wrote:
if that doesn’t work there is another thing left to ask…if they could redirect the dns entry for the GLS to Crazy’s stuff.They added it to the page
I was bumping this as I posted a related addition considering Timmy’s post two posts before it:P -
Nah, I was talking about that they might could redirect the DNS directly to Crazy’s server so no changes are necessary at the FL client.
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Would be worth a try.
Last time I’ve asked, the MS legal team said that they can’t redirect a MS DNS to an “unsecured” server.
Secured to them seems to mean a server hosted in a MS datacenter.I even talked to akataka about “renting” a MS server back in time.
The costs would be around $3,300/year and even with the money he would be very suprised if they’d even do it. -
Crazy wrote:
Would be worth a try.Last time I’ve asked, the MS legal team said that they can’t redirect a MS DNS to an “unsecured” server.
Secured to them seems to mean a server hosted in a MS datacenter.I even talked to akataka about “renting” a MS server back in time.
The costs would be around $3,300/year and even with the money he would be very suprised if they’d even do it.Seriously doubt it - a product they distributed that would redirect to something they do not control…methinks there would be major issues
